West Virginia Northern Community College 

Minutes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2 February 2007

 

Present: S. Beck, R. Berry, C. Cornforth, T. Craig, D. Cresap, C. Dale, T. Danford, M. Davis, F. DeCaria, C. Eastham, D. Farrell, D. Folger, K. Freeman, D. Goeddel, M. Goldstein, S. Gress, D. Hans, C. Harbert, K. Herrington (Presiding), S. Huggins, L. Ingram C. Kefauver, J. Keyser, A. Kuca, R. Lucki, R. Malek, L. Miller, N. Krupinski, M. O’Brien,  D. Poffenberger, R. Pusz, T. Ramsey, C. Riter, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, D. Ryan, P. Sharma, L. Shelek, C. Stokes, S. Rychlicki, C. Teaff, J. Tully, J. Van Fossen, A. Vavra, G. Winland,

 Excused:  M. Grubor, S. Hooff, J. Remias, B. Sisarcik,  M. Watson

 Absent:  K. Atkins, D. Bartley, F. Binkley, V. Slider, D.Yadrick

The meeting was called to order by President Kathy Herrington at 2:00 pm in the Telecom Rooms on three campuses.

Minutes of the January meetings were approved as posted on the Senate web page.(T. Danford/N. Krupinski)

Committee Reports

Committee

Report

ACF

M. Davis reported they met on 2/1/07.  The legislature is in session.  The Chancellor would like to move back to a centralized state system.  West Virginia Faculty salaries rank 16/16 in the SREB and 49/50 in the US. There is a proposal for a 2.5% bonus for faculty this year and they are also looking at tuition waivers for dependents.  Issues needing faculty attention will be e-mailed—please contact your Legislators.

BOG

T. Danford reported that they met on 1/25/07.  This was the annual faculty meeting:  R. Lucki, K. Herrington, M. Grubor and C. Cornforth in attendance.They addressed the Higher Education Report Card and Enrollment trends.  Rev. Darryl Cummings replaced Keith Jones on the Board and there is one opening remaining.

Assessment

No meeting.

Curriculum

K. Herrington reported that there are several new programs being developed: Dietetic Technician, Medical Assistant (A.A.S to begin in Fall 2008), Hospitality (partnering with Wheeling Downs & Mountaineer), Power Plant, Machinist, Coal Mining programs, A.A.S in Sign Language has been approved, 2+2 Respiratory Care with WJU will have a final reading this month, Central Service Technician.  There is a new Renaissance Drama course that will be heard this month.

General Education

No meeting.

Enrollments Management

No meeting.

Budget

1.      Meeting Date: 01/30/07

 

2.      Agenda:

 

A.  reviewed Capital Requests--

      information still not in appropriate        

      form, sent back to administration

 

B.  OTPS budget reviewed - increase by  

      10%

 

3.   FY 08 Budget (approximate figures)

 

A.  Revenue:     Tuition & Fees - increase by 4.75%

      State Appropriations - increase by 0%

 

B.      Expenses:  Salaries –

          Increase of $160,000

 

         Classified Staff           $55,000

         Non-Classified Staff  $33,000

         Faculty                      $66,000

         Annual Increment $  6,000

 

C.     Deficit: $41,000

 

4.      Next Meeting: 03/21/07

 

5.      All Faculty Assembly Members were in attendance

 

Submitted by:

Dr. Tony Vavra           

Professional Development

No meeting—please send requests to M. Koon.

LRC

M. O’Brien reported that there are video IPOD’s in each LRC, there will be a poetry/Art Contest next month, and put requests for CD ROMS and videos in to P. Stroud by May.

Institutional Technology

P. Sharma reported that students are requesting more on-line courses—looking for suggestions to get more instructors interested in offering courses.  All students have IMail addresses now.

Writing Across the Curriculum

K. Freeman reported that the committee will be meeting today and will be reviewing Plagiarism programs that are in place at other institutions.

Merit

Faculty are reminded that the merit documents are due by the first Friday in March (2 copies to M. Koon).  Volunteers for the Merit Review Committee were as follows:  C. Kefauver, R. Berry, L. Ingram, and C. Eastham.

FERC

C. Harbert reported Committee recommends completing the current process in May of 2007, doing a “Mini-cycle” from May-December 2007 and then beginning a Jan-Jan cycle in 2008.  The committee is looking into existing distance education evaluations.   Faculty recommend striking the section concerning activities at specific faculty rank  Please e-mail C. Harbert, F. DeCaria, or B. Siscarcik with comments.  A formal proposal will be brought to next month’s meeting.

VP Search Committee

R. Berry reported that phone interviews would be conducted on Monday with four candidates.

New Business

  • Faculty Pay Increases
    • The faculty sub-committee presented their proposal for faculty pay increases, implementing a different increment for each rank per year of service at rank.  K. Herrington asked for volunteers to attend a meeting with Dr. Olshinsky to present the plan. T. Danford thanked T. Vavra, C. Dale, and D. Roth for their hard work in the proposal development.

A motion to present the proposal to the President with faculty endorsement was made by M. Goldstein, seconded by T. Danford.  (Motion passed unanimously)

  • Rules Committee
    • T. Danford reported that he is a faculty representative to this new committee.  They will be reviewing current rules and be placing them into consistent formats.  If faculty have suggestions as to which “policies” that need revision, forward comments to Tom.
  • National League for Nursing
    • The on-site visit will be this month.  General Education faculty members are invited to a meeting on Thursday February 22nd at 3pm in the Board Room.  The Exit Interview will be on Friday February 23rd at 10 am—all faculty are invited to attend.

 

A motion for adjournment was made by N. Krupinski, seconded by T. Vavra.

Meeting adjourned at 3:15 pm.  The next regular meeting will be held on Friday, March 2, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Lisa Ingram

Faculty Assembly Secretary