Faculty Senate
West
Virginia Northern Community College
Minutes: 25 January 2002
Present: S. Beck, R. Berry, C. Blatt, T. Craig, C. Dale, T. Danford, W. Deibert, B. Gast, D. Goeddel, S. Gress,
M. Grubor, D. Hans, K. Herrington, S. Hooff, L. Ingram, R. Jennette, A. Kuca, V. Larson, R. Malek, D.
Poffenberger, M. Riley, C. Riter, C. Rogerson (presiding), S. Rychlicki, A. Secreto, P. Sharma, C. Teaff, J. Van
Fossan, T. Vavra, and G. Winland.
Excused: T. Boyers, N. Krupinski, B. Matey, K. Morelli, R. Pusz, D. Roth, and M. Watson.
Absent: F. Binkley, D. Bradney, C. Cornforth, M. Davis, M. Goldstein, R. Honeman, B. Hudak, D. Jones, J.
Keyser, R. Lucki, S. Mankowski-Myers, G. Norton, G. Pickett, E. Rogers, M. Sidon, V. Slider, E. Snow, and C.
Stokes.
C. Rogerson called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. in the Culinary Arts room, Room 108, Hazel Atlas
Building, Wheeling Regional Campus.
- Faculty Merit Pay: C. Rogerson distributed copies of Southern WV Technical and Community College's
faculty merit pay policy for discussion. It was agreed that FERC should be responsible for drafting a
Northern policy. C. Rogerson is collecting comments and suggestions and will forward those to the
committee. A motion to resurrect FERC and charge it will merit pay policy and with the definition of faculty
rank expectations/job descriptions was unanimously approved (Craig/Rychlicki).
Promotions: C. Rogerson led a discussion about promotions for this year. The Promotion committee has
not met; Center Directors reported that promotion considerations were "on hold". Although there are only
three faculty applying for promotion, there was strong sediment that the current policy should be followed. A
motion directing the President of the Senate to write a letter to Dr. Hunter was unanimously approved
(Craig/Herrington/Gast).
| Committee |
Report |
| Academic Affairs/Assessment |
met in a special meeting today; revising catalog
descriptions of policies; will go to press soon. next
focus: general education outcomes |
| Institutional Technologies |
did not meet |
| Professional Development |
did not meet |
| Enrollments Management |
no report |
| Budget Committee |
no report |
| Self Study Committee |
did not meet; next scheduled meeting is next Friday |
| PACE |
meets in 2 weeks; subcommittee is preparing morale
survey |
| Library |
met today; new equipment is being cataloged; smart
boards are out on bid; LCD projectors now available |
| Promotion |
has not been charged; did not meet |
| FERC |
next meeting scheduled for Friday, 8 February, 2:00
pm; location TBA |
- Revision of Faculty Handbook: C. Rogerson reported that a revision of the current faculty handbook must
be undertaken this semester. He requested volunteers for an ad hoc committee to do this revision, including
a hard look at the faculty workload policy. K. Herrington has agreed to chair the committee. T. Danford
indicated he would send email to the faculty asking for folks to help her on this committee. This action was
approved unanimously on a motion (Danford/Craig).
- Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:05 pm (Craig/Rychlicki). The next
regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be Friday, 22 February 2002 in the Culinary Arts
room, 108H, Wheeling Regional Campus.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas R. Danford, secretary
last modified: 26 January 2002