THE MINUTES OF THE
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE MEETING HELD
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Rex McClure, Joe Stone, Deepak Subedi, Maurice Lockridge (Assistant Chair),
Linda Dobbs, Jonathan Cox, Joan St. Germain, Mark Zanter, Brian Morgan, Ralph
Oberste-Vorth, Bonita Lawrence, Karen Mitchell, Liz Murray, Basant Karna, Scott
Sarra, Tom Jones, Burnis Morris, Jennifer Perry, Karen McNealy, Kelly Harlow,
Sandra Prunty, Pat Conlon, Wael Zatar, Chuck Bailey, Eldon Larsen, Janet Dozier,
Jennifer Mak, Mary Jo Graham, Gregg Twietmeyer, Keith Beard, Camilla Brammer
(Chair), Marty Laubach, Donna Sullivan, Barbara Tarter, Christina Burgueno,
Christine Huhn, Chris White, Jennifer Sias (Recording Secretary), Nancy Norton,
Rudy Wang, Elaine Hardman, Charles Clements, Pier Paolo Claudio, Sandra
Stroebel, and Tracy Christofero.
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Fred Mader, Jonathan Cox, Eric Arnold, Thomas Linz, Genevieve Meyers, Kathleen
Bledsoe, Ernest Walker, Tina Sias, and Mike Goldman.
PARLIAMENTARIAN:
Cheryl Brown present.
GUESTS:
Shane Tomblin, Girmay Berhie, Bill Rosenberger, Charles Hossler, John Rehult,
Mike Campbell, Larry Stickler, Rudy Pauley, Gayle Ormiston, Anita Lockridge,
Frances Hensley, Chuck Somerville, Tootie Carter, Paris Webb, Denise Landry,
Breanna Jones, Sherri Stepp, Corley Dennison, Monica Brooks, Stephen Kopp, Jan
Fox, and Mary Moore.
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 March
18, 2010 meeting were approved as written.
2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dr. Camilla Brammer
A.
Reminded everyone that they are to sign-in and that Senators should sit around
the table, others should sit at the chairs provided and cell phones should be
set to “silent” mode. To ensure an accurate recording of the meeting, Senators
should use the microphones when speaking and are to state their name and
department.
B.
Announced that the next meeting of the Executive Committee is scheduled for
Monday, April 26, 2010 beginning at 12:00 p.m. in room BE5 of the Memorial
Student Center.
C.
Announced the April meeting schedules: ACF – met April 15, 2010 in Charleston,
WV; HEPC scheduled to meet April 23, 2010 at WVU Institute of Technology in
Montgomery, WV; and the MUBOG – met April 22, 2010.
D.
Announced that the spring general faculty meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
April 27, 2010 to begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Playhouse of the Fine Arts
Performing Center. All faculty are urged to attend. Retiring faculty and award
winning faculty will be honored.
E.
Initiated a discussion to ascertain the Faculty Senate’s stance on the proposed
1% municipal occupational (payroll) tax being discussed by the City of
Huntington. BY A SHOW OF HANDS IT WAS
APPROVED THAT MAURICE LOCKRIDGE WOULD SPEAK THAT THE FACULTY SENATE IS NOT IN
FAVOR.
3.
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SR-09-10-(34) 80 APC: Recommends that
the College of Health Profession’s Intent to Plan for a Bachelor of Science in
Public Health be approved.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-09-10-(35) 81 CC: Recommends approval of the listed COURSE ADDITIONS
in the following colleges and/or school: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES,
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, and the
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED AS
AMENDED.
SR-09-10-(36) 82 CC: Recommends approval of the listed COURSE CHANGES in
the following colleges and/or school: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES and
the COLLEGE OF SCIENCE.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-09-10-(37) 83 CC: Recommends approval of the listed REQUEST FOR
UNDERGRADUATE ADDITION, DELETION, OR CHANGE OF A MAJOR OR PROGRAM in the
following colleges and/or school: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES and
REQUEST FOR UNDERGRADUATE ADDITION, DELETION, OR CHANGE OF AN AREA OF EMPHASIS
in the following college and/or school: COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS.
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
·
He and other administrators from institutions of higher education met with
Governor Manchin on Monday to discuss two issues: (1) to obtain clarification of
the governor’s proposal, as stated in his state-of-the-state address, to not
increase tuition. They met to persuade the governor to change his mind about
out-of-state students because if tuition was not raised then services would have
to be cut and that the institutions need to maintain market value to maintain
the image of being cost efficient. It was agreed that tuition for out-of-state
students could be increased; and (2) the turn-around of enrollment relates to
increases in compensation for faculty and staff. Dr. Kopp wants to honor the
promise he made and is seeking approval to give employee salary increases.
·
At its meeting today, the Board of Governors agreed to increase the tuition for
out-of-state students and to fund a portion of the classified staff salary
schedule with $450 thousand dollars, to provide salary enhancements (enrollment
increments) of $700 thousand dollars to faculty, and $372 thousand dollars to
non-classified staff. The monies for classified staff will become a part of
their base pay but those for faculty and non-classified will not.
·
The process to be used to dispense the salary enhancement to faculty has not
been determined and he requested that the senators confer with their
constituents and make a recommendation on how to implement at the May Faculty
Senate meeting.
·
The university has not included into its budget any backfill monies, mainly due
to the one-time $2.5 million which was added to the base because of the CTC
separation in 2010 and again in 2011. The budget reduction from the state was
the same amount and it is not assured that MU will receive any backfill funds
from the state.
·
In future budgets of the university there will be a new line, funded
depreciation and operational reserves. This is money that will be set aside each
year for the life of a building or for capital equipment to use at the end of
that life for replacement or renovation. In the budget it may appear that the
university has a lot of money but these funds may not be utilized for other
purposes.
·
There are no new bond issues from the state for capital improvements; the state
wants institutions to use additional tuition increase monies to attend to
deferred maintenance, facilities improvements, and capital projects.
·
The outlook for the fall freshman enrollment is that there will be a significant
increase and he hopes to see increases in future years as well and all as a
result of the hard work being done by many.
6.
REPORT OF THE
PROVOST:
Dr. Gayle Ormiston
·
He reminded everyone of the academic festival scheduled for this weekend. The
Minds of Marshall is an event where students can showcase their achievements.
·
There have been seven Campus Conversations with the presentations made at the
meetings available for review from the Academic Affairs website.
7.
BOARD OF GOVERNOR’S
REPORT:
Dr. Larry Stickler
·
The Board met earlier today and Drs. Kopp and Ormiston have reported on most of
what occurred; the program reviews were also approved.
·
The next meeting is scheduled for June 17, 2010.
8.
REQUESTS TO SPEAK TO
THE SENATE:
(5 minutes per person)
A. Mr. Mike Campbell & Mr. John
Rehult, Follett Bookstore Textbook Rental Program
MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH FIVE ADDITIONAL MINUTES
B. Rudy Wang, SOM
MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
The Marshall University Faculty Senate and the University President, Dr. Stephen
Kopp, jointly express our condolence to the families and the communities of the
29 underground heroes of West Virginia who recently lost their lives in a coal
mine explosion. Their brave contribution to the prosperity of this State and
this Nation will long be remembered.
The entire Marshall University community pledges our support to the survivors,
the active and retired coal miners, and the coal mine industries for their
educational needs, their health care needs, and to the improvement in the
technology for a safe coal mining. Furthermore, we urge the governmental
agencies at the State and Federal levels to closely monitor the operational
safety and prevent any further happenings of such a tragic event.
9.
AGENDA REQUESTS FOR
FUTURE MEETINGS:
There were none.
THE MEETING WAS
ADJOURNED AT 5:33 P.M.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Ms. Jennifer Sias,
Recording Secretary
Faculty Senate