Faculty Senate
Minutes:
Present: K.
Atkins, D. Bartley, S. Beck, F. Binkley,
C. Blatt, C. Cornforth, T. Craig, C. Dale, T. Danford, M. Davis, K. Freeman, B.
Gast, D. Goeddel, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor (presiding), D. Hans, K. Herrington,
S. Hooff, L. Ingram, C. Kefauver, J. Keyser, A. Kuca, M. Lewis, R. Lucki, R.
Malek, M. Marlin, N. Krupinski, H.
Papeika, D. Poffenberger, R. Pusz, J. Remias, T. Ramsey, M. Riley, C. Riter, C.
Rogerson, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, Linda Shelek, C. Teaff, J. VanFossen, T.
Vavra, M. Watson, G. Winland
Excused: R. Berry, C.
Stokes
Absent: T. Boyers, D.
Folger, M. Hummell, D. Jones, M. O’Brian, , D. Roth,
V. Slider
M. Grubor called the meeting
to order at
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Minutes: The
minutes from the December 2003 meeting are on the Senate webpage, http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tdanford/senate.
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Committee Reports
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Committee |
Report |
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Academic
Affairs |
K
Herrington reported that the committee is working on proposals to add
developmental prerequisites to other courses. A list of specific courses was
distributed to faculty, Kathy asked that faculty
teaching these courses return the survey and agree or disagree with the
proposal. If there is no response, the
committee will assume agreement to the suggestions. Also, anyone wishing to add other courses, may submit the form and do so. At
this point, only Health Sciences and Human Services have true application and
matriculation policies for their programs.
All programs need to have an application policy for their
students. Any
curriculum changes must meet final approval this month in order to make the
new catalog, otherwise they will not be implemented
until 2005. |
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Academic
Appeals |
No
meeting. |
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Budget |
T.
Vavra reported that they are working on the 2005 budget. Standardized forms are being used and this
has streamlined the process. There
have been over $10 million dollars in capital requests (9 1/2 million for the
new building). Requests are being
prioritized. There
may be changes occurring with some of the fees assessed to the students. There is a proposal for a standardized
campus service fee (parking fee).
These two proposals must be approved in D.
Poffenberger questioned if all students and faculty will be assessed the
parking fee. T. Vavra reported that
yes, this fee will be assessed for everyone. R.
Lucki questioned the need to resubmit budget requests, if the requests had
been submitted previously for Perkins funding. T. Vavra answered that if you receive
requests under Perkins, then they will be removed from the capitol budget
request. |
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CLTA |
This
committee has not met—to be co-chaired by the Dean of Institutional effectiveness. |
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Enrollments
management |
M.
Watson reported that we are in the process of adding course offerings in the
evenings at They
are checking on a reciprocity agreement with We
are looking into the costs of an 800 number for students to utilize to access
information at the college. The
committee is looking into the benefits of having a Fall and Spring Honors
program. |
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General
Education |
No
meeting. |
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Institutional
Technology |
No
meeting—T. Danford announced that if anyone has difficulty with the NCAXP
system, let him know. |
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LRC |
No
meeting. |
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PACE |
Please
submit any basic housekeeping, office supplies (file cabinents, book shelves,
etc.) needs to J. Daley. |
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Professional
Development |
No
meeting. |
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ACF |
M.
Davis reported that although the state has gotten rid of the 10% pay raise
for promotion—most other state institutions are keeping this policy as an
internal policy. The Faculty Senate proposes that the 10% pay raise for promotion be
continued under an internal policy and that this proposal be taken to the
BOG. (Danford/Poffenberger) Motion passed unanimously. M.
Davis reported that there will be a bill introduced to the Legislature that
will make higher education faculty, official state employees. Contact your legislator to express your
support. |
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BOG |
BOG
has not met since the last Senate meeting. |
Policy
Development
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Conflict of
Interest
T. Vavra presented the revised version of the Conflict
of Interest Policy to the Faculty. The
original draft has been edited and changes have been underlined. Several passages referred to the existing
State Code, so they have been omitted from this policy. T. Vavra has developed a form which addresses
both workload and external employment reporting.
M. Grubor asked for discussion. H. Papeika questioned the need for reporting
the external employment, if the faculty member is meeting their college
obligation. T. Vavra stated that the
reporting of external employment is a state requirement.
R. Pusz questioned the need for doing all of this
paper work on the newly proposed form if we do not do external employment. Can these faculty
write none and sign? T. Vavra stated
that the form be revised to include this option.
K. Herrington proposed removing the form at this point
in time, faculty were in agreement with the suggestion.
Faculty support the amended version of the Conflict of Interest
Policy. (Goldstein/Davis)
Motion passed unanimously. Policy to be forwarded to M. Koon and J. Daley per procedure.
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Workload Policy
R. Lucki reported that he had received
comments from several faculty members concerning this policy.
A new draft
proposal has been written based on these faculty recommendations,
this draft was distributed to
faculty members.
D. Hans questioned the meaning of the statement
concerning professional responsibilities between terms. After further discussion, faculty recommended
eliminating lines 27-31.
M. Riley questioned lines 32-34, will this entail more
paperwork for faculty. C. Dale felt that
this passage protected faculty –it will provide faculty with a consultation
concerning their assignments and workload each semester.
Faculty support the amended version of the Faculty
Workload Policy. (Danford/Herrington)
Motion passed unanimously. Policy to be forwarded to M. Koon and J. Daley per procedure.
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Faculty
Evaluation Policy
L. Ingram reported that faculty had been e-mailed the
revised version of the Faculty Evaluation Policy,
recommendations from the December Faculty Senate meeting have been
included. Further discussion followed
concerning the criteria for advancement in rank.
S. Rychlicki commented that faculty should be required
to obtain a masters degree at some point in the promotion process. It was suggested that this be required prior
to becoming an Assistant Professor.
After further discussion, K. Herrington recommended a minimum of a masters degree be added to the requirements for Associate
Professor.
A.
Kuca questioned
the number of hours required at each level of promotion, they are
confusing. K. Herrington recommended
removing the word “additional” from each of the bullets discussing graduate or
approved program hours and also removing the “(since initial full time appointment)”
statement. This clarifies the
requirement. Faculty were in
agreement.
Faculty consensus was that it did
not matter when the graduate hours or doctorate were earned, they should be
able to be used for promotion whether or not they were completed before or
after the WVNCC hire date.
Faculty support the amended
version of the Faculty Evaluation Policy.
(Herrington/Poffenberger) The
motion passed unanimously. The policy
will be forwarded to J. Daley and M. Koon per procedure.
Senate
Constitution
M. Grubor reported that she will be
contacting C. Stokes concerning revising the Senate Constitution. Further information will be available next
meeting.
New
Business
M. Watson voiced concerns that the form being used for
the Student Evaluation of Teaching is not the same form that was approved by
Faculty Senate. The difference is in
the scale: the approved form has five
choices (NA through 4—there is no undecided).
The form provided to the students includes a choice of undecided. Do we want to use the form we approved or
does it matter?
Faculty request that the exact form approved by the
Faculty Senate previously be the form utilized by the students. (Krupinski/Lucki). The motion passed unanimously.
Adjournment:
With no futher business, the faculty senate meeting was adjourned at
3:30 pm. (Krupinski/Kefauver). The next regularly scheduled meeting will be
held on Friday, February, 6, 2004 at 2:00 pm in the Culinary Arts Dining Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa A. Ingram, secretary