FS7Nov2013

FACULTY SENATE AGENDA(*Revised 11/4/2013)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
3 pm WB206-207

HONORS - Judy Elsley
HNRS2050 Exploring Key Concepts in the Disciplines: Social Sciences - New Course Proposal Syllabus
HNRS2050 General Education Course Proposal - Social Sciences(SS) - Gen Ed SS Form

5. APAFT – Library, Post Tenure Document - Stephen Francis, Chair and Wade Kotter

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically

Eric Amsel

Laura Anderson

John Armstrong

Tim Border

Cary Campbell

Sally Cantwell

Rex Christensen

Kraig Chugg

Patti Cost

Bruce Davis - Admin.

Jill Ericson, Director, Student Success Center - Absent

Jeremy Farner

David Ferro - Brian Rague

Azenett Garza Absent

Alicia Giralt - Excused

Kirk Hagen

Ed Hahn

Sue Harley

Brady Harris, Student - Absent

Frank Harrold - Admin.

Jeffery Henry, Student

Kathy Herndon

Tim Herzog

Brent Horn

Joan Hubbard, Admin.

Colin Inglefield

Kerry Kennedy - Absent

Tom Mathews

David Matty - Admin.

Marek Matyjasik

Madonne Miner - Admin.

Carol Naylor

Matthew Nicholaou

Matt Ondrus

Carrie Ota

Ryan Pace

Wei Qiu

Clay Rasmussen

Jack Rasmussen - Admin.

Scott Rogers- Excused

Shane Schvaneveldt

Yas Simonian – Admin. Excused

Jeff Steagall - Admin.

Sarah Steimel Absent

Mali Subbiah Excused

Ryan Thomas - Admin.

Jim Turner

Michael Vaughan - Admin.

Vikki Vickers

President Wight – Admin.

Mary Beth Willard – Gary Johnson

Kristiann Williams

David Wilson, Student

Josh Winegar

Jan Winniford, Admin. - Absent

Joseph Wolfe

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Brenda Stockberger, Secretary

Guests:

Fran Butler

Stephen Francis

MOTION Motion to approve the minutes from the 17 October 2013 Faculty Senate meeting by .

3. Diversity - Important that diversity of campus reflects the diversity of the community. The Board of Trustee’s approved a proposal on a LGBT Center on campus.

4. Maintain strong ties with the community – Hill AFB, Ogden City and Community boards.

5. Faculty – Reimagine the ways we teach, come up with innovative ways of teaching for the benefit of the students.

- Breaking ground on a new Public Safety Building on the Northwest Corner of Campus.

Remodel of the Stewart Library – digitization of collections and create new space for students. Improved student group areas, small rooms for group study, a café to have food available.

Science Building – Ranked number 1 by the Board of Regents. State building board Ranked number 1. In a very good position and we will get an additional amount of funding from the state and look for the demolition of Buildings 3 and 4 starting in May 2014.

Higher Education Legislative Appropriations Request. Will not know the results until March, however, the request includes a 3% increase in compensation for faculty and staff and a 9.5 % increase in benefit funding. This was projected by PEHP. It is a normal increase in medical care and changes in coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act.

Distinctive Mission Funding - Funding for new initiatives mostly to do with student success. There is a 10 million dollar request and our share of that, if appropriated, would be 11% or 1.1 million.

Request from USHE in recent years have had to pay a larger share of their education that in the past.

The state is unwilling to fund increases for enrollment growth. Tuition increases four times the rate of inflation. Our tuition is low compared to national rates. The average tuition nationally is $8000 – 8600 where WSU is at just under $5000 making it 40% lower than the national average.

WSU is making a commit to use some of that money to hold tuition increase to the normal rate of inflation.

The request from USHE is 69 million. Our share would be 6 million. Somewhere in between is where we will land and we will work with what they give us.

Economic downturn states difficult time balancing their budgets. Medicaid is the fastest growing part of the state budget nationally. There no energy in legislature to increase taxes They cut somewhere not fund enrollment growth for eight years. Many states have enrollment formulas they have to hold the line or raise taxes. Generally speaking it was the downturn in the economy and lowering of taxes.

Some students get priced out of their education which is bad for society. We have the responsibility to do our part to keep costs low.

Q. What is the construction north of Browning Center and North of the Lampros Hall?

It an area to honor the history of WSU. Plaques on the down town campus are being reproduced and placed on the wall. Students and faculty can be reminded of the history of this institution. On January 7 we will celebrate 125 anniversary.

The Program and Course Proposals listed above were voted on as a package by the Faculty Senate.

Motion Move to approve the Program and Course Proposals as outlined on the Faculty Senate agenda by Laura Anderson.

A friendly amendment was made to pull the Honors2050 course proposal and Supply Chain Management SCM4500 and 4550 course proposals to be discussed separately. This was approved by Laura Anderson and Tom Matthews and the original motion was withdrawn.

Discussion A friendly amendment was made to change the title of NUTR1240 to Exploration in Culinary Art and Food Science. Adding the word “Food” to the title. There was no opposition to this amendment.

Motion Move to amend the title of NUTR1240 to “Exploration in Culinary Art and Food Science” by Marek Matyjasik.

HNRS2050 Exploring Key Concepts in the Disciplines: Social Sciences - New Course Proposal

Discussion A friendly amendment was made to change the course description to call out the Prerequisite: HNRS1520 in the course description of HNRS2050.

MOTION Move to add Prerequisite: HNRS1520 in the course description of HNRS2050 with the approval of the Honors Director, Judy Elsley. If she agrees, the proposal is approved, if she disagrees, the proposal will return to the University Curriculum Committee for further discussion. Motion made by Brent Horn.

Why are there so many prerequisites to this course. These two courses are capstone courses.

BSAD2899 is a better way to show the business foundations instead of the Business foundation.

Course description goes into the catalog if this is incorrect then Cattracks will be incorrect.

Registrar is okay as long as Business Foundations is replaced with BSAD2899 on the prerequisites for SCM4500 and 4550.

MOTION Move to change Business Foundations with BSAD2899 as prerequisite for SCM4500 and 4550

5. APAFT – Library, Post Tenure Document - Stephen Francis, Chair and Wade Kotter

MOTION Move to approve George Comber, COAST, as member of FBR committee by John Armstrong.

Recommend that the Executive Committee draft a resolution to support to the LGBT Center for students. This to be on the agenda at the December 5 Faculty Senate Committee.