Faculty Senate

 

West Virginia Northern Community College

 

Minutes: 16 August 2004

 

 

Present: D. Bartley, S. Beck, R. Berry, F. Binkley, D. Board, C. Cornforth, T. Craig, C. Dale, J. Daley, T. Danford, M. Davis, F. DeCaria, D. Folger, K. Freeman,  B. Gast, D. Goeddel, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, D. Hans, C. Harbert, K. Herrington, S. Hooff, S. Huggins, L. Ingram, D. Jones, C. Kefauver, J. Keyser, N. Krupinski, A. Kuca, R. Lucki (presiding),  R. Malek,  M. Marlin, M. O’Brian, H. Papeika, D. Poffenberger, R. Pusz, T. Ramsey, J. Remias, C. Riter, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, L. Shelek, V. Slider, C. Stokes, C. Teaff, J. Tully, J. VanFossan, A. Vavra, M. Watson, G. Winland

 

Excused:  K. Atkins, C. Eastham

 

Absent:  None

 

R. Lucki called the meeting to order at 12:10 pm in the B&O Auditorium.

 

$                    Minutes: The minutes from the May 2004 Faculty Senate meeting were approved as distributed.  (Ramsey/Watson)

 

$                    Committees

$                     The current needs list for committees is being distributed, please sign next to the     committee(s) of your choice.

 

$                    Mentor/Promotion & Merit Proposal

$                    Please note dates housed within the promotion policy.

$                    We need two mentors for faculty seeking promotion—please forward names to L. Ingram, if interested.

$                    Please forward any comments on either of the distributed proposals to R. Lucki.

 

$                    Faculty Structuring

·        Faculty request a written list of responsibilities and compensation package for the models presented by R. Yeager before determining the feasibility of the models.

A faculty subcommittee will be set up to look at the faculty structure (Grubor/Kefauver)

Committee members:  M. Davis, L. Shelek, T. Danford, D. Goeddel, M. Grubor

 

$                    Faculty Senate Meetings

$                    Senate meetings will be held on the first Friday at 2:00 pm.

$                    Senate Executive Committee will be on the fourth Friday at 2:00 pm.

$                    R. Lucki questioned if faculty prefer Telecom or on-campus meetings.  After discussion, it was determined that the views were split and we will attempt to conduct a portion of the meetings in each format depending upon the availability of the Telecom Room.

 

$                    Senate Constitution

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$                    M. Davis announced that since the Senate Bill passed recognizing Faculty Assemblies at the state level, it is imperative that our constitution be revised immediately to comply with state law.

K. Herrington requests that this item be placed on the Senate Executive Committee agenda for next week.

 

$                    Concerns

$                    Technology Equipment

R. Lucki asked that the Technology Committee members check on the possibility of equipment assigned to specific rooms versus reservations through the LRC due to increasing needs of faculty.

J. Daley advised that equipment reservations must go through the LRC and not be reserved to specific programs or rooms.

Faculty voiced concerns over the lack of student e-mail accounts.  The accounts have been promised and four deadlines have been missed.  This is a necessary tool for retention.

R. Lucki to discuss a completion date for this task with R. Yeager.

$                    Safety Follow-up

$                    Photo identification for student/staff/faculty will be completed.

$                    C. Cornforth has given a proposal to L. Bandi that is currently being reviewed concerning police coverage and other safety issues.

$                    College Square Plans

o       C. Rogerson questioned if any Wheeling Faculty would like to meet to review the College Square plans.  Anyone interested contact C. Rogerson.

$                    Future issue:  Faculty would like to discuss the plan for the next equity moves with faculty salary, if funding is available.

 

$                    Announcements

$                    D. Poffenberger announced that the representative for the voice activated computer system “Professional” will be here on September 3rd for any faculty interested in learning about the system.

·        Banner Review will be held at 2:00 pm today in Room 202.

·        Faculty will assess the effectiveness of the advising format for the first week faculty return.

 

Adjournment:  With no further business, the faculty senate meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm.  (Danford/Krupinski).  The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Friday September 3, 2004.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Lisa A. Ingram, secretary