Faculty Senate
AGENDA
December 4, 2008
1. Roll Call
2. Approve the minutes from the November 6, 2008 meeting
3. Constitutional Review, Apportionment & Organization – Michelle Heward, Chair
Apportionment 2008-09
First Reading - Proposed change to the Faculty Senate Constitution making the Environmental Issue Ad Hoc Committee a permanent Faculty Senate Standing Committee
4. Curriculum – Erika Daines, Chair
Proposals can be viewed at: http://faculty.weber.edu/senate/
On the Faculty Senate homepage in the purple column on the left is a link for "Curriculum Proposals for Senate Approval."
English as a Second Language - Course proposals for Language Foundations I - ESL 0010, Language
Foundations II - ESL 0015, Beginning Reading I - ESL 0020, Beginning Reading II - ESL 0025, Basic Conversation I - ESL 0030, Basic Conversation II - ESL 0035
History - Program proposal for Minor in Public History
Geography - Course proposals for Natural Environments Field Studies - Geog 1001, Map Reading and
Land Navigation - Geog 1002
Visual Art - Program proposals for Photography Minor, Photography Emphasis (BFA), Art Major BFA), Art Major, General Art (BA or BS); Course changes for Foundations of Photography: Color/Digital - ART 2450, Photography: Studio Lighting - ART 4550; New course proposal for Special Topics in Photography - ART 4660; Course deletions for Intermediate Photography - ART 2150, Documentary Photography - ART 3850, and Photography: Senior Portfolio - ART 4850
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MINUTES
December 4, 2008
MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically
| Mark Baugh - Absent Laine Berghout Shannon Butler Matt Choberka Hal Crimmel Ken Cuddeback Dick Dahlkemper Larry Dooley Eric Ewert Dave Ferro Lewis Gale Janelle Gardner Colleen Garside Azenett, Garza Doris Geide-Stevenson - Mary Wrenn representing Afshin Ghoreishi Richard Greene - Absent Jeff Grunow - Cindy Belnap representing Bruce Handley Rod Hansen Kami Hanson Laird Hartman - Absent Michael Hernandez Valerie Herzog Warren Hill - Admin. Vel Casler representing Joan Hubbard - Excused Michelle Johnson - Student - Absent John Kelly - Absent Wade Kotter Tyler Latham - Student
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Becky Jo McShane - Cheryl
Hansen representing President Millner - Admin. Madonne Miner Dale Ostlie - Admin. Ryan Pace Thom Priest Jack Rasmussen - Admin. Rob Reynolds Richard Sadler - Admin. - Excused Peggy Saunders Paul Schvaneveldt Dan Schwab -Student Cori Segovia-Tadehara Gene Sessions Yas Simonian Kathleen Sitzman Rick Sline John Sohl Ryan Thomas Victoria Thompson - Student Michael Vaughan - Admin. Barbara Wachocki Jeff Ward Jim Wilson Jan Winniford - Excused Bill Zundell - Excused - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kay Brown, Secretary |
1. ROLL
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the November 6, 2008
meeting.
Made: John Sohl
Second: Cheryl Hansen
Outcome: The minutes were approved following some corrections and
editorial changes.
3. CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, APPORTIONMENT & ORGANIZATION – Michelle Heward, Chair
First reading of a proposed change to the Faculty Senate Constitutional Bylaws proposing that the Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee be made a permanent Faculty Senate Standing Committee.
PPM 1-13,
4.6 Committee on Environmental Issues
The Environmental Issues Committee shall help facilitate the integration of environmental initiatives into academic affairs, student affairs, and facilities management. The committee shall serve as a local and statewide source for scientifically-based information and for leadership on environmental issues affecting Utah, the Wasatch Front and WSU campus communities.
Discussion and a vote of the above proposed amendment to the Faculty Senate Constitutional Bylaws will take place at the January 22, 2009 meeting.
WSU APPORTIONMENT 2008-2009
Apportionment determined as follows: Total number of faculty in College ÷ Total number of Faculty X total Senate Seats
Example (College of Science) 76 ÷ 489 X 39 = 6.06
Results with Colleges Ranked by the Highest Percentage Above a Whole Number
|
COLLEGE |
FACULTY |
% REP |
Base Seats |
Seats Added |
Total Seats |
Net Change |
|
Library |
12 |
.957 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
HP |
76 |
6.06 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
Educ |
49 |
3.91 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
S&BS |
74 |
5.90 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
|
Science |
76 |
6.06 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
B&E |
46 |
3.67 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
+1 |
|
A&H |
95 |
7.58 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
-1 |
|
AS&T |
61 |
4.86 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
489 |
39 |
35 |
4 |
39 |
One seat was gained by the Goddard School of Busienss & Economics and one seate was lost by the College of Arts & Humanities. Apportionment figures are based on full-time faculty as of fall semester.
Motion by the Constitutional Review, Apportionment & Organization Committee
to approve the above apportionment figures for college representation on the
Faculty Senate.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
4. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE – Erika Daines, Chair
Curriculum Proposals
English as a Second Language - Course proposals for Language Foundations I - ESL 0010, Language Foundations II - ESL 0015, Beginning Reading I - ESL 0020, Beginning Reading II - ESL 0025, Basic Conversation I - ESL 0030, Basic Conversation II - ESL 0035
History - Program proposal for Minor in Public History
Geography - Course proposals for Natural Environments Field Studies - Geog 1001, Map Reading and Land Navigation - Geog 1002
Visual Art - Program proposals for Photography Minor, Photography Emphasis (BFA), Art Major (BFA), Art Major, General Art (BA or BS); Course changes for Foundations of Photography: Color/Digital - ART 2450, Photography: Studio Lighting - ART 4550; New course proposal for Special Topics in Photography - ART 4660; Course deletions for Intermediate Photography - ART 2150, Documentary Photography - ART 3850, and Photography: Senior Portfolio - ART 4850
Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the above curriculum proposals.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
One of the charges to the Curriculum Committee is to
"Monitor the Faculty Senate paperless curriculum approval process and work with the Executive Committee to address problems and make improvements." Erika Daines asked Faculty Senate members for feedback on how this process is working. John Sohl stated that he liked the current process of reviewing curriculum proposals online as he could google courses and see similar courses taught at other universities.5. OTHER ITEMS
John Sohl - The Police Department and the Emergency Planning Committee have a
program available that can be presented called, "Shots Fired." This program
provides instructions of what to do if there is an active shooter on campus.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:20 p.m.