THE MINUTES OF THE
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE MEETING HELD
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Uday Tate, Rex McClure, Joe Stone, Deepak Subedi, Maurice Lockridge (Assistant
Chair), Linda Dobbs, Jonathan Cox, Mike Murphy, Brian Morgan, Karen Mitchell,
Bonita Lawrence, Basant Karna, Burnis Morris, Charles Hossler, Karen McNealy,
Sandra Prunty, Pat Conlon, Wael Zatar, Ben Miller, Eldon Larsen, Janet Dozier,
Jennifer Mak, Eric Arnold, Mary Jo Graham, Keith Beard, Camilla Brammer (Chair),
Marty Laubach, Donna Sullivan, Barbara Tarter, Christina Burgueno, Christine
Huhn, Josh Hagen, Kathleen Bledsoe, Jennifer Sias (Recording Secretary), Mike
Goldman, Elaine Hardman, Charles Clements, Pier Paolo Claudio, Jerry Jones, and
Tracy Christofero.
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Mark Zanter, Michael Norton, Liz Murray, Scott Sarra, Tom Jones, Kelly Harlow,
Mike McComas, Gregg Twietmeyer, Chris White, Ernest Walker, Nancy Norton, Tina
Sias, and Rudy Wang.
PARLIAMENTARIAN:
Cheryl Brown present.
GUESTS:
Gary McIlvain, Stephen Kopp, Barbara Winters, Steve Hensley, Frances Hensley,
Gayle Ormiston, Leonard Deutsch, Shortie McKinney, Rosalyn Templeton, Monica
Brooks, and Corley Dennison.
Declaring that there
was a quorum, Faculty Senate Chair, Dr. Cam Brammer called the meeting to order
at approximately 4:06 p.m.
1.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of the
November 20, 2008 meeting were approved as read.
2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dr. Cam Brammer
A.
Announced a reminder that Senators should sit around the table, others should
sit at the chairs provided and cell phones should be set to “silent” mode. To
ensure an accurate recoding of the meeting, Senators should use the microphones
when speaking; also, they are to stand and state their name and department.
B.
Announced the December meeting schedules: ACF – no meeting scheduled; HEPC – no
meeting scheduled; and the MUBOG – no meeting scheduled.
C.
Announced a reminder that the January 29, 2009 Faculty Senate meeting will be
held in room BE5 (located in the basement) in the Memorial Student Center.
D.
Announced that the next meeting of the Executive Committee is scheduled for
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 beginning at 12:00 p.m. in the John Spotts Room of the
Memorial Student Center. Traditionally the first meeting of the spring semester
is held on Tuesday in order to lessen faculty’s hectic schedule on the first day
of the semester.
E.
Announced that there are no standing committee reports scheduled for the January
29, 2009 Faculty Senate agenda due to the time off between semesters.
F.
Announced that the deadline for submitting final grades for this semester is
12:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2008.
G.
Announced that the university president has approved the following
recommendations: SR-08-09-05 BAPC, SR-08-09-06 LAC, and SR-08-09-04 UFC; the
university president has returned unsigned recommendation SR-08-09-07 IS as he
feels this is an internal matter within the Faculty Senate.
H.
Announced that the Lewis College of Business’ division of Management & Marketing
has voted to change its name to Management, Marketing & Management Information
Systems. This change has been approved by Academic Affairs.
3.
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SR-08-09-08 CC:
Recommends approval of the listed COURSE ADDITIONS in the following
colleges and/or schools: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES, COLLEGE OF FINE
ARTS, and the COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-08-09-09 CC:
Recommends approval of the listed COURSE CHANGE for the COLLEGE OF
LIBERAL ARTS. WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED.
SR-08-09-10 BAPC:
Recommends that the current CLASS ATTENDANCE policy, as stated on pages
128-130 of the 2008-2009 Marshall University Undergraduate Catalog, be revised
as follows with proposed changes being indicated with new language in bold
font and deleted language as strikethrough.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
SR-08-09-12 IS:
Recommends that the Faculty Senate endorse the establishment of an annual,
campus-wide festival to celebrate student learning that will provide a common
time for presenting and publicizing to the Marshall University community,
alumni, Legislators, Board of Governors, perspective students, and other members
of the region the work that students and faculty mentors are already doing.
WAS MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.
4.
REPORT OF THE
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:
Dr. Stephen Kopp
Stated that he had no formal report but would like to clarify why he did not
sign the recommendation (SR-08-09-07 IS). He feels it is the prerogative of the
Faculty Senate to form its ad hoc committees and there should be no interference
from his office.
He was very pleased with the attendance at the December Convocation and there is
discussion of beginning two commencement ceremonies, December and May. Also, due
to the attendance there is discussion of moving the ceremony from the Keith
Albee to a larger facility.
5.
REPORT OF THE
PROVOST:
Dr. Gayle Ormiston
Stated that he had no formal report and would like to thank all faculty for
their service this semester.
6.
STANDING COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
Each liaison reported to-date on their respective committee.
7.
REQUESTS TO SPEAK TO
THE SENATE:
(5 minutes per person)
There were none.
8.
AGENDA REQUESTS FOR
FUTURE MEETINGS:
There were none.
THE MEETING WAS
ADJOURNED AT 4:40 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ms. Jennifer Sias,
Recording Secretary
Faculty Senate