Wichita State University Faculty Senate Minutes of the meeting Monday, November 8, 2004

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Behrman, Brooks, Byrum, Carroll, Cavarozzi, Decker, deSilva, Dooley, Driessen, Eckert, Gibson, Glenmaye, Griffin, Hamdeh, Hathaway, Hershfield, Hodson, Huxman, Klunder, Koehn, Krishnan, Lancaster, Lewis, MA, Mau, Moore-Jansen, Myers, Myose, Rokosz, Ross, Russell, Scherz, Soles, Spurgeon, Teshome, Withrow, Wolf, Yeager, Zhang

MEMBERS ABSENT: Akrobova, Chopra, May, Wimalasena, Wynn

MEMBERS EXCUSED:  Celestin, Forlaw, LeZotte, Wine

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:  VPAAR Hutchinson

Summary of Action:
    1.  Accepted the proposal from SGA for X/F grading with understanding it would be refined and come back to the Senate    

    2.  Accepted the following committee appointments:
                    Academic Affairs -- Paul Harrison, Business (07)

                    General Education -- Denise Celestin, Fine Arts (07)|           
                    Exceptions --  Mehmet Barut, Business (06)  & Asrat Teshome, Engineering (05)     

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

II.    Informal Statements & Proposals:
Phil Parker, Chair, Faculty Senate Library Committee presented a proposal from the Library Committee:  http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/Library%20Comm%20proposal%202004.htm   The senate requested time to study the proposal and ask Chair Parker to return to the next meeting, 11/22/04
       

III. Approval of the minutes:  Minutes of  October 25, 2004, accepted as amended.

IV.  President’s Report: 
President Klunder reported on the following:

                1.  KBOR meeting 11/18 will focus on a.) concurrent enrollment,& b) Faculty/Staff Tuition assistance.  He noted that the Faculty Audit would also  look at English Proficiency.

                2.  He reported that President-Elect Brooks was following up on preliminary data received from the Book Store regarding the proposed SGA Textbook Adoption Policy.

                3.  Academic Operations Council is discussing the need for software to discover Plagiarism.  Several Senators noted they use such software such as Turn it in.com., Google, EVE2.0 (slow) and Webcrawler.com(good)
 

      V. Committee Reports:  

                A.  Rules  --  Chris Brooks, chair ---(See Summary of Action)

                B.  Academic Affairs --  Joyce Cavarozzi, chair   --  (See Summary of Action)  Discussion about the proposal concentrated on issues such as who would design the class on ethics, suggestion that #3 be eliminated, the policy be review annually, the number of times a student would be eligible for the X/F.  The Senate expressed appreciation to the SGA for proposing such a policy.
          

      VI.  Old Business:    (Postponed to 11/22/04 meeting)                 

            A.  Handbook for Faculty, Chapter 4, rev. (1st reading) -- JoLynne Campbell, Handbook Committee member,  presented revisions of the
Faculty Handbook for first reading. She explained the Sabbatical leave policy was not eliminated but moved to Chapter 2. The Grievance
Procedure is being handled by another committee. President Klunder said that policies generated by the faculty and that affect faculty and were
negotiated with faculty should be left in.
B.  Grievance Procedures, Section 4.502 rev. (1st reading) -- Will Klunder, said that in the Grievance Procedure,4.052 in the Handbook, there was a
timing concern. Senator Carroll said that the policy was difficult to follow for how to convene and what to do. She encouraged the senators to take
time to look through this document and give input about what the document conveys to you about what to do?        

VII.  New Business: 
A.   University Update -- President Donald Beggs:     President Beggs stated he wanted to concentrate on the University Environment, Facilities and Needs from the Faculty Senate.   Regarding Environment, he noted that 1, Funding was on hold until the decision comes from the Kansas Supreme Court on the K-12 lawsuits,  2. Projections on Tuition Accountability indicate that the entire 2% being held back may not need to be used, 3.  When discussing reallocation of University moneys, remember that 82% of funding is people funding, 4. WSU has completed the 3rd year of the Accountability Matrix, 5. Efforts are being made to increase recruitment of students who will have success at WSU. DSI brought 296 students to campus, 6. The search is underway for a Dean of Engineering . The search for the VPAA&R would be delayed until fall of 2005, 7. Requested faculty assistance in filling positions with diversity in mind, 8. Endowments fund raising is  moving away from facility funding and for the next three years will be concentrating on more people enhancement funding for staff, faculty and students.  Regarding Facilities, he noted funding was in place for the new Dental Hygiene facility, the Marcus Welcome Center and the Research Building.  Negotiations are taking place for a new facility for the West Side Center, the RSC renovations will soon be complete. The ERP is also on track due to some the dollars generated by the tuition increase. The College of Education, College of Fine Arts & Fairmont College of Liberal Arts & Sciences were give accreditation and received excellent comments on the exit interviews, and ICAA received certification.  Regarding the NCA visit, the desire is to create one document using the Matrix and BOR review.   He then discussed needs he has for Faculty Senate assistance. 1.  General Education Program. He again reiterated what he had said on his arrival at WSU,  that the Faculty are in charge of Curriculum and the goals of General Education should be consistent with the program 2. He appreciates the continuing monitoring of students admitted via Exceptions, 3. The importance of Research must continue to be demonstrated to the Public.  He noted that with regard to Tuition Assistance, any tuition waivers must be approved by the Legislature. 
            He closed his remarks noting that the Faculty Senate plays a very important role in the University governance and thanks Senators for their participation.
B.  General Education Committee chair Paul York reported that the committee will focus on Assessment this year, they have met with the Executive Committee, the VPAAR and representatives from the Basic Skills.  They hope to have a draft of an Assessment plan early in the Spring Semester
C.  General Education Program Director, Don Blakeslee reported that the assessment for basic skills was in draft form.

II.      As May Arise: none

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully Submitted
Joyce Cavarozzi,  Secretary