Approved 11-30-06

Thursday
November 9, 2006
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K

AGENDA SETTING MEETING

 

PRESENT 
Shannon Butler, Tamara Chase, Dave Ferro, Bruce Handley, Wade Kotter, Ann Millner, Gene Sessions, Mike Vaughan, Jim Wilson – Kay Brown Secretary

EXCUSED 
Ron Holt, Jack Mayhew

GUESTS 
Dan Bedford, Laine Berghout

MINUTES 
Tamara Chase: Moved to approve the minutes from the October 12, 2006 meeting.
Second: Dave Ferro
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

CURRICULUM 
Curriculum Committee – Laine Berghout, Chair

Health Administrative Services - Program changes for Health Information Technology AAS Degree, Health Information Technology BS Degree for Health Administrative Services, HSA, Health Promotion and LTC Emphasis Areas. Course Proposal for The Health Care System - HAS 3000 - Increasing credit hours from 2 to 3.

Teacher Education - Program changes for Secondary Teacher Education Licensure Program. Course proposal for Integrated Secondary Clinical Practice Seminar Educ 4950.

MOTION 
Gene Sessions: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate from Health Administrative Services - Program changes for Health Information Technology AAS Degree, Health Information Technology BS Degree for Health Administrative Services, HSA, Health Promotion and LTC Emphasis Areas. Course Proposal for The Health Care System - HAS 3000 - Increasing credit hours from 2 to 3.  Teacher Education - Program changes for Secondary Teacher Education Licensure Program. Course proposal for Integrated Secondary Clinical Practice Seminar Educ 4950.
Second: Tamara Chase
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Credit awarded TBE Computer and Information Literacy courses requires a C or better on proficiency exams, or a grade in the course with a C- or better. Originally the grade requirement in the course or on the exam was a C- or better. The Curriculum Committee at the request of Jane Stout from Academic Advisement discussed the issue and felt the requirement for both the course and the exam should be a C- or better. Executive Committee members were in agreement with the Curriculum Committee recommendation.

UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE 
PPM 8-16A states: ". . . The chair of the University Committee shall be recommended from that committee’s members by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate shall then approve or reject the recommendation. If rejected, the Faculty Senate may either select a different chair from among the University Committee’s members or have the Executive Committee make a new recommendation."

The Executive Committee will recommend Gary Dohrer to the Faculty Senate as chair of the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee for 2006-07.

MOTION Gene Sessions: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate Gary Dohrer to chair the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee 2006-07.
Second: Wade Kotter.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

MASTER’s PROGRAMS 
Mike Vaughan will present information to the Faculty Senate on considerations departments should discuss and use as guidelines prior to proposing graduate degrees.

PANDEMIC FLU CMTE 
Tamara Chase is a member of the Pandemic Flu Committee as a representative of the Dumke College of Health Professions. This committee is an Administrative Standing Committee under Norm Tarbox from the Administrative Services division. Currently there is no official faculty representation on that committee.

MOTION Wade Kotter: Moved to recommend to Norm Tarbox that Tamara Chase be an official member representing the faculty as well as the Dumke College of Health Professions on the Pandemic Flu Committee.
Second: Shannon Butler
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Bruce Handley will contact Norm Tarbox with the recommendation that Tamara Chase represent the faculty as well as the Dumke College of Health Professions on the Pandemic Flu Committee.

LYNX TEAM 
Eric Swedin, representing the faculty, is a member of the Lynx Team. Eric Swedin would like to come on November 30 to make a report to the Executive Committee.

RSPG 
The Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee ran a program under Weber Writes. They would like to recommend replacing that program with one where junior faculty could apply for reassigned time (mini sabbatical) for one semester prior to being granted tenure. The Provost is receptive of the idea, but the recommendation should come from the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee who have traditionally handled sabbatical policies. Susan Matt, Chair of the RSPG Committee, could be invited to a Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee meeting to discuss this recommendation.

Discussion of possible criteria included

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR 
Tuesday, November 14, The Presidential Distinguished Professor Wall will be Official unveiled between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Library. The stairs in the Library will be opened for use beginning Monday, November 13.

ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE 
There is an Environmental Task Force that reports to the Vice President of Student Affairs. This group has discussed proposing a new Faculty Senate Standing Committee to deal with environmental issues as well as academic issues.

APAFT 
Wade Kotter reporting as liaison to the APAFT Committee - Doris Geide Stevenson will present two items at the next Agenda Setting meeting. Charge 1 - Review PPM 8-23 and other pertinent policies to clarify who can start the process of delaying tenure decisions. Allow for delaying the process for up to two years. Charge 4 - Recommend revisions to PPM 8-12 regarding the timing of reviews by the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee.

ASSOCIATE PROVOST 
Jim Hutchins will be moving to a faculty position in Health Professions. There is a need in the Health Science Department because one faculty member is retiring, and Marie Kotter, Department Chair, is not teaching at the present time.

NEXT MEETING 
The next meeting will be the Faculty Senate meeting on November 16.

ADJOURN 
The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.