Faculty Senate

West Virginia Northern Community College

Minutes: 28 March 2003

Present: S. Beck, R. Berry, C. Dale, J. Daley, T. Danford, W. Deibert, D. Goeddel, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, J. Keyser, A. Kuca, N. Krupinski, M. Lewis, R. Lucki, D. Poffenberger, C. Riter, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, V. Slider, C. Stokes, C. Teaff, J. VanFossan, T. Vavra, M. Watson, and G. Winland (presiding).

Excused: T. Boyers, T. Craig, B. Gast, S. Gress, K. Herrington, L. Ingram, S. Mankowski-Myers, G. Pickett, R. Pusz, and L. Shelek.

Absent: K. Adkins, F. Binkley, C. Blatt, C. Cornforth, M. Davis, D. Hans, S. Hooff, R. Honeman, B. Hudak, D. Jones, C. Kefauver, V. Larson, R. Malek, G. Norton, M. Riley, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, M. Sidon, E. Snow, and D. Wright

Guest: Rita Yeager, Wheeling Regional Campus Executive Director

G. Winland called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. in the TELECOM Rooms on all three campuses.

Minutes: The approval of the minutes from the January 2003 meeting were approved as published. They are on the Senate webpage, http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tdanford/senate. (Deibert/ Watson)

Registration and BANNER on the Web - R. Yeager

R. Yeager emphasized the following points concerning upcoming registration for Fall semester:

students must have advisor signature
faculty must attend a BANNER on the Web training session
faculty will be responsible for giving advisees their registration PIN
faculty will be responsible for raising caps on each of their courses; student services/center offices will no longer be able to raise caps; once raised, they cannot be lowered
faculty will be responsible for overrides (adding students above the course, etc)

R. Yeager informed the Senate that Governor Wise and his cabinet will be visiting the B&O building on Tuesday, 15 April. She asked faculty to call or email her if they are willing to have visitors to their classes.

Election of Faculty Senate Executive Committee and Officers

Ballots were distributed and collected; telephone tallies from the Weirton and New Martinsville campuses were received; ballots were counted and the following individuals were elected for a term beginning 1 April 2003 and extending until 31 March 2005:

R. Berry, C. Dale, D. Goeddel, K. Herrington, L. Ingram, C. Stokes, M. Watson

Serving the second year of their terms on this committee will be:

M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, N. Krupinski, D. Poffenberger, C. Rogerson, G. Winland

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee recommended the following slate of officers for 2003-2004:

President - N. Krupinski; President Elect - M. Grubor; and Secretary - L. Ingram

A motion was made to close nominations and elect these faculty by acclamation (Deibert/Daley). This motion passed unanimously.

The President requested a recommendation of faculty to serve on the Promotion Committee. Only full professors are qualified to serve. The following faculty volunteered to serve:

R. Berry, T. Danford, M. Goldstein, M. Grubor, S. Hooff, D. Poffenberger, and M. Watson

The President will select five of these faculty to serve on the committee.

Committee Reports:

Committee	Report
Academic Affairs	2^nd reading, Culinary Arts and HIT curriculum changes
CLTA (College Leadership Team for Assessment)	met with Mike Smith on data needs; student satisfaction and engagement surveys will be on the Web
Institutional Technologies	no meeting
Professional Development	Recognition Dinner scheduled: Wednesday, 23 April, 6:00 pm, Ramada Plaza, Wheeling
Enrollments Management	no report
Budget Committee	no report
Self Study Committee	NCA re-accreditation recommendation; last report!
PACE	Northern star campaign is ongoing; picnic for all college day in the fall
Library	no report
FERC	two new matters to be considered: conflict of interest and academic freedom
ACF	no report
BOG	tuition increased from $70 to $73 per credit; certain fees increased; discussion of college square concept; academic and holiday 2003-04 calendar approved
General Education	no report

Old Business: there was no old business.

New Business

M. Watson announced two community support programs which will begin immediately: Penny Wars for cystic fibrosis (jars at service centers and HA); an email explanation was sent to all faculty; and military supply campaign (boxes for donated supplies will also be found near the service centers). M. Watson is also collecting names and addresses of local military; anyone interested in writing or sending cards should contact her.

D. Poffenberger raised the question of tables and chairs in the instructional rooms in the B&O building. In 1994, individual student seats were replaced by tables and chairs in the HA building. Many faculty find this more conducive to certain classroom activities and many students find this more comfortable.

The Faculty Senate recommends to Dr. John Hunter, President, that the current individual student chair-desks in the B&O building be replaced by tables and standard chairs.

This motion (Daley/Lucki) passed unanimously.

Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 pm (: Poffenberger/Daley). The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be Friday, 25 April 2003 in the TELECOM rooms on all three campuses.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas R. Danford, secretary

last modified: 31 March 2003