Meeting Minutes: March 8, 2018

Faculty Senate Minutes

Regular Meeting

March 8, 2018

The Faculty Senate was called to order by J. McDonald, Chair on Thursday March 8, 2018, in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. Forty-one (41) members were present with sixteen (16) absent and seven (7)  nonvoting members present.

Minutes of  February 22, 2018 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
2. Information Items.
   1. The Executive Officers met with President Schulz on February 26, 2018
   2. Minor Change Bulletin  #9  (Exhibit B)
3. Announcements (Reports)
   1. Remarks by J. McDonald
      1. Legislative Representative is Stephen Bollens who will replace Joan Wu
      2. Congratulations to Susan Finley as the WSU recipient chosen for the 2017-18 Timm Ormbsy Award
      3. Executive Officers met with the president.  Concerns were raised regarding negative impacts being felt due to budget carryforward balances being frozen.  The president requested specific examples of negative impact, please forward that information to me and I will forward onto to administration anonymously
      4. I visited the Tri-Cities and Vancouver campuses and met with campus representatives
      5. I attended the Board of Regents meeting on March 2^nd held in Tri-Cities
      6. Senate Executive Officers will be meeting with the provost on Tuesday, March 13th; please remit any issues/concerns to J. McDonald
   2. Remarks by Sara Ackerman & Samantha Gizerian, Equitable Advising
4. Additions or Changes to the Agenda.  None
5. Agenda Items (Action Items)
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #10 (Exhibits Z  Z1 )– G. Crouch
      1. Motion Carried
   2. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve the proposed change to the Faculty Manual regarding Non-Tenure Track Appointments (Exhibits C   C1) – B. Walker
      1. Motion Carried
   3. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #9 (Exhibit D  ) –T. Salsbury/D.Potts
      1. Motion Carried
   4. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Online Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication (Exhibits E   E1 ) –T. Salsbury/D.Potts
      1. Motion Carried
   5. Recommendation from the Research & Arts Committee to approve the Alexandra Navrotsky Institute for Experimental Thermodynamics ( Exhibits F  F1  F2   F3  F4   F5  F6   F7  ) – T.Barry/B. JohnMariadoss
      1. Motion Carried
6. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #11 (Exhibits G   G1)– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the proposal to Extend the BA in History to Global Campus (Exhibits H  H1 )– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the proposal to Extend the BA in Sociology to Global Campus (Exhibits  I  I1)– G. Crouch
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve the proposed change to the Faculty Manual regarding Annual Reviews, (Exhibits J  J1) – B. Walker
      1. Discussion:  A question arose regarding who decides how far the Intensive Review process should go. It was noted that is this process is being clarified and that the intent is for this to go to the Dean’s level at the faculty member’s request
   5. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #10 (Exhibit  K ) –T. Salsbury/D.Potts
      1. No Discussion
   6. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate Certificate in Health Communication and Promotion (Exhibits L  L1)–T. Salsbury/D.Potts
      1. No Discussion
7. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1. A concern arose regarding the Pullman parking rate adjustment fee is 2.8% while raises were 1%.  A request was made  for financial data or reasoning  regarding clarification of rates and why an increase in parking rates is being sought.  J. McDonald will request that information.  Also noted that parking at the Pullman Student Rec facility has increased, likely due to the faculty offering free 90 minutes parking through the end of March
   2. A concern regarding the Equitable Advising program and concern was raised that this could be detrimental to the success of students. It was suggested that a request be made to the provost to slow down the rollout of the pilot to allow adequate time for training of faculty and advisors. It was noted that the reception to the pilot is mixed, based upon constituent reports to senators.
   3. Also noted that prior requests for financial information were received and answered; this data is listed on the Faculty Senate website under “Information for Faculty”.  Due to the volumes of information supplied by the provosts’ office in raw data,  Senate executive officers will meet with Lisa Waananen Jones, who volunteered to further breakdown and help interpret this information. It was noted that comparative data from other universities was requested on salaries, titles, etc.  J. McDonald will follow up with administration.
8. Adjournment.                                                   

                      The meeting adjourned at 4:54 p.m.

                                              Amy Nielsen, Executive Secretary