Faculty Senate Executive Committee

West Virginia Northern Community College

Present: R. Berry, P. Canary, T. Danford, M. Grubor R. Honeman, R. Jennette, V. Larson, R. Lucki, G. Pickett (presiding), D. Poffenberger, S. Rychlicki, A. Secreto, P. Sharma, C. Teaff, A. Thompson, T. Vavra.

Excused: C. Stokes

G. Pickett called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. in the Culinary Arts room, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus. Minutes from the May meeting at graduation ceremonies were distributed and approved (Jennette/Honeman).

• 1. Election of Vice President: R. Jennette was duly nominated for Vice President. Nominations were closed and she was elected.

• 2. Committee Replacements: G. Pickett indicated that there are several committee slots to be filled. The following were identified at this meeting: liaison, faculty representative at large - A. Secreto; Assessment Committee - R. Honeman. G. Pickett will continue to search for faculty to volunteer to fill open committee slots.

• 3. Academic Calendar and Length of Faculty Contracts: T. Vavra raised the question of the 1999-2000 academic calendar and the length of faculty contracts. Consensus was that a) Northern starts too early and delay at least one week, b) Northern starts too late in January and should move that up as well, c) Northern should schedule spring break when the local public schools have break, and d) Northern should have nine month contracts for faculty.

• 4. Liaison Committee: G. Pickett asked for suggestions for the agenda for this committee. The following were identified as matters of concern for faculty and should be placed on the Liaison Committee agenda: a) academic calendar, b) length of faculty contract, c) enrollment and class cancellation, d) bookstore, and e) financial aid office. G. Pickett will forward these items to the President and request a meeting of the committee.

• 5. Reports: a) ACF - D. Poffenberger reported that the ACF has met twice since his last report. He indicated that this year is supposed to be "community college" year, but there is much discussion about governance and reorganization of the boards. b) Governance Council - R. Berry reported that the council has met three times during the summer, that the policy changes have been approved (distributed to faculty in mailboxes), and that Northern received a half million dollars for a workforce development study and project with Weirton Steel.

• 6. Other: G. Pickett indicated that he would send a memo to all full time faculty reminding them that there is no August meeting of the Faculty Senate and that the first meeting of the Senate will be held on Friday, 25 September 1998, at 2:00 p.m. in Culinary Arts, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus.

• 7. Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the executive committee is Friday, 18 September 1998, at 2:00 p.m. in Culinary Arts, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas R. Danford, Professor of Biology

Faculty Senate Secretary