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Chair: Susan Camp
Recorder: Kimberly Kenney
Members Absent: Y. Petrella, M. Nojan, W. Silky, D. Vanouse, P. Clark, C.
Mack, M. Mosbo, A. Caraley, J. McKeown, T. Delaney, G. Cooperman, A. King
The meeting was called to order at 3:10 PM
I. Approval of Agenda
The Agenda was approved as amended to move Mental Health Counseling MS
program to the first item under Unfinished Business and include Faculty
By-laws Amendments after History Honors Program Revisions.
II. Approval of Minutes
The minutes from March 3, 2008 were approved after adding a clarifying word,
“funding” after “SCAP” in the last section of Unfinished Business.
III. Chair Report- S. Camp
Dr. Camp wishes all members of the Assembly a happy St. Patrick’s Day.
IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task
Forces
Personnel Policies Council reported the proposed amendments to
bylaws, Appendix A. They asked for a vote to waive the “two week” rule and to
act on section “C” and “New”. This waiver was passed.
Academic Policies Council met on March 7th and:
approved the revisions to the Geology BS and BA
discussed the proposal concerning repeated courses that was returned to APC
with comments from Andy Westfall
considered the proposal to adopt an integrity pledge. They prepared a
response in writing to outline their position (read to the Assembly at the
Assembly’s request)
did not take any action on the revision to the Arts Management Minor MBA
proposal
discussed the regulation of departmental/programmatic honors programs and
concluded that one option would be to include honors thesis titles and
notations at the end of transcripts
considered a request to waive course prerequisites for students in
interdisciplinary programs but did not take any action because the problem will
be void after course prerequisites are declared required or only
recommended
discussed the request for a name change to a program and determined that
changes should be done using the routing sheet.
Information Technology Council met March 7th and revised
the email policy proposal, which will be voted on in two weeks at the next
meeting. They also noted that CTS would like to host the Conference on
Instructional Technology next year, but needs faculty to champion the
event.
Graduate Council Friday, March 14th and elected Jodi Mullen of
Counseling and Psychological Services to serve as interim chair for the
remainder of the semester. Other business was tabled until appropriate
representatives could attend and further address the proposed Gerontology
program, international student application guidelines, and a proposed six-hour
Independent Study limit for the graduate catalog.
Admissions and Student Services Council met March 14th and
is still in the process of electing a Chair.
Undergraduate Curriculum Council met March 5th and
12th and approved ANT 377: European Ethnography, CRW 401:
Screenwriting: Advanced, and GLS 316: Impact and Influence of
Fermentation Science in a Global Society.
Academic Outreach Council met March 13th and heard a
report on the new Metro Center, which is slated to open May 1st.
Classes will meet in the Tech. Garden, because construction is still in
progress. Members of the committee also met the Director of the Metro Center
and heard reports about summer session classes.
Campus Concept Committee met March 6 with CMA to discuss the process
for their visioning and “missioning” in regards to programming the Hewitt
Quad.
Writing Across the Curriculum and Steering Committee will meet on
March 19th with Mike Murphy of the College Writing Program, the
Director of OLS, and the Assessment Facilitator.
Retention Task Force met three times and is currently reviewing
retention data, but reported that they have received the new First Year
Initiatives.
V.
Elections- no action
VI.
Unfinished Business
-Mental Health Counseling MS program revisions: Those behind the
proposal reported that it was a change of name, and has been required to
increase to a 60sh program with new electives, but uses no new resources
because it has always been practiced as a 60sh program. The
proposed revisions were approved unannimously
-SA College Hour proposal for extended pilot. SA representatives are
proposing an extension of the College Hour pilot into the Spring 2009 semester
from 3-4 pm. SA is urging this time change to see if a different time has any
effect on the success and continuation of College Hour. Their full packet of
information can be found on the FA website.
-Art BA Track I Studio Emphasis program revisions. The Art department
is urging these revisions in order to increase the core foundation to be more
similar to those of national comparisons, and make it possible for students to
take more classes. This proposal was approved unanimously.
-History Honors Program Revisions. This was proposed in order to
bring the History Honors program up to date, as it required less credit hours
than the regular History program. This proposal was approved unanimously.
-Proposed By-law Revisions Appendix A. I. “C” and “New”. There
was a discussion about library placement within subdivisions and schools in
terms of search committees. The by-laws name the Library as a constituency in
these committees. The by-laws need to be voted on at the general faculty
meeting. Appendix A. I. Paragraph “C” and paragraph “New” were both
approved unanimously.
-Academic Appeal Process Proposal. This proposal was in order to
return the guidelines of the appeal process into the student catalog and has
similar writing to the older appeal process guidelines. There was discussion
about deans being able to change the faculty member’s grade, and whether or not
it violates the union. There was a motion to delete “Decision of the dean
is final,” from the proposal, which was passed. There was a motion to approve
the proposal as amended, which was passed. There was then a motion to amend
this proposal, striking the words “feels that the dispute is still un” and
adding the words “has reason to believe that the dispute was not properly”
This change was passed.
VII.
New Business
There was no new business.
VIII.
Issues, Challenges, other
Time did not allow for discussion
The meeting was adjourned at 5:03 PM.
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