AGENDA SETTING

1.      Approval of the minutes from the March 8, 2012 meeting

2.      Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure – Diana Green, Chair

PPM 8-12 Dated Guidelines
Term Limits Department Chairs
Term Limits Deans
Library Tenure Document

3.       E-Catalog – Mark Simpson, Registrar

4.       Reconsideration of the Implementation of the Diversity Requirement

5.      Curriculum – Erika Daines, Chair

Performing Arts - Program changes BA/BS in Dance Education,      Dance Minor and      DanceTeaching Minor

Sales & Service Technology - New course proposal for Sales Planning and Forecasting - SST 3503; Program changes to Technical Sales

Mechanical Engineering Technology - Course change for Thermal Science - MET 4650; Program changes for Mechanical Engineering Technology

Teacher Education - New course proposals for Special Education Law and Practice - EDUC 4515; Program changes for Special Education

Child & Family Studies - Course change for Advanced Guidance and Planning for Early Childhood - CHF 4710     Syllabus; New course proposal for Advanced Guidance and Planning for Teacher Education - CHF 4711     Syllabus; Program change for Elementary Education

Neuroscience - New course proposal for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience - Neur 3750; Program change for Neuroscience Minor

Library - New course proposals for Information Resources in Education - LIBS TD 2604,     Gen Ed Computer & Information Literacy Part D for Information Resources in Education - LIBS 2604, and Information Resources in Education - EDUC 2604

Business & Economics - New course proposals for Accounting Study Abroad - ACTG 4850,      Business Administration Study Abroad - BSAD 4850,      Economics Study Abroad - ECON 4850,      Finance Study Abroad - FIN 4850,      Information Systems & Technology Study Abroad - IST 4850,      Management Study Abroad - MGMT 4850,      Marketing Study Abroad - MKTG 4850, and Supply Chain Management Study Abroad - SCM 4850

6.      Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs -- Kathy Herndon, Chair

PPM 4-18 Placement Testing
PPM 4-20 Academic Renewal
PPM 6-14 Student Health Center
PPM 6-17 Recording Fee
PPM 6-1  Residency

7.     Faculty Senate Standing Committee Members and Chairs 2012-13

8.     Other Items

MINUTES

PRESENT
Patti Cost, Colleen Garside, Shelly Costley, Ed Hahn, Stephen Hill, Colin Inglefield, Ann Millner, Michelle Paustenbaugh, Brian Rague, Mike Vaughan, Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Julie Buck

GUESTS
Erika Daines, Diana Green, Kathy Herndon

MINUTES
Ed Hahn: Moved to approve the minutes from the March 8, 2012 meeting.
Second: Shelly Costley
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

APAFT
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure – Diana Green, Chair

Library Tenure Document

Changes - Candidates for tenure must:
4. Meet faculty responsibilities, ethics, and standards of professional behavior specified in PPM 9-3 through 9-8.

Category II: Scholarship
Scholarship is defined as those activities that contribute to the profession and increase the candidate’s effectiveness as a professor. Candidates are responsible for providing evidence of successful scholarly activities including interdisciplinary scholarship. which may include interdisciplinary scholarship. They are not expected to be equally active in all areas listed below; however, candidates must submit evidence of significant scholarship since arriving at Weber State University. Evidence of performance in scholarship includes:

Discussion
• It was suggested to remove the wording, “including interdisciplinary scholarship” and replace it with “which may include interdisciplinary scholarship” as this is not mandatory.

MOTION
Motion by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee to for the revised Library Tenure document to the Faculty Senate.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

PPM 8-12
The Provost’s Office noticed a problem with PPM 8-12 Dated Guidelines. April 6 says that the files are ready for review by the provost, and it also says the provost completes the review. The Provost is suggesting that the first listing of April 6 be changed to March 28 - Candidates professional files are ready for review by the provost.

PPM 8-12 Dated Guidelines
Apr 6     Candidates’ professional files are ready for review by the provost.
March 28

Apr 6      The provost completes reviews of all cases where there is a conflict in the recommendations at some level and any other cases he/she sees fit to review. The provost informs each reviewed candidate s and corresponding chairs and deans, in writing, of his/her recommendations and places a copy of the recommendation in the candidates's file. In addition, the provost gives a copy of his/her recommendations to the president, if the president desires them. The provost also notifies all candidates of their right to file an appeal on due process grounds within ten working days to the Faculty Board of Review and their right to appeal before the Board of Review (PPMs 8-20 and 9-9).

MOTION
Motion by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee to forward the above change to PPM 8-12 to the Faculty Senate.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

TERM LIMITS
Term Limits for Department Chairs
The Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure committee completed a voluntary poll of the Weber State University faculty to determine the overall faculty opinion regarding the need for a campus-wide policy limiting the number of terms a department chair can serve. There were 276 respondents (roughly 59% of the total faculty), of which 260 responses were complete. Respondents represented the library and colleges of Applied Science and Technology, Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, Education, Health Professions, Science, and Social and Behavioral Science in roughly equal proportions (no entity was represented by more than 19% of the respondents).

Overall, the faculty was not in favor of a campus-wide policy setting term limits for department chairs (55% against). This result was strengthened by the much more popular opinion that the policies for terms of department chairs should be set at the college (45% for) or department (35% for) level (in other words, 80% were against oversight at the university level).

Recommendation - Given the majority vote against campus-wide term limits for department chair and the much stronger majority vote against university-level control over policies for terms of department chairs, we conclude that a campus-wide policy is not in the interest of the Weber State University faculty. A college- or department-level policy might be in the interest of faculty members in some colleges or departments, but wherever this is the case, it should be pursued at the appropriate level.

The complete report can be found online at: http://www.weber.edu/facultysenate/default.html Click on the April 12, 2012 meeting. Term limits for Department Chairs is found under item 8.

Term Limits for Deans
Recommendation - Given the discussion about the inability to attract highly qualified candidates from off campus to serve as deans and forcing deans to step down when being successful, the APAFT Committee concluded that a campus-wide policy to limit terms of deans is not in the best interest of WSU faculty and deans.

The complete report can be found online at: http://www.weber.edu/facultysenate/default.html  Click on the April 12, 2012 meeting. Term limits for Deans is found under item 8.

MOTION
Motion by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee to forward the reports on term limits for Department Chairs and Dean to the Faculty Senate as information items.Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

E-CATALOG Mark Simpson, Registrar reporting on the E-Catalog

The University is moving to an electronic catalog. It was suggested that the Registrar demonstrate the new electronic catalog to various groups on campus, including the Faculty Senate. The online catalog can be viewed at: http://catalog.weber.edu/ This is a draft version, however, all updates from departments have been made and converted in the new software (Acalog).

Discussion
• Will this change the way departments make changes to their curriculum and programs in the catalog? Deadline dates for curriculum changes will remain as they are currently.

MOTION
Ed Hahn: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate as an information item a demonstration of the navigation elements of the electronic catalog.
Second: Brian RagueOutcome: The motion passed unanimously.

DIVERSITY
Implementation of the Diversity Requirement

Following the March Faculty Senate meeting Colleen Garside met with Mark Simpson to discuss policy and implementation of the changes to the diversity requirement. The motion approved by the Faculty Senate in March was to have the implementation of the revised policy begin Summer 2012. This was in violation to PPM policy.

PPM 4-2a, II C states: Program changes which pass the Curriculum Committee by the December meeting and then pass the Faculty Senate by the January meeting will become effective the next academic year. Weber State University’s academic year begins Summer Semester.

PPM 6-22, III, B 7d Student Code states: d. Expect that program changes will be well-planned, widely communicated, and will incorporate an orderly transition from the old to the new;

Discussion
• Who will communicate the policy change to the students?
• Registration is now open for Summer and Fall.
• There are 79 courses currently listed as diversity courses.
• Review process of Gen Ed diversity courses
• 59 courses will be taken off the books as diversity courses. Departments have some of those courses as part of their core curriculum. Will they need to change their core curriculum?
• An ad hoc implementation committee for the diversity requirement could be formed.
• The 6-year catalog rule will apply.

CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair

DANC
Performing Arts - Program changes BA/BS in Dance Education, Dance Minor and Dance Teaching Minor

SST
Sales & Service Technology - New course proposal for Sales Planning and Forecasting - SST 3503; Program changes to Technical Sales

MET
Mechanical Engineering Technology - Course change for Thermal Science - MET 4650; Program changes for Mechanical Engineering Technology

EDUC
Teacher Education - New course proposals for, Special Education Law and Practice - EDUC 4515; Program changes for Special Education

CHF
Child & Family Studies - Course change for Advanced Guidance and Planning for Early Childhood - CHF 4710; New course proposal for Advanced Guidance and Planning for Teacher Education - CHF 4711; Program change for Elementary Education

NEUR
Neuroscience - New course proposal for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience - Neur 3750; Program change for Neuroscience Minor

LIB Library - New course proposals for Information Resources in Education - LIBS TD 2604, Gen Ed Computer & Information Literacy Part D for Information Resources in Education - LIBS 2604, and Information Resources in Education - EDUC 2604

B&E Business & Economics - New course proposals for Accounting Study Abroad - ACTG 4850, Business Administration Study Abroad - BSAD 4850, Economics Study Abroad - ECON 4850, Finance Study Abroad - FIN 4850, Information Systems & Technology Study Abroad - IST 4850, Management Study Abroad - MGMT 4850, Marketing Study Abroad - MKTG 4850, and Supply Chain Management Study Abroad - SCM 4850

MOTION
Motion by the Curriculum Committee to forward the above curriculum to the Faculty Senate for the April 12, 2012 meeting.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ASSA
Admissions, Standards & Students Affairs – Kathy Herndon, Chair

PPM 4-18 Placement Testing

POLICY
Students who are admitted to Weber State University may be required to take placement tests in order to establish eligibility for placement into certain courses or curriculum or to place the student at the proper level of study commensurate with his or her ability and past achievements. Additional test measurements may be administered when recommended by qualified staff. Procedures will be established to insure confidentiality of test results

PPM 4-20 Academic Renewal
4. The policy does not apply to g Graduate students or students pursuing a second bachelor's degree are not eligible for academic renewal.

PPM 6-14 Student Health Center
A. Health care is available at the Weber State University Health Center to all full and part time Weber State University students. Married students’ spouses with spouse cards are eligible to receive services also. There are no charges for physician visits. Only a few of the services provided at the health center have charges associated with them. Most services are available at no cost or low cost to current students.

PPM 6-17 Recording Fee II. PROCEDURE: The student will pick up recording fee application at the graduation window. obtain the appropriate Application for Credit form from either the Office of Admissions or the Office of the Registrar.

PPM 6-1 Residency
WSU Policy 6-1 merely reproduces the Utah State Board of Regents Policy R512 as defined by the various sections of the Utah Code. Annotated below higheredutah.org/sbr/policy/pdf/R512.pdf

Discussion
• They are proposing not to replicate the policy, but to give the link to the Board of Regent’s residency policy.
• It was suggest that the policy include “WSU Policy 6-1 merely reproduces the Utah State Board of Regents Policy R512 as defined by the various sections of the Utah Code. Annotated below higheredutah.org/sbr/policy/pdf/R512.pdf For a copy of the residency policy contact the Office of the Registrar.

FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES 2012-13

ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND COMPUTING COMMITTEE 2012-13

ADMISSIONS, STANDARDS, AND STUDENT AFFAIRS 2012-13

 
APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM & TENURE 2012-13

CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, APPORTIONMENT, AND ORGANIZATION 2012-13

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 2012-13

Three Year Term	Two Year Term	One Year Term
Sally Cantwell, HP Victoria Ramirez, A&H Julie McCulley, COAST Cori Tadehara, S&BS	Fran Butler, Ed Megan Davis, Lib Kathy Newton, HP Brad Reyns, S&BS	Kristin Hadley, Ed Spencer Hilton, COAST Jennifer Kokai, A&H Barbara Wachocki, S
Chair: Kristin Hadley	Liaison: Vikki Vickers

  
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES COMMITTEE 2012-13

 
FACULTY BOARD OF REVIEW 2012-13

Elect Four from the following list, Stephanie Bossenberger (HP), Vel Casler (COAST), Brian Davis (B&E), Lauren Fowler (S&BS), John Mbaku (B&E), Molly Smith (Ed), The four elected will serve two year terms; the other two will serve as alternates.

GENERAL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT & ASSESSMENT 2012-13

HONORARY DEGREE 2012-13

RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH 2012-13

SALARY, BENEFITS, BUDGET, AND FISCAL PLANNING 2012-13

 
TEACHING, LEARNING, AND ASSESSMENT 2012-13

MOTION
Motion by the 2012-13 Executive to forward the above committee members and committee chairs.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

OTHER
Mike Vaughan, Provost - If there are problems that occur at the end of the semester do they have to be resolved in that semester? The policy that outline the steps for grievance has no dates.

A member of the Faculty Senate requested that curriculum items be placed at the beginning of the agenda. The Executive Committee discussed the request. Robert’s Rules of Order allow any member of the Senate to move to take up business out of its proper order. This motion requires a two-thirds vote.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:10 p.m.