Meeting Minutes: March 26, 2020

Faculty Senate Minutes

Regular Meeting

March 26, 2020

The Faculty Senate was called to order by G. Crouch, Chair on Thursday March 26, 2020, in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m.   Fifty-eighty (58) members were present with ten (10) absent and nine (9) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of March 5, 2020 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. Election Faculty Senate Candidate Election Results:
      2. Chair-Elect – Doug Call
      3. Executive Secretary – Matt Hudelson
      4. Minor Change Bulletin #10 (Exhibit B)
2. Announcements (Reports)
   1. Remarks by the Chair – Greg Crouch
      1. System Wide COVID-19 online Town Hall at 11:00 a.m. Friday March 27.  Go to the WSU Experience website. Questions may be submitted in advance.
      2. Mary Wack, Vice Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Achievement on Spring 2020 grading considerations and options.
      3. Brief update on provost search from Dave Turnbull.
      4. Update to Faculty Status Committee Bylaws.  Sarah Ullrich-French can answer any questions.
         1. CT request for names.
      5. Please review the senate response to the draft strategic plan.  This has been presented to President Schulz.
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda – None
4. Agenda Items (Action Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to establish the New Degree of the BS in Viticulture and Enology (Exhibit  Y) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rule 90f, Eliminate the A,S,F Grading Basis (Exhibit Z ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to establish a new Rule 145, Discontinued Degree Programs (Exhibit C ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revisions to Rule 72, Reasonable Religious Accommodations (Exhibit D ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to Eliminate the “SCI” UCORE Designation (Exhibit E ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   6. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the MOU for Concurrent Degree Enrollment for Doctor of Pharmacy Students (Exhibit F) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
      1. Motion Carried
   7. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee to amend the Faculty Manual regarding Emeritus Faculty Appointment, Sections III.G. (Exhibits P  P1  P2 ) – S. Hines
      1. Motion Carried
   8. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee to amend the Faculty Manual on Family Leave and Tenure Clock, Sections III.C.6.j  (Exhibits G  G1  G2 ) – S. Hines
      1. Motion Carried
   9. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee to amend the Faculty Manual on Tracks and Appointments, Sections I-A Faculty structure and III-E Termination  (Exhibits H  H1  H2  H3  H4  H5) – S. Hines
      1. Motion Carried
   10. Recommendation from Academic Affairs, Graduate Studies Committee, Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve revisions to Rule 50 (Exhibit I) – K.Hildenbrand, A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila, J. Mattoon
       1. Motion Carried
5. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #11 (Exhibits J  J1 ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE  Change Bulletin #4 (Exhibit K ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revisions to Rule 110, Undergraduate Requirements for Graduation (Exhibit L ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revisions to Rules 6, (Transfer Credit) 15, (Credit by Examinations), 16 (Military Credit) and 17 (Credit for Prior Learning) -(Exhibit M  ) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee and Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve the proposal for Posting Grades to the Transcript by Session Instead of by Term (Exhibit N) – K. Hildenbrand/J. Mattoon
      1. No Discussion. It was reported that Graduate Studies Committee is also reviewing this.
   6. Recommendation from the Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve the Major Change Bulletin #4 (Exhibits O   O1 ) – J. Mattoon
      1. No Discussion
   7. Recommendation from the Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve Rule 34, Repeat Courses (Exhibit Q ) – J. Mattoon
      1. No Discussion
   8. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate Major Change Bulletin #6  (Exhibit R ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
      1. No Discussion
   9. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve a new plan for a Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Mathematics (Exhibits S  S1  ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
      1. No Discussion
   10. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve a revised plan for the Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering Management   (Exhibits T  T1 ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
       1. No Discussion
   11. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the revised plan in PhD in Statistical Science  (Exhibits U  U1 ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
       1. No Discussion
   12. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate School Policies and Procedures Manual  (Exhibits V  V1  V2  V3 ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
       1. No Discussion. It was noted that some language needed updated to be more gender neutral and corrections will be made.
   13. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee to amend the Faculty Senate Constitution, Article II, Section 1 and Article II, Section 3.D (Exhibit  W )
       1. No Discussion
   14. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee to allow this  committee to carry out all necessary functions of the Faculty Senate during the period of May 16, 2020  through August 15, 2020.
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1. A request was made to form a Faculty Senate Task Force on reforming faculty hiring practices in a more collaborative manner.  It was noted that HRS in some locations has been very difficult to work with and that a task force could bring forth some recommendations to reform this process with HRS. Glen Duncan is willing to chair this task force.  The Chair also advised this will be discussed further at  the next Faculty Senate Steering Committee.
   2. Concerns were raised that faculty input is not being involved in policies and procedures that impact faculty in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was noted that this will be discussed at the next meeting with the president and provost.
   3. An update was requested regarding the status of the ongoing gender bias investigation surrounding the removal of  former provost, Mitzi Montoya.   Administration will be asked to provide an update at the next senate meeting on April 9.
   4. Questions were raised on tenure and annual review practices.  They were requested to be sent to the chair and he will follow up with VP Griner Hill.
7. Adjournment.                                                  

                      The meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

                                              Amy Nielsen, Executive Secretary