Faculty Senate

West Virginia Northern Community College

Present: S. Beck, R. Berry, F. Binkley, P. Canary, J. Cisney, T. Craig, T. Danford, W. Deibert, E. Gast, D. Hans, K. Hart, K. Herrington, L. Ingram, R. Jennette, J. Keyser, N. Krupinski, A. Kuca, V. Larson, K. Leisering, R. Lucki, R. Malek, S. Mankowski-Myers, B. Matey, K. Morelli, G. Pickett, S. Purpura, R. Pusz, E. Rogers, C. Rogerson, S. Rychlicki, A. Secreto, L. Shelek, M. Sidon, D. Smittle, C. Stokes, C. Teaff, D. Thiem, A. Thompson,and M. Watson

Excused: C. Bonfini-Hotlosz, T. Boyers, C. Dale, M. Goldstein, D. Gonot, M. Grubor, R. Honeman, S. Hooff, C. Huston, J. Lalich, R. Letzkus, J. Pillar, D. Poffenberger, P. Sharma, A. Vavra, and R. Yeager

Absent: M. Davis, D. Gregory, B. Hudak, K. Jacobson, D. Jones, G. Norton, M. Riley, D. Roth, R. Sambuco, V. Slider, and G. Winland

C. Stokes called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. in the Culinary Arts room, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus. The minutes of the September Senate meeting were approved on a motion by K. Leisering and a second by T. Craig.

• FERC - Danford presented a revised Attachment 2, guidelines for faculty goals. He moved that this revision be adopted; the motion was seconded by K. Hart. It passed without opposition.



• Strategic Plan Update - C. Stokes reported that the strategic plan is being updated. Input is solicited. The Governance Council will be meeting on 28 Oct and 4 Nov to finalize revisions.

• Liaison Committee - C. Stokes indicated that Dr. Dunn was surprised by accepting of the idea of a joint classified staff/faculty liaison committee. There is a tentative meeting scheduled for the morning of 14 Nov. A standard meeting time will be discussed. Some of the other issues on the agenda are: class cancellation due to weather, CEU and assessment outcomes, tobacco use and entrances, comp time, and financial aid.

• Information Items

- K. Leisering thanked the senate for its support during her grievance over non-payment for absence due to illness and reported that she won.

- The advisory committee luncheon has been postponed until Spring semester. There were conflicts with scheduling and the administration felt that postponing the event would be the best course of action.

- The Major Administrators' Evaluation Task Force has been formed and will be meeting in the near future. C. Stokes and T. Danford are the faculty representatives on that task force.

• Committee on Committees - C. Stokes reported that the President has formed a Committee on Committees and has written a white paper about committee structure and function. She indicated that two "senior" faculty members will be needed to serve on this committee. After some coaxing and cajoling, A. Secreto and S. Rychlicki agreed to serve as the faculty representatives.



• Committee Reports

ACF: D. Poffenberger was excused from this meeting. No report.

Academic Affairs: F. Binkley reported that the nursing program revision was on first reading, the CIP revision on second reading, and that the catalog would be revised each year now. Current changes must be approved on second reading by January because changes must be made by February.

Student Life: S. Beck reported that the committee did not meet in October.

Professional Development: B. Gast reported that the committee is discussing excellence awards. She raised the question of an award for part time faculty who have served the institution. The senate approved unanimously the following motion:

The Faculty Senate recommends to the Professional Development Committee that an excellence award for part time faculty be considered.

College Technology: Danford reported that web acceptable use policy was approved by the committee. He also indicated that a resolution concerning the PPP dial-up accounts which the committee had first approved in September was returned for further work. The committee revised the wording and again unanimously passed the resolution.

Assessment: B. Deibert reported that the course outcomes forms had been consolidated, but that the courses that are completed will not be redone until they are up for periodic revision. Currently on the state level an essential skills committee is working; Sherry Becker-Gorby has been attending these meetings.

Citizenship Committee: T. Craig indicated that there is draft available for comments and suggestions.

• Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:55 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Senate will be Friday, 23 January 1998, at 2:00 p.m. in the Culinary Arts room, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas R. Danford, Secretary