SWOSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING
APPROVED MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER AND
ESTABLISH QUORUM: The meeting was called to order at
II. CERTIFICATION OF SUBSTITUTES: None
III. PRESENTATION OF VISITORS: None
IV. APPROVAL
OF MINUTES: Minutes of
V. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
A. From the FS President Foust:
From
February 23 Administrative Council meeting:
1. Fall Break has been moved from October 14
& 15 to 21 & 22.
2. Planning & Resource Council meeting
scheduled April 5 & 6 with Dr. Penson;
3. A Sculptors committee;
4. Stan Robertson is retiring and his position
will not be replaced;
5. Steve Strickler
named outstanding director;
6. Darryl Rodriquez moves to a tenure track;
7. Math department is adding staff;
8. Dr. Chapman is retiring;
9. BIS/MIS parked r/t low enrollment;
10. Accounting position to be filled;
11. Dan Chatelain’s
military assignment extended by three months—hope to
have him back by August;
12. Allied Health—Dr. A. Aspedon received a grant;
13. Ron Walker is working with Southeastern to
advance Athletic Training program;
14. Dr. Tate and Dr. M. Aspedon appointed new
leadership in Education;
15.
16. Thomas Ratliff is leaving March 11 for new
position out of state;
17. Travel reimbursement rate increasing March 1
from 34.5 cents to 37.5 cents;
18. TB testing- $3.00 available;
19. Service learning is part of NCA criteria and
committee is moving forward with a survey to document what current projects are
in progress;
20. Request to use new logos only please;
21. New state immunization policy creates more
workload for student and health services to meet HIPPA regs.
for verification
22. Michael Dougherty will replace Gerry East as
the Mathematics Department Faculty Senator;
23. Bernhardt Selection Committee will consist of
Dr. Kelley Logan, Language Arts Department, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr.
Steve Pray, College of Pharmacy; Mrs. Tommye Davis, College of Applied Arts and
Sciences; and Dr. Les Crall, School of Business, College of Professional &
Graduate Studies;
24. Nancy Penner will replace Larry McKee on the
Appellate Committee on Dismissal of Tenured Faculty Members
B. From Provost
Becker: Strategic planning with Dr. Penson April 5
& 6.
C. FS
Secretary/Treasurer Buddy Penner:
1. Roll Sheet – please sign
2. Treasurer’s Report: BancFirst Checking account balance: $1,670.48
University
account balance: $378.19
D. FS President-elect
South: No present, no report
E. FS
Past President Hayden: no report
F. FS
Student Government Representative Bensch:
Not present, no report
VI. REPORTS FROM STANDING AND AD HOC COMMITTEES:
A. Personnel Policies Committee – Post Tenure Review: Email from James South was received, but
action has been taken; P&T Revisions: Still under review
B. Ad-hoc: Faculty Handbook
Revision Committee—the changes will be posted soon for the committee to review.
VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None
VIII.NEW BUSINESS:
A. Nominations Committee: The
ballot for Faculty Senate Officers and Selected Committees will be emailed to
each senator; A suggested Biography Information sheet
for University Committee Members Elected by Faculty Senate was presented and
edited. The form will be emailed to each
senator.
B. New Motions
FS Motion
2004-02-01 It was moved and
seconded the faculty representatives to the Bernhardt Award Selection
Committee be composed of one faculty member from each of the 3 colleges and
the immediate past awardee. Selection will be through the Faculty
Senate during the spring for representation on the committee the following
spring.
Amendment
2004-02-02to FS Motion 2004-02-01 It was moved and
seconded to strike the number 3 and replace it with the number 4.
The Amendment passed by voice vote.
The Amendment passed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-01 - Restated It was moved and
seconded the faculty representatives to the Bernhardt Award Selection Committe e be composed of one faculty member from
each of the 4 colleges and the immediate past awardee. Selection will be through the Faculty
Senate during the spring for representation on the committee the following
spring.
The Motion passed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-03 It was moved and
seconded the continuance vote on non-tenured faculty be changed to allow
only tenured faculty in each school/department to vote on continuance of
each non-tenured faculty in the school/department.
The Motion failed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-04 It was moved and
seconded to revise a Faculty Handbook statement on page 93 #2 under the
title Teach Load & Compensation for Extra Academic Services to
read “An additional
three hour of up-to-three hour reduction
may be made for approved research, grant writing, or other scholarly
endeavors.”
The Amendment died for lack of a second.
The Motion failed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-06 It was moved and
seconded Faculty should not be appointed to the Graduate Faculty at
Southwestern unless they have an earned doctoral degree from a recognized
and accredited university in the field in which they are appointed to teach
graduate classes. Similarly and by
extension, faculty should not be hired to teach undergraduate classes at
Southwestern unless they have at least an earned master’s degree from a
recognized and accredited university in the field in which they are
appointed to teach undergraduate classes.
Upper level graduate students may be hired as teaching assistants
provided that a duly appointed faculty committee judges them competent in
their respective academic departments or units.
FS Motion
2004-02-07 It was moved and
seconded to table FS Motion 2004-02-06 and send it to the Personnel
Policies Committee with the recommendation the motion be broken into three
parts by sentence.
The Motion passed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-08 It was moved and
seconded the Southwestern administration should immediately cease and
desist from the unprecedented practice over the last two academic years of
hiring undergraduate students as instructors to teach undergraduate classes
at Southwestern.
The Motion passed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-09 It was moved and
seconded it is a breach of professional ethics for faculty at Southwestern
to turn over the actual instruction of any of their classes to laboratory
assistants or other undergraduate students.
From this it follows that faculty should generally and to a very
significant extent be with their students in the classroom or laboratory
for most all of the scheduled classes or laboratory sessions.
FS Motion
2004-02-10 It was moved and
seconded to table FS Motion 2004-02-09 and send it to the Personnel
Policies Committee.
The Motion passed by voice vote.
FS Motion
2004-02-11 It was moved and
seconded to send to Judiciary Committee the task of submitting faculty
representation to Faculty Senate based on the University reorganization
2004-2005 organizational charts.
The Motion passed by voice vote.
IX. ADJOURNMENT:
Next
Faculty Senate meeting:
Respectfully submitted,
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Cynthia Foust, President Nancy Buddy Penner, Secretary