EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AGENDA
August 19, 2010

1. Welcome –David Malone

2. Meeting Schedule for 2010-11

Committee Chairs Luncheon September 16 at 12:30

3. Report on Trustee Meetings

4. Committee Membership Changes

CRAO - Replace Larry Dooley, A&H, Michelle Heward, S&BS

RSPG - Brandon Koford, B&E (replaces Nazneen Ahman), Brady Brower, S&BS (Replaces Patti Cost)

Gen Ed - Patti Cost Ed

SBBFP - Replace Catherine Earl, HP

Other Changes

5. Faculty Senate Changes

Patti Cost replaces Dave Berry from Education

Tracy Callahan replaces Allison Hess from Arts & Humanities

6. Campus Update – Mike Vaughan

7. Program Discontinuance PPM 1-14a

8. Draft Committee Charges

Academic Resources and Computing – Brian Rague

Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs – Shelly Costley

Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure – Sue Harley

Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization – Brian Rague

Curriculum – Colleen Garside

Environmental Issues Committee – Michael Hernandez

General Education Improvement & Assessment – Ed Hahn

Honorary Degree – Peggy Saunders

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth – Azenett Garza

Salary, Benefits, Budget, and Fiscal Planning – David Malone

Teaching, Learning, and Assessment – Peggy Saunders

9. Other Items

MINUTES

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

MEETING SCHEDULE
The meeting schedule for Executive Committee meetings, Senate meetings was distributed. The Faculty Senate Committee Chairs luncheon will be on September 16.

TRUSTEES REPORT
At the last Trustees’ meeting PPM policies governing guns on campus was approved. The PPM was revised to reflect current state law.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure
Shi-Hwa Wang, A&H, replaces Gary Dohrer Fall Semester

Constitutional Review Apportionment and Organization
Scott Rogers, A&H, replaces Larry Dooley
Bruce Bayley, S&BS, replaces Michelle Heward
Nicole Berthelemy, S, replaces Mohammad Sondossi Spring Semester
Allyson Saunders replaces Michelle Heward as Chair

General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee
Patti Cost, Ed, Reappointed
Jeff Grunow will serve as Chair Spring Semester replacing Rick Ford

Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth
Victoria Ramirez, A&H, replaces Isabel Asensio Spring Semester
Brandon Koford, B&E, replaces Nazneen Ahman
Brady Brower, S&BS, replaces Patti Cost

Salary, Benefits, Budgets and Fiscal Planning
Kathleen Sitzman, HP, replaces Catherine Earl
Molly Smith, Ed, replaces Natalie Williams Fall Semester

Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Julie Buck, S&BS, replaces Leigh Shaw Spring Semester

SENATE MEMBERSHIP
Patti Cost, Ed, replaces Dave Berry
Tracy Callahan, A&H, replaces Allison Hess
Samuel Newton, S&BS, replaces Julie Buck Fall Semester

CHARGES Draft charges for the Faculty Senate Standing Committees were discussed.

Academic Resources and Computing – Brian Rague, Liaison

1. Allocate ARCC resources, including Dee Family Technology Grant funds, using consistent, objective, fair, and reasonable criteria.
A. Review funding criteria and procedures for ARCC for possible revision or clarification purposes. (December deadline)
B. Continue to develop funding criteria for and advertisement of the Dee Family Technology Grant.

2. Assess faculty and student computer needs, solicit faculty input, and lobby for the faculty’s computer-related interests.

3. Review (with computing support) standards and policies for hardware and software purchases.

4. Continue to improve the means of submitting proposals and decreasing the amount of paperwork.

5. Monitor the expenditures of all ARCC funds, including those supported through WSUSA funding.

6. Maintain close communication with other computer resource entities on campus, including CE and IT online instruction.

7. Be represented on the IT Council and IT Steering Committee, and routinely invite directors to summarize status of new projects and ongoing IT/CE support.

8. Coordinate faculty representation on other IT related committees.

9. Improve communication between faculty, IT/CE, and administration regarding technology issues and advise said bodies of faculty needs.

10. Sponsor a faculty/staff IT Users Group to share information, ideas, and solutions regarding the use of technology at Weber State.

11. Continue to function as a nexus of information regarding IT issues between faculty, staff, and students, acting in an advisory capacity, and investigate its position as a decision making body.

12. Research ways to strengthen academic computing, specifically in the areas of visualization, simulation, and scientific analysis.

Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure – Sue Harley, Liaison

1. Review the intellectual policy draft developed by Richard Hill. If needed, put in place a new intellectual property policy.

2. Review the new work load model of the College of Science for consistency with WSU and Board of Regents policies.

3. Check the consistency of policies PPM 8-20D and 9-17A regarding dismissal of tenure track faculty during the probationary period.

4. Investigate policies at other institutions on vote of no confidence, especially regarding procedures for transparency, protection of affected parties, etc. and bring information forward for discussion.

5. Research policies for term limits of department chairs and deans at other institutions and bring information forward for discussion.

Constitutional Review, Apportionment and Organization – Brian Rague, Liaison

1. Calculate apportionment for Faculty Senate representation using the Hamilton Method and present the apportionment figures to the Faculty Senate during Fall Semester. (November deadline).

2. Research questions and make recommendations that are brought to the attention of the CRAO Committee.

3. Establish a subcommittee to review the Program Discontinuance Review Procedure (PPM 1-14a). Some members of this committee should be drawn from faculty who were involved with the Program Review Committee formed during Spring 2010.

4. Write a policy or modify the existing policy with regard to timely and suitable consultation and notification of the faculty when it is deemed necessary to temporarily suspend a policy in the PPM. (passed EC 3/4/2010 – Carried forward)

Charges stemming from item #4.

A. What statutory, constitutional or rule authority governs the suspension of a policy under the PPM?

B. What authority does faculty have to assert themselves in the suspension process of the administration and/or Board of Trustees?

C. What procedure would allow for the most productive discussion and decision making process in determining whether to suspend a PPM policy?

5. In response to PPM changes (primarily the clarification of rank and title) proposed by the APAFT committee and passed by the Faculty Senate on January 21, 2010, determine the impact these PPM modifications have on the Constitution. Special attention should be given to Section 1, the Membership portion of the Constitution.

6. Currently the Constitution Bylaws (PPM 1-13) do not recognize the existence of the Board of Regents. Review and update the bylaws to amend this oversight.

7. Determine a policy that establishes a cyclical review of PPMs. Apportion PPM ownership to the appropriate university entity.

8. Establish the need for a specific policy prohibiting ballot voting in the Faculty Senate. Faculty concerns center on the principle that faculty senate is predicated as a representative government.

9. Review PPM policies (20 years or older) to identify possible action. (Time permitting)

Curriculum Committee – Colleen Garside, Liaison

1. Review and approve curriculum and program proposals.

2. Continue to conduct workshops on an as-needed basis with college curriculum committee chairs to acquaint them with curriculum procedures.

3. Develop new general education approval forms for the core general education areas that incorporate the learning outcomes for those areas as they are approved by Faculty Senate.

4. Incorporate in the Curriculum Committee PPM the guidelines recommended by ASSA for graduate program level courses.

5. Develop guidelines for post-baccalaureate certificates.

Environmental Issues – Michael Hernandez, Liaison

1. Help facilitate the modeling of best practices for economic and environmental sustainability at WSU.

2. Serve as a local and statewide source for scientifically-based information and for leadership on environmental issues affecting Utah and the Wasatch Front.

3. Help facilitate integration of environmental initiatives into academic affairs, student affairs, and facilities management.

Specific tasks could include:

Sponsoring a speaker, film, and discussion series.
Keeping the EIC website up-to-date and testing a newsletter.
Continuing to consider ways to incorporate sustainability into the curriculum.
Working with Facilities Management to participate in the STAARS Program, and working to have WSU included in the Princeton Review’s Guide to America’s Greenest Colleges and Universities.

Working with Student Affairs and Student Government to experiment with including a student sustainability fee into the student fee structure.
Exploring ideas for tracking university-sponsored air and vehicle travel in order to consider strategies for using carbon offsets
Coordinating with the WSU Student Environmental Club to host the Northern Utah Recycling Symposium in spring 2011.
Building partnerships with student organizations, the WSU Outdoor Program, alumni, the City of Ogden, other universities statewide, the Teaching and Learning Forum, and more.
Continuing to promote across campus the use of "green" copy paper that costs less and also uses less energy, water, and trees than conventional paper. Exploring the installation of "green campus" interpretative signs, idling reduction, and recycling bins in the center of campus.

ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.