Report from Executive Committee Meeting

1 November, 2005

 

 

1.     Meeting of 1 November, 2005

 

Attending:  Reeves, Tippett, Karr, Boyd, Franz, Delugach, Gaede, Radonovich

1.1       Faculty Senate President’s report:

No Report.

1.2       Reports from Administration

Dr. Radonovich reported that he has authorized and allocated monies to buy new equipment and software for Testing Services.  He also reported that the cost of Scantron is high and Testing Services has a small staff with many tasks.  They are requesting that Scantron only be used for major testing.  They have been having groups of 25 students taking weekly or daily quizzes and this is expensive.

Dr. Radonovich reported he met with Dr. Gerald Karr and Dr. John Gregory regarding the REU.  Dr. Radonovich and Dr. Gregory have committed funds for the project.  When the REU was proposed it was proposed that the Finance and Resources Committee of the Faculty Senate serve as the Oversight Committee.  Would you like another group such as the Faculty and Student Development Committee to serve as the initial oversight committee?  Dr. Radonovich asked for the input of the Executive Committee on who they wish to oversee the project initially.

 

1.3    Committee Items and Chair Reports 

 

1.3.1        Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Rhonda Gaede and Kathy Newman).

Dr. Gaede reported the Committee is still discussing the Course Approval Forms and thinking about having one for graduate and one for undergraduate.  There was some discussion regarding 400/500 level courses and inconsistency across campus with handling these courses as well as 500 level courses that both graduate and undergraduate student can take.  Dr. Gaede will write down concerns and questions and send them to Dr. Reeves who will take them to the Graduate Council.

1.3.2        Personnel (Lynn Boyd). 

Dr. Boyd reported the OSP Survey went out and is due Friday, November 4, 2005.  The Committee plans to analyze the data in the next two weeks and come up with recommendation and submit them to the Vice President for Research.  Dr. Reeves will work with Dr. Snider to send an email reminder for individuals to return the surveys.

1.3.3    Governance and Operations (Donald Tippett).

The Committee is receiving election ballots for the Faculty Appeals Committee Elections.  They should have the results by Monday.

1.3.4    Faculty and Student Development (Harry Delugach). 

The Committee is still working on publicizing the summary information from the University Judicial Board somewhere either in Insights or the Exponent.  The Committee is still gathering turnitin.com information.

1.3.5        Finance and Resources (Melinda Lawson). 

No Report.

1.3.6        Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs (Jeffrey Neuschatz). 

No Report.

1.4      Agenda

Agenda items were approved for the upcoming Faculty Senate Meeting.