Faculty Senate Minutes - 4/15/2004
MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE
FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
April 15, 2004
Call to Order: Senate President Barry Nelson called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
Senators present:
Blessing, Caldwell, Hegeman, Hennessy, Hunt, Mikkelsen, Ottinger, Wacek, Williams, Senate President Nelson, Senate Vice-President Tapia, Senate Past-President Greiert, Senate Secretary Andrews
Senators absent:
Cluff, Haney, Wagner
Ex-officio members present:
MWSC President James Scanlon
MWSC Vice-President for Academic and Student Affairs David Arnold
Guests present:
Bonnie Alsbury, Curriculum Committee Chairperson, W. Robin Findlay, Promotion and Tenure Committee Chairperson, Mei Zhang, Faculty Evaluation Committee Chairperson, Michael Ducey, Scholarship Committee Chairperson, Daniel Kirk and Emily Kempf, Pride Alliance Organization members.
Approval of minutes:
The minutes were approved after the word “my” was changed to “by” in the first paragraph of page 4, second line.
(Senate Vice-President Tapia/Senator Caldwell)
(vote unanimous)
Approval of agenda:
The agenda was amended to include “Report from faculty senate curriculum committee” after “Report from faculty senate promotion/tenure committee”
(Senator Ottinger/Senator Hunt)
(vote unanimous)
Report from Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee:
Professor Michael Ducey, Chairperson of the committee presented the following report;
Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee Report
AY 2003/04
Committee Members:
Michael Ducey, Chemistry (Chair, 2nd year of 3)
Brian Cronk, Psychology (2nd year of 3)
Konrad Gunderson, Business (3rd year of 3)
Don Lillie, Communication Studies and Theatre (2nd year of 3)
Freddie Nix, Criminal Justice/ Legal Studies (1st year of 3)
Angie Beam, Director of Financial Aid (ex officio)
Charges to the Committee:
1. “Act with the Director of Financial Aid in determining the distribution of scholarships to individual applicants.”
2. “Work with the academic departments in determining need and criteria for scholarships.”
3. “Support and augment the efforts of Missouri Western State College Foundation and the President of the College in their attempts to secure donations for scholarships.”
Summary of activity related to each charge:
Activity related to Charge 1: “Act with the Director of Financial Aid in determining the distribution of scholarships to individual applicants.”
The committee met a total of three times to discuss matters related to scholarship distribution. Meetings were held on:
December 19, 2003
March 8, 2004
March 22, 2004
As part of these meetings the committee agreed upon a set of procedures and criteria that would be used in the awarding of MWSC Foundations Scholarships which the committee was tasked to award. The committee recommended the distribution of $24,600 to 21 students from 18 scholarship funds (list of recommended awardees is found in Appendix A). All awards received approval by the MWSC Foundation except the Rod W. Fletcher Fund Scholarship. The awardee was recommended contingent upon the determination that she was a graduate of Central High School in St. Joseph, MO. She was not found to be a graduate of Central and was therefore identified as not meeting the donor criteria. A detailed summary of the activity of each committee meeting is found in Appendix B.
Activity related to Charge 2: “Work with the academic departments in determining need and criteria for scholarships.”
The committee chair was a member of the Institutional Scholarship Review Committee during the 2003/04 academic year and was thereby able to serve as a voice for the Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee.
Meetings were held on:
September 19, 2003
October 17, 2003
March 5, 2004
April 6, 2004
Issues relate to scholarship need and criteria were addressed in the review committee meetings including:
Institutional Scholarship Budgets
Eligibility Criteria
Need-based scholarships
One-time awards for MWSC sponsored High School Competitions
Departmental scholarships from institutional funding sources
Role of institutional scholarships in recruitment and retention of high ability students
As a result of those discussions the Institutional Scholarship Review Committee put for a series of recommended changes to institutional scholarship structure for the 2005-2006 Academic Year.
Activity related to Charge 3: “Support and augment the efforts of Missouri Western State College Foundation and the President of the College in their attempts to secure donations for scholarships.”
In addition to serving on the Institutional Scholarship Review Committee the Chair met with the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director of Financial Aid and several members of the Foundation staff to discuss issues related to scholarship awards. This meeting was held on October 14, 2003. During this meeting several issues were raised about the process for awarding scholarships. The issues were born out of an audit that the Foundation had recently undergone. Issues that were related to committee activity that were raised included:
- Is there a written policy addressing conflicts of interest that may be experienced by committee members in the awarding process?
- Is there a written set of procedures that the committee follows in the determination of awards?
- Would the committee discuss recommending the Foundation Development Associate as an ex officio member of the scholarship committee to the Faculty Senate?
The questions identified above were taken up in the first committee meeting with the following results:
1. Regarding the conflict of interest question, it is the opinion of this committee that the 2003-2004 MWSC Policy Guide clearly identifies how a committee member is bound to handle a conflict of interest (page 253).
2. Regarding a written set of procedures, it is the position of this committee that a process be established yearly to address how the committee will review scholarships and determine awards. The procedures that are used for any given year may vary as a function of committee make up as well as based upon the information provided to determine awards. It is the committee’s position that a permanent record of how scholarships were reviewed during any particular year may be found in the Faculty Senate Report of the Committee for that Academic Year.
3. Regarding the recommendation of the Foundation Development Associate as an ex officio member of the Scholarship Committee, it is the opinion of the committee that it is not necessary to have this additional person as a committee member to complete the assigned charges.
Recommendations for 2004/2005
- Committee should work withy Financial Aid during the Fall Semester to improve upon the information provided for each applicant. It would be beneficial to the committee to include the high school that the students went to and home address on the summary sheets.
- Chair should continue to meet with the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Director of Financial Aid, and the Foundation Development Associate early in the Fall semester to identify any issues associated with the committee charges.
Appendix A: Copy of memorandum to MWSC Foundation identifying recommended awardees.
March 26, 2004
Memorandum To: Missouri Western State College Foundation
Subject: Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee Recommendations for Scholarship Awards, Spring 2004
The AY 03/04 MWSC Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee recommends the following students for scholarship awards. Awardees are listed in order with students after the first awardee being runners up to receive the award if the primary designee does not in fact qualify under the guidelines outlined by the scholarship donor(s). If multiple awards are recommended, the awardees will show a recommended scholarship value after their name.
ScholarshipRecommended Awardee(s)Scholarship Value
Buchanan County Medical SocietyNo awards, no funds0$
Rod W. Fletcher Fund$3000
Harold Dubach $2000
Clark C. Glaze$250
Goldman & GoldmanNo awards, no funds0$
Kiefer & Kiefer$1000
McHugh Lafayette/HumboldtCommittee not provided with application packets$5000
Alma Pletcher$300
Frank R. Smith Memorial$7000
Opal L. Steward
$500
James W. Supple Memorial$500
F.G. Thompson Memorial$500
ScholarshipRecommended Awardee(s)Scholarship Value
Andrews Whitaker$150
Jack & Frieda Zurow$200
Corinne HancockNo awards, no funds$0
Desota McCabe Memorial$700
Melmed $1000
Midland Moorehead Eng/Tech$300
Harry Monson $300
Kelly Patterson$6000
Dr. Thompson E. Potter $400
Porter Clinton County$500
The AY04/05 Committee Members are:
Michael Ducey (Chair), Chemistry
Brian Cronk, Psychology
Konrad Gunderson, Business
Don Lillie, Communication Studies and Theatre
Freddie Nix, Criminal Justice/ Legal Studies
For the Committee:
Michael W. Ducey
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee Chairperson
Appendix B: Academic Year 2003/04 Meeting attendance and summary of Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee.
December 19, 2003
Members Present: Michael Ducey, Brian Cronk, and Freddie Nix
Other Persons Present: Ben Caldwell, Angie Beam, and Cindy Spotts (Financial Aid)
The following issues were discussed:
1. Comments and issues raised in discussion with Vice President for Institutional Advancement were passes on to committee members. Issues included:
a. Some scholarships for which students were not qualified in accordance with the donor criteria were awarded during the 2002/03 AY cycle. The specific example cited was a nursing scholarship. The result of this was that students would not be recommended for an award unless the committee had documentation supporting all donor criteria. For example, if a scholarship is to be awarded to the child of a firefighter, then someplace within the student’s application, they must indicate that they meet these criteria. Because such specific criteria are generally found within the essay component of the application, the committee requested access to this material from the Director of Financial Aid.
b. Awards must be documented to the foundation. This was not an issue for the Scholarship Committee as committee recommendations are forwarded to the Foundation in a memorandum.
c. No formal institutional letter of congratulations and notice of award is sent to recipients.
d. Awardees are not responding with thank you notes to donors.
e. The scholarship committee was not in full understanding of the point scoring system used on the application summary reports obtained from Financial Aid. Angie Beam reviewed the point scoring system with the committee.
f. During an external audit of the Foundation, questions about scholarship award procedures and conflict of interest procedures were raised. The committee discussed these issues and came to the conclusion that conflict of interest procedures are clearly addressed in the MWSC Policy Guide and that it would be more appropriate to not establish a formal set of procedures for scholarship selection but rather to decide as a committee what the procedures will be during a given year and document those procedures as part of the final committee report to the Senate.
2. The committee discussed recommending the addition of the Foundation Development Associate as an ex officio member of the Scholarship committee. Results of the discussion were that the committee does not see a need to add the Foundation Development Associate as a non-voting member. Currently, awardees are recommended to Foundation by the committee for final review and award. In cases where it is possible that recommended applicants might not be eligible to receive the award (in accordance with donor guidelines) alternate awardees are also recommended. The role of the Foundation Development Associate on the committee would be advisory in nature, clarifying eligibility questions and donor criteria. This review is currently carried out, external to the committee in the Foundation review process.
3. The committee was updated on the activity and discussions occurring in the Institutional Scholarship Review Committee.
4. Angie Beam and Cindy Spotts identified important dates and deadlines:
a. Scholarship application deadline of March 1, 2004.
b. The committee would be able to obtain student applications from Financial Aid during the week prior to Spring Break.
c. Financial Aid office will begin mailing scholarship award notices (for both Institutional and Foundation Scholarships) during the first week of April.
5. The Committee determined that it would meet again at the beginning of the week prior to Spring Break.
March 8, 2004
Members Present: Michael Ducey, Brian Cronk, Don Lillie, Konrad Gunderson, and Freddie Nix
Other Persons Present: Cindy Spotts (Financial Aid)
The following issues were discussed:
1. Cindy Spotts delivered student applications to the committee. She also indicated that she would send student essays to the chair via email.
2. The committee determined that the following procedures would be used to determine awardees.
a. Scholarship applications would be divided up between the five voting committee members.
b. Each committee member would review their assigned applications and recommend awardees to the full committee.
c. During the recommendation phase in the full committee each member would review the scholarship criteria with the committee, state their recommendations, and identify why they chose the applicants that they were recommending.
d. Following discussion, the committee would then determine final awards.
3. A discussion on scholarship stacking was made and it was decided that the committee would generally work to avoid stacking scholarships in order to maximize the number of students receiving awards.
4. It was identified that Foundation had not yet distributed a list of scholarships with associated monetary values. This was obtained immediately following the meeting by email from Kim Weddle, Foundation Development Associate and was subsequently forwarded to each committee member.
5. Scholarships were divided among the members in the following manner:
Michael Ducey: Dr. Thompson E. Potter
Rod W. Fletcher Fund
Opal L. Steward
Konrad Gunderson: Jack and Frieda Zurow
Melmed
Porter Clinton County
Desota McCabe Memorial
Harold Dubach
Don Lillie: Midland Moorehead Eng/Tech
Clark C. Glaze
Kiefer & Kiefer
James W. Supple Memorial
F.G. Thompson Memorial
Florence Smith (Later identified as not a scholarship selected by this committee)
Brian Cronk: Kelly Patterson
Frank R. Smith Memorial
Buchanan County Medical Society
Elliot Goldman
Corinne Hancock
Freddie Nix: Harry Monson
Alma Pletcher
Reiplinger (Later identified as not a scholarship selected by this committee)
Andrews-Whitaker
March 22, 2004
Members Present: Michael Ducey, Brian Cronk, Konrad Gunderson, and Freddie Nix
Each member recommended and defended awardees for their assigned scholarships. A list of awardees was compiled in the absence of scholarships assigned to Don Lillie (absent for health reasons). It was decided that upon receipt of Don’s recommendations that a final list would be prepared and the committee would concur or not concur via email.
A final list was sent out to all Committee members on March 25, 2004. Final approval was obtained from all committee members on March 26, 2004 at which time the final list was forwarded to Foundation for approval.
Motion to accept report:
(Senator Blessing/Senator Mikkelsen)
(vote unanimous)
Senator Caldwell recommended a special thanks from the Senate to thank Professor Ducey for his and the committee’s excellent work.
(Senator Caldwell/Entire Senate)
(vote unanimous)
Report from the Faculty Senate Evaluation of Faculty Committee:
Professor Mie Zhang, Chairperson of the committee presented the following report;
FINAL REPORT OF
THE EVALUATION OF FACULTY COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE:
David Bennett LAS Music
Patty Hartenbower PS H/PE/R
Greg Kriewitz PS H/PE/R
Phil Wann LAS Psychology
Mei Zhang LAS CS/T Chair
Mitchell Haney LAS H/P/G Faculty Senate Liaison
APRIL 15, 2004
The Evaluation of Faculty Committee’s main charge in 2003-2004 was as follows:
“Determine the factors that impact a measure of teaching effectiveness (e.g., class size,
upper vs. lower division courses, etc.).”
The Committee met four times during the year. We reviewed the work and report of last year’s
committee. We did library and Internet research on teaching evaluations and evaluation
instruments and discussed various factors that might impact teaching effectiveness.
Variables such as personality traits and teaching styles are difficult to measure and are not covered by the current teaching evaluation tools at MWSC. Hence, we identified the following factors that the College’s computer system might be able to analyze based on the current teaching evaluation questions.
1. Upper vs. lower division courses
2. General studies vs. non-general studies courses
3. General studies vs. required vs. elective courses
4. General studies courses alone
5. Elective vs. required courses in students’ major areas
6. Department and division means for each question/statement that asks the students to give faculty ratings
7. Class size
The Committee contacted Judy Fields and asked her what factors on the list could be analyzed via the College’s computer system. The findings below:
The easier ones to analyze are:
- Upper vs. lower division courses
- Department/school means for each question
- Class size (based on the number of completed evaluations)
The research to analyze those factors will probably require many hours of work. The computer center may not be able to provide help because a moratorium has been placed on any new computer reports until all the SCT software has been implemented in 2006. In addition, manual entry of data will be needed to do the actual analysis. For example, general studies courses, electives and required courses in majors will have to be identified.
The Committee also contacted Mark Ellis about the situation of the current computer software. We learned that the College purchased the banner modules of STUDENT, FINANCE, HR, FINANCIAL AID, and LUMINOUS. The initial system was loaded in December 2003 and everything is expected to be ready by 2006.
Recommendations:
1. If the new committee next year plans to do the actual analysis of the available computer data, we recommend that the College provide release time for faculty volunteers or give extra funding to hire work study students.
2. To get meaningful and significant results, perhaps a longitudinal analysis should be done so as to compare the data of MWSC with national statistics.
Motion to accept the report:
Senator Wacek recommended recommendation #1 exclude work study students based on confidentially issues. The Senate concurred.
(Senator Hunt/Senator Ottinger)
(vote unanimous)
Report from the Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee:
Professor W. Robin Findlay, chairperson for the committee presented the following report;
Report to the Faculty Senate
Promotion and Tenure Committee
2003-2004
Committee Members:
Committee School Dept. 3-Year Term Expires
Richard Boutwell LAS Biology 5/04
Bonnie Gregory PS Nursing 5/04
RJ Dick PS Business 5/04 (replacement for Wagner)
Denise Bartles PS Business 5/05
Monica Nandan LAS G/SW/S 5/05
Mike Cadden LAS E/FL/J 5/06
Alicia Sindt PS Nursing 5/06
W.R. Findlay* LAS CS/T 5/06 (Chair)
Liaison: Sharon Wagner
Committee Meetings:
FALL 2003
The committee met three times. The first meeting was held on November 3 to organize the
Committee. Meetings to consider candidates for tenure were held on November 17 and 24.
SPRING 2004
The committee held two meetings and one special subcommittee meeting during the semester.
Meetings to review and act on candidates for promotion were held on March 29 and April 5.
A special subcommittee hearing was held at the request of a promotion candidate (as provided
by the Policy Guide) who had received a negative recommendation from his/her dean.
Tenure and Promotion Candidates:
A total of eight candidates for tenure were presented to the committee for consideration
during the fall semester. The committee endorsed all eight for tenure.
A total of eight candidates for promotion were presented to the committee for
consideration during the Spring semester. Two of the candidates sought promotion to the
rank of Professor, the remaining to the rank of Associate Professor. The committee acted
favorably on promotion for eight candidates (two to Professor, six to Associate).
Report submitted to the Faculty Senate
April 15,2004
W.Robin Findlay
Committee Chair
Motion to accept the report:
(SenatorBlessing/Senate Vice-President Tapia)
(vote unanimous)
Report from the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee:
Professor Bonnie Alsbury, Chairperson for the committee presented the following report;
The Business Department filed an addition to their proposal (03-04). The request to consider the proposal out of the usual filing pattern came from Dr. Arnold and was based on a need by the department to provide additional curricular modifications for accreditation purposes prior to their August accreditation review. The general thrust of their proposal was to provide the students with more electives in their major and to restrict the available electives within one discipline to the courses required in other disciplines thus reducing staffing requirements for the department. Business has also allowed its students to take their first statistics course from the Business Department or CSMP.
It might be noted that Business has implemented two changes that were passed last year and added one more change with deferred implementation. While this process has worked well, the committee should probably be charged with developing a process for recording and tracking deferred implementation items.
The summary of the proposal is as follows:
NEW COURSES:
1. Add an internship course for Accounting ACC 375.
2. Add FIN 431 International Financial Management
CHANGES IN EXISTING COURSES:
3. Add governmental accounting content, change the title, description, & offering
pattern of ACC 435- Advanced Financial Accounting
4. Change the number of Principles of Management from MGT 312 to MGT 212.
5. Delete ACC 302 Small Business Accounting
6. Delete ACC 437 Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting
7. Delete MGT 302 Small Business Management
PROGRAM CHANGES:
8. Add the internship in Accounting to the list of approved Applied Learning courses.
9. Change the minimum GPA for admission to the business program from 2.25 to 2.50.
Change the list of courses used in the minimum admissions GPA calculation so that
“Business Statistics” is replaced by “College Algebra or Business Statistics I or
Elementary Statistics.”
10. In the Sophomore Core change the requirement for “GBA 210 Business Statistics”
to “GBA 210 Business Statistics or MAT 132 Elementary Statistics.”
11. Implementation: Add GBA 310 Business Statistics II to the Junior Core.
12. In the Senior Core, change “Strategic Management” to “Strategic Management or Entrepreneurship.”
13. In the Accounting major, replace the requirement for “ACC 332” with a requirement
of “ACC 332 or MGT 418”, replace the requirement of ACC 435,
ACC 436, & GBA 311 with “3 Upper Division Business Electives”, and delete the
requirement for “Business Statistics II or Productions and Operations Management.”
14. In the Finance major, delete the requirement for GBA 310 Business Statistics II.
15. In the Finance major, add the requirement of FIN 431 - International Financial
Management, and change the requirement from “FIN 401 and FIN410” to
“FIN 401 or FIN 410”. (implementation deferred until staffing available)
16. In the Finance Minor, replace “FIN 401 Financial Management II and FIN 410
Portfolio Management” with “Two upper division Finance electives.”
17. In General Business Minor, change the requirement for “GBA 210 Business
Statistics” to “GBA 210 Business Statistics or MAT 132 Elementary Statistics”.
18. In the International Studies Minor, add International Financial Management as
an optional business course.
19. Change the number of Business Practicum from “GBA 345” to “GBA 445”.
20. In the Management major, change the requirement from “2 upper division MGT
electives and one upper division business-non-MGT electives and 1 upper division
business elective” to “three upper division business electives.”
21. In the Marketing major, delete the requirement for MKT 431 Retail Management.
22. In the A.S. in Business, change the requirement for “GBA 210 Business Statistics”
to “GBA 210 Business Statistics or MAT 132 Elementary Statistics”.
OTHER CHANGES:
23. Change the title of ACC 332 from “Accounting Systems and Controls” to “Accounting
Information Systems” and its offering pattern from “F, Sp” to “Sp.”
24. Change the prerequisite of ACC 433 Auditing from “ACC 332” to “ACC 330 and
either ACC 332 or MGT 418”
25. Change the offering pattern of FIN 410 from “F, Sp” to “F”.
26. Change the offering pattern of GBA 110 from “F, Sp, Su” to “F, Sp.”
27. For GBA 447, change the name from “Fair Employment Law” to “Employment
Law”, change the offering pattern from “Sp” to “F”, and modify the course description.
28. Change the offering frequency of MGT 402 Entrepreneurship from “Sp” to “F, Sp”.
29. Change the offering frequency of MGT 444 from “F” to “DD”.
30. Change the offering frequency of MGT 445 from “Sp” to “DD”.
31. Change the prerequisite for MGT 341 replacing “MGT 301” with “MGT 301 or
MGT 212.”
32. Change the offering pattern of MKT 431- Retail Management from “F, Sp” to “DD”.
Motion to Accept the Report:
(Senator Blessing/Senator Mikkelsen)
(vote unanimous)
Past-President Griert made a motion to compliment Professor Alsbury and the committee for their excellent work.
(Past-President Greiert/Entire Senate)
(vote unanimous)
Approval of Faculty Senate 2004-2005 Committees:
Faculty Senate Committee Assignments, AY 2004-05
(Last updated by Jennifer Hegeman: Thursday, April 15, 2004)
Academic Regulations and Standards (2+2+1)
Sharon Vestal LAS CSMP 2nd year of service
Ann Thorne LAS EFLJ 2nd year of service
Patricia Scott LAS GSWS 1st year of service
Stephanie Corder PS NURS 1st year of service
Brandon Neal PS HPER 1st year of service
Ex-Officio: Registrar, Director of the Center for Academic Support, one counselor
Liaison: Evan Noynaert
Curriculum (5+5+3) 3-year term expires:
Kenneth Dagel LAS HPG 5/05
Steven Lorimor LAS CHEM 5/05
Timothy Miller LAS CSMP 5/05
Michael Smith PS ED 5/05 (replaces Dawn Estes)
Kaye Adkins LAS EFLJ 5/06
Kelly Henry LAS PSY 5/06
Shauna Hiley LAS CHEM 5/06
Ramona Moeck PS CJLS 5/06
Patricia Donaher LAS EFLJ 5/07
Richard Bell LAS MUS 5/07
Bryan Lee PS BUS 5/07
George Yang PS ET 5/07
Shiva Nandan PS BUS 5/07
Ex-Officio: Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Liaison: David Tushaus
· Indicates the chairperson of the committee
·
Evaluation (2+2+1)
Phil Wann LAS PSY 4th year of service
Don Vestal LAS CSMP 1st year of service
Ian Roberts LAS EFLJ 1st year of service
Deborah Freedman PS MUS 1st year of service
Mary Jo Gay PS NURS 1st year of service
Liaison: Randye Williams
Fringe Benefits (2+2+1)
Jason Baker LAS BIO 2nd year of service
Jill Miller PS CJLS 2nd year of service
Jim Barger LAS PSY 1st year of service
Cosette Hardwick LAS BIO 1st year of service
Kathleen Andrews PS NURS 1st year of service
Liaison: Marilyn Hunt
General Studies (4+4+1)
Mark Mikkelsen LAS HPG 1st year of service
Ken Lee LAS CSMP 1st year of service
Susie Hennessy LAS EFLJ 3rd year of service
Teddi Deka LAS PSY 1st year of service
David Steiniche LAS GSWS 1st year of service
Cindy Heider PS ED 3rd year of service
Greg Kriewitz PS HPER 2nd year of service
Marsha Dolan PS NURS 1st year of service
Gene Bonham PS CJLS 1st year of service
Ex-Officio: Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, Dean of LAS School, Dean of PS School
Liaison: Y Wacek
Grievance (5+5+2) 4-year term expires:
Phil Mullins LAS HPG 8/05
Jim Estes LAS ART 8/05 (replaces E. Noynaert)
Jerry Aschermann PS ED 8/05
Nader Vargha LAS ECON 8/06
RJ Dick PS BUS 8/06
Earl Haynes PS ED 8/06
Michael Ducey LAS CEM 8/07
Frank Thomas LAS MUS 8/07
Kip Wilson PS CJLS 8/07
Reza Hamzaee LAS ECON 8/08
Steven Greiert LAS HPG 8/08
Dale Krueger PS BUS 8/08
Liaison: Larry Andrews
Professional Leave (2+2+1)
Bill Church LAS EFLJ 2nd year of service
Ali Kamali LAS GSWS 2nd year of service
Matrese Benkofske PS BUS 2nd year of service
Deborah Becker LAS CSMP 1st year of service
Lou Fowler PS BUS 1st year of service
Liaison: Mitch Haney
Promotion/Tenure (4+4) 3-year term expires:
Dan Trifan LAS HPG 5/05 (replaces M. Nandan)
Denise Bartles PS BUS 5/05
Mike Cadden LAS EFLJ 5/06
Robin Findlay LAS CST 5/06
Alicia Sindt PS NURS 5/06
Jane Frick LAS EFLJ 5/07
Evelyn Brooks PS NURS 5/07
Deborah Bogle PS ED 5/07
Liaison: Timothy Holian
Salary (2+2+1)
Kevin Anderson LAS CSMP 3rd year of service
Geo Sipp LAS ART 2nd year of service
Earl Haynes PS ED 2nd year of service
Mei Zhang LAS CST 1st year of service
Dale Krueger PS BUS 1st year of service
Liaison: Monica Nandan
Scholarship (2+2+1) 3-year term expires:
Brian Cronk LAS PSY 5/05
Donald Lillie LAS CST 5/05
Frederica Nix PS CJLS 5/06
Nannette Wolford PS HPER 5/07
Yona Rasis PS ET 5/07
Non-faculty member: Director of Financial Aid
Liaison: Ben Caldwell
Motion to accept the report:
(Senator Blessing/ Senator Williams)
(vote unanimous)
Report from MWSC College President:
President Scanlon reported the Governor’s Office released the last of hold backs for 2003-2004 which amount to almost $900,000. Western’s Vice-Presidents have been given approval to make equipment purchases in the amount of $500,000 on previously identified items. Bids are being taken on items over $5000 and the MWSC Board of Regents will be asked to approve these items at the May board meeting.
Estimates from the State concerning next years budget have been moved down from shortcomings of $700 million to $200 - $300 million. The MWSC budget is being prepared based on the same 03-04 figures. Name change issues are now attached to other funding and partnerships issues concerning NWMSU and the University of Missouri. We are also involved in a capital enhancement budget for higher education estimated around $350 million of which Western could receive 24 million for the Science and Math building.
A reception will be held at President Scanlon’s home for all 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 Senators on April 29 from 4 pm to 6 pm. unless there is a Senate meeting that evening which would push back the reception until 5 pm to 7 pm.
Vice-President Arnold thanked Senate President Nelson for his leadership during the last year. VP Arnold reported that Professor Bob Bergland has been notified he will be a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. The last student engagement for this year will be presented 4-28 including a presentation on service learning civic engagement along with academic advisement/assessment process by a national firm. VP Arnold reviewed progress on the Peer Review committee, information on the web page. Candidates are being reviewed for both the Western Institute and Dean of the School of Professional Studies.
An enhanced scholarship program called the “Golden Griffon” will begin next fall increasing numbers from 6 to 20 for students with an ACT of 27 and above or top 10% of graduating class. The amount can range up to $8,500 per student.
Report from SGA Pride Alliance Organization:
Two students, Daniel Kirk and Emily Kempf, reported on the new organization on the Western campus relating to awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. A day of silence will be held on April 21 for awareness of issues of (GLBT) people. Senator Williams is on of the campus sponsors for this new organization on our campus.
Report from Senate Executive Committee:
Senate President reported the executive met on the past two Wednesday’s to discuss issues concerning the Senate and finalization of reports from Senate committees. He indicated he had additionally met with President Scanlon and VP Arnold on issues of the Senate. New executive elect members were invited to the executive committee meeting for the rest of the year to prepare for the next year.
Old Business:
Senate Secretary Andrews made a motion to take previously tabled SB11-04 from the table.
(Senator Andrews/Senator Caldwell)
(vote unanimous)
The bill was amended as follows:
MOTION SB11-04: (Senator Tapia/Senator Caldwell)
to change page 118 of the 2003-2004 Missouri Western State College Policy Guide as follows:
c. Salary advancement
Replace lines 1, 2, and 3 with the following: “Recipients will receive a base salary increase of $2,500.”
d. Performance levels required
Replace the final sentence with the following: “Regular participation and leadership in some combination of professional, departmental, institutional and community affairs is also required.”
e. Application materials
Replace the final sentence with the following: “A resume covering the applicant’s entire career and a summary table of teaching and comparisons (including lower and upper level courses, enrollments, grade distributions, and student evaluations) must be attached to the narrative.”
Changes:
c. Salary advancement
Replace lines 1, 2, and 3 with the following: “Recipients will receive a base salary increase of $3,000.”
The remaining original motion was approved as written.
Motion to amend:
(Senator Caldwell/Senator Wacek)
(vote unanimous)
New Business:
Senator Hennesey made a recommendation that since the merit pay program was being changed consideration should be given to putting the merit pay money into Department travel budgets. The recommendation will be considered at the May meeting.
Senator Hegeman discussed the “bridge to retirement” program and read the following statement into the Senate record;
We, the faculty senate of Missouri Western State College, in order to ensure
that policy proposals are announced and presented for discussion to all
College constituencies before their implementation, do hereby affirm these
principles and procedures as specified in page 8 of the Missouri Western
State College Policy Guide 2003-2004:
"The College Governance Advisory Council was established to facilitate
communications within the college. It is not a voting body. The CGAC acts as
a
clearing-house for proposals originating within the college and has three
primary
functions:
. To insure that proposed changes in existing policies and procedures have
been
discussed by all campus governance groups,
. To compare new proposals with existing policies and procedures, and
. To submit proposals with CGAC-related discussion to the President for
action."
Resolution:
(Senator Hegeman/Senator Ottinger)
Motion to adjourn:
Faculty Senate adjourned at 5:40 pm
(Senator Ottinger/Senator Williams)
Respectfully Submitted,
Larry D. Andrews, EdS
Professor
MWSC Faculty Senate Secretary
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