Faculty Senate Minutes - 2/3/2005
Missouri Western State College
Faculty Senate Minutes
February 3, 2005
SU 220
Senators Present: President Andrews, Vice President Hegeman, Secretary Ottinger, Senators Caldwell, Gregory, Haney, Heider, Holian, Hunt, Nandan, Noynaert, Tushaus, Voelkel, Williams
Senators Absent: Past President Greiert, Senator Tapia
Ex-Officio Members Present: none
Ex-Officio Members Absent: Vice President Arnold, President Scanlon
Guests Present: none
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Call to Order: President Larry Andrews called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Approval of January 20th Minutes: (Holian/Hunt)
The following corrections were requested
o On page 2, under Report from Curriculum Committee it should read “New forms for Next Year’s Proposals are currently on line.”
Minutes were approved, as corrected, by voice vote.
Approval of Agenda: (Holian/Noynaert)
Agenda was approved by voice vote.
Report from College President: None
Report from Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs: None
Report from Senate Executive Committee:
President Andrews attended the Registration Meeting on new Banner program.
· Program will take care of prerequisites, holds, etc. so faculty will not have to check them by hand.
· Mock registration will be held March 15th (during Spring Break?)
· Overflows will not be handled as they have been.
· Classrooms will be assigned based on class size. Not necessarily the usual classrooms. Questions were raised about classes that require specific rooms, such as science classes with demonstrations.
MAFS Meeting is next Monday and Tuesday in Jefferson City. President Andrews will attend. At the meeting he will distribute a Survey from the Ad Hoc Committee on Laboratory Load Hours. The Senate will pay for the postage for the surveys to be distributed to non-attending schools and for the surveys to be returned.
Peer Review Committee will report at the February 17th senate meeting. At that meeting there will be a Q/A session for senators. It was proposed that the March 3rd senate meeting be cancelled and replaced with a faculty forum on recommendations made by the Peer Review Committee. This proposal (Haney/Caldwell) was unanimously approved. It will be held in MC 214-216 at 4:00 on March 3rd.
The school name change is progressing through the senate. When approved, it will go to the house for passage. An amendment has been added to the senate bill requiring a two-year program review by 2010. This review does not mean the end of the two-year programs, but that they will have to be reviewed and justified to continue.
All recommended sabbatical leaves have been approved.
School meetings will be held at 3:30 pm on February 24th for senate nominations.
Vice President Hegeman has been attending the meetings of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee on behalf of the faculty senate. At the February 2nd meeting several projects were discussed:
· Image and Advancement – Big Event is coming on April 9th. Foundation and Alumni Association are working together on raising funds. The “Western League of Excellence” has been formed for continuous annual donors. Database has been formulated to enable alumni activities around the nation.
· Technology – Banner program will be up for registering fall classes. Mark Mabe has established a weblink for distributing online web updates.
· Workforce Development – program was held on campus for middle school science and math teachers.
Vice President Hegeman is also attending the meetings of the AQIP Accreditation Team. On Friday, Feb 4th she will attend a three hour workshop.
Report from Grievance Committee: See Minutes Appendix A for report.
Report from Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee: See Minutes Appendix B for report.
Old Business:
SB-10-05 (Caldwell/Tapia) Establishment of Sunset Clauses for Curriculum Proposals: Adoption of recommendation 2) from Curriculum Committee Report (20Jan05)
Discussion: Will this bill grandfather in old curriculum (such as those from Business) which have
not yet been activated? Suggested tabling bill until this could be resolved.
Motion to table (Haney/Caldwell) approved by voice vote.
SB-11-05 (Tapia/Hunt) Directives on Spring Call-up for Curriculum Committee: Adoption of recommendation 1) from Curriculum Committee Report (20Jan05)
Discussion: Will it allow quick changes? No. Dates were set based on latest possible date for adequate review of proposals. Questions on how to deal with purported “emergency” changes that are not actual emergencies. Possibly the executive committee should be the body to call up the curriculum committee in an emergency. The curriculum committee should not be bogged down with extra charges in the fall – only those charges required in the bylaws. If this were so it would not be so heinous to be called up in the spring.
Motion to table until Dr. Arnold could be present for the discussion (Caldwell/Noynaert). Yea=6, No=5. Motion is tabled.
New Business:
SB-12-05 (Hegeman/Haney) Enact changes to Faculty Senate Bylaws as recommended by Ad-Hoc Senate Bylaws Committee Report (3Feb2005)
Adjournment: (Ottinger/Haney)
Senate adjourned at 5:03 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Michael B. Ottinger, PhD
Senate Secretary.
Minutes Appendix A
Grievance Committee Report
February 3, 2005
No faculty grievances have been filed during the current academic year.
The grievance committee met one time on September 14, 2004. The executive committee was selected. It consists of Evan Noynaert, Chair; R. J. Dick, Vice Chair; and Phillip Mullins, Secretary.
Meeting Attendance is shown below.
9/14/2004
Phil Mullins, HPG Yes
Nancy Edwards, ED *
Evan Noynaert, CSMP Yes
Nader Vargha, ECON Yes
RJ Dick, BUS Yes
Earl Haynes, ED
Brian Cronk, PSY Yes
Frank Thomas, MUS
Kip Wilson, CJLS
Reza Hamzaee, ECON Yes
Jim Estes, ART
Dale Krueger, BUS Yes
* Out of town at a conference
The policy guide requires the Grievance Committee to hold an annual training session. Larry Andrews and Dr. Phillip Mullins conducted two training sessions in order to accommodate the schedules of all members of the Grievance Committee.
Respectfully Submitted,
J. Evan Noynaert
Grievance Committee Chair
Minutes Appendix B
Report of the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee
February 3, 2005
Submitted by: Jennifer Hegeman, Evan Noynaert, and Randye Williams
I. Revisions to Sections I, II, and III (A – E)
Refer to attached document.
II. Recommendations Regarding Section III F
The Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee recommends that when committee charges are determined at the beginning of the 2005-06 academic year, one of the charges for each of the ten standing Senate committees be as written below:
Review and update (if necessary) the committee purpose, membership, and duties as outlined in the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate.
III. Recommendations Regarding the Constitution of the Association of the Missouri Western State College Instructional Faculty
The Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee recommends that at the onset of the 2005-06 academic year, a Senate Ad Hoc Constitution Committee be appointed to review/update/clarify the Constitution of the Association of the Missouri Western State College Instructional Faculty. Consideration should be given to the development of a procedure for appointing a Past President should the actual Past President be unable to serve in this capacity at the end of his/her term as Senate President.
Refer to http://www.mwsc.edu/facsenate/bylawschanges.doc for recommended changes to bylaws.
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