Meeting Minutes: October 18, 2018

Faculty Senate Minutes

Regular Meeting

October 18, 2018

The Faculty Senate was called to order by J. Mageo, Chair on Thursday October 18 in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. fifty (50) members were present with seventeen (17) absent and seven (7) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of October 4, 2018 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. Minor Change Bulletins #4 (Exhibit B) 
      2. The Research & Arts Committee has reviewed and approved the 5-year self-study review on the Water Research Center
2. Announcements (Reports)
   1. Remarks by J. Mageo
   2. Remarks by Judy McDonald
   3. Remarks by Susan Finley, Vancouver Representative and Mike Berger, Vancouver Council of Faculty Representative
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda – none
4. Agenda Items (Action Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibit  L )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. Motion Carried
   2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Revised PhD in Materials Science and Engineering  (Exhibits M  M1  M2  M3 )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. Motion Carried
   3. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve New Prefix/Program Update of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (IPN) and Biomedical Physiology and Technology (BPT)   (Exhibits N  N1  N2 )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. Motion to remand back to Graduate Studies Committee to address concerns regarding the proposed program name change.  Motion Carried
   4. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Revised Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering Management (Exhibits O  O1 )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. Motion Carried
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #3 (Exhibits P  P1) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision of Rules 80 and 81 Scheduling All Common Examinations  and Scheduling Out-of-Class Examinations (Exhibit Q  )– K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   7. Recommendation from the Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin (PHSMCB) No. 1  (Exhibit R)  J. Mattoon
      1. Motion Carried
   8. Recommendation from the Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve Proposal to Extend the Final Grade Deadline for the ESFCOM  (Exhibits S  S1  S2  S3  )  J. Mattoon
      1. Motion Carried
5. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #3 (Exhibit  T )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Revised Graduate Certificate in Project Management  (Exhibits  U  U1  U2)  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Revised Certificate in Education Technology across the Disciplines  (Exhibits V  V1) D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #4 (Exhibits ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Discussion:  Concern regarding the word jungle in “Plagiarism  Jungle” as the word may be offensive to some individuals.  It was noted that AAC will discuss this and provide feedback at the next meeting.   
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1.  A question arose on the voting icon on the Constituents’’ Concern section on the website. It was explained that senators can rate the concern being posted.  Also noted that the Office of the President will review and provide input on concerns brought forward,
   2. Detailed transcript of  concerns are on the Faculty Senate Website.
7. Adjournment.                                                 

                      The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

                                              Amy Nielsen, Executive Secretary