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WSU FACULTY SENATE MEET Senators Present: Sara Barbor, Tamara Berg, Matt
Bosworth, David Bratt, Marianna Byman, Darrell Downs (sabbatical leave), Mark Engen, Pat
Ferden, Peter Henderson, Matthew Hyle, Joe Jackson, Mary Kesler, Cindy Killion (sabbatical
leave), Dan Lintin, Peter Miene, Bill Ng, Troy Paino, Christine Pilon-Kacir, Susanne
Smith, Cathy Summa, Bruce Svingen. Senators Absent Danning Bloom, Kelly
Herold, Colette Hyman, and Jo Stejskal. Others Present:
Charla Miertschin, Alex Yard, Michael Hofland (Student Senate President). I.
Call to Order
II.
Approval of Minutes of September 22, 2003 Senate Meeting Corrections: 1.
Under President’s report: should get WSU IFO membership numbers. 2.
M. Bosworth and T. Paino were present. C. Killion/S.
Barbor moved to approve minutes of 9/22/03 as corrected/written. Motion
Carried. III.
Agenda Additions/Revisions and Approval:
Additions: Com-G:
Elections Com-H:
Ad Hoc “Whatta We Do with All Our Files?” NB-I:
Global Studies Council Request NB-J:
Other Business (added at the end of the meeting) NB-K:
Election for one two-year term Senate seat (added at the end of the meeting) C. Killion/B.
Svingen moved to approve agenda items. Motion
Carried. IV.
President’s Report
Mary Kesler, Ph.D., LP October
3, 2003
The retirement workshops and
individual meetings on September 22 were well attended.
We kept Russ Stanton very busy with individual appointments both here and in
Rochester. About 15 people here and another
4-5 in Rochester saw him individually. The
contract workshop is planned for this Wednesday, with both Frank Conroy and Chris Dale
presenting. So far I have four faculty
members and one administrator who plan to attend. I
am hoping to have more of the PP & G committee attending. There have been two requests for videotaping, but
there is no longer such a service on campus. I am
currently corresponding with a local attorney to present a workshop on wills, trusts, and
estate planning. Because of that
person’s schedule and our academic schedule, I am tentatively suggesting a January
date for this. Bruce
Svingen and I met with Kathy Schott last week to evaluate her job performance and to write
a job description for the position. Because
our employee is covered under the IFO’s workers compensation policy, we need a
description of what she does on file. I now
have an all-in-one fax, copier, scanner, and printer in my office. The number is (507)
457-5636. If you ever need to get documents
to me in a hurry, this would be an easy way to do it. Senate request: D. Bratt/B. Ng moved to ask at
Meet and Confer the re-instating of videotaping for campus needs. Motion Carried. V.
Review of Meet and Confer Notes of September 29, 2003. Additional
Notes: 1.
Item 5: The BS of Applied Science degree
should have NEVER been placed in the contract agreement the first place. Will ask at next Meet and Confer if it is
absolutely true that the BA-AS degree will never appear anywhere? 2.
Item 4: Ask at next Meet & Confer: Can faculty drop students (if class is not full)
if they were not present at the first day of class? 3.
Item 2: To be asked at next Meet
and Confer: (a) The status of the
administration looking into the issue of whether WSU can ask people if they have a handgun
permit, and (b) If faculty post (NO) handgun signs, will the administration take them
down? Meet and
Confer Notes received by Senate. VI.
Committee Reports COM-A. A2C2 (Document in Senate Packet) Information only: Charla Miertschin was re-elected as chairperson of
A2C2 and Pat Paulson volunteered as secretary. 1.
Subcommittee Members A.
Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee B representatives by college 1.
Business: Bill Murphy 2.
Education: Roger Riley, Celeste Miller
3.
Liberal Arts: Fred Lee, John Campbell 4.
Nursing & Health Science: Linda Smith, Phil Appicelli 5. Science
& Engineering: Bob Kopitzke, Ed Thompson B.
University Studies Subcommittee 1.
English: Chris Buttram 2.
Communication Studies: Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest 3.
Education: Melanie Reap II.
University Studies A.
Course Requirements 1.
Basic Skills: Oral Communications CMST 191
Introduction to Public Speaking 2.
Unity & Diversity: Multicultural Perspectives AIS/BUED 350
Quality of Work Life B.
Flag Courses 1.
Writing MCOM 400
Mass Communication Theory MCOM 450
International Broadcasting 2.
Oral MCOM 405
Mass Media Issues & Ethics 3.
Critical Analysis POLS 380
Political Research I-Secondary III.
Notifications (information only) A.
Biology 1.
Course title, description, and credit hour change - BIOL 499 old: Student
Research (3 SH)
new:
Capstone Project (variable 1-3 SH). new
description: An opportunity for an advanced student to work under the direction of a
faculty member on a significant scholarly activity that brings together a wide array of
the student=s undergraduate education.
This activity will culminate in a scholarly manuscript of a quality consistent with
tat of a college graduate. Typical projects
may include but are not limited to research, computer modeling, meta data analysis, or
scholarly reviews. Prerequisite: BIOL 308,
BIOL 310, BIOL 312, and instructor=s permission. Offered
each semester. May be repeated to a total of
3 SH. B.
Chemistry - one-time course offering: CHEM 380 NMR Applications (1 SH), Spring
2004. C.
Communication Studies - course title and number change (effective summer session I
2004) old: CMST
261 Public Speaking new: CMST
191 Introduction to Public Speaking D.
Geoscience - US Notifications 1.
GEOS 280 Writing flag retroactive to Fall 2001 and Fall 2002 2.
GEOS 340 Writing flag retroactive to Fall 2001 and Fall 2002 Faculty Senate approved Courses
in II and received notifications. Com-B. Graduate Council No report.
Com-C. Government Relations D. Downs reported: 1.
Fund raisers soon. Nov. 12 eggs and
issues in the works. 2.
Drafted language of Handgun Law: To support
legislation repealing the expanded licensing of firearms in public places and private
establishments under the Minnesota Citizens’ Personal Protection Act of 2003. Com-D. Personnel Policies and Grievance Frank Conroy
(and Chris Dale) will be holding a contract workshop on Wednesday (10/8/03) 3:00 p.m.
PP&G, Senators, Executive members, and faculty are encouraged to attend. Also see e-mail from M. Kesler. Com-E. Committee on Committees Committee on Committees
recommendations from October 6, 2003 1.
C on C recommends the following adjustments in committee memberships: a. Add AA2C2 chair@ to membership of Catalog Committee b. Delete committee size designation (5) to Governmental
Relations Committee c. Add “Rochester” to membership on NCPTD Oversight Committee d. Add a tenth faculty member to the AU Cultural Diversity
Committee (M&C) (new) e. Add a third faculty member to the Judicial
(All-University) committee. (M&C) 2. C on C recommends that all
WSU-FA appointments or candidates for state-level IFO or IFO/MnSCU committees or task
forces go through either C on C or Faculty Senate (rather than directly from department to
state-level IFO office). 3. C on C recommends the
following appointments to FA committees (this list consists of appointments made Spring
02-03 and Fall 03-04 and resignations received between those times): Academic Affairs and Curriculum Pauline Christensen Ed Thompson; Larry Reuter alt. Pat Paulson; Dan Sauers alt. Charla Miertschin (chair); Mark
Engen/ Robert Kopitzke alt. Amy Hermondson; Rita
Rahoi-Gilchrest alt. Paul Schumacher; Sudharsan
Iyengar alt. Mary Fawcett; Tim Hatfield alt. Dan Kauffman; Gabriel Manrique
alt. Paul Johnson Alicia Reed Cathy Summa; Toby Dogwiler/Steve
Allard alt. Randy Miller; Phil Appicelli
alt. John Campbell; Greg Schmidt alt. Vernon Leighton; Joe Mount alt. Russ Smith; Bob Newberry/Bill
Murphy alt.
Becky McConnell Joyce Quella; Terry Price alt. Rich MacDonald; Deanne Mohr alt. Susan Ballard; Linda Smith alt. Ed Slowik; Kevin Possin/Don
Scheid alt. James Reidy; Roger Riley alt. Andy Ferstl; Richard Shields
alt. Fred Lee Susan Sefkow; Kerry Williams
alt. James Kobolt; Mark Norman/Glen
Just Barbara Boseker; Frank Rocco
alt. Gretchen Cohenour; David Bratt
alt. A2C2 Subcommittee Members (added from A2C2 approval in Com-A) A.
Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee B representatives by college 1.
Business: Bill Murphy 2.
Education: Roger Riley, Celeste Miller 3.
Liberal Arts: Fred Lee, John Campbell 4.
Nursing & Health Science: Linda Smith, Phil Appicelli 5.
Science & Engineering: Bob Kopitzke, Ed Thompson B.
University Studies Subcommittee 1.
English: Chris Buttram 2.
Communication Studies: Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest 3.
Education: Melanie Reap
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