Old Business

A.  Proposed Certificate Program Guidelines – Charles Koeber, chair, University Curriculum Committee   -- 
             http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/CertProgGuide.htm

B.    Motion from Executive Committee – Elizabeth Behrman, President-Elect  (1st Reading)
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee recommends to the Faculty Senate the following motion:

“The Faculty Senate adopts the principle that external peer  reviews obtained according to university policy as expressed in section 4.18 of the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual and section 3.176 of the WSU Handbook for Faculty shall be required for all candidates for tenure hired after June 2003 and shall remain optional in all other cases.  The Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee shall have the charge of preparing a motion to amend the Faculty Handbook and the Policies and Procedures Manual so as to implement this principle and shall present this motion to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate no later than January 21, 2003 for placement on the agenda of the January 27, 2003 Faculty Senate meeting.”

Additional information regarding this motion can be found at:

                        http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/peerreview.htm