Faculty Senate
MINUTES
January 20, 2000

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically
Scott Amos
Eric Amsel
Richard Beatch
Mark Biddle - Excused
Sharen Brady
Delroy Brinkerhoff
Michael Cena - Excused
Mike Chertudi - Student
Bruce Christensen - Sandra Powell representing
Bill Clapp
Erika Daines
Betty Damask-Bembenek
Tom Day
Karen Dewey
Rick Dove
Anand Dyal-Chand - Admin
Dave Eisler - Admin.
Ron Galli - Admin. - Dale Ostlie representing
Jim Gaskill
Dawn Gatherum
David Greene - Admin.
Frank Guliuzza - Parliamentarian
Bruce Handley 
Mark Henderson - Excused
Warren Hill
Joan Hubbard - Excused
Ken Johnson
Paul Joines
Brenda Kowalewski
Thom Kuehls
Jeff Livingston
Kathleen Lukken - Admin.
Jim Macdonald - Kyle Mattson representing
Dwayne Meadows
Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair
Randy Parker - Excused
June Phillips - Admin.
Margaret Pilcher - Student
Valory Quick - Excused
Richard Sadler - Admin.
Dan Schroeder
Randy Scott
Candadai Seshachari - Chair
Gene Sessions
Sally Shigley
John Sillito
John Sohl - Excused
Mohammad Sondossi - Excused
Timothy Steele
Adam Suttlemyer - Student
Alden Talbot
President Paul Thompson - Admin.
Jennifer Turley
Michael Vaughan - Admin
Wangari Wa Nyatetu-Waigwa
Lydia Wingate
Kay Brown, Secretary

1. ROLL CALL

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion: Moved to approve the minutes for the December 16, 1999 meeting.
Made: Sally Shigley
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

3. Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee B Gary Godfrey, Chair, reported on the instructional improvement and research proposals awarded during Fall Semester 1999.

The committee had $15,000 for instructional improvement and research proposals, $10,000 for new faculty awards, and $3,500 in recovered funds from expired projects for a total of $28,500 available for the Fall awarding period. The committee received 27 proposals which requested just over $60,000. Fourteen projects were funded for a total of $25,600. New Faculty awards were given to four faculty members: John Cavitt, Lauren Fowler, Colin Inglefield, and Suzanne Kanatsiz for a total of $10,014.
January 24, 2000 is the deadline for Hemingway proposals. The deadline for RSPG Spring 2000 proposals is March 23, 2000.

AFinal Analyses for the Rock Springs, Idaho, Excavation Project@
Brooke S. Arkush, Sociology and Anthropology Funded $1500

AEvolution of male parental care in the European Starling (Sturms vulgaris)@- New Faculty Award
John Cavitt, Zoology Funded $3470

AAnalysis of Content and Types of Supportive Messages in an Online Support Group for Burn Survivors@
Kathy J. Edwards, Communication Funded $261

ATime of Day Effects on Cognitive Processing and Brain Temperature@ - New Faculty Award
Lauren Fowler, Psychology Funded $2533

APeach Tree Responses to Rowcover Microclimate@
Dawn Gatherum, Botany Funded $1000

APhotoreflectance Investigations of Semiconductors@ - New Faculty Award
Colin Inglefield, Physics Funded $1830

AMetal Inert Gas (MIG) and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Welding@ - New Faculty Award
Suzanne Kanatsiz, Visual Arts Funded $2180

AReconstruction of a function by means of its Fourier series with respect to a system of orthogonal polynomials@
George Kvernadze, Mathematics Funded $1850

ATensile Test Project for Material Behavior Curves@
Daniel Magda, MMET Funded $2285

AMarbling Workshop@
Susan Makov, Visual Arts Funded $1082

AMedia Coverage of Florida=s 1998 Drought@
Christopher Meindl, Geography Funded $800

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis from exposure to metalworking fluids@
Karen Nakaoka, Microbiology Funded $3200
Mohammad Sondossi, Microbiology
Barbra Wachocki, Botany

AMicrobial characteristics of aqueous environments determined by variable salinity typical for ecosystems along the Great Salt Lake@
Mohammad Sondossi, Microbiology Funded $1800
Marek Matyjasik, Geosciences

AIterative Stability in the class of continuous functions@
T.H. Steele, Mathematics Funded $1850

4. Teaching Learning and Assessment B Candadai Seshachari

Bob Higginson, Chair of the Teaching Learning and Assessment Committee, has taken a leave of absence from the University. The Executive Committee recommended that Judith Mitchell, liaison to the committee, along with the subcommittee chairs oversee the committee for the next three months (February, March, and April). The position will be advertised in the Spring.

5. Curriculum and General Education B Jim Wilson, Chair

IS&T course proposal for Computer Competence - IS&T 1000 to Software Skills for Business - IS&T 1000. This proposal is being sent back to the Curriculum and General Education Committee to review the course syllabus and discuss the computer literacy requirement.

IS&T course proposal change for Senior Project - IS&T 4730, a new course proposal for Introduction to Information Technology - IS&T 1500, course deletions for Introduction to Systems - IS&T 2120, and Information Technology and the Year 2000 - IS&T 4740 Senior Seminar - IS&T 4990.

Foreign Language course proposal for Studies in Culture and Civilization - Frlang 3550.