WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE MINUTES

Wichita State University Faculty Senate Minutes of the meeting Monday, November 24, 2003

MEMBERS PRESENT: Bakken, Behrman, Carroll, Chopra, Conlee, deSilva, Dooley, Gill-Hopple, Glenmaye, Goldy, Hendry, Hershfield, Herzog, Hiltner, Hodson, Johnson, Kear, Klunder, Krishnan, Loftus, Ma, Mau, McDonald, Moore-Jansen, Myose, Riordan, Rokosz, Roussel, Scherz, Swan, Wine, Wolf, Zhang

MEMBERS ABSENT: Brooks, Decker, Dudte, Eichhorn, Huxman, Lezotte, May, Ravigururajan, Ross, Russell, Teshome, Wimalesena, Yeager

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Celestin, Enns, Hill, Lancaster, Withrow

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:

Summary of Action:

1. Accepted the nomination of Joyce Cavarozzi, Fine Arts Senator at Large, --term ends 6/05

2. Accepted the motion from the Executive committee that the following committees be formed as Faculty Senate Standing Committees:

Faculty Senate University Tuition Advisory Committee & Faculty Senate University Admissions Committee

I. Call of the Meeting to Order: President Behrman called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm.

II.    Informal Statements & Proposals:
A. Recognition of Sen. Rokosz’s birthday
B.    Sen. Hershfield asked for clarification on a KMUW report about Kansas Board of Regents policies regarding the teaching of sex and sexuality as they relate to the Wagle amendment. President . Behrman moved up an item from the President’s Report regarding the Wagle amendment to answer Sen. Hershfield’s concern. She noted that the Board of Regents is requiring Regents schools to have a policy for teaching pedophilia and sexuality on file by January 12, 2004. COCAO subcommittee’s most recent draft is on the web. (http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/COCOArecom-Wagleamendment.htm) The draft contains quotations from the AAUP handbook.
C.    Sen. Mau raised a question about the franchise fee charged by the travel office. It was explained that the travel office is a private office that contracts with the State of Kansas and can therefore charge the fee.

III. Approval of the minutes: The minutes of November 10, 2003, , were accepted as amended -- #3 of the Presidents Report should read faculty affairs -- not Academic Affairs.

IV. President’s Report:
A.      BOR/COFSP continued (Board of Regents/Council of Faculty Senate Presidents)
        2.     Faculty Morale Survey --
            a.        The Executive Committee + volunteers will compile the survey.
            b.       It will be finalized by the 3^rd week in December.
            c.        It will be web-based and a link will be sent to all faculty
         3.   Administrator Evaluations
            a.        The Board of Regents wants evaluations conducted for administrators and the President of each university.
            b.       There is concern that college level evaluations are not be conducted on a regular basis.
            c.        The BOR would prefer a common survey that is used Regents system wide and on a regular basis.
        4.     Tuition Wavier/Reductions
            a.        Fort Hays State is offering tuition waivers for employees/spouses/dependents. K-State is considering a similar policy.

                            b.       BOR is concerned about the costs involved in a statewide policy.
            c.        COFSP has voices support for such policies at the Regents Schools.
        5.     Articulation Policy/ Transfer Credits
            a.     COFSP opposes mandatory credit transfer from non-accredited institutions.
B.       Marketability Increases
        1.     There were problems in several departments with the policy as written and as implemented. Faculty Affairs is investigating the policy.
C.       General Faculty Meeting and Honors Convocation    Will be held on Study Day, Tuesday, May 11, 2004. There will be a reception from 2:30-3:00pm, Awards from 3:00-3:30pm, and the Faculty meeting from 3:30-5:00pm. Location TBA.   Janice DeBauge, Chair of the Board of Regents will present the awards.
D.      Holiday Gathering will be, Friday, December 12, 3-4:30, at the Woodman Alumni Center
E.       Stuff the Bus -- . The Unclassified Professional Senate is working with radio station B98 to bring the bus to campus again this year. The “Stuff the Bus” service project benefits the YWCA Women’s Crisis Center and Catholic Charities Harbor House. New adult and children’s clothing, toys and personal hygiene items are needed. Distribution boxes will be placed in the following buildings - Morrison, Jabara, Grace Wilkie, Clinton RSC and Ahlberg. Donations from faculty, staff and students are welcome. The bus will be on campus to pick up the donations at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in front of Morrison and Jardine halls.

V. Committee Reports:
A. Rules committee presented the name of Joyce Cavarozzi to be accepted as At Large Fine Arts Senator for a 2 year term. Accepted.

B. Will Klunder presented for acceptance to formation of two new Faculty Senate Standing Committees and gave background on why they were be formed:

1. FACULTY SENATE UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE: the Admissions office currently has an advisory committee but is in favor of forming a standing committee. ACCEPTED (http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/ua.htm)
2. FACULTY SENATE UNIVERSITY TUITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE: The formation of this committee comes as the request of the BOR that the President have such an advisory committee. ACCEPTED (http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/uta.htm

        C. Faculty Affairs Committee   ShaLi Zhang. Senator and committee member presented an update on the charges given to the committee:
                    1. Administrative Evaluation process in progress
                    2. Marketability Raises -- She suggested that to gather all the date necessary, a Task Force should be formed. Debate followed but due the lateness of the hour, debate was tabled until the December 8, 2003 meeting.

VI. Old Business: none

VI. New Business:
A. Honors Program Update -- Jay Mandt, Director --- will be added to the December 8, 2003 Agenda

VII. As May Arise:

The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted

Scott Goldy

Secretary