Meeting Minutes: March 30, 2017

Faculty Senate Minutes
Regular Meeting
March 30, 2017

The Faculty Senate was called to order by A.G. Rud, Chair on Thursday March 30, 2017, in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. forty-five (45) members were present with twelve (12) absent and eight (8) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of March 9 2017 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. Minor Change Bulletin #10 (Exhibit B)
      2. The Graduate Studies Committee has approved updated Bylaws for the Experimental Psychology Program which are available on the department’s website
      3. The Graduate Studies Committee has approved updated Bylaws for the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (NEP) which are available on the department’s website
      4. Faculty Senate Officers met with President Schulz on March 20 2017
      5. Faculty Senate Officers met with Provost on March 21 2017
      6. The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has newly ratified Bylaws which are available on the college’s website
      7. The Office of Research Support & Operations (ORA) has broadened the charter to include other compliance committees within ORA to address the IRB and processing human subjects application forms for our faculty
      8. The Faculty Affairs Committee has approved the edits to the Faculty Manual in Section IV F3 (Exhibit CCC, CCC1, CCC2)
2. Announcements (Reports).
   1. Remarks by AG Rud
      1. Since we have a full agenda, please read the Information Items.
         Amy Nielson has been elected Executive Secretary for a 3 year term
         No candidate for Chair-elect received a clear majority, so we will send a ballot after the meeting. Please vote for Brendan Walker or Jeannette Mageo before April 11. We had 75% participation and would like 100% next time! After our last meeting, April 13, we will host a reception at Birch and Barley. May 15 th President will host a barbecue. Please reply when the invitations come. Tomorrow is Showcase from 9-12. Please attend if you can.
   2. Remarks by Remarks by Chris Keane, VP for Research
   3. Remarks by Sasi Pillay, VP & CIO for ITS
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda. Motion to move Discussion Item #1 to Action Item #19.
   1. Motion carried.
4. Agenda Items (Action Items)
   1. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee on the revisions to the Faculty Manual, Tenure Extensions ( Exhibit P) – B. Walker
      1. Motion carried
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Curriculum Bulletin #4 (Exhibit Q ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Curriculum Bulletin #5 (Exhibit R ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the College of Medicine’s proposal to Establish the Requirements for the Doctor of Medicine Degree (Exhibits S S1 S2 ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the proposal to Establish the Healthcare Leadership Certificate for the College of Medicine (Exhibits T T1 T2 ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #10 (Exhibits U U1 )– G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   7. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE Bulletin #5 (Exhibit V )– G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   8. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rule 78, Closed Week (Exhibits W W1 ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion to amend the language to read, “No examinations or quizzes (other than laboratory examinations, make-up examinations and make-up quizzes) may be given during the last week of instruction. Paper-proctored exams given for Global Campus courses are exempt from this rule only if scanning and emailing the completed exam is not possible
         due to lack of equipment or infrastructure.” Motion carried. Motion to approve as amended.
         1. Motion carried.
   9. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rule 90, Grades and Grade Point (Exhibit X ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion carried
   10. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rule 38, Undergraduate Academic Deficiency (Exhibits Y Y1) – G. Crouch
       1. Motion carried
   11. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the proposal for a BS in Sports Medicine (Exhibits Z Z1 Z2 ) – G. Crouch and recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Master’s in Athletic Training (Exhibits C1 C2 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury / This new degree with its 3+2 structure runs for 5 years and the student graduates with both degrees.
       1. Motion carried
   12. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #10 (Exhibit D ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   13. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the proposal to Change the MA in Apparel, Merchandising, and Textiles to MS in Apparel, Merchandising, and Textiles (Exhibits E E1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   14. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve revised Graduate Plan for Criminal Justice and Criminology (Exhibits FF FF1) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   15. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the revised Graduate Plan for MS Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (Exhibits GG GG1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   16. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the revised Graduate Plan for MS Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Coordinated Program in Dietetics (Exhibits HH HH1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   17. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the revised Graduate Plan for PhD Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (Exhibits II, II1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   18. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate Certificate in Project Management (Exhibits LL,LL1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Motion carried
   19. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Curriculum Bulletin #6 (Exhibit MM ) – G. Crouch
       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 #6 (Exhibit MM ) – G. Crouch
      1. Motion to move to Action Item #19. Motion carried.
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #11 (Exhibits NN , NN1 )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE Bulletin #6 (Exhibit OO )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rules 55, Change of Majors (Exhibit PP, PP1 )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rules 56, Decertification and Recertification (Exhibits QQ, QQ1)– G. Crouch
      1. Discussion regarding wording clarification on decertification and recertification.
   6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the update on Academic Regulation 15, Credit by Examinations and Proposed Academic Regulation 17, Prior Learning Credit (Exhibits RR , RR1 )– G. Crouch It was noted there was a mathematical error. Motion to amend the form to read that credits will be changed from 15 to 10.
      1. Motion carried.
   7. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Extension of Professional Science and Technology Writing Certificate to WSU Tri-Cities (Exhibit SS )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   8. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Extension of Molecular Biosciences Certificate to WSU Vancouver Exhibit TT) – G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   9. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approved the Updated “Statement of Institutional Responsibility to Current Students When an Academic Program or Degree is Discontinued” (Exhibits UU, UU1, UU2 )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   10. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee and the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the New Policy on Moratorium or Suspension of Academic or Certificate Programs (Exhibits VV, VV1 ) G.Crouch, T.Chauvin/T., Salsbury
       1. No Discussion
   11. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the New Graduate Certificate in Educational Neuropsychology (Exhibits WW, WW1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. Request to be removed from the agenda by the Graduate Studies Committee
   12. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Revised Graduate Track for the PhD/MS in Veterinary Clinical Training/Clinical and Translational Sciences (Exhibits XX, XX1, XX2 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. No Discussion
   13. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #11 (Exhibit ZZ ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. No Discussion
   14. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Material Science and Engineering Program Revised Graduation requirement for PhD. (Exhibit EEE, EEE1 ) – T. Chauvin/T. Salsbury
       1. No Discussion
   15. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve the Executive Policy #29 (Exhibits DDD, DDD1) –B.Walker
       1. No Discussion
6. Constituents’ Concerns. None
7. Adjournment.
   1. The meeting adjourned at 4:33 p.m.
      1. Sheila Converse, Executive Secretary