Faculty Senate
 MINUTES
October 18, 2001

 

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically
Eric Amsel
Rick Bingham
Sharen Brady - Excused
Delroy Brinkerhoff
Katie Bush - Student -Excused
Paul Caldarella
Bruce Christensen
Bill Clapp
Gary Dohrer - Vice Chair
Rick Dove - Excused
Anand Dyal-Chand - Admin - Excused
Dave Eisler - Admin.
Ann Ellis - Excused
Al Forsyth
Ron Galli - Admin. - Excused
Colleen Garside
Dawn Gatherum
David Greene - Admin. - Monica Mize representing
Cheryl Hansen
Mark Henderson
Michelle Heward - Excused
Warren Hill - Admin
Ron Holt
Joan Hubbard - Excused
Pam Hugie
Marsha Jackson
Ken Johnson - Excused
Marie Kotter
Brenda Kowalewski
Diane Krantz
Taowen Le
Kathleen Lukken - Admin.
Jim Macdonald - Excused
Daniel Magda
Marek Matyjasik
Chloe Merrill
Jill Newby
Diana Page
June Phillips - Admin. - Catherine Zublin representing
Doug Rose - Student
Richard Sadler - Admin.
Dan Schroeder
Monika Serbinowska
Gene Sessions - Chair
Rick Sline
Steve Starks - Student - Nate Hales representing
Brian Stecklein - CE Admin
Mali Subbiah
Tamas Szabo
President Paul Thompson - Admin.
Chris Trivett
Betty Tucker
Jennifer Turley
John Valletta - Student
Michael Vaughan - Admin. - D. Geide Stevenson representing
Wangari Wa Nyatetu-Waigwa
Lydia Wingate - Yas Simonian representing

Kay Brown, Secretary

 

1.  ROLL CALL

2.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the September 20, 2001 meeting.
Made: Eric Amsel
Second: Wangari Wa Nyatetu-Waigwa
Outcome: The minutes were approved

3.  CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Jim Wilson, Chair

Clinical Laboratory Science course proposal change for Principles of Clinical Chemistry II - CLS 2213 changing from 4 credit hours to 5 credit hours , and program changes for the Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) and Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Programs.

Motion: Moved to approve from Clinical Laboratory Science the course proposal change for Principles of Clinical Chemistry II - CLS 2213 changing from 4 credit hours to 5 credit hours , and program changes for the Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) and Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Programs.
Made: Chloe Merrill
Second: Dan Schroeder
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

4.  UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee recommended John Sillito from the Library to serve as chair of the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee for the 2001-2002 academic year.

Motion: Moved to approve John Sillito as Chair of the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee for the 2001-2002 academic year.
Made: Gary Dohrer
Second: Diane Krantz
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

5.  ONLINE INSTRUCTION AND DISTANCE LEARNING AD HOC COMMITTEE

Recommended committee membership: Charles Davidson - Science, Bruce Handley - B&E, Cheryl Hansen - A&H, Pam Hugie - HP, Rob Reynolds - S&BS, Tony Spanos - A&H, Shaun Spiegel - B&E, Al Talbot - COAST, Joan Thompson - ED, Jane Van Valkenburg - HP, and two students.

Motion: Moved to approve the above membership for the Online Instruction and Distance Learning ad hoc Committee with the addition of two slots for students.
Made: Bruce Christensen
Second: Betty Tucker
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Cheryl Hansen was recommended to serve as chair of the Online Instruction and Distance Learning ad hoc Committee.

Motion: Moved to approve Cheryl Hansen as the chair of the Online Instruction and Distance Learning ad hoc Committee.
Made: Monica Mize
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

The following proposed charges for the Online Instruction and Distance Learning ad hoc Committee were presented to the Faculty Senate:

The Committee on Online Instruction and Distance Learning shall be concerned with standards and guidelines for online instruction and distance learning, planning for the future of such instruction, developing procedures for managing and reviewing online and other distance-learning courses, and studying issues relative to the evaluation of distance-learning instructors.

  1. Revisit the Online Guidelines for Good Practice and, if necessary, make recommendations for additions and changes.
  2. Develop a Vision Statement for online instruction. Discuss and make recommendations on the future of online instruction and distance learning at WSU.
  3. Design a process for establishing, evaluating, and governing online courses. Investigate issues relative to access by department chairs, deans, and others to course content and performance, to include the possibility of a peer-review process.
  4. Study issues that may be unique to distance-learning courses relative to the evaluation of instructors and instruction with regard to such issues as ranking/tenure and merit, and faculty workload and compensation.
  5. Determine boundaries, partnerships, and overlaps with other Senate committees. Interface with the Constitutional Review, Organization, and Apportionment Committee determining if this committee should become a standing committee of the Senate.
  6. When requested, serve as an advisory committee to Distance Learning in Continuing Education.

Motion: Moved to approve the above charges to the Online Instruction and Distance Learning ad hoc Committee.
Made: Jenny Turley
Second: Chloe Merrill
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

6.  CRITERIA FOR PRESENTING AT FACULTY SENATE MEETINGS

The Executive Committee drafted criteria to be used as requests are received to present information at Faculty Senate meeting. That criteria reads as follows:

  1. The request should include a written description of what will be presented to the Senate, and why it is appropriate for the Senate.
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  2. Is this a topic that might lead to Senate action?
  3. Are you seeking a recommendation from the Senate or is there an expectation of a policy change?
  4. Is there a more appropriate venue?

Requests should be received by the Faculty Senate Office the Thursday prior to the Agenda Setting meeting.

It was suggested that the questions be written as open ended questions rather than questions that could be responded to with a "yes" or "no" answer, i.e. How would this lead to Senate action? What other venues might be available?

Motion: Moved to put into effect the above criteria, with the questions rewritten as open ended questions, to use as requests are made to present items to the Faculty Senate.
Made: Rick Sline
Second: Dan Schroeder
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

7.  STUDENT WEB SITE

Doug Rose reported on the student web site. The student leaders would like to include links from the WSUSA home page to all departments on campus, faculty within each department, along with courses taught by each professior and copies of course syllabi. It was suggested that faculty be listed alphabetically rather than by colleges and departments within the college.

ADJOURN 

The meeting adjourned at 3:25 p.m.