AGENDA SETTING
March 10, 2011

 

1.    Approval of the Minutes from the February 10, 2011 Meeting

2.    Tobacco Free Campus – Justin Neville
       Student Senate Proposal

3.    Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs – Kathleen Herndon, Chair
       Policy for Graduate Programs

4.    Constitutional Review, Apportionment & Organization – Allyson Saunders, Chair
       Program Discontinuance.

5.    General Education Improvement & Assessment – Jeff Grunow, Chair
       Creation of Area Committees

6.    Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair
       Geography - Map Reading and Land Navigation - Geog 1002
       Accounting - Accounting for Global and Complex Entities - Actg 5140;      Program change for Bachelor of Science in Accounting
       Honors - Exploring Key Concepts in the Humanities - HNRS 2010;      Gen Ed Humanities proposal for Exploring Key Concepts in the Humanities - HNRS 2010

7.    Faculty Athletic Representative – Craig Oberg
       Report

8.    Faculty Governance Award

9.    Faculty Titles in the University Catalog

10.  Other Items

MINUTES

 

PRESENT
Shelly Costley, Colleen Garside, Azenett Garza, Ed Hahn, Sue Harley, Michael Hernandez, David Malone, Ann Millner, Brian Rague, Peggy Saunders, Michael Vaughan, Kay Brown, Secretary

GUESTS
Lloyd Burton, Erika Daines, Jeff Grunow, Kathleen Herndon, Allyson Saunders

MINUTES
Peggy Saunders: Moved to approve the minutes from the February 10, 2011 meeting.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

ELECTION RESULTS
The following were elected to the 2011-12 Executive Committee: Julie Buck, Patricia Cost, Shelly Costley, Colleen Garside, Ed Hahn, Stephen Hill, Colin Inglefield Michelle More, and Brian Rague.

SMOKE FREE CAMPUS
Smoke Free Campus – Justin Neville, Legislative Vice President

The Weber State Student Association is proposing a smoke free campus

The Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) group recommends adopting a tobacco-free policy. SWAT also recommends:

Currently 381 colleges and universities in the Unites States have already adopted smoke-free policies for their campuses, including, but not limited to, the New York and Pennsylvania Systems of Higher Education, Boise State, and University of Kentucky. Southern Utah University, Utah State University and Salt Lake Community College are discussing such a policy.

The resolution has not been voted on by the Student Senate. Voting will take place March 21. The final resolution will come to the Faculty Senate of March 24.

Additional information can be found at: www.tobaccofreenow.org

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate as an information item the resolution to adopt a smoke-free policy at Weber State.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ASSA
Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs – Kathleen Herndon, Chair

Charge 6 - In Consultation with the WSU Graduate Council, develop guidelines for new graduate programs including:

The graduate program guidelines were written by the Graduate Council and presented to the ASSA Committee.

The complete policy can be viewed online at http://faculty.weber.edu/senate/ Click on the March 24 Senate meeting to find the agenda and document.

The Executive Committee discussed the Degree Requirements section.

Degree Requirements

1. Credit hour requirement
A minimum of 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree is required for any Weber State University master degree. Additional course work or projects may be required due to graduate program accreditation standards, or for specialized professional master degrees. At least two-thirds of the credits in any master degree program (including thesis or project) must be received from Weber State University.

Questions were raised about: "At least two-thirds of the credits in any master degree program . . ."

2. GPA Requirement
A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for successful completion of a graduate degree. Individual course grade requirements are determined by the sponsoring department.

The Executive Committee discussed: "A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for successful completion . . ."

All current master’s program have higher standards that this document. Executive Committee members wondered why the standard in the document were not higher.

Is it the intent of the Graduate Council that this become a formal policy? The Curriculum Committee is looking for policy. The Executive Committee felt this item could go to the Faculty Senate as an information item for discussion and distribution, and then come back to the Faculty Senate as a proposed PPM for a vote.

MOTION
Shelly Costley: Moved to forward the Graduate Program Guidelines to the Faculty Senate as an information item.
Second: Peggy Saunders
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CRAO
Constitutional Review, Apportionment & Organization – Allyson Saunders, Chair

They presented a proposed PPM policy for Program Modification or Discontinuance Review Procedure (PPM 1-14a).

II. OVERVIEW

This policy defines the role of the faculty and the Faculty Senate when a program (See Regent’s Policy 481 for definition) has been recommended for discontinuance or when modifications have been recommended, which would adversely or critically affect faculty in a program or academic unit. Program modification or discontinuance is not initiated for curriculum that has gone through the university curriculum approval process.

A. Program or organization unit modification or discontinuance may be initiated by the State Board of Regents, the president, the provost or a vice president, a dean, a department chair, a program director, or a group or member of the faculty of the affected organizational unit.

B. Any deliberation related to program or organizational unit modification or discontinuance should involve the following groups or individuals:

(a) the faculty of the affected program or academic unit,
 (b) the chair of the affected unit,
(c) an academic dean of the affected unit,
(d) the provost,
(e) the president and
(f) the Faculty Senate.

MOTION
Shelly Costley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the proposed changes to PPM 1-14a, Program Modification or Discontinuance Review Procedure with the suggested changes by the Executive Committee.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GEN ED
General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee – Jeff Grunow, Chair

Committee proposal for the creation of General Education Area Committees.

Proposal: In order to serve its mission, the University GE Committee herein proposes the creation of four (4) GE Core area committees (Composition; American Institutions; Quantitative Literacy; Computer and Information Literacy) and five (5) GE Breadth area committees (Humanities; Creative Arts; Social Sciences; Physical Sciences; Life Sciences). to serve as an interface between the University GE Committee and the many departments which offer General Education courses.

The following suggestions were made:

GE Area Committee Composition: Committee members will be selected by the University GE Committee and shall serve a three year term, with a third of the committee being rotated out each year. Each GE Area Committee should have

a) one GE Area Chair faculty member from a department that teaches a GE course in that area,

b) no fewer than 3, and no more than 5, additional faculty members drawn from different departments that teach a GE course in that area, and

c) two faculty members from departments outside that GE area (one of which will be a standing University GE Committee member). Committee members will be selected by the University GE Committee and shall serve a three year term, with a third of the committee being rotated out each year.

The entire document can be found at: http://faculty.weber.edu/senate/ Click on the March 24 Senate meeting to find the agenda and document.

MOTION
Shelly Costley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the proposal for the creation of General Education Area Committees.
Second: Brian Rague
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

The Gen Ed Committee is working on the diversity requirement. They are discussing changing the name to Intercultural Knowledge as it goes across a broad spectrum.

CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair

Curriculum

Geography - Map Reading and Land Navigation - Geog 1002

Accounting - Accounting for Global and Complex Entities - Actg 5140; Program change for Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Honors - Exploring Key Concepts in the Humanities - HNRS 2010; Gen Ed Humanities proposal for Exploring Key Concepts in the Humanities - HNRS 2010

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above curriculum for approval.
Second: Shelly Costley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

SUPPLEMENTAL PAY MODEL
Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee – Lloyd Burton, Chair

The Supplemental Pay Model has been presented at college meetings for discussion. One of the concerns with the model was a stair step jump in compensation based on enrollment. The revised model smooths out the compensation curve based on enrollment. Compensation will be keyed to third week enrollments.

The Supplemental Pay Model can be viewed at: http://faculty.weber.edu/senate/ Click on the March 24 Senate meeting to find the agenda and document.

MOTION
Azenett Garza: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the proposed Supplemental Pay Model.
Second: Shelly Costley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GOVERNANCE AWARD
The Executive Committee discussed nominations for the Faculty Governance Award. Doris Geide-Stevenson was selected to receive this year’s award. This will be presented at the March 24 Faculty Senate meeting.

FACULTY TITLES
The Weber State University Catalog lists Department Chair with titles, i.e. Dr., Mr. Faculty members are listed without titles. Executive Committee member felt that all faculty should be listed without titles.

MOTION
Michael Hernandez: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate their recommendation to drop faculty titles from the catalog.
Second: Ed Hahn
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.