Faculty Senate

West Virginia Northern Community College

Minutes: 24 January 2003

Present: K. Adkins, S. Beck, R. Berry, F. Binkley, C. Dale, J. Daley, T. Danford, W. Deibert, B. Gast, D. Goeddel, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, S. Hooff, B. Hudak, L. Ingram, C. Kefauver, N. Krupinski, V. Larson, M. Lewis, R. Lucki, R. Malek, G. Norton, G. Pickett, R. Pusz, C. Riter, C. Rogerson, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, C. Teaff, J. VanFossan,T. Vavra, M. Watson, and G. Winland (presiding).

Excused: T. Boyers, T. Craig, S. Gress, K. Herrington, S. Mankowski-Myers, L. Shelek, J. VanFossan.

Absent: C. Blatt, C. Cornforth, M. Davis, D. Hans, R. Honeman, D. Jones, J. Keyser, A. Kuca, D. Poffenberger, M. Riley, D. Roth, M. Sidon, V. Slider, and C. Stokes.

Guest: Dr. John Hunter, President

G. Winland called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. in the TELECOM, Room 304, B&O Building, Wheeling Regional Campus.

Minutes: The approval of the minutes from the November 2002 meeting were approved as published. They are on the Senate webpage, http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tdanford/senate. (Berry/Krupinski)

Dr. Hunter: Dr. Hunter addressed the Senate on a number of issues including BOG policy adoptions that include the new student grievance policy. He indicated that the "Stand Up For Northern" campaign is working and is helping to make our case in Charleston at the Legislature. He said that this legislative session would be challenging and that any faculty involvement would be appreciated. Of major concern is the budget: a current 3.4% budget reduction and another 10% reduction for 2003-2004. The College day at the Legislature is 4 February and Dr. Hunter invited faculty participation.

Committee Reports:

Committee	Report
Academic Affairs	no report
CLTA (College Leadership Team for Assessment)	faculty meeting next Friday, 31 Jan 03; work progresses
Institutional Technologies	no meeting
Professional Development	getting some support from a statewide initiative
Enrollments Management	no report
Budget Committee	continuing discussions about no money
Self Study Committee	progress being made; absolute deadline approaches fast
PACE	no report
Library	no report
FERC	done for the moment
ACF	no report
BOG	routine meeting; student grievance policy - second reading and approval
General Education	collecting MCGs; analyzing general studies learning outcomes

Old Business: there was no old business.

New Business: There was a brief discussion about the upcoming NCA visit and faculty approach. It was decided to delay any further discussion until the February meeting.

Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 pm (Grubor/Daley). The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be Friday, 28 February 2003 in the TELECOM rooms on all three campuses.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas R. Danford, secretary

last modified: 28 March 2003