Faculty Senate

Present:

S. Beck, R. Berry, T. Boyers, P. Canary, T. Craig, C. Dale, T. Danford, M. Davis, W. Deibert, E. Gast, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, K. Herrington, R. Honeman(presiding), L. Ingram, R. Jennette, N. Krupinski, A. Kuca, V. Larson, R. Lucki, R. Malek, K. Morelli, G. Pickett, R. Pusz, M. Riley, E. Rogers, C. Rogerson, S. Rychlicki, A. Secreto, P. Sharma, C. Teaff, J. Van Fossan, A. Vavra, and G. Winland.

Excused:

D. Smittle, C. Stokes, and M. Watson.

Absent:

F. Binkley, C. Blatt, D. Bradney, D. Goeddel, D. Gonot, D. Hans, S. Hooff, B. Hudak, D. Jones, J. Keyser, S. Mankowski-Myers, G. Norton, D. Poffenberger, S. Purpura, D. Roth, M. Sidon, V. Slider, E. Snow, R. Vance, and

• Minutes: The minutes from the 23 February 2001 meeting are available on the webpage, http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tdanford/senate . They were approved as published (Deibert/Larson).

• Bookstore Vouchers: The faculty senate is in favor of establishing bookstore vouchers for students, as long as Northern incurs no financial responsibility (Craig/Vavra).

• ACF: P. Canary reported on a meeting of the ACF concerned with temporary/term faculty. Changes in PB36 will reflect this change and will allow for 3 year term appointments, renewable yearly, and will permit promotion in rank for such term faculty.

• Board of Advisors: T. Danford reported on the last meeting of the BOA. There was discussion of Wheeling campus improvements with a suggestion for converting the property behind the B&O building into a park or parking lot. The problem is of course financial resources. The following motion (Deibert/Herrington) was made and endorsed:

The Faculty Senate suggests that the President approach our federal representatives about grants or matching funds for a parking lot at the B&O.

• TELECOM: The faculty senate is concerned about pending changes to the TELECOM system and the executive committee suggested asking Dr. Jones and G. Persinger to come to the next faculty senate executive committee meeting to discuss these changes.

• Thundering Chicken: R. Honeman indicated that Don Chamberlain and the student government is conducting a survey about our mascot. A proposal will be brought to the April meeting about keeping or replacing the thundering chicken.

• Community Education: The Senate is concerned over the changes made in community education and on a motion (Craig/Herrington) directed R. Honeman to write a letter to the President outlining our concerns, particularly in making changes before discussing and informing the employees most directly affected.

• Old Business: none pending

• New Business: Zac Wycherley is coordinating the graduation ceremony; the president of Faculty Senate has been invited to speak at the ceremony.

• New Faculty Senate Officers: The Faculty Senate Executive committee has elected officers for the 2001-02 year. They are: President, Charles Rogerson; Vice President, Greg Winland; Secretary, Tom Danford. Their terms begin immediately and run through March 2002.

• Committee Reports:

• Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:05 pm (Craig/Rogers). The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be Friday, 27 April 2001 in the Culinary Arts room, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Danford

last modified: 25 April 2001