DRAFT 9-18-07

Thursday
September 13, 2007
8:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
MA 211K
 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Lloyd Burton, Colleen Garside, Bruce Handley, John Kelly, Ann Millner, Peggy Saunders, Gene Sessions, Mike Vaughan, Jim Wilson – Kay Brown Secretary

EXCUSED
Wade Kotter

GUESTS
Craig Bergeson, Therese Grijalva

MINUTES
Gene Sessions: Moved to approve the minutes from the September 13 meeting.
Second: Laine Berghout
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

REGENTS APPROVAL
The Master of Nursing program was approved by the Regents. The Regents also approved the WSU Mission Statement.

RSPG
Research, Scholarship & Professional Growth Committee – Therese Grijalva, Chair

A total of $134,912 was disbursed during the 2006-07 academic year. There were three rounds of funding – one round fall semester, during which RSPG and Hemingway Vitality grants were distributed; a second round in the early spring, during which Hemingway Collaborative and Faculty Excellence awards were decided; and a final round in the late spring, during which RSPS, Hemingway Vitality, and New Faculty grants were reviewed and funded.

Hemingway Faculty Excellence and Collaborative Funds 54,066
Hemingway Vitality Grants 25,225
Undergraduate Research Funds for Faculty Research 7,154
New Faculty Grants 15,000
RSPG Grants 33,467

Total $134,912

MOTION
Colleen Garside: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the RSPG funding report.
Second: Lloyd Burton
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CURRICULUM Curriculum Committee – Craig Bergeson, Chair

Curriculum Proposals
Communication Department - New Course Proposal - Family Communication - Comm 3085, and the program change.

The course proposal for Family Communication – Comm3080 should be marked "Substantive" and “New Course”.

Performing Arts - New Course Proposals - Dance History Project: Development - Danc - 3710, and Dance History Project: Performance - Danc 3711

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the curriculum proposals for Family Communication - Comm 3085, Dance History Project: Development - Danc - 3710, and Dance History Project: Performance - Danc 3711, with the change to the Communication course as stated above.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 2:12