Academic Senate: Minutes 11/18/2008

II.    Roll call-- Present: Brian Adams, Robin Anderson, Genevieve Brassard, Allison Able, Maria Ciriello, Colton Coughlin, Carol Dempsey, Todd Easton, Karen Eifler, Aziz Inan, Mark Ghyselinck, Laura McLary, Caroline Mann, Elise Moentmann, Susan Decker, Marie Napolitano, Hans Nordstrom, Anissa Rogers, Fr. Stephen Rowan, Br. Donald Stabrowski, Jackie Waggoner, Karen Ward. Absent: Fr. Bill Beauchamp, CSC, Shannon Mayer, Lauretta Frederking, Jill Hoddick, Jacquie VanHoomissen

III.    Invocation offered by Brother Donald Stabrowski, CSC

IV.    Approval of minutes from 10/21/08 meeting

V.    Standing Committee Reports:

    i. Executive Committee: Dr. Aziz Inan

      ·    Executive Committee met Nov. 4.

      ·    Sub-committee on the by-laws has met twice; first draft to be ready by the end of Thanksgiving to be presented to the Executive Board of the Senate, and then ready for presentation to the Senate soon afterwards.

      ·    On Feb. 3 the Executive Committee will meet with Fr. Beauchamp

    ii. Committee on Committees: Dr. Todd Easton

      ·    No report.

    iii. Committee on Rank & Tenure: Dr. Jill Hoddick

      ·    No report.

   iv. Committee on Teaching & Scholarship: Dr. Susan Decker

      ·    Second faculty forum of the fall has taken place; attendance is low so the committee is considering alternative times.

      ·    Deliberations for Butine requests have been completed.

      ·    Unused fall monies will roll over to the spring.

      ·    Call for teaching and scholarship awards has gone out.

   v. Committee on Faculty Welfare: Dr. Anissa Rogers

      ·    The committee met with Fr. Rowan and most of the agenda items have been discussed already with the chairs.

      ·    Child care proposal is completed.

      ·    The committee had a request to look into a microwave for the nursing room in the library, and also for a place to wash used equipment. The committee is working on this request.

      ·    The committee has begun working on the family leave policy

   vi. Committee on Curriculum & Academic Regulations: Ms. Caroline     Mann

      ·    Committee has not met.

VI. Presidential Advisory Committees:

    i. Committee on Student Media: Mark Ghyselinck

      ·    Committee will meet soon.

    ii. Committee on Athletics: Dr. Elise Moentmann

      ·     Committee met Oct. 30 and two presentations were offered: Larry Lewis explained the new governing structure for WCC; Dan McGinty presented the 2007-2008 student-athlete scholarship performance.

    iii. Committee on Health and Safety: Dr. Hans Nordstrom

      ·    Committee met Nov. 12 and spoke about the Willamette Blvd. crossing which is on hold till the re-paving by the city occurs in the summer.

      ·    Fire marshal inspections have taken place

      ·   Concerns about heat in the engineering building are being worked on

      ·    Was a MRSA infection in Howard Hall, and appropriate protocols were taken.

      ·    The committee is now performing in-house inspections

   iv. Committee on Information Technology:

      ·    Committee met Nov. 4 and heard plans from Jim Ravelli

      ·    Broke into sub-committees: infrastructure committee, instructional technology committee, communications committee, web technology committee

      ·    Next meeting is scheduled for the first week in December

   v. Committee on Sustainability: Dr. Lauretta Frederking

      ·    Work is ongoing in subcommittees

VII. Other Reports:

    i. Fr. William Beauchamp:

      ·    No report given.

   ii. Dean’s Meeting (Brother Donald):

      ·   The deans met once as a group.

      ·    The deans also met with the officers and all the directors; Father Bill chaired the meeting. This will occur twice a semester to explain what is happening on campus and to discuss the economy. Father asked everyone to be cautious about spending.

      ·    Registration numbers are good for next semester

      ·    The deans met with Karen Nelson who provided overall summary of the faculty summary taken last year

      ·     The deans also met with Brenda Greiner. Brenda reported that a large number of freshmen are dropping classes because of possible failures

      ·    The deans also met with Kurt Mustang from Bon Apetit to touch base

    iii. ASUP

      ·    ASUP just passed 2 new resolutions: one on sustainability; one regarding student parking

      ·    Another resolution on green space that will charge students $10.00 is forthcoming.

      ·    ASUP conducted an audit and discovered that they were in debt from last year; budget will be debated on Monday

      ·    Student leaders attended NACA conference to plan out entertainment for next semester.

      ·    ASUP is having a major movie event, “Dark Night”

      ·    Executive Board leaving for Notre Dame this Thursday for their annual exchange

VIII. New Business:

      ·    No new business

IX. Announcements:

      ·    Dr. Inan mentioned to the senate that Father Beauchamp, in an email note, called attention to the fact that the January 18, 2008 meeting will conflict with a celebration for Basil Moreau

      ·    Dr. Inan suggested possibilities for moving the January meeting.

      ·    Executive Board will make the decision; no suggestions were offered from the senate floor.

X. Adjournment: 4:31 PM

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