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2015-05-11 Faculty Senate meeting
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Wichita State University,Faculty Senate,Shared governance,Meeting Agenda,Meeting minutes
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Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of May 11, 2015. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 2014-2015, v.28
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Agenda: (Informal statements and proposals) -- (President's report) -- (Committee report): A. Rules / Peer Moore-Jansen -- B. Committee Annual Reports: Library Committee
Attachments: Summary of action: A. Accepted Committee Appointments (see Committee reports) -- B. Accepted four new Senators -- C. Accepted the appointment of New Ombudsperson -- (Informal statements and proposals): Recognition of Senator Walter Horn for his years of service to the Senate and the University -- Appreciation expressed for leadership of Senate President Mehmet Barut -- Provided resources regarding the process for handling sexual assault on campus / Wade Robinson -- (Committee reports): A. Rules: Nominations / Peer Moore-Jansen -- B. Library Committee Annual Report -- C. Planning and Budget Committee report: Expectation of tuition increase -- Salary increase expected -- Considering additional credit hour and program fees / Mehmet Barut -- (Ombudsperson): Will Klunder elected -- Victoria Mosack and Bob Ross continue to serve -- (President's Annual Report of Work by the Senate in 2014-15): Updates/Briefings: One-Stop / Janet Brandes -- Phased Retirement / Tony Vizzini -- Campus Safety / Wade Robinson, Sara Morris, and Glendon Miller -- Alternative Credentials / Richard Muma, Mark Porcaro, Susan Norton -- Young Professionals of Wichita / Suzy Finn -- Student Early Alert System / David Wright -- SGA Tobacco Free Initiative / Matthew Conklin -- Initiatives to advance strategic planning goal #7 / Deans -- Kognito Overview: At-Risk for College students/faculty Training / Maureen Dasey-Morales -- Strategic Planning and WSU Ventures / Cindy Claycomb -- Endorsed/ Approved/ Acknowledged: Alternative Paths for Credentials endorsed by Faculty Senate -- Guidelines are being drafted by the Academic Affairs Committee Online Procedure Manual by Online Advisory Group: Social Media Implementation Policy: Approved by Faculty Senate -- Tobacco-Free Campus Resolution by SGA:- Endorsed by the Faculty Senate -- Concerns addressed include: Weapons policy/concealed carry -- Pregnancy-illness and tenure/promotion issues for faculty -- Provisional Admissions & Automatic Expedited Exceptions -- Performance-based funding -- Transfer and Articulation as well as concurrent enrollment -- Trends in university workforce towards a higher percentage of non-teaching professionals and administrators -- Implication of block grant reallocation -- Institutional support for development of online/hybrid courses -- Implication of potential tuition freeze -- Issues for the coming year: Revisit Tenure and promotions policy: possible adaptation of Boyer or UniScope models -- Revisit Intellectual Property policy -- Implications of a prospectus for each program Implications of multiyear contracts and titles for NTT faculty -- Revisit policy on Department Chair to incorporate Department Head definition and implications -- (Election of four new Senators)
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Attachments: Summary of action: A. Accepted Committee Appointments (see Committee reports) -- B. Accepted four new Senators -- C. Accepted the appointment of New Ombudsperson -- (Informal statements and proposals): Recognition of Senator Walter Horn for his years of service to the Senate and the University -- Appreciation expressed for leadership of Senate President Mehmet Barut -- Provided resources regarding the process for handling sexual assault on campus / Wade Robinson -- (Committee reports): A. Rules: Nominations / Peer Moore-Jansen -- B. Library Committee Annual Report -- C. Planning and Budget Committee report: Expectation of tuition increase -- Salary increase expected -- Considering additional credit hour and program fees / Mehmet Barut -- (Ombudsperson): Will Klunder elected -- Victoria Mosack and Bob Ross continue to serve -- (President's Annual Report of Work by the Senate in 2014-15): Updates/Briefings: One-Stop / Janet Brandes -- Phased Retirement / Tony Vizzini -- Campus Safety / Wade Robinson, Sara Morris, and Glendon Miller -- Alternative Credentials / Richard Muma, Mark Porcaro, Susan Norton -- Young Professionals of Wichita / Suzy Finn -- Student Early Alert System / David Wright -- SGA Tobacco Free Initiative / Matthew Conklin -- Initiatives to advance strategic planning goal #7 / Deans -- Kognito Overview: At-Risk for College students/faculty Training / Maureen Dasey-Morales -- Strategic Planning and WSU Ventures / Cindy Claycomb -- Endorsed/ Approved/ Acknowledged: Alternative Paths for Credentials endorsed by Faculty Senate -- Guidelines are being drafted by the Academic Affairs Committee Online Procedure Manual by Online Advisory Group: Social Media Implementation Policy: Approved by Faculty Senate -- Tobacco-Free Campus Resolution by SGA:- Endorsed by the Faculty Senate -- Concerns addressed include: Weapons policy/concealed carry -- Pregnancy-illness and tenure/promotion issues for faculty -- Provisional Admissions & Automatic Expedited Exceptions -- Performance-based funding -- Transfer and Articulation as well as concurrent enrollment -- Trends in university workforce towards a higher percentage of non-teaching professionals and administrators -- Implication of block grant reallocation -- Institutional support for development of online/hybrid courses -- Implication of potential tuition freeze -- Issues for the coming year: Revisit Tenure and promotions policy: possible adaptation of Boyer or UniScope models -- Revisit Intellectual Property policy -- Implications of a prospectus for each program Implications of multiyear contracts and titles for NTT faculty -- Revisit policy on Department Chair to incorporate Department Head definition and implications -- (Election of four new Senators)
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Wichita State University
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Wichita State University Faculty Senate Archives
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