THE MINUTES OF THE
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE MEETING HELD
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Fred Mader, Joe Stone, Maurice Lockridge (Assistant Chair), Linda Dobbs,
Jonathan Cox, Joan St. Germain, Mark Zanter, Brian Morgan, Karen Mitchell, Liz
Murray, Basant Karna, Scott Sarra, Tom Jones, Burnis Morris, Jennifer Perry,
Karen McNealy, Kelly Harlow, Sandra Prunty, Pat Conlon, Eldon Larsen, Janet
Dozier, Eric Arnold, Gregg Twietmeyer, Keith Beard, Camilla Brammer (Chair),
Marty Laubach, Donna Sullivan, Barbara Tarter, Christina Burgueno, Chris White,
Genevieve Meyers, Kathleen Bledsoe, Jennifer Sias (Recording Secretary), Nancy
Norton, Tina Sias, Mike Goldman, Rudy Wang, Elaine Hardman, Charles Clements,
Pier Paolo Claudio, Sandra Stroebel, and Tracy Christofero.
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Rex McClure, Deepak Subedi, Ralph Oberste-Vorth, Bonita Lawrence, Wael Zatar,
Chuck Bailey, Jennifer Mak, Mary Jo Graham, Christine Huhn, Thomas Linz, and
Ernest Walker.
PARLIAMENTARIAN:
Cheryl Brown present.
GUESTS:
Rudy Pauley, Gayle Ormiston, Frances Hensley, Gary McIlvain, Stephen Kopp, Jan
Fox, Michael McGuffey, Corley Dennison, Denise Landry, Mary Todd, and Rosalyn
Templeton.
Declaring that there
was a quorum, Faculty Senate Chair, Dr. Camilla Brammer called the meeting to
order at approximately 4:00 p.m.
1.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of the
February 25, 2010 meeting were approved as written.
2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dr. Camilla Brammer
A. Senators are to sit around the table; guests in the gallery area; cell phones
should be set to silent mode; when speaking senators should use the microphones
and state their name/college.
B. A card is being passed around for Bernice as well as a folder for monetary
contributions.
C. Welcome back to Scott Sarra who
has been on sabbatical. Welcome to Fred Mader who is substituting for Uday Tate.
3.
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SR-09-10-(30) 76 CC: Recommends
approval of the listed COURSE ADDITIONS
in the following colleges and/or schools: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES,
COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, and the COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS; as well as the
COURSE CHANGE in the following
colleges and/or school: SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATIONS.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-09-10-(31) 77 CC: Recommends
approval of the listed REQUEST FOR
UNDERGRADUATE ADDITION, DELETION, OR CHANGE OF A MINOR in the following
colleges and/or school: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-09-10-(32) 78 EC: Resolves that by
a vote of the Faculty Senate that Bylaw #14 of ARTICLE IX within
The Constitution of the Marshall
University Faculty be amended to add the Graduate School of Education and
Professional Development (GSEPD).
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-09-10-(33) 79 EC: Resolves that
the following changes to The Constitution
of the Marshall University Faculty be brought to a vote of the faculty:
ARTICLE III, Section 1 and ARTICLE VI, Section 5B.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
4.
STANDING COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
Each liaison reported
to-date on their respective committee.
5.
REPORT OF THE
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:
Dr. Stephen Kopp
Presented the presentation, Report To The
Faculty Senate, in response to recommendation SR-07-08-(29) 60 FECRAHC. The
report is contained on the President’s website and a hardcopy is on file in the
Faculty Senate office.
6.
REPORT OF THE
PROVOST:
Dr. Gayle Ormiston
·
Distributed a document that contains reports from five faculty work groups.
These groups were formed as a result of suggestions made during past Campus
Conversations. A hardcopy of the document is on file in the Faculty Senate
office.
·
The Faculty Personnel Committee will be charged to review the faculty workload
policy and to see if it is in compliance with the promotion and tenure
procedures stated in The Greenbook.
·
The Academic Policy Committee will be participating in discussions about
academic restructuring.
·
The April Campus Conversations will include the topics of promotion and tenure
and the academic restructuring plan.
·
A chapter of Phi Kappa Phi is forming on campus.
7.
REQUESTS TO SPEAK TO
THE SENATE:
(5 minutes per person)
There were none.
8.
AGENDA REQUESTS FOR
FUTURE MEETINGS:
There were none.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PER WV CODE 6-9A-4
MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION
MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED TO REQUEST THAT THE UNIVERSITY’S CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER REVIEW THE
MATERIALS AND DECIDE IF FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY
THE MEETING WAS
ADJOURNED AT 5:15 P.M.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Ms. Jennifer Sias,
Recording Secretary
Faculty Senate