Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting
for January 24, 2005
Attendance:
Senators: Derek Mason (1288) David Luthy (2429) Stephen Bialkowski
(1907)
John Kras (3881) Bruce Miller (2232) Rob Morrison (1477)
Shawn Olsen (451-3412) Gilberto Urroz (3379) Janis Boettinger (4026)
Brent Miller (1180) Pat Lambert (for Kevin Doyle) (2603) Dale Blahna
(2544)
Guests: Jeff Johnson Ronda Callister Norm Jones
Joyce Kinkead Christine Hult Ken White Jan Alm
Excused: Kermit Hall (1157) Stan Albrecht (1167)
Minutes
Bruce Miller moved to accept the December 13, 2004 minutes with the
revision that Dale Blahna attended. The motion, seconded by Rob Morrison,
passed.
Information Items for Consent Agenda
Athletic Council
Ken White presented the Athletic Council report. Some of the high
points included hiring a new Athletic Director and football coach
and moving to the Western Athletic Council. Bruce Miller moved to
place the report on the consent agenda item. The motion, seconded
by John Kras, passed.
Bookstore Committee
Jan Alm presented the Bookstore Committee report. Stephen Bialkowski
moved to place the report on the consent agenda. The motion, seconded
by Rob Morrison, passed. Jan suggested that the policy on selecting
the Bookstore Committee be changed to include three senators instead
of 2. This would allow the chair to have some experience. Janis Boettinger
asked Jan to send the proposed changes to Christina Palmer to distribute
to the appropriate committee.
EPC Business
Joyce Kinkead presented the EPC business, which included the following
action items: 1) Request to delete the approval of the composite majors
of Secondary Education/Special Education-Mild/Moderate and Secondary
Education/Special Education-Severe from the College of Education and
Human Services (these will be dual majors). 2) Request to offer Bachelor’s
degrees and a minor in Religious Studies, 3) Request to establish
a Creative Writing Emphasis within the English Major, and 4) request
to dissolve the Distance and Electronic Education (DEED) Subcommittee
of EPC. The Educational Policies Committee feels that there are existing
committees that are working on the issues that DEED was originally
charged with. Derek Mason moved that action items 1-3 be placed on
the consent agenda. The motion, seconded by David Luthy, passed. Stephen
Bialkowski moved the oversight of the online course evaluation issue
be forwarded to the Faculty Evaluation Committee. The motion, seconded
by Shawn Olsen, passed. John Kras moved that Rob Morrison, Stephen
Bialkowski, and David Luthy revisit the charge of the DEED committee
and submit recommendation. The motion, seconded by Rob Morrison, passed.
Announcements
Religious Studies Program Endowment
Norm Jones updated the committee on the Religious Studies Program
endowment of $600,000. Stephen Bialkowski moved that the endowment
be placed as an information item. The motion, seconded by Rob Morrison,
passed.
Web for Faculty
Heidi Beck talked about the functionalities available in Banner Web
for Faculty. Please talk with your colleagues about what they want/need
on the reports and send your input to Heidi Beck at heidi.beck@usu.edu.
Dale Blahna moved that Web for Faculty update be placed as an information
item (5 minutes). The motion, seconded by Shawn Olsen, passed.
Faculty Mediation
Rob Morrison reminded the committee that there is faculty mediation
provided by faculty for faculty available. It was suggested that the
information be posed on the Faculty Senate webpage as well as the
Faculty page from the main index. Rob Morrison moved that Faculty
Mediation be placed as an information item. The motion, seconded by
Derek Mason, passed.
FSEC Brown Bag Luncheons
Janis Boettinger informed the committee that Provost Albrecht is enthusiastic
to meet with the committee at the informal brown bag luncheon. Christina
Palmer will work with Diane Barnett in setting up these luncheons.
Key Issues & Action Items
Policy 405.2
Jeff Johnson presented the proposed language change to Policy 405.2
(see proposed changes). Bruce Miller moved that the proposed language
change be placed as an information item. The motion, seconded by John
Kras, passed.
Promotion Advisory Committee 3 yrs After Tenure
Ronda Callister presented the Promotion Advisory Committee 3 years
After Tenure Proposal. There is concern that after faculty reaches
tenure, there is no guidance in being promoted to full professor.
There was discussion of how this would affect Post Tenure Review and
if there is a real need. Stephen Bialkowski moved that the proposal
be placed as an information item along with summary of Advance’s
data as rationale behind the proposed policy change. The motion, seconded
by Derek Mason, passed.
Special Development Leave for Lecturers
The Special Development Leave for Lecturers proposal was addressed
under “Other PRPC Business”. The PRPC committee will look
at Policies 360 and 400 to determine if lectures are included in development
leave. They will make recommendations to the FSEC.
Ombudsperson on P&T Advisory Committee
The original proposal (December 2000) was not passed as a code change.
There was discussion if this proposal should be a resolution from
the Faculty Senate or a code change. Bruce Miller suggested that if
there is a problem then it needs to be a code change rather than a
resolution. Stephen Bialkowski moved that the proposal be drafted
as a code change and placed as an information item along with summary
of data. The motion, seconded by Bruce Miller, passed.
Proposed Resolution
Stephen Bialkowski moved that the proposed Scholarships, Grants and
Waivers resolution be placed as an action item. The motion, seconded
by Derek Mason, passed.
Athletic Council
David Luthy moved to place Mike Freeman as the College of Education
and Human Services representative for the Athletic Council as an action
item. The motion, seconded by Bruce Miller, passed.
Spring Faculty Forum
Derek Mason moved to place the Spring Forum as an information item.
The motion, seconded by Gilberto Urroz, passed. Topics for the Spring
Forum include domestic partner benefits and post-retirement benefits.
The tentative date is March 28, 2005.
Faculty Senate Leadership Workshop
Derek Mason reminded the committee that Jared Bleak, Duke Corporation
Education, will be on campus January 26-17 to facilitate a faculty
senate leadership workshop. Please RSVP to Christina Palmer.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.