Faculty Senate Minutes - 11/4/2004
Missouri Western State College
Faculty Senate Minutes
November 4, 2004
SU 220
Senators Present: President Andrews, Vice President Hegeman, Secretary Ottinger, Past President Greiert, Caldwell, Gregory, Heider, Holian, Hunt, Nandan, Noynaert, Tapia, Tushaus, Voelkel, Williams
Senators Absent: Haney
Ex-Officio Members Present: Vice President Arnold, President Scanlon
Ex-Officio Members Absent: none
Guests Present: Vice-President Olinger, Deborah Becker (Professional Leave Committee Rep)
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Call to Order: President Larry Andrews called the meeting to order at 3:57 p.m.
Approval of October 21st Minutes: (Holian/Heider)
Approved by voice vote
Approval of Agenda: (Caldwell/Holian)
Agenda approved by voice vote
Report from College President:
"Financial Clouds are on the Horizon." Revenue for 2005 is not as good as expected. If it continues poorly there may be withholdings in the spring. MWSC is prepared. Due to the passing of Amendment 3 and the usage of a one-time $450 Million fund this year, there will be more clouds for the 2006 fiscal year.
Two important policy issues that may be seen this upcoming legislative session include the imposition of tuition caps - limiting tuition increases to cost of living increases, and Freshman Tuition Guarantees - which will limit student tuition to the amount they paid their freshman year. Both proposals have the blessing of the Governor-elect.
The CBHE has chosen Dr. Scanlon as Chair of the Advisory Council. He will be the Four Year College/University Presidents representative to advise the Governor.
Report from Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs:
See Minutes Appendix A for Dr. Arnold's report
Report from Senate President:
See Minutes Appendix B for President Andrews report.
Report from Committee Liaisons:
Senator Heider (General Studies Committee): The committee is excited to look at the current General Studies Program. Committee has questions on Timeline. Request that all general studies syllabi be updated for the committee to review.
President Andrews (Grievance Committee): Happy to report nothing. It is a wonderful committee this year. Have held their training meeting.
Discussion on Parking with Vice President Olinger
Each year the Parking Committee does a Survey on parking lot availability. Each lot is checked each hour to check how many spots are available in Reserved and General Parking. When the committee met on Nov 3 to review the survey it was found that spots were available in each lot every hour.
Question was asked about the impact of the Fulkerson Center on parking – VP Olinger is meeting with the architect to discuss options for parking. 325 new parking spots will be created with the new residence halls.
The public safety is currently staffed with 9 full-time employees who must provide for campus safety 24 hours a day. Therefore they are currently using interns to write parking citations. It was suggested that anytime faculty are going to park in loading / unloading areas that they contact the security office ahead of time to let them know.
Due to the parking survey some reserved spots in Lot K will be made general parking, as they are rarely filled.
New parking costs an estimated $1000 to $2000 per parking stall.
Areas that need to be addressed include:
1. Information on changes in parking regulations need to be disseminated better to faculty, staff, and students.
2. Currently the parking survey is done at 15 minutes after the hour. This time should be changed to the time “in between” classes, as this is when most cars are on campus.
3. Possibly a section of dual Reserved/General parking spots should be created.
Old Business:
SB-07-05 (Caldwell/Haney) The Faculty Senate shall form a committee to examine the policy governing the assignment of laboratory and studio load hours as stated on page 51 of the Policy Guide: “Laboratory and studio contact hours are multiplied by two-thirds in calculating equated hours for teaching loads.”
Motion (Tapia/Hunt) to table SB-07-05 until concerns about advising and class sizes were studied.
Voted on by roll call: Caldwell = no, Gregory = no, Hegeman = yes, Heider = no, Holian = no, Hunt = yes, Nandan = no, Noynaert = no, Ottinger = no, Tapia = yes, Tushaus = no, Voelkel = yes, Williams = no. Motion to table failed.
Motion (Noynaert/Gregory) to amend the scope of the committee to examine only faculty load issues found on page 51 of the policy guide, namely:
“Laboratory and studio contact hours are multiplied by two-thirds in calculating equated hours for teaching loads. Independent Study is equated as one-half load hour per student up to six students with a maximum of three load hours for six or more students.
Faculty workloads for coordination of internship/practicum students will be set at 0.5 load hours per student up to five. From 6 to 20 students, the maximum load assigned will be 3.0: beyond 20, the coordinator will receive 0.25 load hours per student.”
Amendment approved by voice vote.
Motion approved by voice vote.
Motion to remove SR-05-05 (Noynaert/Ottinger) from the table (Noynaert/Voelkel). Approved by voice vote. Motion would recommend creation of parking lot between SM and ET buildings. The parking lot would provide about 10 parking spaces which would be reserved for faculty at all times.
Motion voted on by hand count. Yes=3, No=10. Motion failed.
New Business:
SR-08-05 (Tapia/Hunt): The Faculty Senate shall create an Ad Hoc Committee to examine how advising should be equated into faculty teaching load.
Closed Session:
Deborah Becker presented the report from Professional Leave Committee.
Motion to receive report (Hunt/Williams). Approved by Voice Vote.
Motion to approve committee’s recommendation as written (Gregory/Hunt). Approved by Voice Vote.
A listing of the committee’s recommendation is included in Appendix C, with the recommended faculty listed in alphabetical order (as per Policy Guide).
Adjournment: (Gregory/Voelkel).
Approved by voice vote. Senate adjourned at 5:22 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Michael B. Ottinger, PhD
Senate Secretary.
Minutes Appendix A
MEMORANDUM
TO: Faculty Senate
FROM: Dr. J. David Arnold, Vice President for Academic & Student Affair s
DATE: November 19, 2004
SUBJECT: Report
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The following are activities planned for the remainder of the fall semester:
· A faculty forum on the Regents Awards will be hosted by Dr. Scanlon and the Ad Hoc Committee on Friday, November 5 @ 3:30pm in MC205.
· A national teleconference on Foundations of Excellence™ in the First College Year can be viewed in Kemper Auditorium (MC101) starting at noon and ending at 3:00pm. Along with John Gardner and his Policy Center staff, both Dr. Scanlon and Bob Klostermeyer will be featured in segments as Western participants in the Foundations Project. The teleconference is entitled: Shaping the future: Aspirations, assessment, action!”
· A Noel-Levitz Enrollment Management Campus Summit will be held on December 8 @ 8:00am and again at 3:00pm in Kemper Auditorium (MC101) and will be entitled “How to start behaving like a hot college.”
Minutes Appendix B
Faculty Senate President Report
November 4, 2004
The following reviews the work of the executive committee of the faculty senate since the last senate meeting on October 21. The executive committee met with VP Arnold on October 26, 2004.
¨ Senate Committee reporting dates Month and Date
Academic Regulations and Standards March 10
Curriculum Committee January 20
Evaluation of Faculty Committee April 7
General Studies Committee May 5
Grievance Committee February 7
Professional Leave Committee November 4
Promotion and Tenure Committee April 21
Salary Committee March 24
Fringe Benefits Committee March 24
Scholarship Committee May 5
Ad-Hoc By-Laws Committee March 3
Ad-Hoc Peer Review Committee (Mid February)
Note to Senate Liaisons: Report early if necessary for changes requested by Committees for Senate action.
¨ Insurance Updates and Signup
¨ VP Evaluation Committee update
¨ Campus Safety update
¨ Peer Review Committee Update
¨ Policy Guide - publication date
¨ Parking Regulations
¨ Regents Award meeting Friday, November 5, 3:30 pm in MC 205
Minutes Appendix C
Faculty Recommended for Professional Leave
Denise Bartles (Business): Sabbatical leave for Spring Semester 2006 to complete work on three projects to enhance skill as a researcher. First, complete a case study of the legal aspects of a pharmaceutical company in Montreal, Canada. Second, perform legal research on down zoning by the state of Missouri. Third, participate in a cooperative venture with a MWSC colleague on the work and accomplishments of a prominent local businessman and political figure (William “True” Davis).
Larry Lawson (Business): Sabbatical leave for Fall Semester 2005 to conduct Space Business Research and Space Marketing, including identifying and gathering data from firms and government agencies.
Don Lillie (CS/T): Sabbatical leave for Fall Semester 2005 to complete two projects. First, complete an original musical play that focuses on the controversies that surround Marlow and his sudden death. Second, further his knowledge of stage combat, history , and theories behind Western Martial Arts.
Denise Smith (Business): Sabbatical leave for Fall Semester 2005 to research and write a paper on illegal employment discrimination in the United States.
John Tapia (CS/T): Sabbatical leave for Spring Semester 2006 to complete three projects. First, write a manuscript that focuses on an overview of the transformation of rhetorical theory into the field of communication. Second, write a prospectus for a book length manuscript about the impact of a local politician and businessman (William “True” Davis). Third, write a prospectus for a book length manuscript (collected essays) in horror of Father Walter Ong.
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