Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of April 23, 2007. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 2006-2007, v.20

Agenda: (Informal statements and proposals) -- (President's report): Motion to re-arrange the order of business: March KBOR meeting; Evaluation of Teaching, COFSP is drafting a proposal for the BOR policy to be considered at the May meeting -- (Committee reports): A. Faculty Senate Standing Committee Annual Reports (** Indicates committee has recommendations for Senate consideration): 1. **Court of Academic Appeals -- 2. Rules -- 3. **Exceptions -- 4. Scholarship and Student Aid -- 5. Undergraduate Research -- 6. University Curriculum -- 7. University Tenure and Promotion -- 8. General Education -- 9. Library -- B. Rules Committee: Proposed change to the University Tenure and Promotion Committee Charge, final reading, vote will be taken -- Current: 8. Report to the Faculty Affairs Committee for review issues of concern in tenure policies and tenure and promotion guidelines -- Proposed 8. Report to the full senate for review, issues of concern in tenure policies and tenure and promotion guidelines / Silvia Carruthers -- C. Executive Committee: Proposed Election procedures revisions / Peer Moore-Jansen -- (Old business): A. Proposed addition to the Tenure and Promotion and Professor Incentive Review Calendar: P&P 4.16, Handbook for Faculty 3.8; Final reading, vote will be taken -- (New business): A. Mary Herrin, Associate Vice President and Director of Budgets -- B. Dr. Glendon Miller, Director Environmental Health and Safety -- C. Executive Committee Proposal to revise the Faculty Senate Constitution, Article 1, Section 1 (a) and revisions to the Faculty Senate Election Rules -- D. Proposed Policy on Compensation in Excess of Full-Time Salary, 1st reading (*this item added to the agenda at the meeting) / VPAAR Gary Miller

Attachments: Curriculum Committee Activities Report 2006-2007 -- Proposed changes to Tenure and Promotion calendar -- 4.16 / Tenure and Promotion Calendar -- Proposed changes to Senate Constitution and Election Rules

Minutes: Summary of action: 1. Accepted Faculty Senate Standing Committee Annual reports from: Court of Academic Appeals; Rules; Exceptions; Scholarship and Student Aid; Undergraduate Research; University Tenure and Promotion; General Education; Library -- 2. Accepted the revision to the University Tenure and Promotion Committee Charge -- 3. Accepted the proposed revision to the University Tenure and Promotion and PIR calendar -- (Informal statements and proposals): Asked whether tenured faculty members are required to do the SPTE every year / Senator Owens -- Comments and remarks regarding Elizabeth King's Foundation report / Senator Hershfield and VPAAR Miller -- c. Discussion regarding whether the WSU Policies and Procedures had been reviewed following the Virginia Tech tragedy / Senator Schneegurt and VPAAR Miller -- (President's report): 1. April KBOR meeting: BOR requested that the COFSP write an evaluation policy on teaching -- 2. Moved to rearrange the order of business to have new business come before old business -- (Committee reports): A. Accepted the Standing Committee annual reports from Rules, Scholarship and Student Aid, Undergraduate Research, University Curriculum, Tenure and Promotion, General Education; addendum to the Library Committee report accepted -- B. Proposed revision to the Tenure and Promotion Committee Charge -- C. Rules Committee -- Senator Carruthers -- D. Report on discussions regarding proposed revisions to Senate Election procedures and on the Executive Committee’s discussion of the degree of faculty involvement in the Senate, as well as in the attendance of Senators at meetings / VP Moore-Jansen -- (New business): A. Report on the Budget / Mary Herrin -- B. Report on Environmental Health and Safety on Campus / Glendon Miller -- C. Executive Committee Proposal to revise the Faculty Senate Constitution -- B. VPAAR’s Proposed Policy regarding Compensation in Excess of Full-Time Salary / VPAAR Miller --(Old business): A. Proposed addition to the Tenure and Promotion and Professor Incentive Review Calendar