Present:

Faculty Senate

West Virginia Northern Community College

Minutes: 23 February 2001

Present:

S. Beck, R. Berry, F. Binkley, T. Boyers, P. Canary, T. Danford, W. Deibert, E. Gast, D. Goeddel, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, K. Herrington, R. Honeman(presiding), S. Hooff, L. Ingram, J. Keyser, N. Krupinski, V. Larson, R. Lucki, R. Malek, K. Morelli, G. Pickett, D. Poffenberger, R. Pusz, E. Rogers, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, D. Smittle, C. Stokes, C. Teaff, A. Vavra, J. Van Fossan, M. Watson, and G. Winland.

Excused:

C. Dale

Absent:

C. Blatt, D. Bradney, T. Craig, M. Davis, D. Gonot, D. Hans, B. Hudak, R. Jennette, D. Jones, A. Kuca, S. Mankowski-Myers, G. Norton, S. Purpura, M. Riley, A. Secreto, M. Sidon, V. Slider, E. Snow, and R. Vance.

Guests: Dr. John O. Hunter, President; Sherry Becker-Gorby, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

R. Honeman called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. in the Culinary Arts room, Hazel Atlas Building, Wheeling Regional Campus.

Minutes: The minutes from the 26 January 2001 meeting are available on the webpage, http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tdanford/senate . They were approved as published (Deibert/Larson).

Program/Course Evaluation for Graduation - Sherry Becker-Gorby

Sherry Becker-Gorby addressed the Senate concerning the new faculty responsibilities concerning course and program evaluation of students for graduation. She indicated that some of the problems reported at Senate last month have been rectified. Although the process is new to faculty, she indicated that help is available and that faculty should call upon her for any assistance needed.

Dr. John Hunter, President

Dr. Hunter addressed the Senate on a number of topics, including: direct communication, the Building Better Bridges Campaign, direct marketing, "term vs. temporary" faculty status, the 2001-02 institutional budget, the community college "system" and its support, Northern's use of the ATM system, Wheeling Regional Campus development, community and continuing education, Institute for Ebusiness and Enterpeunerial Studies, evening coordinator on the Wheeling Regional Campus, student activities, and the bookstore. You really had to be at the meeting to get all of this information.

Committee Reports:

Committee	Report
Academic Affairs	looking at curriculum, catalog, course outcomes
Professional Development	no meeting; Great Teachers Seminar - 25-28 June; contact M. Goldstein
Institutional Technologies	looking for a computer technician to hire; in process of moving to the HA
Student Leadership and Development	did not meet
Finance and Facilities	did not meet
Assessment	ongoing work

Old Business: "term" faculty. The Senate re-affirmed its endorsement of the concept of "term" faculty to replace "temporary" faculty. The motion passed unanimously. Honeman will communicate this to the President.

Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:55 pm (everybody). The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be Friday, 23 March 2001 at 2:00 p.m. in the Culinary Arts room, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Danford

last modified: 22 March 2001