Meeting Minutes: February 7, 2019

Faculty Senate Minutes

Regular Meeting

February 7, 2019

The Faculty Senate was called to order by Jeannette Mageo, Chair on Thursday February 7,  2019 in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. Forty-seven (47) members were present with Twenty-four (24) absent and eight (8) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of January 24, 2019 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. Minor Change Bulletin # 9 (Exhibit B) 
      2. Applications for the position of Faculty Senate Chair-elect will be taken until February 19, 2019
      3. Graduate Studies Committee has approved bylaws: Educational Psychology and these are available on the department’s website
      4. Research and Arts Committee approved the name change from Center for Materials Research to the Washington State University Materials Research Institute (WSU-MRI)  Exhibits Z    Z1
2. Announcements (Reports)
   1. Remarks by Chair
   2. Remarks by Stacy Pearson
   3. Remarks by Rebecca Van De Vord and Matthew Hudelson
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda – Motion to move Discussion Item #5 to an Action Item.  Motion Carried.
4. Agenda Items (Action Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibits P  P1  P2  P3  ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the BA in Political Science to Global Campus (Exhibits Q  Q1  Q2  ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision of Rules 114 and 34, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees and Repeat Courses (Exhibits R ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   4. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #7 (Exhibit S )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. Motion Carried
   5. Recommendation from  Faculty Senate Steering Committee and the Center, Institute and Lab (CIL) Task Force to approve the Center, Institute and Lab (CILs) Task Force Report and Recommendations (Exhibits T  T1)
      1. Motion Carried
   6. Recommendation from  Faculty Affairs Committee to approve the changes in the Faculty Manual V.K.1 Termination: Non-reappointment  ( Exhibits Y  Y1  Y2 ) – D. Yost
      1. Motion Carried
5. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #9 (Exhibits  U ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Discussion: It was noted that some UCORE designations were missing. It was reported that this will be corrected.
   2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the MS Environmental Science Revised Plan (Thesis)   (Exhibits V  V1 )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov.  Note: the Non-Thesis Revised Plan in  MS Environmental Science was passed at Senate on 01.24.19
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation to approve the Professional Heath Sciences Major Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibit W ) – J. Mattoon
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee to approve the changes in the Faculty Manual Section III.G.3.4. Privileges of Emeritus Rank (Exhibits X   X1 ) – D. Yost
      1. No Discussion
   5. Recommendation from  Faculty Affairs Committee to approve the changes in the Faculty Manual V.K.1 Termination: Non-reappointment  ( Exhibits Y  Y1  Y2 ) – D. Yost
      1. Motion to move to Action Item.
   6. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibit C )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   7. Faculty Senate Steering Committee recommends to approve the Degree pathway to include a Fast Track option (Exhibit D)
      1. No Discussion
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1. A concern was raised regarding the recent decision by the Board of Regents to approve the new Baseball clubhouse construction.  The constituent concern will be submitted on the Faculty Senate Website.
   2. A reminder to everyone to please review Activity Insight to ensure all information is accurate.  If content is inaccurate, please contact your department to submit any corrections.
7. Adjournment.                                                    

                      The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

                                              Amy Nielsen, Executive Secretary