Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of April 24, 2017. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 2016-2017, v.30

Agenda: (President's report) -- (Committee report): i. Standing Committee Annual Reports: Court of Academic Appeals -- Faculty Affairs -- Faculty Support -- Rules -- University Admissions & Exceptions -- Undergraduate Research -- University Tenure and Promotion -- Provost's Evaluation Survey- Pending distribution -- (New business): i. University Promotion Guidelines for Teaching Faculty, 2nd reading -- ii. Teaching Evaluation Policy, 1st reading -- iii. Evaluation of Teaching effectiveness: redoing SPTE? -- iv. YMCA Q&A Session / Dr. Teri Hall -- (As may arise)

Attachments: Teaching evaluation policy -- Teaching faculty: Proposal approved by Senate, April 27, 2017

Minutes: Summary of action: 1. Accepted the report from the Court of Academic Appeals -- 2. Accepted the report from the Faculty Affairs Committee -- 3. Accepted the report from the Faculty Support Committee -- 4. Accepted the report from the Rules Committee -- 5. Accepted the report from the University Admissions and Exceptions Committee -- 6. Accepted the report from the Undergraduate Research Committee -- 7. Accepted the report from the University Tenure and Promotion Committee -- 8. Accepted the University Promotion Guidelines for Teaching Faculty -- (President's report): 1. Provost's Evaluation Survey -- 2. Weapons Policy Training will take place April 26th and 28th -- 3. Weapons Policy Update - Boiler Plate Syllabus -- 4. Planning for Ombudsperson Training -- 5. The Shared Governance Statement -- 6. New WSU Student Fee Structure -- 7. KBOR updates: i. GED - College algebra should not be granted approval (rigor vs content) -- ii. Governance Committee: Weapons Policy discussed -- (Committee reports): 1. Standing Committee annual reports: i. Court of Academic Appeals -- ii. Faculty Affairs -- iii. Faculty Support -- iv. Rules Committee -- v. University Admissions and Exceptions -- vi. Undergraduate Research -- vii. University Tenure and Promotion -- (New business): 1. University Promotion Guidelines for Teaching Faculty, 2nd reading -- 2. Teaching Evaluation Policy, 1st reading -- 3. Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness: Redoing the SPTE? -- 4. YMCA Q&A Session with Dr. Teri Hall canceled -- (As may arise): Qualtrics can be used by faculty to create a midsemester student evaluation / Senator Moore-Jansen