Faculty Senate
West Virginia Northern Community College
Minutes: 27 April 20001
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Present:
R. Berry, F. Binkley, P. Canary, C. Dale, T. Danford, W.
Deibert, E. Gast, D. Goeddel, M. Grubor, J. Keyser, A. Kuca, V.
Larson, R. Malek, K. Morelli, G. Pickett, S. Purpura, R. Pusz, M.
Riley, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, M. Sidon, V.
Slider, D. Smittle, A. Vavra, G. Winland.
Excused:
K. Herrington, R. Jennette, and M. Watson.
Absent:
S. Beck, C. Blatt, D. Bradney, T. Boyers, T. Craig, M. Davis,
M. Goldstein, D. Gonot, D. Hans, R. Honeman, S. Hooff, B. Hudak, L.
Ingram, D. Jones, R. Lucki, S. Mankowski-Myers, G. Norton, D.
Poffenberger, E. Rogers, A. Secreto, E. Snow, C. Stokes, C. Teaff, R.
Vance, and J. Van Fossan.
- Election of Board of Governors Representative: T. Danford was elected to serve
as the faculty representative on the WVNCC Board of Governors. His term will
extend until the end of April, 2002.
- Proposed Convocation: There was discussion of the proposed convocation on
Monday, 14 May. Faculty expressed dismay over this proposal. The question of
why such a meeting is necessary was raised. The Senate approved a motion
(Grubor/Danford) to ask the rationale of the meeting.
- Committee Assignments: The Senate approved a motion (Vavra/Dale) to delay
the election of committee representatives until the August meeting.
- Thundering Chicken: The Senate discussed the mascot one more time. With a
motion (Winland/Watson) that the Senate supports a student vote on the mascot
and that the result of the vote be implemented as final, the Senate deferred to the
students on this matter.
- Committee Reports: The Senate heard committee reports from a number of
individuals. The details of these reports were mainly routine and are recorded
elsewhere.
- Dr. John O. Hunter, President: Dr. Hunter addressed the Senate on a number of
crucial issues including academic reorganization, finances and budget,
enrollment management, higher education governance and the like. Of major
concern to faculty was the proposal of changing the four divisions into three
centers. Dr. Hunter briefly outlined this proposal and said that the details were
still under discussion and that no final decision would be made until faculty return
in the fall. Faculty raised a number of questions including 1) advertisement and
public relations, 2) changes in community education and personnel
reassignments, and 3) TMQ.
- Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm
(Gast/Grubor). The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will
be Friday, 24 August 2001 in the Culinary Arts room, HA, Wheeling Regional
Campus.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas R. Danford, secretary
last modified: 26 August 2001