WSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING March 18

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WSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING
March 18, 2002

Senators Present: Danning Bloom, Matt Bosworth, David Bratt, Marianna Byman, Darrell Downs, Mark Engen, Matthew Hyle, Colette Hyman, Joe Jackson, Mary Kesler, Daniel Lintin, Peter Miene, Bill Ng, Christine Pilon-Kacir (Rochester), Frances Ragsdale, Jo Stejskal, Susanne Smith, Cathy Summa, Bruce Svingen, Kerry Williams.

Senators Absent: Sara Barbor, Narayan Debnath, Pat Ferden (spring sabbatical), Cindy Killion, Christa Matter, Paul Vance, Alex Yard.

Others Present: Charla Miertschin, Joe Mount, Yogesh Grover, Ruth Forsythe, and Gab Manrique.

I. Call to Order

David Bratt called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.

II. Approval of minutes of February 18, 2002 Senate Meeting

B. Svingen/M. Kesler moved to approve minutes of Feb. 18^th as written/corrected.

Motion Carried.

III. Agenda Additions/Revisions and Approval:

Com-F: Social

Com-G: SVAC

NB-F: Phys. Plant Notifications

NB-G: Dean Course assignments

NB-H: Art Policy [3:30]

D. Lintin/B. Svingen moved to approve agenda items.

Motion Carried.

IV. President's Report

D. Bratt reported:

Today at noon the Budget Task Force voted (with no audible dissent) to bring to the Student Senate a proposal to increase tuition next year by 10-12%. The Student Senate will decide more precisely how much of an increase it will recommend to the President. In addition, approximately $400,000 in one-time money from MnSCU, allocated to the campuses as a windfall after the central office has cut back on certain services, will be available to help fill the $2.6 million hole that WSU is responsible for. (However, this money is a one-time windfall, while the "hole" is structural and permanent.) The more the students recommend as a tuition increase, the more of the $400,000 can be used for improvements of one kind or another as opposed to simply "filling the hole." [Two Additional info sheets were given out during Senate meeting. D. Bratt explained how the different % increase could compensate for next year's budget cuts.] The hole will be better known by this Friday when MnSCU release its budgets.

I have received a thank-you card from Marvin and Pamela Wolfmeyer for the floral arrangement we sent on the occasion of the death of a family member. We have sent a contribution in memory of the mother of another faculty member.

The IFO Delegate Assembly commences Friday, 3/22, at 11 a.m. at the Sheraton Five Points, Hamline Avenue, in St. Paul.

Wednesday, 3/20, is the deadline for faculty to declare their intention to run for Faculty Senate (10 vacancies), IFO Board of Directors representative (1), Negotiating Team representative (1), and Committee on Committees (1 representative needed from the College of Science and Engineering; 1 from the College of Nursing and Health Science).

Senators whose terms expire this year are Matt Bosworth, Marianna Byman, Narayan Debnath, Mark Engen, Pat Ferden, Colette Hyman, Christa Matter, Peter Miene, Frances Ragsdale, and Paul Vance.

I hope all these Senators will run again; however, if you decide not to, I urge you to solicit at least one qualified colleague to put her/his name forward.

As of Sunday, the bonding bill had run into problems in the House. Russ Stanton predicts that it will come up for another vote soon, after the House leadership has had a chance to make it more palatable.

V. Review of Meet and Confer Notes of February 25, 2002

Noted that the Laptop Policy has been clarified. [Item OB-A]

Meet and Confer Notes received by Senate.

VI. Committee Reports

A. A2C2

A2C2 recommends approval of the following:

I. Revised Programs

A. Certificate in Manufacturing Management (ACEED)

B. BS Minor - International Business

Senate approved Item I.

II. University Studies Courses

A. Unity & Diversity: Multicultural Perspectives

POLS 335 Latin American Political Systems (3 SH)

Senate approved Item II.

III. Flag Courses

A. Writing Flag

PHYS 330 Electronics (4 SH)

PHYS 340 Modern Physics (4 SH)

PHYS 370 Optics (4 SH)

CHEM 413 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (1 SH)

CHEM 415 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (2 SH)

DIS 482 Management of Information Technology in Practice (3 SH)

B. Mathematics or Critical Analysis

PHYS 345 Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics (4 SH)

PHYS 430 Electromagnetic Theory (3 SH)

C. Oral Flag

PHYS 460 Undergraduate Research (4 SH)

Senate approved Flag Courses in Item III.

IV. WSU Regulation 3-4

Full policy and forms available for download at http://www.winona.edu/ifo/a2c2minutes/

WSU Regulation 3-4

WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY

POLICY FOR CHANGING THE CURRICULUM

The purpose of this policy is to describe the process to be used to accomplish curricular changes, while recognizing the responsibility and right of the faculty to propose such changes. Curricular changes include proposals for the growth, reduction, or discontinuation (banking) of a major, minor, option or concentration, new courses, or changes in existing courses. The policy applies to:

1. Changes to existing courses requiring notification of, but not action by, the Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee (A2C2) and/or Graduate Council,

2. All new or revised courses requiring A2C2 and/or Graduate Council approval,

3. All courses which departments wish to submit for inclusion in the University Studies Program requiring University Studies Subcommittee and A2C2 approval (See also the University Studies Program and Policies document and the University Studies Course Approval Form),

4. New and revised programs (majors, minors, options, certificates, and concentrations, including credit hour increases or decreases) requiring A2C2 and/or Graduate Council approval,

5. Discontinuation (banking) of a Program (major, minor, option, or concentration) or Course. (See WSU Regulation 3-19.)

Process for Accomplishing Curricular Change

A. Responsibilities of the Department

Curriculum proposals and notifications originate with a department or with one or more faculty members. To ensure that proposals are drafted in keeping with this Regulation 3-4, the appropriate department's A2C2 representative will complete and sign the Checklist for Curricular Change Proposals. The submitting department(s) will evaluate each proposal and recommend approval or disapproval. The proposal or notification is then sent to the college dean for consideration and recommendation. The dean returns the proposal with a recommendation to the department chair. All curriculum proposals must be submitted on the approved WSU curriculum proposal forms or notification form. Copies are attached.

B. Responsibilities of the Dean of the College

After approval by the department, all proposals are sent to the college dean for consideration and recommendation. The dean returns the proposal with a recommendation to the department chair.

C. Responsibilities of the Department Chair

The chair will forward the original forms and forty (40) copies for curricular changes and one (1) copy of notifications that involve undergraduate credit to A2C2 and ten (10) copies for those that involve graduate credit to the Graduate Council, following the procedures as outlined on the appropriate forms. For proposals involving both undergraduate and graduate credit fifty (50) copies are submitted.

A representative of the originating department must attend the meeting at which the proposal will be considered. Other interested parties are also invited to attend.

D. Responsibilities of the Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee (A2C2)

A2C2 considers new proposals and revisions according to the following procedure and steps:

1. Upon receiving the original forms and the appropriate number of copies from the department, the A2C2 chair puts the proposal on the agenda of the A2C2 Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee or the University Studies Subcommittee meeting. Notifications will be put on the agenda of the next A2C2 meeting and will be read by the chair.

2. One week before the Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee meeting the A2C2 chair distributes copies of the proposal to A2C2 and Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee members and notifies the following of the time and place of the A2C2 Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee meeting at which the proposal will be considered:

a. each department's A2C2 representative,

b. Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee members,

c. concerned department chairs,

d. the IFO Faculty Association President,

e. the President of MSUAASF,

f. the President of Student Senate,

g. the Graduate Council, if appropriate,

h. the College Deans, and

i. the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

One week before the University Studies Subcommittee (USS) meeting the University Studies director distributes copies of the proposal to the USS members and notifies the campus community of the time and place of the USS meeting and identifies proposal being considered.

3. The department initiating the curriculum proposal must send a representative who is knowledgeable of the proposal to this meeting. If no representative from the originating department is present, the proposal will be tabled.

4. All university units, faculty, students, MnSCU, are invited to send representatives to the A2C2 Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee meetings.

5. Any department or other University unit that objects to the curriculum proposal must present a written statement of their position (with copies for each subcommittee member) at the A2C2 Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee meeting and may send a representative to the meeting to explain the objection. If conflicts between university units are not resolved to the subcommittee's satisfaction, the proposal will be ~~tabled.~~ [ "tabled" replaced by "postponed until resolved".]

6. Curriculum proposals will be evaluated using the criteria as listed in this regulation and on the proposal forms, and a recommendation for approval or disapproval will be made.

7. If the proposal contains both a new program and new courses, the program and courses will be submitted simultaneously. Upon receiving a recommendation from the subcommittee, A2C2 will formally act first on the new program and then on the new courses.

8. The A2C2 Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee will bring the proposal and the recommendation to the next A2C2 meeting.

9. A2C2 will vote approval or disapproval of the proposal.

10. The A2C2 chair will forward the proposal together with the A2C2 recommendation to the IFO Faculty Senate.

Note: A2C2 does not act on proposals involving courses or programs for graduate credit only or on proposals to designate a lower-level course as being eligible for graduate credit.

E. Responsibilities of the Graduate Council

All proposals involving notification and new or revised courses or programs for graduate credit only and all proposals that designate a lower-level course as eligible for graduate credit are acted on by the Graduate Council. A2C2 does not make recommendations or receive copies of these proposals.

A proposal for a curriculum change which includes any double-numbered course which qualifies for both undergraduate and graduate credit must be submitted both to A2C2 and to the Graduate Council for their evaluation and recommendation.

F. Responsibilities of the WSU Faculty Association Senate

After receiving the proposal and recommendation from A2C2 and/or Graduate Council, the WSU Faculty Association Senate will approve or disapprove the proposal. The proposal, together with the A2C2 and/or Graduate Council recommendation and the Faculty Senate recommendation will then be forwarded to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

G. Responsibilities of the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the President

The Vice President for Academic Affairs shall recommend approval or disapproval of the proposal to the President within a reasonable length of time.

The President shall make the decision approving or disapproving of the proposal.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs shall communicate the President's decision to all appropriate University units within fifteen (15) contract days of the date of the decision. The decision shall be printed in the appropriate University publication.

The effective date for curricular changes is normally the semester after which the proposal is approved.

If the Vice President's recommendation and/or the President's decision departs from the A2C2 or Graduate Council recommendation, the Vice President shall communicate in writing to the A2C2 chair or the chair of the Graduate Council and to the originator of the proposal the reasons for the departure within the fifteen (15) contract day limitation.

H. All Course and Program Proposals are subject to MnSCU Policies on Curriculum.

Types of Curricular Proposals

A. Notifications.

The following types of curricular proposals are considered to be notifications. These proposals require notification of, but not action by, A2C2 and/or Graduate Council. Submit on form entitled Notifications.

The proposal is considered to be a Notification if the curricular change is for an individual course and the change proposed is one of the following:

	Change in course title,
	Change in course description,
	Change in prerequisites,
	Change in grading option,
	Reduction in course number,
	Change in course number within level, e.g. 310 to 350, or
	Increase in hours or credits in an independent study course.

A proposal for such a curricular change requires approval of only the department and college dean. The notification will be presented in writing at the next A2C2 and/or graduate Council meeting as part of the agenda under Notifications. The notification is sent to A2C2 if the course is an undergraduate course and to the Graduate Council if the course is a graduate course.

A department, with its dean's approval, may change up to two required courses within an existing major, minor, option, concentration, etc., per year without seeking approval of A2C2 or the Graduate Council, provided that (1) the total credits do not increase or decrease for the major, minor, option, concentration, etc., and (2) the change does not affect other departments or the University Studies Program. Such a change is also considered to be a notification and is submitted on the form Notifications. However, if such a change affects other departments or the University Studies Program, then the proposal will be considered a new or revised course or program proposal.

The department will supply A2C2 or the Graduate Council with the original form and one copy at least seven (7) contract days before the meeting at which the department wishes the notification to be presented.

B. Proposals for New Courses.

Use form Proposal for New Courses. Supply all information according to the directions found on the form. Include a Financial and Staffing Data Sheet and an Approval Form. The department will supply A2C2 and/or Graduate Council with the original forms and the appropriate number of copies of the forms at least seven (7) contract days before the A2C2 meeting or Graduate Council meeting at which the department wishes the proposal to be considered.

C. Proposals for Revised Courses.

If the proposed curricular change requires A2C2 and/or graduate Council approval, i.e., not considered a notification, use form Proposal for Revised Courses. Follow directions given on the form and include an Approval Form. The department will supply A2C2 and/or Graduate Council with the original forms and the appropriate number of copies of the forms at least seven (7) contract days before the A2C2 meeting or Graduate Council meeting at which the department wishes the proposal to be considered.

D. Proposals for Courses for Inclusion in the University Studies Program including flagged courses.

Use form Proposal for University Studies Courses. Follow directions given on the form and include a University Studies Course Approval Form. The department will supply A2C2 with the original forms and ten (10) copies of the forms at least seven (7) contract days before the University Studies Subcommittee meeting at which the department wishes the proposal to be considered. If the proposed course is a new course, it must be submitted for approval as a new course (see above) before submission as a University Studies course.

E. Proposals for Revised Programs.

Use form Proposal for Revised Programs. Supply all information requested on the form and include a Financial and Staffing Data Sheet and an Approval Form. The department will supply A2C2 and/or Graduate Council with the original forms and the appropriate number of copies of the forms at least seven (7) contract days before the A2C2 meeting or Graduate Council meeting at which the department wishes the proposal to be considered.

F. Proposals for New Programs.

Proposals for new programs will be submitted as required by MnSCU regulations.

G. Proposals for Discontinuation (Banking) of a Program or Course.

See WSU Regulation 3-19. Supply all information requested on the form. The department will supply A2C2 with the original form and one copy at least seven (7) contract days before the A2C2 meeting at which the department wishes the proposal to be presented.

Senate Revisions:

1. Section D-5 under Process for Accomplishing Curricular Change.

Senate approved the revised WSU Regulation 3-4.

B. Graduate Council

No report.

C. Government Relations (Com-C document included in Senate Packet)

Darrell Downs briefly reported:

1. Suggestion of "Removal of local cuts" was related to state GR.

2. Bonding bill in the House is stalled, so are the contracts.

3. Moratorium was applied to consultant contracts in MnSCU. But MnSCU still doesn't know which contracts would the moratorium be applied to. Perhaps only applicable to non-teaching contracts.

D. Personnel Policies and Grievance

No report.

E. Committee on Committees

Joe Mount reported:

1. Resignations

Marzie Astani from Long Range Planning

Chara Wangen from Resident College Steering Committee

James Reidy from Residential College Steering Committee

Yogesh Grover from Feminist Issues

2. Committees/Task Forces No Longer Active

Committee on Committees recommends that the following committees/task forces be removed from our list.

Electronic Learning Resources Task Force (State Level)

State Task Force to Review Fixed-Term and Adjunct Positions (State Level)

IFO/MnSCU Task Force on Coaching (State Level)

Task Force on the Reallocation of Vacant Faculty Positions

University Center-Rochester Technology and Distributed Learning Committee

Senate approved removal of these committees.

3. Tamara Berg, Chair of the Residential College Steering Committee, requests that Senate seek a member to serve on the Residential College Steering Committee (replacing J. Reidy).

C. Hyman/S. Smith moved to refer to Committee on Committees for solicitation of membership.

Motion Carried.

The Committee on Committees recommends the following appointments:

1. Residential College Steering Committee - Robin Richardson [to replace spot vacated by Chara Wangen]

2. Ad Hoc Committee to Review Admission Requirements

Peter Henderson (History)

David Bratt (Theatre/Dance)

John Johanson (Psychology)

3. Advisory Panel to Review Applications for the Director of the Residential College

Tamara Berg (Women's Studies)

Colette Hyman (History)

Linda D'Amico (Residential College)

Peter Henderson (History)

Add: Dan Lintin.

Senate approved the above committee appointments.

F. Social

B. Ng reported that the IFO Honors/Retirees Banquet will be on Wednesday April 24. It will be held at Westfield. There are 9 retirees.

G. SVAC

The Sexual Violence Advisory Committee reported that:

1. Been reviewing and gathering usual/standard SVAC policies related to WSU operations

2. The Campus Security report will no longer be printed, only web version.

3. Because of the decision of not putting the policies in the next catalog and that Campus Security report will only be on the web, therefore there won't be a printed hard-copy version of the policies.

4. Senators agreed that it's important to have hard-copy policies.

SVAC moved that all policies stated in the Campus Security report be printed in the next WSU catalog (2004-2006).

Motion Carried.

VII. Old Business

A. Draft Laptop policy

See Meet and Confer notes of 2/25/02.

Clarification:

A part-time student MUST select either (a) leasing a laptop similar to full-time students or (b) participate in a limited access program. Laptops contracted through the limited access option will be provided through a checkout system, whereby students will be allowed to utilize a laptop for a four-hour period time. Overnight checkout will not be allowed except for weekend use.

Senate Comments:

1. What are the pro-rated terms of the limited access program? i.e. how many blocks of 4 hours can be applied?

2. Fees are getting quite high!

3. Will student labs stay open?

4. How many laptop designated/required courses are there?

5. Community members would be forced to lease a laptop taking a course (even if the course doesn't require a laptop).

These comments/questions will be taken to Meet and Confer.

VIII. New Business

A. ITV staffing (requested by Senator)

There are apparently changes being made to ITV staffing. A search may be initiated for the permanent Director of ITV (which is presently/temporarily occupied by an ITV staff). Comments/Concerns are:

1. Is there really a search?

2. Tom Hill will be demoted?

3. Matt Nolan could be released?

4. Who is in charge of ITV?

5. The ITV Directorship could be assigned to another administrator?...to save money?

6. Tom Hill and Matt Nolan have been put on month-to-month contracts the last year? Is this fair treatment?

7. It has taken 3 years for ITV service to run smoothly! Without their excellent work (Tom Hill and Matt Nolan), ITV services could be severely curtailed in the future!

8. Several Senators spoke to the shameful treatment of the present ITV staff.

This issue will be addressed at Meet and Confer, including the query of how ITV will be managed in the future?

B. Contribution of $50 (John Esposito, speaker on Islam and democracy)

The executive committee moved for the approval of a $50 contribution from the IFO.

Motion Carried.

C. Capital Campaign priorities (responses requested by administration)

The administration is inviting comments from faculty regarding the first ever Capital Campaign projects list. The list provides a list of priorities. After receiving comments regarding priorities from faculty, then the administration will do field testing of CC projects; i.e. hire consultants to check feasibility of project (s). These projects are:

1. Scholarship Endowment ($20M)

2. Endowed Faculty Chairs ($10M)

3. Wellness Facility ($8M)

4. Equipment Funding Endowment ($12M)

5. Performing Arts Facilities ($10M)

6. Lyceum - Performing/Cultural/Arts Series ($2M)

7. Incubators - Business ($4M)

8. Unrestricted Giving Endowment ($1M)

Senate Comments:

1. What exactly are Endowed Faculty Chairs? (IFO members... not scabs!). Which department (s) will get them?

2. Rather see Endowed Chairs money used toward more general faculty lines.

3. The list is not prioritized by the administration, just a wish list!

4. What is the goal for the Capital Campaign?

5. Are there matching monies?

6. Could faculty summer research money be included?

7. Add "non-profits" to Incubators.

8. Should fund faculty lines before hiring new staff for University Advancement.

C. Hyman/S. Smith moved to support the administration's concept of the Capital Campaign. [No priorities set until more information can be gathered.]

Motion Carried.

Will ask for details (i.e. faculty/staff involvement) of Capital Campaign at Meet and Confer.

D. Global Studies Program (GSP) Council proposal (from all-university committee) [4 p.m.]

The GSP Council, a body including both faculty and non-faculty, is proposing to dissolve itself and asks Faculty Senate to create a new all-faculty GSP Council to govern the Global Studies minor. This council will continue to govern a Global Studies Major when it comes into being at some future date. This new committee composition is:

Director of Global Studies Program, and

6 faculty from different departments.

Faculty who have an abiding interest will be selected and faculty who have been associated with this program in the past would be given a preference by the Committee on Committees. Two members from the same department may be appointed only if all the six slots are not filled with volunteers from different departments. This provision will apply to the director of the program as well.

Senate Comments:

1. What’s the problem of having non-faculty on this committee? Non-faculty cannot vote on curriculum matter.

Motion to separate 3c was defeated.

D. Downs/M. Hyle moved to amend 3c with: "A department may have no more than one member on the Council (including the director) unless all reasonable attempts to recruit members from different departments have failed to fill the available seats."

Motion to amend Carried.

J. Stejskal/B. Ng moved to approve the Global Studies Program as amended.

Motion Carried.

E. Spring 01-02 student teacher supervisors report (from administration)

During the 2/25/02 Meet and Confer, the administration provided (contractually required) a report on Student teacher supervision loads for Spring 2002 from Dean Carol Anderson.

Exec. members asserted that these reports must come at a timely manner; i.e. before (or right after) term begins. Changes (or protests from faculty) are not possible if loads are received during the middle of the term! This was noted at the 2/25 Meet and Confer and was noted by VP-Richardson.

Senate Comments:

1. IFO contract states report must be made available at the beginning of the semester. It is not a report after the fact!

B. Ng/B. Svingen moved to inform at Meet and Confer that the administration must obey the rules of the IFO contract.

Motion Carried.

F. Phys. Plant Notifications

Concerns were noted about the power outage notifications sent by Physical Plant (facilities) before spring break. Contrary to what was announced, there weren't any networks available in buildings other than Somsen and the Library. Some faculty were uprooted and some couldn't do research work as planned.

Senate requested that these concerns related to campus notifications be referred to Meet and Confer.

In addition, Minne faculty recently heard a rumor that faculty on first and second floor must move out of their offices (for summer building renovations) by the Monday after Commencement. (Monday and Tuesday are faculty duty days?!) Is this acceptable working conditions? Who will be supplying (and packing) the moving boxes?! Where will they go?

These issues will be taken to the next Meet and Confer.

G. Dean Course assignments

There is a rumor that Deans might be assigning course loads (courses or parts of courses outside a faculty member's college, such as an orientation course or parts of a chem.? lab?) to faculty that don't have a full teaching load.

Senate Responses:

1. Faculty Senators have not heard this rumor!

No action taken.

H. Art Policy [3:30 p.m.]

Joe Mount reported that artistic structures have been chosen/installed without much consultation from campus constituents. For example, the Art department has never been consulted with the art displays installed in the Library...only the librarians.

S. Smith/D. Downs moved to ask at Meet and Confer how (and what kind of policy/standard/criteria) does the administration decide on installation of art on campus? Do the building occupants have a voice in the matter? Should one distinguish between esthetics and space utilization?

IX. Adjournment

Faculty Senate adjourned at 5:01 p.m.

Motion Carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Ng.