Add under                         3: Report on Sp. Ed. from Carol Anderson

10. General Information (administrative addition)

Senate approved the following from A2C2:

(a) Procedural change

A change to an internal committee procedure so that all new course proposals, including those intended for University Studies, will be heard by the regular Course/Program Proposal Subcommittee, and

(b) Committee assignments

Paul Johnson and Dan Kauffman were re-appointed to the University Studies Committee for 3-year terms.

The administration received these Senate approvals.

--FA Catalog Review Committee (report) will concentrate just on front part of catalog.

--University Studies recommendation

The Senate approved the A2C2's recommendation (from USS) that the new university catalog *not* include a list of courses approved for University Studies (in any of the categories) but that reference instead be made in the catalog to a WebPages which could contain an up-to-date list of approved courses.

D. Bratt believes Senate was particularly influenced by the argument that a list printed in the catalog may give the impression of completeness, while in fact the flagged courses are coming in so slowly that only a small fraction of them would be approved by the time a catalog went to press.

Administration Responses:

(a) Waiting for Deans' discussion.

(b) Tracking will be difficult.

(c) Need investigation.

 

Personnel Polices Committee received permission from Senate to meet with the Dean of Education and pertinent faculty from the College of Education when the committee considers the question of Student Teacher supervisors' load.

The Dean of Education's memo (describing the Dept of Ed's process for assigning student teacher supervisors), received at the previous Meet and Confer, was referred to PP&G.

The committee will postpone its discussion of this matter until it has received the parallel report about supervisors' loads in the Dept of Special Ed.

The FA-Exec's request the administration to provide report concerning Special Ed student teacher supervisor loads.

Administration Response:

(a) Dr. Krueger gave a report on Student Teacher Supervisor load in Special Ed. to C. Summa.

(b) Mary Joyce and Barbara Boseker will be the College of Ed. Rep's for the meeting with PP&G.

 

IRB (Human Subjects) Committee:

(a) Responding to the Meet and Confer notes of the 9/24 meeting, a Senator requested the inquiry at the next Meet and Confer whether the request for a new member with statistics background reflected a new role for the committee (e.g., evaluating the *quality* of a research project's design).

(b) When Senate considered the "new member" request itself, a motion was approved to instruct Committee on Committees to solicit a new member but *without* specifying a statistics background.

Perhaps Senate took this action in response to the testimony of a member who asserted that, while the committee may well be able to use a new member to help with the workload, it is the opinion of the current members that a statistics background is not essential.

Seeking clarification of (a) and (b) from the administration before action can be taken by Senate President.

(a) The administration agreed with Senate's recommendation (i.e. no stats background required).

Senate approved the report of Committee on Committees (already sent via email as an attachment), with the exception that (at his request) Peter Henderson's name was removed from the Res College Steering Committee.

1. Residential College Steering Committee - James Reidy (PER), delete Peter Henderson.

2. A2C2

Accounting - L. Bergin (Brian Briggs), AIS - Shirley Eiken (Jan Karjala), Art - Dominic Ricciotti (Seho Park), Biology - Ed Thompson (Larry Reuter), Business Admin - Kim Snyder (Pat Paulson), Chemistry - Charla Miertschin (Tom Nalli), Comm Studies - Ed Reilly (Dan Lintin), Computer Science - Paul Schumacher (Sudharsan Iyengar), Counselor Education -, Economic/Finance - Dan Kauffman (G. Manrique), Education - Melanie Reap (Celeste Matthews), English - Ruth Forsythe (J. Paul Johnson)

Geoscience - Cathy Summa (John Donavan), HHP - Randy Miller (Phil Appicelli), History - John Campbell (Alex Yard), Library - Kendall Larson (Kathy Sullivan), Marketing - Russ Smith, Mass Communication - Drake Hokanson (Becky McConnell), Music - Rich MacDonald (Catherine Schmidt)

Nursing - Susanne Smith (Linda Heath), Philosophy - Ed Slowik (Don Scheid), PER - James Reidy (Roger Riley), Physics - Andrew Ferstl (Richard Shields), Political Science - Yogesh Grover (Matt Bosworth), Psychology - John Johanson (Peter Miene), Sociology & Social Work - James Kobolt (Mark Norman), Special Education - Barbara Boseker, Theatre/Dance - Win Lewis (Gretchen Cohenour).

3. Grad Council

Nursing - Mary Proksch, English - Jane Carducci, Educational Leadership - Lee Gray, Special Education - Lyle Palmer, Education - Jan Sherman, Counselor Ed - Colin Ward, Director of Graduate Studies - Pauline Christensen.

4. Community Service Planning Committee - Ruth Charles

5. IACUC

Psychology - Rich Deyo, Kerry Williams, Biology - Kim Bates, Ed Thompson

6. Faculty Association Committees

Bookstore - Celeste Matthews (Education), Kim Evenson (Biology)

Catalog Review - Charla Miertschin (A2C2 Chair), remove Myron Smith

Committee on Committees - David Bratt as Faculty Association President, Alex Yard as Past President

Faculty Association Scholarship Committee - David Essar (Biology)

Faculty Development - Lisa Wilson (College of Liberal Arts), Sudharsan Iyengar (College of Science and Engineering)

Feminist Issues - Tamara Berg (Women's Studies)

Grade Appeals - Edward Duplaga (Business Admin), Joyce Quella (Math/Stats), David Essar (Biology), Goldie Johnson (English), and Gene Lundak (Computer Science)

IFO Action Committee - David Bratt as FA President

PP&G - David Bratt as FA President, Matt Hyle as campus representative to the Negotiating Team

Social Science Education Advisory Committee - Celeste Matthews (Education)

Student Affairs - Goldie Johnson (English), Joyce Quella (Math/Stats), Robert Kopitzke (Chemistry), Robert Gamoke (Business Admin)

Science Building Pre-Design Committee - Mark Engen (Chemistry) replacing Charla Miertschin

7. All -University Committees

Advising Council - Edward Duplaga (Business Admin), Sudharsan Iyengar (Computer Science)

Affirmative Action and Title IX Compliance - Todd Huffman (Math/Stats)

Athletic and Hall of Fame Committee - Kendall Larson (Library)

Calendar Committee - Charla Miertschin (A2C2 chair), Holly Shi (English)

Commencement and Honorary Degrees - Gene Lunkak (Computer Science)

Cultural Diversity - Celeste Matthews (Education), Sudharsan Iyengar (Computer Science)

Long Range Planning and Assessment - Pauline Christensen (Non-Teaching), Linda Seppanen (College of Nursing/HHP), Marzie Astani (College of Business) Note: Christine Pilon-Kacir becomes the Rochester representative

Lyceum - Gretchen Cohenour (at-large), Note: Cindy Duley incorrectly listed as the College of Nursing/HHP Rep; now becomes an At-Large member).

Orientation - Kim Bates (Biology)

Sesquicentennial Planning Committee - Peter Henderson (History)

Sexual Violence Advisory Committee - Peter Henderson (History)

Space Utilization - Gene Lundak (Computer Science)

Wellness Committee - Cindy Bork (Nursing), Christa Matter (PER)

The administration acknowledged/received these faculty appointments.

Senate approved the recommendation of the Technology Committee as follows:

(a) to endorse the left-hand side of the administration's reporting-line chart for the E-Learning Center, including the search for an E-Learning Director;

(b) to defer endorsement of the right-hand (faculty) side of the chart pending further study;

(c) to recommend that the All University Tech Committee serve as the E-Learning Center Advisory Team.

Administration Response:

(a) AUTC is too big; countered by the administration.

(b) A proposed list was given to C. Summa (10-person committee with 5 from AUTC, etc.) for Senate recommendation.

 

The Additional Duties of Administrators report was referred to the PP&G Committee for its consideration of the assignment of HR and AA to a single individual. The committee was instructed to ascertain the practices at other campuses in the system.

The report was also referred to the Feminist Issues Committee.

The administration acknowledged these referrals.

(a) Kelly Herold

Senate gave thanks and gratitude for former A2C2 chair Kelly Herold for his years of service and congratulate/welcome Charla Miertschin as new A2C2 chair.

The administration acknowledged similar congratulatory sentiments for Kelly Herold.

(b) NCA Steering Committee

Senate discussed the NCA visit and oral report with members of the steering committee. Senate then approved a motion of appreciation to the committee (document previously sent to the administration as an e-mail attachment), including the Senate's determination to go to the wall to ensure that these same individuals be named to the steering committee for the 2011 visit.

The administration acknowledged similar congratulatory sentiments for the NCA committee.

Administration Response:

(a) Chancellor stated to Dr. Krueger that WSU's NCA report was the best that he has ever read!

(b) Chair of NCA review team removed concern on student data reporting recognizing data privacy issues.

 

 

 

Senate formally expressed its thanks to President Krueger for his Dear Colleague letter (re strike effects) and endorsed its spirit.

The administration re-iterated that commonly phase retirement period is 3 years (max). Though upon faculty insistence, two cases have been signed for over 3 years. But the administration does not wish this be common practice. Both the two cases had department forward input regarding department vision/future in supporting these two "rare" cases.

10. Information (administrative addition)

(a) Need to end meeting, the administration need to go do some cleaning!

(b) Got great visit from the Governor's office re Science building (visited Pasteur).

(c) Debt service is ~6% for new science building.

 

Adjourned 4:05 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bill Ng.