Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes
February  14, 2018 (Tentative)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Acting Secretary, Kathy Lehman

Attendance (A-absent; otherwise, present)

Faculty Senate Officers and Senators

I.  Call to Order:  Chair, Kevin Hall

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Agenda

Norm  Dennis made a motion to remove the proposed revisions to policy 1405.12 under New Business, C. APT Committee.  Motion passed.

Agenda approved as amended.

IV. Approval of Minutes of January 17, 2018

The minutes of January 17, 2018 were approved.

V.  Reports

A. Terry Martin - Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

• The Provost is currently traveling and is sorry to miss today's meeting
• The budget process for FY19 is continuing and is still under review
• The Provost would like to express his appreciation to the Non-Tenure Track Task Force and the group's work in drafting policies regarding NTT titles and appointments
• Announcement to attend the General Education Core Curriculum Committee Town Halls - SCEN 302, February 15 and February 21, both at 3:00
• Update on the guiding priorities - Metrics for the priorities have been developed and work is being done to gather currently existing data to have something to measure our progress against
• The Provost continues to hold meetings with departments across campus; he would like to eventually talk to all departments
• Charles Small Presented on the Athletic Department (Powerpoint)
  • The Athletic Department stresses focusing on graduation and eligibility will take care of itself; they also celebrate academic personal bests
  • Demographics of Student Athletes - majority white; 23% African American; 21+different countries represented (49 International Students)
  • Majors:  COEHP:  40%; Fulbright 29%; Walton 22%
  • Growth in performance has been reflected in the student-athlete's GPAs and number of graduates
  • Past fall cumulative GPA, 3.25
  • 17 of 19 teams above 3.0
  • Led the SEC in the number of football student athletes on the honor roll (GPA of 3.0 or above)
  • The Jones Family Student-Athlete Success Center has helped set the culture of high academic standards and expectations
  • Athletics has been working with COEHP and Fulbright the past few years to bring advisors to the athletes; this partnership won the Model Practices award for 2017
  • iBelieve is a pilot program focused specifically on closing the gap of graduation rates of African American males.

B.  Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall

• Echoed what VP Martin said about General Education Core Curriculum Committee town halls and encouraged faculty to attend.
• Several committees continue to be busy with the charges they have been given:  
  • Teaching Council - measuring effective teaching
  • Academic Standards - proposals on today's agenda
  • APT - looking at several different documents and proposals including the ones today from the NTT task force and more will be coming up soon
  • Regarding proposed changes to BOT policy 4051:  the latest revision emailed out earlier today.  Looking for comments.  System President Don Bobbitt is hoping to have proposed changes presented and voted on at the next BOT meeting on March 28-29.  Kevin met with other leadership from state universities and the UA system on January 18 in Little Rock.  He was personally encouraged by efforts to address the faculty's concerns in the newst revised document.  He urges faculty to read it and send comments to feedback@sys.uark.edu or to him kdhall@uark.edu and he will pass those along.

VI.  Announcements

The Spring meeting of the Campus Faculty will be held on Thursday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m. in Giffels Auditorium.  Yvette Murphy-Erby will be our guest speak.

VII. Old Business

There was no old business

VIII. New Business

A.   Recommendations from Academic Standards - Julie Trivitt 

Presented a proposal for the definition of a credit hour which is consistent with the federal defintion; allows for self-paced and distance classes.  The same ratio for in or out of class time would apply for shorter terms than the usual Fall and Spring semesters.  No stipulations for lecture vs. tests vs. activities for face-to-face class time.  The request for a defintion came from the accreditation visit which required us to have a campus definition for credit hours.  To this point, there is no consideration of maxiumum for ratio for lecture vs. out of class.

Policy for additional undergraduate degrees presented.  Allows students to complete degrees at the same time without needing 30 additional hours after the first set of hours earned for the first degree.  Just need to meet the requirements of both degrees (not 150 for a second degree), sould be as low as 120 for two degrees (not to be confused with double, triple majors, etc.)

Credit Hours

Degree Recommendations

B.  Recommendations for changes to the Academic Integrity Policy - Josh Youngblood

• Proposed a change to an existing policy of re-submitting one's own work in a second class or in another offering of a class
• Add a level one violation regarding lying.

Recommendations

C. APT Committee - Norm Dennis

• Lecturer - short term, not promotable
• Instructor - generally appointments of a year at a time, promotable
• Adjunct - unpaid - we currently use this title incorrectly across campus
• Clinical - clinic-like setting, multi-year appointments possible
• Teaching - to replace "clinical" when teaching is more appropriate, multi-year appointments possible
• Research - duties are research-focused, multi-year apopintmnets possible
• Professor of Practice - means to have people with extensive experience join the faculty, multi-year appointment possible
• Visiting - puttling limits on how long they are "visiting"
• Trying to give guidelines across colleges and departments to work within

Academic Policy 1435.50 

D.  Consent Agenda:  The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled February 14, 2018:

1.   Course Change proposals – including undergraduate and graduate classes approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on January 26, 2018, 2017 and the Graduate Council on January 18, 2018:  (pdf_report).

2.   Undergraduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on January 26, 2018:  (pdf_report).

a.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – EGEDBA – English Education, Bachelor of Arts in Teaching (2a_egedba­_reportfeb142018, 2a_egedbat_newlicensure_ltrofintent.pdf, 2a_prof_educ_prog_proposal_egeduabat).

b.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – SSEDBA – Social Studies Education, Bachelor of Arts in Teaching (2b_ssedba_reportfeb142018, 2b_seedbat_newlicensure_ltrofintent, 2b_ssedbat_newlicensure_proposal).

c.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering – BENGBS – Biological Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering (2c_bengbs_reportfeb142018).

d.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering – CHEGBS – Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (2d_chegbs_reportfeb142018).

e.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering – CSCEBA – Computer Science Bachelor of Arts (2e_csceba_reportfeb142018).

3.   Graduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on December 15, 2017 and the Graduate Council on January 18, 2018:

a.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Electrical Engineering ELEGMS – Electrical Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (3a_elegms_reportfeb142018).

b.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation –HSESPH-PDGY – Health, Sport & Exercise Science Kinesiology Pedagogy Concentration (3b_hsesph-pdgy_reportfeb142018).

c.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation –PHEDME –Physical Education (3c_phedme_reportfeb142018).

 4.   Informational item:

New Administrative Unit approved – Blockchain Center of Excellence (BCoE), Department of Information Systems, Walton College of Business (4_bcoe_newadminunit_ltrofnotif, 4_bcoe_newadminunit_proposal).

All items of the consent agenda passed.

IX.  Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 4:37 p.m.

Faculty Senate Minutes
January 17, 2018 (Approved)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Secretary, Linda Jones

Attendance (A-absent; otherwise, present)

Faculty Senate Officers and Senators

I.  Call to Order - Kevin Hall 

Meeting called to order, 3:30 p.m.

II. Roll Call

Roll called.

III. Approval of Agenda

Agenda approved.

IV. Approval of Minutes of December 6, 2017

Minutes Approved

V.  Reports

A. Terry Martin

• Search for Vice Provost for Research underway - it will be an external search but internal candidates will be considered.  Job description will be posted soon. 
• The budget - not sure how it will affect us to freeze tuition; not sure how much new money will come in to our campus.  This tuition freeze is pending the 10 million dollar amount that the Governor hopes to see approved by the legislature for higher education.  Fees have not yet been decided.  Promotion and Tenure packets are at the Provost's level; he is reviewing 60-70 cases. 
• Enrollment on target for the 5000+ new freshman number.  The overall campus enrollment is about 300 students; the goal. 
• Chancellor's fund guidelines will come out in February.  Deadline, March 19th.  Complete support letters will not be required like last year.  

B.  Mike Johnson - Facilities

• Discussion of construction on campus.
• Facility fee increase helps us with our construction projects.  Most recent increase, 2017.  Not sure if an increase will happen in 2018 or not.
• Haven't received much of any capital funding from the legislature in over 13-14 years.  We have had to self sustain, but have been grateful to have tremendous donations, grants, gifts, most of which went to new construction.  
• Will purchase some property in the next few months.  Such property helps to fill out some of our current property.  
• Have renovated several buildings since 2002; labs; classrooms; sports fields for students
• Signa Alpha Epsilon renovation completed - just moved back in in 2018
• NCREPT - research labs; adding on
• Global Campus - partial interior renovation including the auditorium; will be much more in line with online teaching
• Kimpel Hall - renovation and addition of entire building underway; asbestos removal
• Pat Walker Health Center - adding 23,000 square feet; renovating a significant portion of the building
• Library Storage Building - off campus - will take a big percentage of the stacks in Mullins.  40 ft tall walls.  
• Reynolds Stadium - North End Zone well underway
• Phi Mu, Alpha Chi Omega - both under construction
• Delta, Delta, Delta - doing a large renovation as well
• Delta Gamma - will begin in the Spring - new construction
• Arkansas Union - Food court renovation
• Indian Trail Tennis Center - for University recreation.
• Stadium Drive Residence Hall - new construction
• Pomfret Dining Hall - renovation and expansion
• Civil Engineering Center - down at the research park . Capability that does not currently exist in Arkansas.
• Mullins - renovation
• Cato Springs playing fields
• Windgate Art + Design District buildings - up to 150,000 square feet; near the library storage facility
• Fine Arts Center - restoration
• Student Success Center - where the current School of Social Work is located
• Other renovations and expansions are also under consideration for the future; in conversation with the city with regards traffic flow around campus

C. Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall

• Will meet with David Joliffe to discuss the roll out of the new general ed program/curriculm; very close... need to discuss how it will come to Senate.
• Work needs to be done defining credit hours in terms of accreditation; referred to Academic Standards
• Dual degrees being referred to committee
• Teaching Evaluations under review
• P&T processes under review
• Close to the non-tenure track policy - stage 1!
• Will go to Little Rock on January 18th to meet with UA System folks regarding 405.1 proposed changes.

VI.  Announcements

VIII. New Business

A.  Consent Agenda:  The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled January 17, 2018:

1.  Course Change proposals – including undergraduate and graduate classes approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on December 15, 2017 and the Graduate Council on December 14, 2017 (pdf_report).

2.   Undergraduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on December 15, 2017:  (pdf_report).    

a.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food,

and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – EVMG-M - Event Management Minor (2a_evmg-m_report, 2a_evmg-m_newoption_ltrofnotif).

b.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – FREDBA - French Education,

Bachelor of Arts in Teaching (2b_fredba_report, 2b_fredbat_newlicensure_ltrofintent, 2b_prof_educ_prog_proposal_freduabat).

c.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health  Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – GREDBA - German Education,

Bachelor of Arts in Teaching (2c_gredba_report, 2c_gredbat_newlicensure_ltrofintent, 2c_prof_educ_prog_proposal_greduabat).

d.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – SNEDBA - Spanish Education, Bachelor of Arts in Teaching (2d_snedba_report, 2d_snedbat_newlicensure_ltrofintent, 2d_prof_educ_prog_proposal_sneduabat).

e.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering – DATA-M – Data Analytics Minor (2e_data-m_report, 2e_data-m_newoption_ltrofnotif, 2e_data-m_newoption_ltrsofsupport).

3.   Graduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on November 17, 2017 and the Graduate Council on December 14, 2017:

a.    Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Arts and Sciences Dean – CLCSMA - Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Master of Arts (3a_clcsma_report).

b.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Arts and Sciences Dean –CLCSPH - Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Doctor of Philosophy

(3b_clcsph_report, 3b_clcsph_namechange_ltrofnotif, 3b_clcsph_rev_ltrofnotif, 3b_clsc_thesis_dissertations_in_target_language_petition).

c.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Biomedical Engineering – BMEGMS - Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (3c_bmegms_report).

d.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Biomedical Engineering –BMEGPH - Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (3d_bmegph_report).

 e.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Civil Engineering – ENEGMS - Environmental Engineering, Master of Science in Environmental Engineering

(3e_enegms_report).

f.    Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering – CYBRGC - Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate (3f_cybrgc_report, 3f_cybrgc_gradcertif_ltrofnotif, 3f_cybrgc_appendix_a, 3f_cybrgc_appendix_b).

g.   Proposed graduate program change for the Graduate School and International Education– ENDYPH - Environmental Dynamics, Doctor of Philosophy (3g_endyph_report).

h.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – ATTRMA – Athletic Training, Master of Athletic Training (3h_attrma_report). 

All Consent Agenda items approved

4.  Informational item:

New Graduate Faculty Classifications (4_grad_fac_classif121417)

B.  Committee of the Whole.

IX.  Adjourn

The meeting adjourned at 5 or so...

Faculty Senate Minutes
December 6, 2017 (Approved)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Acting Secretary, Kathleen Lehman

Attendance (A-absent; otherwise, present)

Faculty Senate Officers and Senators

I.  Call to Order - Kevin Hall 

Meeting called to order, 3:30 p.m.

II. Roll Call

Roll called.

III. Approval of Agenda

Agenda approved.

IV. Approval of Minutes of November 8, 2017

V.  Reports

A. Provost - Jim Coleman

• • Will give an update on the University’s strategic plan in January
  • There will be a second round of the Chancellor’s Fund: Discovery, Creativity, Innovation and Collaboration awards this spring.  Faculty are encouraged to check the chancellor’s website to see which projects got funding in the first round.  Submissions from the humanities, arts, and social sciences are greatly encouraged.
  • Search updates:
  • • Hoped to have the position to replace Jim Rankin posted by this time, but has decided to take more time to fully consider the expectations of the position and the wording for the posting. Will be appointing and interim, but hopes that person will only be needed for no more than two months.
    • The Dean of Bumpers College was announced yesterday [Deacue Fields].  Thank you to Lona Robertson, who served at interim Dean.
    • Search for the Dean of the Law School is being chaired by Todd Shields; hope to do preliminary interviews at the start of the year.
    • Carolyn Allen will be stepping down as Dean of the University Libraries in December 2018; Provost will be looking to put together a search committee for that. 
  • Committee work updates:
  • • Important work of the Non-Tenure Track Clarity Task Force, led by John Delery [Chancellor’s Fellow] is moving forward.
    • Wesley Stites [Chancellor’s Fellow] is looking at space planning for the University.
    • The General Education Core Curriculum Committee is close to giving their recommendations to the Faculty Senate.
  • Of note: Paul Adams [Associate Professor in Biochemistry] submitted an honors path grant and received a million dollars.  Great example of faculty dedication to the benefit of our students. One example of many of the work you do to support our students.

B.  Academic Integrity, Paul Cronan and Karen Hodges

• • Gave a presentation regarding Academic Integrity on our campus, including the results of a survey given to faculty regarding their AI impressions. (presentation)
    • Cheating happens
    • Reports of violations are up, but so is the student population
    • 1st major area of issue is plagiarism, 2nd aiding, 3rd unauthorized collaboration
    • Sophomores were top reported offenders
    • Recidivism rate is lower for students who participate in educational sanction action (ex. PBHL 2101, UNIV 1011, paper, or assignment)
    • 52.9% of surveyed faculty agree that the policy and process should be educational as opposed to punitive

C. Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall

• • Regarding the proposed changes to the Board of Trustees policies, there has been a lot of emails between the campuses. UCA faculty passed a resolution condemning the proposed changes as an attack on academic freedom. There have been a number of news stories about the situation and a UALR professor has a personal blog, which links to every media story that has been published/posted on the proposed BoT policy changes [http://ualr.edu/resteinbuch/?p=99]. Our Faculty Senate Executive Committee has called for face-to-face meeting with the faculty leadership of the other campuses and with system personnel. Chancellor Steinmetz passed along request to System President Don Bobbitt with endorsement. The System has posted an FAQ document in response to concerns raised [https://www.uasys.edu/news/faq-on-revisions-to-board-policies-405-1-405-4-and-470-1/]
  • Charged Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee has been charged with reviewing policy 1405.10 with an eye to what do we need to do to streamline our own process.  
  • Teaching Council has been charged with how we can be better evaluating teaching in the classroom
  • We anticipate a busy Faculty Senate spring with proposals coming from these and other committees
  • Regarding CEA testing accommodations, there was an announcement that they are full for testing next week [finals week]. For students needing extra time or distraction free area faculty need to work within the departments to provide these environments. Plans for Student Success centers hopefully will include plans to address this need. Engineering, for example, has been blocking unused rooms to use for testing. Work to accommodate the students as much as possible. Want to work with CEA to determine the scope of the problem. How many students are having unmet space needs for testing? Regarding compressed exam schedule: has it resulted in more testing conflicts overall?

VI.  Announcements

Shelby Hanson - Razorgift Donations Needed checktwice.com/wishlist?occasion=oR3g3

Razorgift Handout

VII. Old Business

None

VIII. New Business

Consent Agenda:  The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled December 6, 2017.

1.  Course Change proposals – including undergraduate and graduate classes approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on November 17, 2017 and the Graduate Council on November 16, 2017. (PDF Report).

2.  Undergraduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on November 17, 2017.  (PDF Report).              

a.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – Animal Science, Bachelor of   Science in Agri Food & Life Sciences (2a_ ANSCBS-ANSC report).

 b.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – ANSCBS-EQSC - Animal Science Equine Concentration (2b_ ANSCBS-EQSC report).

 c.  Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – ANSCBS-PPRF - Animal Science Pre-Professional Science Concentration (2c_ANSCBS-PPRF report).

d.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – HOSPBS – Hospitality Management, Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Science (2d_HOSPBS report, 2d_BSHES-HNHI – Reconfig – Ltr of Notification, 2d_HNHIBS – Deletion – Ltr of Notification).

e.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art – ARASBA - Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts (2e_ ARASBA report, 2e_ARTBA – Concentration Deletions – Ltr of Notification, 2e_ARTBA – Reconfig – Ltr of Notification).

f.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art – ARHSBA – Art History, Bachelor of Arts (2f_ARHSBA report, 2f__ARTBA – Concentration Deletions – Ltr of Notification, 2f_ARTBA – Reconfig – Ltr of Notification).

g.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Arts and Sciences Dean – INSTBA - International and Global Studies, Bachelor of Arts (2g_INSTBA report, 2g_INSTBA – Reconfiguration – Ltr of Notification).

h.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of International Studies – GLST-M - Global Studies Minor (2h_GLST-M report, 2h_GLST-M – New Minor – Ltr of Notification).

i.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice – CRIMBA – Criminology, Bachelor of Arts (2i_CRIMBA report, 2i_CRIMBA – Name Change – Ltr of Notification, 2i_CRIMBA – Name Change – Curriculum and Course Descriptions, 2i_CRIMBA – Distance Offering – Proforma, 2i_CRIMBA – Distance Offering – Syllabi, 2i_CRIMBA – Distance Offering – Ltr of Notification).

 j.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction - CATEBS-BUED - Career and Technical Education Business Education Concentration (2j_CATEBS-BUED report, 2j_CATEBS – Revision – Ltr of Notification, 2j_CATEBS – Revision – Curriculum).

k.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CATEBS-FCSE - Career and Technical Education Family Consumer Science Concentration (2k_CATEBS-FCSE report, 2k_CATEBS – Revision – Ltr of Notification, 2k_CATEBS – Revision – Curriculum).

l.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CATEBS-TEED - Career and Technical Education Technology Education Concentration (2l_CATEBS-TEED report, 2l_CATEBS – Revision – Ltr of Notification, 2l_CATEBS – Revision – Curriculum).

m.  Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – EDSTBS - Educational Studies, Bachelor of Science in Education (2m_EDSTBS report).

n.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – SPEDBS - Special Education, Bachelor of Science in Education (2n_SPEDBS report, 2n_SPEDBS – Revision – Ltr of Notification, 2n_SPED BSE – LON E section D).

o.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – KINSBS-EXSC - Kinesiology Exercise Science Concentration (2o_KINSBS-EXSC report).

p.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – CDISBS - Communication Disorders, Bachelor of Science in Education (2p_CDISBS report).

 q.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – PHRWD - Human Resource & Workforce Development Education (Pre-Human Resource & Workforce Development Education) (2q_PHRWD report).

r.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering – BMEGBS - Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (2r_BMEGBS report).

s.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering – ELEGBS - Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (2s_ELEGBS report).

t.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering – INEGBS - Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (2t_INEGBS report).

u.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering – MEEGBS - Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2u_MEEGBS report, 2u_MEEG-AERO – New Option – Ltr of Notification).

Items 2G and 2H were pulled for separate consideration.

All remaining items were passed.

2G and 2H: Discussion was held regarding the name change to include “and Global” in the “International and Global Studies” name and GLST vs INST. Motion to approve these to items was made and seconded.  Items passed.

3.   Graduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on October 27, 2017 and the Graduate Council on November 16, 2017:

a.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness – AGECMS-AGBS – Agricultural Economics, Economics Agribusiness Concentration (3a_AGECMS-AGBS report).

b.  Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness - AGECMS-INAG - Agricultural Economics, Economics International Agribusiness Concentration (3b_AGECMS-INAG report).

c.  Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness – AGECMS - Agricultural Economics, Master of Science (3c_AGECMS report).

d.  Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Art – ARTMFA - Art, Master of Fine Arts (3d_ARTMFA report).

e.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Civil Engineering – CVEGMS - Civil Engineering, Master of Science in Civil Engineering (3e_CVEGMS report).

f.    Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Communication – COMMMA - Communication, Master of Arts (3f_COMMMA report).

g.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of English – ENGLPH - English, Doctor of Philosophy (3g_ENGLPH report).

h.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of History – HISTMA - History, Master of Arts (3h_HISTMA report).

i.    Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Information Systems – ENTSGC – Enterprise Systems Graduate Certificate (3i_ENTSGC report).

j.    Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – CNSLMS - Counseling, Master of Science (3j_CNSLMS report, 3j_CNSLMS – Revision – LON 11C, 3j_LON E – MS in Counseling – School Counseling Concentration, 3j_Section C School Counseling Licensure ADE Current, 3j_CNSLMS-ADCN – New Option – Ltr of Notification, 3j_CNSLMS-RHAB – New Option – Ltr of Notification).

k.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – CNEDPH - Counselor Education and Supervision, Doctor of Philosophy (3k_CNEDPH report, 3k_CNEDPH – Name Change – Ltr of Notification, 3k_CNEDPH – Revision – Ltr of Notification).

l.    Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – RHABMS – Rehabilitation, Master of Science (3l_RHABMS report, 3l_RHABMS – Deletion – Ltr of Notification).

All items passed.

4.   The School of Law Program Change Proposal approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on November 17, 2017:

 Proposed program change for the School of Law, Department of Law – LAWWJD – Law, Juris Doctor (4_LAWWJD report).

All items passed.

5.   Informational items –

a.    Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design proposes establishment of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center.  The mission of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center (UARC) is to inspire current generations to better understand the interconnectedness of economic, social, and environmental systems; to integrate this understanding into knowledge and technological innovation through interdisciplinary research; and to transform the systems upon which our prosperity depends, to make our region, state, and world more resilient and sustainable (5a_UARC – New Admin Unit – Ltr of Notification).

b.    The Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences proposes to change the name of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice to the Department of Sociology and Criminology (5b_SOCI-CRIM – Admin Unit Name Change – Ltr of Notification).

IX.  Adjourn

Meeting adjourned at 4:25pm

Faculty Senate Minutes
October 11, 2017 (Approved)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Secretary, Linda Jones

Attendance ( A-absent; otherwise, present)

Faculty Senate Officers and Senators

I.  Call to Order - Kevin Hall 

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m.

II. Roll Call

Roll called!

III. Approval of Agenda

Agenda approved

IV. Approval of Minutes of September 13, 2017

Minutes approved

V.  Reports

A. Provost's Report - No report given; the Provost is away in Rome.
B. Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall

Agenda is light - but don't feel too secure about this!  Things coming up:

• • • John Delery - a Chancellor's Fellow - He is to lead a panel to look at policies and procedures with regards non tenure track faculty.  Important work.  Have submitted some names of folks to serve from the Faculty Senate.  May see things come our way by the spring semester.
    • Looking at Promotion and Tenure policies and procedures.  Will deliver a charge to the P&T committee to take a comprehensive look at our APT policies on this campus, with a focus primarily on tenure and tenure track.   New software may be coming our way that can help with annual review, and potentially with tenure and promotion as well.
    • Also looking at the Teaching Council and their work on teaching evaluation.

VI.  Announcements

Just under 30,000 for the United Way Campaign.  Still hope to meet our goal.

The Fall meeting of the Campus Faculty will take place on Thursday, October 26th from 3:30 – 4:30pm in Giffels Auditorium.   Topic - Gun Law on Campus.

VII. Old Business

VIII. New Business

A.  Consent Agenda:  The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled October 11, 2017:

1.   Course Change proposals – including graduate classes approved by theUniversity Course and Programs Committee on August 4, 2017 as well as undergraduate classes on September 22, 2017 and the Graduate Council on August 17, 2017:  (PDF Report).

2.  Informational items –

     a.    Applied Sustainability Center – deletion (2a_APPL SUST Ctr – Admin Unit Deletion –Ltr of Notification, 2a_Applied Sustainability – Closing Document).

     b.    RFID Research Center – deletion (2b_RFID Res Ctr – Admin Unit Deletion – Ltr of Notification, 2b_RFID Center Closing Letter). 

IX. Adjourn

3:48 adjournment

Faculty Senate Minutes
September 13, 2017 (Approved)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Secretary, Linda Jones

Attendance ( A-absent; otherwise, present)

Faculty Senate Officers and Senators

I.  Call to Order - Kevin Hall 

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m.

II.  Roll Call

Roll called!

III.  Approval of Agenda

Agenda approved

IV. Approval of Minutes of April 12, 2017 and  May 3, 2017

Minutes approved

V.  Reports

A. Provost - Jim Coleman

The Provost reported on the following:

• • Happy to answer questions with regards new assignments and the Gen Ed committee
  • Excited that Yvette Murphy has accepted the Diversity position.
  • Guiding priorities on the website.  
  • Chancellor's State of the Union tomorrow.
  • Pleased to have been able to offer faculty salary raises this past summer.
  • Moving more of the budget into advancing student success
  • Hope to announce the 10 proposal winners within the week.
  • Hope to announce the next round of call for proposals by the end of the Fall semester
    • 17 faculty members served
    • 75 proposals received - reviewed in subsets with written reviews provided for each
    • Review sheets will be provided
    • Want to be transparent with feedback
    • The 10 selected represent 23 or 24 departments across campus.
    • Challenging but fair process.
  • There will be investment in faculty salaries this year.  It remains an action item for this year.

Terry Martin discussed the Gen Ed program

• • A committee looking into Gen Ed
  • Committee putting together goals and learning outcomes for Gen Ed
  • Representation from every college on the committee
  • They will send their results back out to the college to see if further changes need to occur
  • Eventually will come to the Faculty Senate for approval

B. Parking - Gary Smith

Presentation

• • Parking is an auxiliary to the university; no funds for parking come from the university
  • Whoosh! - an online payment system to pay for a guest parking meters
  • License Plate Recognition - hope to have this in place soon; still testing

C. Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall

The Chair reported on the following:

• • Thank you to all of the Senators 
  • Thank you to Linda Jones and the website updates
  • Thank you to the Committee on Committees and the hard work in to fill our committees
  • Going to work on our governance documents this year; committee structures, elections, teaching, P&T and so on.

VI.  Announcements

United Way Campus Committee - Stacy Leeds

• • • 83rd United Way Campaign
    • Formal kickoff, a week from this Monday, 3 pm in the Union Connections Lounge 
    • October 2 - October 27 . 
    • Asking students to engage in this process by donating $1.  Vinmo will be an option.
    • $160,000 campaign goal
    • Focusing on childhood poverty in Northwest Arkansas
    • 38 agencies can be donated to specifically if you would like to do this.  Must donate a minimum of $100.
    • If a 501C3 agency in NW Arkansas is your choice for support and it is not a United Way organization, you can still choose them.  Also $100.

VII. Old Business

None

VIII. New Business

A.  Consent Agenda:  The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled September 13, 2017:

 1.   Course Change proposals – including graduate classes approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on August 4, 2017 as well as undergraduate and law classes on August 4, 2017 and the Graduate Council on August 17, 2017:  (PDF Report).

2.   Undergraduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on August 4, 2017:  (PDF Report).

a.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness – AGBSBS          –Agricultural Business, Bachelor of Science in Agri Food & Life Sciences (2a_AGBSBS Report).

b.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness – AGBSBS-ABMM, Agricultural Business Agri Management & Marketing Concentration (2b_AGBSBS-ABMM Report).

c.  Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – FDSC-M – Food Science Minor (2c_FDSC-M Report).

d.  Item d pulled at the request of the University Course and Programs committee.

e.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences,      Department of English – ENGLBA-CRWR – English/Creative Writing Concentration (2e_ENGLBA-CRWR Report).

f.    Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Economics – INTBBB – International Business, Bachelor of Science in International Business (2f_INTBBB Report).

g.   Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of       Engineering Dean – ENGR Acad Regs – ENGR College Academic Regulations (2g_ENGR Acad Regs Report).

3.   Graduate program change proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on August 4, 2017 and the Graduate Council August 17, 2017:

a.   Proposed graduate program change for the School of Architecture and Design Dean – DSGNMDS - Design Studies, Master of Design Studies (3a_DSGNMDS Report, 3a_DSGNMDS – New Degree – Appendices.pdf, 3a_DESGNMDS-New Degree – Ltr of intent.docx, 3a_DSGNMDS – New Degree – Proposal_1_Form.docx).

b.   Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing -  NURSMS- EXLD - Nurse Executive Leader Concentration (3b_NURSMS-EXLD Report).

c.   Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing – NURSMS-NUED – Nursing Nurse Educator Concentration (3c_NURSMS-NUED Report).

d.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – HSESPH-HLBV – Health, Sport & Exercise Science Health Behavior Concentration (3d_HSESPH-HLBV Report).

e.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering –  OPMGMS – Operations Management, Master of Science in Operations Management (3e_OPMGMS Report).

f.   Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Physics – PHYSPH – Physics Doctor of Philosophy (3f_PHYSPH Report, 3f_PHYSPH – Employer Needs Surveys.pdf, 3f_PHYSPH-SPAC – Deletion – Ltr of Notification.docx, 3f_PHYSPH – Reconfig – Ltr of Notification.docx).

4.  Informational items –

a.   Graduate Council - Changes in policy for Graduate Certificates.

At its May 18, 2017, meeting, the Graduate Council approved removing the line:

"Students who enter a graduate certificate program may use up to six hours of course work taken previously at the University of Arkansas." The Council believes that graduate students should be able to apply any qualifying courses taken at the U of A toward the requirements of the graduate certificate, if the certificate advisory committee approves.  For additional details, please review the attached report. (4a_Graduate Certificates report).

b.   UTCHCS – Licensure for UA Teach Computer Science 4-12 (4b_UTCHCS – New Licensure – Ltr of Intent E, 4b_UTCHCS – New Licensure – Ltr of Notification E, 4b_UTCHCS – New Licensure – Program Proposal.docx).

All Consent Agenda Items Approved

B. Senate Elections (Executive Committee and Campus Council)

Executive Committee Election Results:  Jim Gigantino, Tim Kral, Neil Allison, Cheryl Murphy, Don Johnson

IX. Adjourn

Meeting adjourned at 4:30.

Agenda
Faculty Senate
May 3, 2017
Email Consent Agenda (Approved)

Consent Agenda:  The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled May 3, 2017:

1.  Course Change proposals – including undergraduate and graduate law approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on April 28, 2017 and the Graduate Council on   April 20, 2017 (PDF Report).
  
2.   Undergraduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on April 28, 2017 and the Graduate Council on April 20, 2017 (PDF Report):

a.  Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematical Sciences– MATHBA – Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (2a_MATHBA Report).

b.  Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics - PHYSBS-BIPH - Physics Biophysics Concentration (2b_PHYSBS-BIPH Report).

3.   Graduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on March 17, 2017 and the Graduate Council on April 20, 2017:

Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation - RESMME – Recreation and Sport Management, Master of Education (3_RESMME Report).

4.   Announcements:

      a.  Jeannine Durdik was selected as chair of UCPC for 2017-2019.

      b.  UCPC approved the following meeting dates for 2017-2018 (4b_UCPC Meeting Dates_2017-2018).