Wichita State University Faculty Senate Minutes of the meeting Monday, September 27, 2004

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Akrabova, Behrman, Brooks, Bryum, Celestin, Chopra, Decker, deSilva, Dooley, Eckert, Forlaw, Gibson, Glenmaye, Griffin, Hamdeh, Hathaway, Hershfield, Hodson, Huxman, Klunder, Koehn, Krishnan, Lewis, Ma, Mau, May, Myers, Myose, Rokosz, Ross, Russell, Scherz, Soles, Stanga, Teshome, Wine, Withrow, Wynn, Yeager

MEMBERS ABSENT: Koert, LeZotte, Markovich, Wimalasena

MEMBERS EXCUSED:  Carroll, Cavarozzi, Lancaster, Loftus, Wolf, Zhang

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:  VPAAR Hutchinson

Summary of Action:

      1.   Accepted the nomination of Larry Spurgeon, Senator representing FREDS
     2.  Accepted the following for committee appointments:

                Academic Affairs --  Michael Palmiotto (05)

                Exceptions --  Ray Calabrese  (05)

                Faculty Affairs  --  Nan Myers  (06)

                General Education  --  Kathy Lewis (05)

                Library  --  David Day  (07)

                Rules  --- Peggy Anderson (07)

                Tenure & Promotion -- Wilson Baldridge, At Large )07)

                University Admissions Advisory --  Scott Goldy

                WSU Dining Services committee  -- Candace Wells (07)

                International Students Exceptions --  Chunsheng Ma  (07)

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

II.    Informal Statements & Proposals:    
Senator Wine noted that Fiske Hall will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary and the choir would be performing period music.  He invited suggestions.     

III. Approval of the minutes:  Minutes of  May 10, 2004, (2003 - 04 Senate) were accepted as presented

                                                   Minutes of the Election meeting of the 2004 - 05 Senate were accepted as presented.

IV.  President’s Report: 
President Klunder introduced the members Executive Committee and then had each Senator introduce themselves.

            President Klunder reported on the following:

                a. Enrollment is down -- 3.2% in credit hours

                b.COFSP --- the issue for this year will be Concurrent enrollment -- having High School Students taking courses as the High School for college credit

                c. VPAAR search has been postponed but the membership for the  search committee will be 6 faculty members, and a representative from each of the following, SGA, Unclassified Professional Senate, Classified Senate and the Research Council and be chaired by Ron Kopita, VP Student Affairs.

                d.  He invited all interested Senators to attend the WINS Portal group, October 12, 1:00pm, RSC 215

      V. Committee Reports:  

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

                B.  Faculty Affairs -- Lawrence Davis, chair, SGA Proposed Textbook adoption Policy --   He reported that this was a matter that would interfere with Academic Freedom and therefore the request was impractical and that faculty can not be constrained on what text was used.   Senator Hershfield  requested that the Senate go on record as being opposed to this policy and that it not be returned to the Senate for further study and that the Senate strongly encourage faculty to get book orders in on time.  Chair Davis also reported that the committee is reviewing the evaluation process for Deans   and also noted that the committee will be working on reviewing the Tenure and Promotion policy with the assistance of David Soles, Chair of the 2003-04 Tenure and Promotion committee.
          

      VI.  Old Business:  none
               

VII.  New Business: 

            A.  Nancy McCarthy Snyder, AVPAA&R presented information about the next North Central Accreditation visit.  She noted that a steering committee will be organized in order to decide on the goals and criteria for the Self-Study.  She distributed information about the WSU Accreditation Self-Study 2007  (available in the Office of the Faculty Senate)
 

II.      As May Arise: none
 

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

Respectfully Submitted
Chris Brooks, Acting Secretary