Minutes - 9/2/1999

Call to Order:

President Mikkelsen called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m.

Senators present:

Aschermann, Brandt, Brooks, Cronk, Fowler, Greiert, Hamzee, Leonard, McLear,
Mikkelsen, Nelson, Reidy, Wagner, Wallner

Senators absent:

Bargar, Roberts

Ex-Officio:

Janet Murphy, president of Missouri Western State College
James Roever, vice-president for academic affairs
Kathyrne Mueller, administrative associate to the vice-president for academic affairs

Guests:

David Bennett, Jeanie Crain

Minutes of the previous meeting:

The minutes of the May 6, 1999 meeting were approved as submitted
(Cronk/Leonard).

Report from the college president:

MWSC president Murphy reported that the open-versus-closed student files issue
has been resolved, and now students do have their choice in this matter. She
also briefly addressed the issue of the upcoming capital campaign, as well as
the MWSC thirtieth anniversary celebration which is scheduled to begin April
24, 2000. The celebration will consist of a dinner on April 29 and a bands
performance and fireworks display on April 30 at the college stadium. Finally,
she reported that college budget documents will be available before the Board
meeting scheduled for September 23.

Report from the vice-president for academic affairs:

Dr. Roever discussed the statewide general education guidelines being proposed
by the General Education Steering Committee (GESC). He will reconvene the
general studies committee next Wednesday, September 8, to review these
guidelines. He also reported that the enrollment figures for this fall
semester are quite good. He discussed the upcoming North Central accreditation
review coming in February, 2000, indicating that the college report is now
being reviewed by the cabinet. In addition, he discussed the new monies
available for faculty computers this year ($100,000), indicating that a
committee has been formed which will determine how and when these computer
funds shall be allocated. He reported that this $100,000 special fund shall
somewhat ease our capital budget requests. Finally, he reported that the
state-of-the-art classroom renovations are getting underway, and that special
training sessions will be available so that faculty can be effective in
utilizing these new resources.

Report on FFR:

Kathyrne Mueller, administrative associate to the vice-president for academic
affairs, reported that a special workshop has been planned for 3:00 p.m. on
September 22 for the purpose of discussing procedures for submitting new
proposals. She also reported that September 30th is the date for the poster
dinner.

Report from the faculty senate executive committee:

Mark Mikkelsen and Tony Wallner, president and vice-president respectively of
the faculty senate, gave reports on the executive committee's nominations for
membership on institutional committees (see Attachment A). Senators were also
presented the executive committee's replacement appointments for membership on
senate committees as well as draft copies of committee charges which are
subject to approval at the next meeting (see Attachment B).

New business:

Two motions were introduced regarding the general studies committee report
presented at the May 6, 1999 senate meeting:

(1) A motion was introduced by McLear (seconded by Cronk) that the following
general studies committee proposals be sent to the curriculum committee:

1(a). Change the course title of PED 101 from "Concepts of Physical Activity"
to "Fitness and Wellness."
1(b). Accept all one hour physical activity courses as satisfying the one hour
physical activity requirement rather than requiring students to choose from a
selected list of courses.

4. Allow foreign language courses more advanced than those currently listed
under Category Four -- Humanities, line 4 (i.e., FRE 102, GER 102, and SPA 102)
to be used to satisfy this requirement.

5. Add a fourth subcategory, computer literacy, to the list of required
Category One -- Basic Skills courses, and allow students to satisfy this
requirement either by completing one of two existing courses, CSC 100 Computer
Literacy or CSC 101 Computers and Information Technology, or by passing a
proficiency examination.

(2) A motion was introduced by Greiert (seconded by Leonard) that the following
proposal of the general studies committee be sent to the CGAC:

2. Add an additional course, GEO 160 Physical Geography, to Category Two --
Natural Sciences, line 3.

Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m. (Wagner/Brooks).

Respectfully submitted,


G. Barry Nelson, secretary

Attachment A

Calendar Committee (one faculty representative elected by and from the senate):

Jim Bargar Psych


Academic Advisement Committee (four faculty representatives):

Bev Payne B/E
Lou Fowler B/E
Frederica Nix Soc. Sci.
Mohammad Najafi E/T
Tom Cicchelli Art
Phil Mullins CS/T/H
Kevin Burger CS/M/P
Rob Shell E/FL/J

Homecoming Committee (one faculty representative):

Jeannie Harmon-Miller Art
Kip Wilson CJ/LS

Cultural Events Committee (five faculty representatives):

Robin Findlay CS/T/H
Jerry Anderson Music
Kevin Muente Art
Ruth Kocher E/FL/J
Geri Norman HPER
Janice Klimek B/E
Alicia Stindt Nursing
David Tushaus CJ/LS

Registration Procedures Committee (two faculty representatives):

Steve Klassen CS/M/P
Jo Kibirige Soc. Sci.
Mike Smith Education
Greg Kriewitz HPER

Equal Opportunity ADA Committee (faculty senate liaison, appointed by senate):

Evan Noynaert CS/M/P

Attachment B

Committee charges and membership rosters will be forwarded separately by the
faculty senate president.