Thursday September 1

Thursday
September 1, 2011
MA 211K
2:00 p.m.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. Approval of the minutes from the August 19, 2011 meeting

2. Graduate Program Guidelines – Mark Stevenson

3. General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee

Gen Ed Director for 2012-13

4. Academic Resources & Computing

Replace Mary Wrenn, B&E

5. Complete Faculty Senate Standing Committee Charges

Academic Resources and Computing (Revised) – Stephen Hill
Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs (Deadline Dates?) – Shelly Costley
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure (Revised) – Brian Rague
Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization (Revised) – Brian Rague
Curriculum (Revised) – Colin Inglefield
Environmental Issues Committee (No Changes) – Ed Hahn
General Education Improvement & Assessment (No Changes) – Michelle More
Honorary Degree (No Changes) – Patti Cost
Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth (No Changes) – Patti Cost
Salary, Benefits, Budget, and Fiscal Planning (Revised) – Colleen Garside
Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (Revised) – Julie Buck

6. Other Items

MINUTES

PRESENT
Julie Buck, Shelly Costley, Colleen Garside, Ed Hahn, Stephen Hill, Colin Inglefield, Ann Millner, Michelle More, Brian Rague, Michael Vaughan, Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Patti Cost

GUESTS
Mark Stevenson, Rick Ford

MINUTES
Ed Hahn: Moved to approve the minutes from the August 18, 2011 Executive Committee meeting.
Second: Shelly Costley
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Graduate Program Guidelines – Mark Stevenson

Last year the ASSA Committee was charged to work with the Graduate Council to develop a set of policies to govern graduate programs. The document went to the Faculty Senate March 24, 2011, as an information item. The Graduate Council is suggesting that a new section 11, Graduate Programs, be added to the PPM to house this document. There are a few scattered references to graduate programs in the PPM which need to be cleaned up. The Graduate Council is requesting authorization to clean up the PPM and remove any existing references to graduate programs by stating, "See PPM 11" once the document is approved by the Faculty Senate. The Graduate Council requests that the information on graduate programs be added to the catalog. A reference to the Graduate Program Guidelines will also be added to the Curriculum PPM.

An additional piece has been added to the document since last Spring regarding Graduate Certificates. "The purpose of graduate certificate programs is to serve the needs of both matriculated and non-degree students interested in developing specific skills and knowledge for personal and/or professional development."

MOTION
Shelly Costley: Moved for forward to the Faculty Senate the above recommendations.
Second: Julie Buck
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GEN ED DIRECTOR
Two years ago the General Education Improvement and Assessment Committee proposed to establish a Faculty Director of General Education. Rick Ford, Chair of the General Education Improvement and Assessment Committee, provided a history of the document. The Teaching and Learning Forum Director position was the model for this proposal.

Last Spring the Provost approached the Executive Committee about appointing a Director of General Education.

Discussion

Should this be an administrative appointment or a faculty appointment?
A proposal could be sent to the Constitutional Review Committee to redefine how the General Education Committee functions.
What would the office do? Job Description? Assessment, Community Outreach.
Would faculty be supportive of this position?
Curriculum needs to be owned by faculty.

This position would give a single point of contact

This person would work with Ryan Thomas, Associate Provost, and report to the Faculty Senate.

The Provost would like to see a job description of what other universities are doing.

The Curriculum Committee would continue to approval all course proposals.

Some funding would be needed.

Currently some of the responsibility of Gen Ed is handled by deans and department chairs.

Executive Committee members were asked to talk with faculty to see if they would be supportive of this position.

ARCC
Zhuolin Yu will replace Mary Wrenn on ARCC for one year.

MOTION
Stephen Hill: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate Zhuolin Yu to replace Mary Wrenn on ARCC.
Second: Colin Inglefield
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CHARGES ARCC - An additional charge was added as charge 13 and a deadline date to charge 2:

Charge 13. Update PPM 3-65 to accommodate the purchase of cell phones for instructional purposes.

Charge 2 B. A deadline date of October 1 was added.

APAFT - An additional charge was added as charge 7:
Charge 7 - Are policies necessary to define appointments, evaluation, and removal of directors who operate at a level below the department chair?

CRAO - Correct as stated.

Curriculum - Correct as stated.

SBBFP - Correct as stated.

TLA/TLF - Correct as stated.

ASSA - Deadline dates were added.

MOTION
Stephen Hill: Moved to forward the Faculty Senate Standing Committee charges to the Faculty Senate.
Second: Colin Inglefield
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

EMAIL
Brian Rague has been asked to oversee a task force to look at the current faculty/staff email system and make recommendations (Deadline Summer 2012). The task force will have representation from ARCC, CSAC, PSAC, and IT. A survey will be sent to faculty and staff. Decisions of the Task force will be reviewed and discussed by ARCC.

OTHER
Executive Committee member were asked to make sure administrative committee members and ex officio members are invited to the committee(s) for which they are liaison.

ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.