Meeting Minutes: February 23, 2017

Faculty Senate Minutes
Regular Meeting
February 23, 2017

The Faculty Senate was called to order by A.G. Rud, Chair on Thursday February 23, 2017, in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. forty-two (42) members were present with fifteen (15) absent and nine (9) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of February 9, 2017 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. WSU Minor Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibit B)
      2. The Graduate Studies Committee has approved updated Bylaws for the School of Music which are available on the department’s website
      3. Nominations for chair-elect as follows:
         1. Brendan Walker Bio CV
         2. Jeannette Mageo Bio CV
         3. Matthew Carroll Bio. CV
      4. Nominations for executive secretary as follows:
         1. Amy Nielsen Bio CV
         2. Robby Cooper Bio CV
2. Announcements (Reports).
   1. Remarks by AG Rud
      1. The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and has fulfilled the last requirement before the college can enroll its charter class next semester.
   2. Remarks by Provost Bernardo
      1. Updates were provided on promoting more Faculty recognition, SAT scores of incoming freshmen and the university budget
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda. None.
4. Agenda Items (Action Items)
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Curriculum Bulletin #1 (Exhibit C ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion Carried
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibits Y Y1 ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion Carried
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the proposal to Extend the BS in Agricultural and Food Systems, Organic Agriculture Systems to WSU North Puget Sound at Everett (Exhibits Z Z1 ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion Carried
   4. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate School’s Updated Policies and Procedures Manual (Exhibits D D1 D2 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
      1. Motion Carried
   5. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibit E ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
      1. Motion Carried
5. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Curriculum Bulletin #2 (Exhibit F ) – G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Curriculum Bulletin #3 (Exhibit G ) – G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #9 (Exhibits H H1 )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Multiple Policy Updates on Academics Regulations –Rule 27/Credit Definition, Rule 6/Transfer Credit and Rule 16/Military Credit ( Exhibits I I1 ) – G. Crouch
      1. Discussion: A concern was raised regarding #27 on the definition of what a credit course is, the academic requirement and what is a representative credit.
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Multiple Policy Updates on the Catalog UCORE Section, Transfer Credit Policy (Exhibits J J1 ) – G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the New Policy on Moratorium or Suspension of academic or Certificate Programs (Exhibits K K1 ) – G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion. It was noted this proposal is pending the approval from the Graduate Studies Committee
   7. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee on the revisions to the Faculty Manual, Tenure Extensions ( Exhibit L L1) – B. Walker
      1. Discussion: Concerns were brought forth regarding tenure extensions that only allowed one parent the opportunity to request an extension. It was discussed that many couples are both employed by WSU and parent care is shared. Motion: Moved and seconded to remand this back to committee for rewording of the one parent extension requests.
   8. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Revised Certificate in Systems Engineering Management (Exhibits M M1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
      1. No Discussion
   9. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the proposal for the PhD in Statistical Science (Exhibits N N1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
      1. No Discussion
   10. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #9 (Exhibit O ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. No Discussion
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1. The Graduate School has responded to the senator regarding his constituent concern regarding the Graduate School’s inflexibility in handling minor clerical or program-of-study errors.
   2. From constituent concerns voiced continuously over the lack of adequate parking, a letter was sent to the president and provost. In response, the administration suggested that the Planning Department and Transportation Department should be invited to speak at a Faculty Senate meeting. As this is a whole campus issue not limited to the Faculty Senate, it was suggested that a Town-hall presentation be scheduled so that all interested faculty and staff could be included. It was also suggested that a website be created and comments could be solicited. This will be scheduled for the Fall Semester.
   3. A concern was raised regarding the understaffing at the IRB creating backlogs that are causing some faculty to miss losing opportunities for grants. Executive officers will be following up with the provost at tomorrow’s meeting.
7. Adjournment.
   1. The meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
      1. Sheila Converse, Executive Secretary