September 13, 2017

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

 

Attendance ( A-absent; otherwise, present)

Faculty Senate Officers and Senators

OFFICERS  Kevin Hall
 Kathleen Lehman		  Fran Hagstrom
 Tom Jensen		  Robert Brady  Linda Jones  John Pijanowski (A)
COLLEGE OR SCHOOL          
School of Architecture  Frank Jacobus        
School of Law  Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile        
Library  Stephanie Pierce (A)        
Walton College  Rajiv Sabherwal (A)  TBD (A)  TBD (A)  TBD (A)  
College of Engineering  Paneer Selvam  Manuel Rossetti  Justin Chimka  Kevin Hall  
Bumpers College  Ioannis E. Tzanetakis  Kate Shoulders  Bruce Ahrendsen  Navam Hettiarachchy  Don Edgar
College of EDHP  Chris Goering  Kaitlin Gallagher  Kristin Higgins  Stephanie Lusk (A)  Lisa Bowers
Fulbright College  Anna Zajicek
 Hope Christiansen
 Myria Allen (A)
 William Quinn		  James Gigantino
 Fred Spiegel (A)
 Ravi Barabote (A)
 Calvin White (A)		  Weston Wilkerson
 Shauna Morimoto (A)
 Dennis Brewer (A)
 Denise Beike (A)		  Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam
 Stephen Caldwell
 James Lampinen		  Matt McIntosh (A)
 Kathy Comfort
 Michael Landman
At-Large Members  Cheryl Murphy
 Luti Salisbury
 Tom Jensen		  Kelly Hammond
 Deborah Korth
 Karen Sebold (A)		  David Gay
 Michelle Gray (A)		  Norm Dennis
 Neil Allison		  Timothy Kral
 Don Johnson
Non-Voting Senators in Administration        
Joe Steinmetz (A)
Kathy Van Laningham
Kim Needy (A)
Lynda Coon (A)		  Jim Coleman
 Don Judges
 Matthew Waller (A)
 Melissa Harwood Rom (A)		  Ro DiBrezzo (A)
 Charles Robinson (A)
 Michael Miller
 Julie Cromer		  Jim Rankin (A)
 Lona Robertson
 John English (A)
 John Fagg		 Terry Martin
 Peter MacKeith
 Stacey Leeds		  Suzanne McCray (A)
 Todd Shields (A)
 Carolyn Henderson Allen (A)


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.