0.
Additions Or Deletions
Previously
Scheduled:
1. Course
Approvals (A2C2)
2.
Course Approvals (Graduate Council)
3.
Semester Break And Retention
4.
Disposition Of Tenure/Promotion Summaries
5.
Final Exam Policy
6.
Faculty Participation In UC-R E-Learning Planning (Electronic Vote)
7.
Honorary Degree
8.
Budget Task Force (Item From Administration)
9.
Laptops (Item From Administration)
Additions:
10. Public E-Mail
Addresses On The Web (IFO Addition)
11.
Summer Session (IFO Addition)
1. Course Approvals (A2C2)
The administration was notified regarding Faculty Senate’s
approval of courses below.
1. Course
Approvals
A.
University Studies B Course Requirements
1.
Unity & Diversity: Critical
Analysis
MUS 203
Theory III (4 SH)
PSY 308
Experimental Psychology (3 SH)
B.
University Studies B Flag Courses
1.
Oral
BIOL 307
Cell Biology Laboratory (1 SH)
PSY 309
Experimental Psychology Laboratory (2 SH)
PSY 311
Careers in Psychology (1 SH)
The
administration acknowledged the above course approvals.
2. Course
Approvals (Graduate Council)
The administration was
notified regarding Faculty Senate's approval of two courses from the Graduate Council:
EL 640 (3
sh): Ethics for School Leaders, existing course, proposed with 1 sh decrease.
EL 622 (3
sh): The Principalship, new courses created by banking two existing courses.
The administration
acknowledged the above course approvals.
3.
Semester Break And Retention
The
administration was told that the Faculty Senate "strongly supported" proposals
of its reps on the Calendar Committee regarding the
break
between semesters and the inclusion of three Grading Days at the end of each semester. Further, in connection with the issue of
the
semester break, Faculty Senate directed its reps to ask at Meet and Confer for data
concerning the linkage said to exist between
length
of break and retention rate.
Administration
Comments/Responses:
1.
The present proposal regarding the break between semesters appears OK to the
administration, as long as it’s not longer than 4 weeks.
2.
Will look into the retention issue for longer weeks.
4.
Disposition Of Tenure/Promotion Summaries
The administration was informed
that the Faculty Senate sent to PP&G the summaries of last year's promotion and tenure
actions.
5.
Final Exam Policy
The administration was informed
that Faculty Senate accepted the Final Exam policy received from them at the 11/25 Meet
and Confer (headed "2nd Draft 11/25/02").
The 2nd draft proposed the
following statement as a replacement for two previously deleted sentences:
“An instructor who wishes to reschedule an exam during final exam
week must receive prior approval from the college dean.”
VP Richardson will be sending the
approved version to all constituencies.
6.
Faculty Participation In UC-R E-Learning Planning (Electronic Vote)
The administration was informed that
Faculty Senate approved using an electronic vote to ratify faculty volunteers to the
UC-R's e-Learning work groups, to be identified in mid-December. FA President Bratt is worried that there is not
sufficient time to send out e-mails regarding the different disciplines.
The administrated
stated that Christine Clements will be e-mailing the different disciplines to David Bratt
at he earliest opportunity.
7.
Honorary Degree
The administration was informed
that Faculty Senate passed a motion supporting conferral of an Honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters degree upon Stephen Covey, to be given at the WSU Commencement Ceremonies
in May 2003.
The administration thanked the Faculty
Senate recommendation.
1.
Many web browsers are quite clever
and can get to not only single e-mail addresses but also full e-mail lists within an
individual e-mail software; they can also discern/differentiate "formulas" and still send out spam.
2.
Never respond to spam mail!
3.
IT will send out do’s and
don’ts on the topic of e-mail spam.
4.
Filters can be set up to block
spam.
5.
IT will look into this issue and
return with possible solutions.
6.
The administration would like to
have technology items during every Meet and Confer!