Faculty Senate

West Virginia Northern Community College

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Minutes: 22 October 1999

Present: S. Beck, P. Canary, T. Craig, C. Dale, T. Danford, W. Deibert, E. Gast, M. Goldstein, D. Gonot, K. Hart, R. Honeman, L. Ingram, R. Jennette, J. Keyser, N. Krupinski, V. Larson, G. Pickett, D. Poffenberger, S. Purpura, R. Pusz, M. Riley, S. Rychlicki, A. Secreto, P. Sharma, E.Snow, H. Starr, C. Stokes, K. Swisher, C. Teaff, A. Vavra, G. Winland, and R. Yeager.

Excused: R. Berry, K. Herrington, R. Lucki, S. Mankowski-Myers, E. Rogers, L. Shelek, D. Smittle, and M. Watson.

Absent: F. Binkley, T. Boyers, D. Bradney, J. Cisney, M. Davis, M. Grubor, D. Hans, S. Hooff, B. Hudak, C. Huston, D. Jones, A. Kuca, R. Malek, K. Morelli, G. Norton, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, R. Sambuco, M. Sidon, V. Slider, J. Van Fossan, and R. Vance.

The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. with M. Goldstein presiding.

1. Minutes - The minutes of the September 1999 meeting of the Faculty Senate were approved on a motion by T. Craig and a second by K. Hart. They are located on the Senate webpage at http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tdanford/senate.

2. Governance Council Report - M. Goldstein reported on the most recent Governance Council meeting. The strategic plan has been updated and the salary concerns (no raises for faculty) generated much discussion. The senate, on a motion by T.Craig and a second by P. Canary has directed a letter to be written outlining the faculty position on faculty salary increases in light of the 95% SREB average salary goal achievement

3. Temporary Full Time Faculty - With the change in Board of Directors policy on temporary faculty (unlimited time rather than a proscribed number of years), there was discussion of promotion in rank for temporary faculty. On a motion by C. Teaff and a second by T. Craig, the Senate approved the concept of rank for temporary faculty and directed the Faculty Evaluation Review Committee to draft such a policy for discussion.

4. Ad Hoc Committees - The Major Administrator Task Force continues to meet and discuss; currently the position descriptions are under revision. The faculty workload committee met with G. Persinger; no real progress was made.

5. ACF Survey and Report - D. Poffenberger distributed an ACF faculty survey and asked that we complete it during the meeting. He reported that the ACF met in October at Concord College, Athens, WV. Hot discussion topics were funding, the upcoming legislative session, and faculty tenure.

6. Committee Reports

Committee	Report
Academic Affairs	routine matters
Student Life	didn't meet
Technologies	routine matters; survey of faculty computer use and need
Professional Development	M. Wetherald is now chair; ongoing
Finance and Facilities	working on debt collection policies and procedures

7. Other Business - Announcements: T. Danford has been elected President-Elect of the West Virginia Community College Association.

8. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. on a motion by K. Hart and a second by D. Poffenberger. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be 28 January 2000.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas R. Danford, Secretary

last modified: 27 January 2000