Faculty Senate
 MINUTES
May 21, 1998

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically

Harley Adamson
Julianne Arbuckle - Excused
Brooke Arkush
Nikki Austin - Student - Excused
Naseem Banerji
Bob Belka - Erika Daines representing
Mark Biddle
Stephanie B-James
Ryan Bott - Student - Excused
Robert Brito - Mandy Medina representing
Clyde Cooley
Tom Day
Karen Dewey
Dave Eisler - Admin. - Kathleen Lukken representing
Judy Elsley
Linda Forest
Dan Gallego
Ron Galli - Admin.
David Greene - Admin. - Jim Bird representing
Carl Grunander
Frank Guliuzza -Parliamentarian
Kirk Hagen
Verne Hansen
Kathleen Herndon
Michelle Heward - Excused
Warren Hill
Bill Hoggan
Joan Hubbard - Jill Newby representing
Paul Joines
Marie Kotter - Admin.
Thom Kuehls - Frank Guliuzza representing
Kathleen Lukken - Admin.
Ann Millner
Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair
Monica Mize - Molly Smith representing
Lynda Money
Roger Nichols - Admin.
Chris Padgett
Randy Parker
June Phillips - Admin.
Diane Pugmire
Valory Quick
Richard Sadler - Admin. - Excused
Dan Schroeder
Randy Scott
Candadai Seshachari - Chair
John Shupe - Student
John Sillito - Jill Newby representing
Allen Simkins -Admin.
John Sohl
Pamela Stenberg - Excused
Jerald Storey
James Swearingen - Excused
President Paul Thompson - Admin.
Richard Ulibarri - Admin.
Michael Vaughan - Admin.
Barbara Wachocki
Adolph Yonkee - Jim Wilson representing
Kay Brown, Secretary

 

1. ROLL CALL

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion: Moved to accept the minutes of April 16, 1998.
Made: Dan Gallego
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

3. RECOGNITION OF OUT-GOING COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND SENATE MEMBERS. Certificates of appreciation were given to the out-going committee chairs and Senate members. Kathleen Lukken was presented with a garden basket as a thank you for her guidance and direction as Weber State University converted its programs from the quarter system to the semester system.

4. APPROVAL OF FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CHAIRS.

Motion: Moved to accept the proposed committee membership and chairs for the Faculty Senate Committees for the 1998-99 academic year.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion was approved unanimously.

5. ELECTION OF FACULTY BOARD OF REVIEW MEMBERS. The 1998-99 Senate members voted for faculty members from the following list to serve on the Faculty Board of Review:

Michael Beard (HP), Dixie Blackinton (S), Desiree Cooper (COAST), Linda Forest (HP), Carl Grunander (COAST), Nancy Haanstad (S&BS), Sue Harley (S), Bob Hogge (A&H), Randy Scott (A&H), Morris Sterrett (S&BS). Chloe Merrill (ED) and Dolly Samson (B&E) are carry forward members.

Motion: One representative from each college will be elected to serve on the Faculty Board of Review. The top two vote recipients who are not elected to the Faculty Board of Review will serve as alternates.
Made: Frank Guliuzza
Second: Paul Joines
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Betty Damask-Bembenick and Diane Pugmire served as tellers. The following were elected to serve on the Faculty Board of Review for the 1998-99 academic year: Linda Forest (HP), Nancy Haanstad (S&BS), Sue Harley (S), Carl Grunander (COAST), and Randy Scott (A&H).

Alternates for the Faculty Board of Review are: Michael Beard(HP), Desiree Cooper (COAST) and Morris Sterrett (S&BS). Three alternates were selected as Desiree Cooper and Morris Sterrett received the same number of votes.

6. AD HOC ON-LINE COMMITTEE. An ad hoc on-line committee has been formed to review and establish policies for on-line courses. Members of the committee are: Brad Carroll, Chair, Dick Alston, Tom Day, Jim Jacobs, and Sally Shigley. Dave Eisler, Don Gardner and Peg Wherry are the administrative members with Judith Mitchell as the Executive Committee liaison.

7. PRESIDENT THOMPSON has contacted and been contacted by a rather large number of people as he has tried to identify the best person to help with the salary issue. Faculty and staff salaries issues will be reviewed. They are proposing to hire two consultants. Hoyt Doyle is a salary expert that works out of Denver. He has worked with us during the last couple of years, and has also worked with Utah State and other institutions. He will work with the broader issue of salaries as a whole. Hoyt Doyle focuses on salaries and the salary process. We will then engage one or more specialists to focus on faculty salary models. President Thompson talked with Tom Carrier, who was proposed by Bob Belka, from Eastern Washington University. Tom Carrier is willing to come. Tom Carrier helped develop the faculty salary model at Eastern Washington. They will proceed over the summer and early fall. President Thompson will report to the Faculty Senate in October.

8. APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AND TENURE C Gary Dohrer, Chair

PPM 8-23 - DATED GUIDELINES. The Senate discussed the various dates proposed for the ranking and tenure review processes. An additional date change needed to be corrected in the October 1 guideline to match the January 22 guideline - The department chair is to inform, in writing, all probationary faculty members up for review and all faculty who are being considered for advancement in rank that their files must be updated by February 1 January 22.

Motion: To accept PPM 8-23 Dated Guidelines presented by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure Committee.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Amended Motion:  Moved to amend the proposed Dated Guidelines, PPM 8-23 as they are in conflict with the semester dates. Kathleen Herndon passed out a handout with corrected dates that are in line with the semester dates.
Made: Kathleen Herndon
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The amendment passed.

Amended Motion:  Moved to amend the November 1 Dated Guideline to read . . Candidates shall meet with the chair of the peer review committee. At that time the candidate shall provide documentation of teaching effectiveness for the peer review committee to review and assess. The candidate shall also, at that time, arrange a schedule for presentations and or demonstrations to be viewed by the committee. and the chair shall agree upon a schedule for the candidate to provide appropriate documentation of teaching effectiveness for the peer review committee to review and assess.
Made: Dan Schroeder
Second: John Sohl
Outcome: The motion passed.

Amended Motion:  Moved to amend the January 15 Dated Guideline to read . . . The results of the department peer evaluations, including those produced by the departmental Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee, shall be placed in the candidates= professional files along with any other materials the Committee deems appropriate (PPMs 8-11 and 8-29).
Made: Warren Hill
Second: John Sohl
Outcome: The motion passed.

9. ADMISSIONS, STANDARDS, AND STUDENT AFFAIRS C John Thaeler, Chair.

PPM 4-19 - CANCELLATIONS, WITHDRAWALS, CREDIT/NO-CREDIT. Suggested dates for last date to cancel a class, last date for withdrawal from a class and changes to audit or credit/no credit were discussed. Questions were raised about the suggested refund deadlines. Cancellation of a class does not guarantee a refund. Refunds are an administrative decision. Current policy is at 4.5 weeks. If the Senate does not act on this legislation the cancellation date will remain at 4.5 weeks. The fall course schedule has listed September 18 as the last date to cancel a class and October 23 as the last date for withdrawal from a class. The current policy dictated the publishing of these dates as the course schedule went to press prior to the Senate acting on this issue.

Motion: To accept the suggested registration deadlines - Cancellation of class - September 18, last date for withdrawal and changes to audit or credit/no credit be October 2.
Made: Karen Dewey
Second: Lynda Money
Outcome: The motion passed.

Amended Motion:  Moved to have the CL, cancellation of class date moved from the suggested date of September 18 (end of the 3rd week) to 33%, which is the end of the 5th week.
Made: John Sohl
Second Jerald Storey
Outcome: The motion failed.

Amended Motion: Moved to send the cancellation of class date back to the Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee for discussion.
Made: Randy Scott
Second: Paul Joines
Outcome: The motion passed.

Amended Motion: Moved to change the withdrawal date from the end of the 5th week, to 53% of the semester or the end of the 8th week.
Made: John Sohl
Second: Warren Hill
Outcome: The motion passed.

Amended Motion: Moved to move the cancellation date to the end of the 3rd week and that this issue be reviewed by the Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee, as well as the refund issue for a final recommendation for 1999. The cancellation date for fall 1998 is September 18, and the withdrawal date and credit/no credit date is October 2.
Made: John Sohl
Second: Diane Pugmire
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

PPM=S 6-1 RESIDENCY, 6-2 ADMISSIONS, 6-6A ATTENDANCE TRACKING FOR FINANCIALLY AIDED AND VETERAN STUDENTS, 6-7 WITHDRAWAL FROM UNIVERSITY, 6-9 FEE STRUCTURE FOR THE USE OF UNIVERSITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES BY WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, 6-18 SEATING POLICY, AND 6-22 STUDENT CODE.

6-2 brings the language contained in the Curriculum PPM into the University PPM. Currently the Curriculum PPM is the only place that you can find the English and math competency requirements. They are proposing to change the quarter system language to semester language.

The other PPM changes update titles and offices with current names, changing quarters to semesters, residue to residual, AWithdrawn from School@ to ARegistered and Withdrew,@ and an established fee by the University rather than a specific dollar amount.

Motion:  Moved to accept the changed to PPM=s 6-1 Residency, 6-2 Admissions, 6-6a Attendance Tracking for Financially Aided and Veteran Students, 6-7 Withdrawal from University, 6-9 Fee Structure for the Use of University Facilities and Services by Weber State University Students, 6-18 Seating Policy, and 6-22 Student Code.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

STATEMENT OF CONCERN - Informational item from the Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee. Various policies have been passed in the last several years have not been programmed for the STAARS system. Thus, updating of student records regarding fulfillment of math/language competencies, checks for satisfactory progress, and other requirements must be completed using tedious, manual processes. Many of these policies cannot be enforced because of lack of programming support. There is no point in having committees working hard to develop, recommend, and have the Faculty Senate pass improved policies if they cannot be programmed and enforced.

10. CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, APPORTIONMENT, AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE C Sharee Josephson PPM 1-13

Motion: Moved to accept the proposed changes from the Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization Committee for PPM 1-13, Article I - Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Senate, Section 2 Attendance Requirement - A Senate member, without academic assignment for one quarter semester during the regular academic year, may appoint a representative to attend Faculty Senate meetings for that quarter must be replaced by election per policy in Article II, Section 4. . .

Article II - Election of Members of the Faculty Senate, Section 3 Election of New Members - Immediately following the approval of the apportionment of membership by the Faculty Senate at its March January meeting, the secretary of the Senate shall inform the faculty of each organizational units of . . .

Article II - Election of Members of the Faculty Senate, Section 7 Election Procedures Results - 7.1 Results of the election of new members of the Senate shall be reported officially to the chair of the Senate by the organizational units no later than April March 7. 7.2 During the second week of April March, the Executive Committee shall call a general faculty meeting for the purpose of electing members of the Executive Committee for the following year. . . 7.3 The newly elected senators, elected in April March of each year, shall be designated as ASenators-elect.@ . . .

Article IV - Election of Officers of the Executive Committee, Section 1 Election of Chair-Elect and Vice Chair-Elect Each year at an organizational meeting in April March, those senators-elect and those senators whose term of office shall continue beyond July 1 shall elect for a one-year term a chair-elect and a vice chair-elect. . .

Article V - Committees of the Faculty Senate, Section 8 Staffing of Committees Committee assignments will be made in May April of each year for the succeeding year by the Faculty Senate upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee. . .

Made: Karen Dewey
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

11. CURRICULUM & GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE TASK FORCE ON COMPUTING COMPETENCE & INFORMATION LITERACY C Bob Higginson, and Chris Elliott reporting. A charge was given to the Curriculum & General Education Committee to define computer competence as a part of a student=s degree requirements.

After a careful study of this issue at both the state level and the campus level, it is the recommendation of the Curriculum and General Education Committee that the requirement be implemented beginning with the fall, 1998 semester.

REQUIREMENT: Candidates for all bachelor degrees, A.S. and A.A. degrees must demonstrate understanding and appropriate application of personal computing tools including word-processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, and internet information technologies as well as use of electronic indexes and catalogs of the library to identify, find, evaluate, and ethically use information. Freshmen entering the 1998-99 fall semester and all subsequent entering students must meet the requirement, as must any student choosing a general education catalogue of 98-99 or after. Competence must be demonstrated by completing the course work or taking the examination prior to the completion of 60 credit hours. It is possible for students to take the exam for some modules of the requirement and a class for other modules to meet the entire requirement.

The Senate suggested that a grade of C- or better be clarified as a passing grade for each module or course. An informational brochure is being prepared and will be distributed to students through the Academic Advisement Office. There is a cost to each student of $20 for the exam. This money is used to make the program self sufficient. The question of students being required to pay money to prove they have the computer skilled required was discussed. The committee is hopeful that the modules and competency exam will be ready fall semester 1998.

Motion:  Moved to accept the recommendation of the Curriculum & General Education Committee Task Force on Computing Competence & Information Literacy:  Students may demonstrate achievement of these two important educational objectives by choosing one method on each line of the following table:

Competence

Courses

Exam Module

OS, Internet, Email

TBE 1702

CS 1010, 1013

Module I

WordProcessing

TBE 1701

CS 1011

Module II

Spreadsheets

TBE 1703

CS 1011

Module III

Info Literacy & Ethics

Libsci 2201 (Class)

Libsci 2202 (Internet)

Module IV

Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Kathleen Herndon
Outcome: The motion passed.

12. CURRICULUM & GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE C Bob Higginson, Chair

A. Bachelor of science course proposal for Physical Geography PS 1010

Motion: Moved to accept the bachelor of science course proposal for Physical Geography PS 1010.
Made: John Sohl
Second: Carl Grunander
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

B. Bachelor of science course proposal from the Dental Hygiene Program for Baccalaureate Thesis 4780.

Motion: Move to accept the bachelor of science course proposal from the Dental Hygiene Program for Baccalaureate Thesis 4780.
Made: Carl Grunander
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

C. Semester Conversion of the Technical Sales BS or BA Degree - Interior Design Emphasis.

Motion: Moved to accept the semester conversion of the Technical Sales BS or BA Degree - Interior Design Emphasis.
Made: Carl Grunander
Second: Warren Hill
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

D. New Course Proposal - Botany 2503, Biology of the Plant Cell

Motion: Moved to accept the new course proposal for Botany 2503, Biology of the Plant Cell.
Made: Paul Joines
Second: Kirk Hagen
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

E. New Course Proposal from Radiologic Sciences RADTEC 4933 - Research Methods.

Motion:  Move to accept the new course proposal from Radiologic Sciences RADTEC 4933 - Research Methods.
Made: Karen Dewey
Second: Valory Quick
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

F. New Course Proposal from Radiologic Sciences RADTEC 4943 - Baccalaureate Thesis.

Motion: Moved to accept the new course proposal from Radiologic Sciences RADTEC 4943 - Baccalaureate Thesis.
Made: Frank Guliuzza
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

G. Bachelor of science course proposals from Radiologic Sciences for Quality Assurance in Radiology RADTEC 3443, Quality Assurance DMS 4143, Quality Assurance NUCMED 4333 and Quality Assurance RADTH 4446.

Motion: Moved to accept the bachelor of science course proposals from Radiologic Sciences for Quality Assurance in Radiology RADTEC 3443, Quality Assurance DMS 4143, Quality Assurance NUCMED 4333 and Quality Assurance RADTH 4446.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

H. Bachelor of science course proposal from Radiologic Sciences for Baccalaureate Thesis 4943.

Motion: Moved to accept the bachelor of science course proposal from Radiologic Sciences for Baccalaureate Thesis 4943.
Made: Karen Dewey
Second: Carl Grunander
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Motion:  Moved to express appreciation for the leadership of Bob Higginson and Judith Mitchell and a motion in the form of a commendation for Bob Higginson, Judith Mitchell and others who played a key roll in the semester conversion.
Made: Ron Galli
Second: Randy Scott
Outcome: So stated in the record.

13. STUDY ABROAD C Kathleen Lukken

Presented three documents: Study Abroad Program Director Manual, Draft PPM 4-11 Study Abroad Programs, and Summary of Study Abroad Support.

Concern expressed about a centralized office making money from study abroad programs. Dr. Lukken assured faculty that the academic departments initiating the study abroad programs would have control of the budget. They would be responsible for any deficits incurred and if there was a surplus of funds it would go to the Dean of the Department. Discussion of the policy requiring grades prior to the beginning of the next term. Grades are not always available. AT@ grades can be given, however, students who are financially aided are penalized by AT@ grades. Study abroad should not be profit making. It should be offered to students as economical as possible. There should be an accounting of the money to ensure that the money paid by the student is used only to fund the study abroad program.

14. ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2002 OLYMPIC GAMES C Dave Eisler

Classes will begin on January 2. (This is one day earlier for this semester.) The Martin Luther King holiday will be observed on January 21. Classes will be held through Friday, February 1. Opening ceremonies for the Olympics are on Friday, February 8, with closing ceremonies on Sunday, February 24. The Olympic Village closes on Tuesday, February 26. Classes will resume on Wednesday, February 27. The last day of class for the semester is Friday, May 3. Final exams are May 6-8 with Commencement on Friday, May 10, 2002.

ADJOURN

The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.