Faculty Senate Minutes - Monday, September 28, 2015
CH 126 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Senators Present: Ahmed,Asaduzzman, Barut, Bergman, Brooks, Castro, Chand, Chopra, Close, Cramer, Decker, Dehner, Ewing, Huckstadt, Hull, Hunsicker, Jin, Johnson, Moore-Jansen, Mosack, Myose, Palmer, Rillema, Ross, Shaw, Walker, Woods, Yao, Yeager, Yildirim
Senators Absent: Adler, Babnich, Bryantk, Chang, Deibel, Hughes, Lu, Muthiachareon, Shukaev, Solomey
Senators Excused:Celestink, Rokosz
Summary of Action:
1. Accepted appointments of Jeremy Patterson (Education) and Gerald Scholl (Fine
Arts) to the Faculty Support Committee
I. Call to order – Meeting called to order at 3:30 by President Peer Moore-Jansen
II. Informal Statements and Proposals - None
III. Approval of the Minutes
a. Minutes of the meeting on September 14, 2015 were accepted as presented
IV. Updates
a. Dr. Jay Price – Reported on the passing of Senator Klunder. A recognition ceremony will be held
for Senator Klunder on Saturday, October 3rd, at 10:00AM at the Broadway Mortuary.
Donations can be made to the American Red Cross Blood Donation.
President Moore-Jansen spoke about Senator Klunder’s contributions to the faculty senate and the university. Senators Brooks and Ross marked Senator Klunder’s absence from the meeting with a red rose. The faculty senate honored Senator Klunder with a moment of silence. Following the moment of silence, senators were asked to give a round of applause for senator Klunder for the “man he was and the senator he was.”
b. President Moore-Jansen asked Senator Mosack to provide an update on the WATC-WSU partnership. Senator Mosack has been asked by President Bardo to head an Advisory Committee to examine the feasibility of the partnership for WSU and WATC. Senator Mosack stated she would like to bring something to the faculty senate by March or mid-April. General questions and discussion focused on the role of HLC, the faculty’s role in financial consideration discussions, the opportunity for faculty to vote and the reason(s) behind the proposed partnership.
c. President Moore-Jansen reminded faculty of the upcoming nominations for the Academy of Effective Teaching. Senators were asked to urge all eligible students to vote for their outstanding faculty member.
V. President’s Report
President Moore-Jansen attended the KBOR meeting on September 16, 2015. The following topics/issues/concerns were discussed:
a. WSU Tuition Proposal – WSU students from the Tulsa and Oklahoma city areas would
receive in state tuition
b. Chemical and Materials Engineering – a proposal to allow the WSU engineering college
to develop a funding proposal with an emphasis on chemical and materials engineering
(funding is not for developing a department)
c. Post Tenure Review - discussion focused on sharing the WSU guidelines - 5.14 P
& P, as not all institutions currently have guidelines
d. Merit Raises – discussion focused on how merit is awarded
e. Faculty outreach – discussion related to faculty visiting communities in order
to better understand where students come from and how to support them in class
f. Weapon Safety and Classroom Climate – effective July 1, 2017, students can carry
concealed weapons on campus. This topic generated a great deal of discussion among
the members of the faculty senate. President Moore-Jansen stated the discussion needs
to continue, the topic will be discussed at the next executive committee meeting and
all senators were encouraged to engage colleagues in the discussion.
VI. Committee Reports
a. Rules Committee – Senator Bayram Yildirim, Chair, submitted two nominations for accepteance -- to
the Faculty Support Committee members Jeremy Patterson (College of Education) and
Gerald Scholl (School of Music )
b. One vacant seat on the University Exceptions Committee needs to come from Humanities,
send nominations to Senator Yildirim
VII. New Business - None
a. President Moore-Jansen recognized and thanked the College Deans in attendance
b. The card senators signed will be delivered to Senator Klunder’s family
VIII. As may arise – None
IX. Adjournment – at 4:25 PM