Faculty Senate 2003-04
Minutes 10-16-03

LCSC Faculty Senate
Minutes
October 16, 2003

Present:  Kathie Wilcox, Lynne Bidwell, Jim Tarter, David McCullough, Leanne Parker, Clay Robinson, Susan Odom, Alan Marshall for Chris Riggs, Eric Martin, Jeff Matthews, Mike Vernon, Heather Rogers, Arnold Caines, Robbie Reno, Diane Johnson, Verna Studer, Scott Brainard, Linda Coursey 

Absent:  Larry Haapanen, Okey Goode, Anita Darrington, Wayne Carroll, Gary Mayton, Jason Blazzard, Marilyn Heckendorn, Victor White, Gene Straughan, Bill Clouser, Ed Miller

I.                     Call to order 3:20

The Chair asked that all Standing Committee Chairs please supply a copy of your committee report to Lynne for posting to the web and to Linda for the Faculty Senate minutes.

II.                   Introduction of visitors:  Chet  Herbst, Director of Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment, and Kathy Martin attending for Provost Tony Fernandez

III.                  Approval of Oct. 2 minutes: Motion to approve minutes as presented.  Minutes approved as presented.

IV.                Treasury Report: As of this date the amount in the allocated account is $2593.75.  Debits to the account were $6.25 for photocopies.  As of this date, the amount in the Contribution account was $4001.26.  Debits to this account were 37 cents for postage and $12.50 for phone.

V.                  Chair’s Report

A.      The ICHEF meeting with Gov. Kempthorne to discuss salary issues that was scheduled for 10/17 has been postponed until November 3^rd.  The original intent was to ask for a 3% salary increase, but ICHEF has now decided, instead, to ask for the 6.8% raise that the Governor’s Division of Human Resources has recommended for all state employees.  Lynne will post the newspaper article from the Boise newspaper, which reported this recommendation. 

B.     Items from President’s Council: 

·         The Idaho President’s Council has asked 4 million dollars for renovation and repair for higher education facilities.    

·         By state regulation, faculty can donate sick leave only to another faculty member who has exhausted his/her sick leave.

·         There are businesses that will give discounts to holders of an LCSC faculty ID card.  Senators should advise their division members to ask about discounts at local businesses.

·         A separate graduation ceremony for students at the Coeur d’Alene campus is being planned.

VI.                President/Provost’s Report: 

·         Since over 100 students filed for graduation after the deadline, the Provost’s office would like the Senate’s advice and counsel concerning a late fee for late applications for graduation.  The representative for the Registrar’s office suggested the fee be set at $50.00.  The current deadline for filing is two semesters before the expected graduation date.   Motion: Approve a late fee for seniors who apply for graduation after the deadline.  The motion was approved with one negative vote and 3 abstentions. Deadline dates, possible waiver criteria, and the late fee amount will be addressed at the next meeting.  ASB would like to poll students to see how they feel about such a fee.  The initiation of any late fee will be postponed until ASB has had a chance to address this issue and report their position to the Faculty Senate.

·         The Provost asks the Senate to consider a reduction in the number of credits to be considered for Dean’s and President’s List.  The suggested reduction would be from 14 to 12 credits.  Discussion ensued regarding whether the current GPA requirements should remain at 3.25 GPA for Dean’s list and 3.75 GPA for President’s list and when changes should take effect.  The Senators will consult their Divisions on this and we will consider it again at our November 6 meeting.

VII.               Old Business

A.  AAUP Membership Information with Alan Marshall reporting:   

·         May join through the national organization  

·         Dave Thiessen is the local contact

·         Local dues are $10 and $135 for national dues

·         Members receive the organization journal, The Academe, which covers issues related to colleges and university faculties.

·         AAUP website:   http://www.aaup.org

·         AAUP is an organization available to us since Idaho law precludes unionization of college faculty. It could be to faculty advantage if a large percentage of faculty are members.

·         Senators were asked to make this information available to division faculty.

B.      Faculty Association Benevolence Committee Report  

·         At the next faculty association meeting, the committee will be ready to formally establish a Faculty Association Benevolence Committee.  A payroll deduction is possible if there are at least 25 people who wish to participate

·         A fund-raiser is being planned for David Sears.  Look for more information on the Intranet. Contact information will be posted there.   

VIII.              New Business

A.      Legislative luncheon:

·         Scheduled for Jan. 12 or 13, 2004

·         Recognizing that these dates will conflict with opening classes of the semester, each division is asked to support one faculty to go to Boise to attend the luncheon.

·         This would entail a one-night stay to return the next evening.

·         The Faculty Senate donated account will support travel expenses for faculty. 

B.  Standing Committee Reports

1.      Administrative Procedures – Ed Miller:  no report

2.      Faculty Affairs – Jeff Matthews

a.      Forgiveness policy. 

·         Have checked policies of other colleges and universities

·         Will have a draft resolution for the next meeting

b.       Reviewed changes to the distance learning SRI. 

·         The committee approved the changes to drop the line, “The instructor uses class time well,” and to add “Was the technology available and usable?”  and “Approximately how many hours do you spend per week on course work?”   These changes are proposed as a pilot for distance learning.  This is a separate revision process from the campus SRI.   

·         Motion: The Faculty Senate will accept the changes to the SRI that were approved by the Faculty Affairs Committee to be used as a pilot for distance learning for one semester.  Motion approved.

c.       The Committee is working on a way to get faculty input on the campus SRI in a continuous and constructive way with ways to make the survey easy and accessible.  All these proposals are available for view on line.

3.  Budget Liaison Committee:   Will meet next week with the President to work on faculty salaries for the next fiscal year. 

4.       Student Affairs – Wayne Carroll no report

5.      Technology Advisory – Gary Mayton no report

6.      Faculty Development

·         Grants:  9 Faculty Development grants were approved for full funding for fall semester.

·         Action on 2 grant proposals was delayed pending requests for more information.

·         5 sabbatical applications were and rated

7.  Curriculum committee:   Chair Mike Vernon said that proposals can be viewed on the Committee’s web site.

C.  A Senator from BT & S expressed concern that there had been no faculty input to changes to the summer sessions, which will now be two 4 week and one 8 week session only.   The Chair asked the Senators to discuss this with their divisions and will contact the Dean of Community Programs about this before the next Senate meeting.

VII.  Adjournment:  4:55 p.m.

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