Thursday September 4

Thursday
September 4, 2008
MA 211K
2:00 p.m.

AGENDA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. Approve the minutes from the April 10, and the August 21, 2008 meetings.

2. Committee Assignment Changes

Cori Tadehara has agreed to sit on the APAFT Committee
Leigh Shaw has agreed to sit on the TLA Committee
Brooke Arkush will replace Yas Simonian on the Faculty Board of Review

3. Tour of Elizabeth Hall

Scheduled for October 2 at 3:30. Consent forms need to be distributed and signed.

4. Finalize Committee Charges for 2008-09

Academic Resources and Computing – David Ferro
Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs – Peggy Saunders
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure – Wade Kotter
Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization – Bruce Handley
Curriculum – Laine Berghout
Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee – Gene Sessions
General Education Improvement & Assessment – Shannon Butler
Honorary Degree – Gene Sessions
Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth – Kami Hanson
Salary, Benefits, Budget, and Fiscal Planning – David Ferro
Teaching, Learning, and Assessment – Colleen Garside

5. TLA Announcement

6. Criteria for Presenting at Faculty Senate Meetings

7. Curriculum Deadlines

8. Bret Ellis, Vice President for Information Technology

9. Other Items

Next meeting: Agenda Setting, September 11

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Approved 9-11-08

MINUTES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Shannon Butler, Dave Ferro, Colleen Garside, Bruce Handley, Kami Hanson, Wade Kotter, Peggy Saunders, Gene Sessions, – Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Ann Millner, Michael Vaughan

GUESTS
Bret Ellis

MINUTES
Gene Sessions: Moved to approve the minutes from the April 10 and the August 21 meetings.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

COMMITTEE CHANGES

Committee assignment changes:

Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure - Cori Tadehara replaces Cath Stilwell
Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee - Larry Clarkson replaces Mark Biddle
Faculty Board of Review - Brooke Arkush replaces Yas Simonian
Teaching, Learning & Assessment - Leigh Shaw replaces Autumn Behringer

MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to approve the above committee membership changes.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GEN ED
Daniel Balderson from the College of Education served on the General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee, but he is no longer at Weber State. Judy Mitchell from the College of Education also serves on the committee. The Executive Committee felt Judy Mitchell could represent the College of Education without replacing Daniel Balderson.

TOUR
The tour of Elizabeth Hall is scheduled for October 2 at 3:30 p.m. Consent forms will be sent out. They will need to be signed and returned before the tour.

CHARGES
Executive Committee members felt no changes needed to be made to the charges for Academic Resources & Computing, Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs, Constitutional Review, Apportionment, & Organization, Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee, Honorary Degree, Research, Scholarship & Professional Growth , Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning, and Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to approve and forward to the Faculty Senate the committee charges for the above listed committees.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

APAFT
The charges for the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee were reviewed and clarified.

MOTION Peggy Saunders: Moved to approve and forward to the Faculty Senate the committee charges for the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee.

Second: Kami Hanson

Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CURRICULUM

GEN ED Charges for the Curriculum Committee and the General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee were reviewed and discussed. Editorial changes were made to the Curriculum Committee charge 6 and the General Education Committee charge 4.

MOTION
Laine Berghout: Moved to approve and forward to the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee and the General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee charges with the editorial changes.
Second: Peggy Saunders
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CURRICULUM DEADLINES
The deadline dates for curriculum proposal submissions were discussed. A request was made by Warren Hill to investigate changing the submission dates. Committee members discussed the possibility of the Curriculum Committee completing their work a month sooner so that all curriculum for the year is completed at the March Senate meeting.

Laine Berghout, liaison to the Curriculum Committee, suggested having the chair of the Curriculum Committee meet with college curriculum committee chairs and the deans to discuss curriculum deadlines and ways to submit curriculum in a more timely way.

CIO Bret Ellis, Vice President of Information Technology, met with the Executive Committee. Bret is seeking input for the best ways to help faculty with technology issues. He would like to visit classrooms so that he can see what is working and what is not working. Faculty members that could be of help to him in understanding faculty issues are John Armstrong, David Ferro, and Eric Swedin. Kami Hanson serves as the chair of the Technology Committee for the College of Health Profession and suggested that he met with them. It was also suggested that he contact Gail Niklason.

A meeting has been arranged for Monday, September 8 for John Armstrong, David Ferro, Eric Swedin, Rob Hilton and Bret Ellis to meet and discuss technology issues.

Bret Ellis suggest that they could hold question and answer sessions for faculty. These could be part of the town meetings held by ARCC. Faculty or staff could submit questions ahead of the meeting to give the IT team a little time to research what the response would be. Questions would then be read at the meeting and responded to.

TLA David Ferro will draft a letter to Fran Butler highlighting the new faculty retreat, the adjunct faculty retreat, and other Forum activities. Executive Committee members felt Fran has energized the Forum with her enthusiasm. The letter will be finalized at the September 11 meeting with input from the Executive Committee.

BINGHAM RESEARCH
WSU Alumnus, H. Raymond Bingham, has agreed to donate $50,000 per year for the next three years to fund the H. Raymond Bingham Faculty Collaboration and Research Award. "This will create a vehicle for WSU faculty members to work together on research projects or ideas that will ultimately benefit their students."

CAPITOL CAMPAIGN
The University is working toward a capitol campaign. We are in the second year of the preparation stage. This will be followed by a two-year quiet stage of gathering money from donors, up to 50% of the financial goal. A public phase of the campaign will then take place during the following three years.

NSSE Each year the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) asks student at hundreds of colleges and universities to reflect on the time they devote to various learning activities. Information compiled by the Provost’s Office from the survey was distributed and reviewed.

ASSESSMENT Ryan Thomas, Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Research, would like to send Rick Ford as chair of the General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee to one of two conferences on assessment to be held this fall, one in San Francisco and one in Indianapolis.

ED PASS
The Ed Pass is available for adjunct faculty.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.