1.  Roll Call

     2. Approval of the minutes from the March 22, 2012 meeting

     3. Certificates of Appreciation

Information Items

     4. University Planning Council Website http://www.weber.edu/universityplanning

     5. E-Catalog – Mark Simpson

Action Items

     6. Approval of 2012-13 Faculty Senate Standing Committees and Chairs – Colleen Garside

     7. Election of 2012-2013 Faculty Board of Review Members – Colleen Garside

     8. Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure – Diana Green, Chair
         PPM 8-12 Dated Guidelines
         Term Limits for Deans
         Term Limits for Department Chairs
         Library Tenure Document

     9. Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs – Kathy Herndon, Chair
         PPM 4-18 Placement Testing
         PPM 4-20 Academic Renewal
         PPM 6-14 Student Health Center  (PULLED)
         PM 6-17 Recording Fee
         PPM 6-1 Residency

   10. Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair

         Performing Arts - Program changes BA/BS in Dance Education,     Dance Minor and      Dance Teaching 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     (Syllabus),      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

    11. Reconsideration of the Implementation of the Diversity Requirement

    12. Other Items

MINUTES

1.      ROLL CALL

2.     APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the March 22, 2012 meeting.
Made: Shelly Costley
Second: Jack Rasmussen
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

3.     CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

Certificates of appreciation were given to outgoing senators, student senators, and Faculty Senate Standing Committee Chairs who had completed their term.

4.     UNIVERSITY PLANNING COUNCIL

Faculty Senate members were made aware of the University Planning Council web site. On that website are all the core values. Additional information will be added to this web site in the coming year as we prepare for accreditation. Data about achievement of university objectives begins by understanding the mission core themes and measures being used to assess performance. Visit the website at: http://www.weber.edu/universityplanning

5.     E-CATALOG – Mark Simpson

The Registrar demonstrated the navigation elements of the new electronic university catalog. 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). All programs offered at Weber State are organized by degree level. You can also search for degrees by major or minor. The search mechanism will help students and faculty find the information they need. It has integrated social network capabilities (integrated with Facebook and Twitter). Dynamic links can be added, e. g. web files, videos, audio files, pictures.

Faculty were invited to go online and explore the e-Catalog. Once all departments have signed off on their pages, the navigation will be changed (Go to the A-Z index, click on “C” and then Catalog). Feedback and correction can be sent to Betty Kusnierz in the Provost’s Office.

6.      2012-13 FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS – Colleen Garside

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

 
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

Discussion
• No representative on the Curriculum Committee from the Goddard School of Business & Economics. The Executive Committee has been unable to find someone from the Goddard School of Business & Economics to serve on the committee. A representative can be added to the committee in the Fall.

Motion: Moved to approve the Faculty Senate Standing Committee membership and chairs for 2012-13.
Made: Stephen Francis
Second: Russell Burrows
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

7.      ELECTION OF 2012-2013 FACULTY BOARD OF REVIEW MEMBERS – Colleen Garside

Faculty Senate members were asked to vote for four from the following: 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. Election tellers were John Armstrong and Colin Inglefield.

Molly Smith, Lauren Fowler, Brian Davis and Stephanie Bossenberger were elected to serve two-year terms. Vel Casler and John Mbaku will serve as alternates. 

8.     APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM & TENURE – Diana Green, Chair

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 candidate'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).

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, 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:

Motion by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee to approve the above changes to PPM 8-12 Dated Guidelines and the Library tenure document.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

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).


Term Limits for Department Chairs
Recommendation - Given the majority vote against campus-wide term limits for department chairs 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.

9.     ADMISSIONS, STANDARDS & STUDENT AFFAIRS – Kathy Herndon, Chair

PPM 6-14, Student Health Center, was pulled from the agenda. This section of the PPM is managed through the Vice President for Student Services.

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 6-17 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 For a copy of the residency policy contact the Office of  the Registrar Admissions or download from: higheredutah.org/sbr/policy/pdf/R512.pdf

Discussion
• What is Academic Renewal? If a student’s grades are six years old or older they can apply for academic renewal for D+ or lower grades. This is offered one time. The GPA will then recalculate to not include D+ or lower grades in their GPA. If that grade has been used for a degree or a certificate at Weber State or somewhere else, the student does not qualify for academic renewal.
• Residency - The Residency policy can be obtained through the Admissions Office not the Office of the Registrar.
• “merely” was removed from the language.
• For a copy of the residency policy contact the Office of Admissions or download from: higheredutah.org/sbr/policy/pdf/R512.pd

Motion by the Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs Committee to approve the above changes to PPM’s 4-18 Placement Testing, PPM 4-20 Academic Renewal, PPM 6-17 Recording Fee, and PPM 6-1 Residency as stated above with the changes made by the Faculty Senate.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.