Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 10, 2007
SUB 143

I.         Call to Order

          The meeting was called to order at 3:17 p.m. by the Chair.

      Present:  Leanne Parker, Tony Fernandez, Susan Odom, Debbie Goodwin, Barbara
Barnes, Scott Brainard, Wayne Carroll, Mike Collins, Ken Wareham for Linda Coursey,
Claire Davis, Diane Douglas, Brian Fonnesbeck, Matt Johnston, Cheryl Jurgens, Alan
Marshall, Eric Martin, Dave McCullough, Clayton McKee, Travis Osburn, Mike Owen,
Chris Norden for Joe Pergola, Mark Sanders, Michelle Sotka, Lori Stinson, Tom Urquhart,
Mike Vernon

      Absent:  Rik Brosten, Brian Christenson, Rhonda Combs, Rachel Jameton, Joni Mina,
Anna Vaughan

      Visitors:  Rob Lohrmeyer

II.        Petition Committee Restructure

      Rob Lohrmeyer reported.  Two documents were included:  1) the petition form,
which includes on the back who makes what decisions, is staying the same and 2)
the makeup of the Committee (see attached) – need to establish the process for
choosing faculty members to be on the Committee (one Professional-Technical and
three Academic).  For FA07, need to select one more Academic faculty member (the
current three faculty members will remain).  Appeals beyond the Petition Committee
would go to the four Deans and ultimately the Provost.  A suggestion was made to
put titles versus names; i.e., Registrar and Financial Aid.  This committee involves
some summer work and generally meets every other week during the academic year. 
It is also looking to rotate faculty through.  Some things may need to be codified at
the first Faculty Senate meeting in FA07.

III.      Approval of Minutes

      Minutes from the April 26, 2007, Senate meeting were approved with an amendment
to the Lane Community College reference.

IV.       Provost’s Report

1.   Tenure is being provided as an option for faculty who are librarians.  They will
need to indicate whether they want to, though, within a certain time period. 
Board policy states that Professional-Technical faculty are still not eligible per
the SBOE.

2.   There were $2,000-$2,500 funds left in Faculty Development from last year
and possibly the year before.  These were awarded in the next academic year.

3.   The MSW ceremony took place last week (this is BSU’s MSW program with
which LCSC has cooperated).

V.        Treasury Report

      Faculty Senate Appropriated Account:                   $2,890.25

      Faculty Association Account:                                $4,223.28

      Faculty Benevolence Account:                              $2,428.94

      The report was unanimously approved.

VI.       Chair’s Report

President’s Council

1.   Art Under the Elms – attendance was up slightly from last year.

2.   Registration – encourage students to pre-register.

3.   Graduation – line up at 5 p.m. on the truck ramp.  If it is raining, go just
inside the ramp doors at the west corridor.

4.   Student incident – on May 2, debriefed the incident regarding a student
threat, including a survey of those involved.  Assessment – overall pleased. 
Most people were called at home and before 6 a.m.  Most felt that they
were adequately informed and the phone tree worked as it was supposed
to.  Campus Security and the Lewiston Police Department made suggestions:
rooms numbers and student names did not always match, but need to;
clarification is needed regarding the difference between “lock down” and
“closed”; also clarification is needed regarding what constitutes “campus”
(e.g., Lewiston main campus, and/or north Lewiston site, and/or outreach
sites, and/or CdA campus); if questions, call your Dean or Division Chair,
not Security or Media Officer.

5.        Reviewed all-campus meeting.  Take home message from President Thomas
is that this is a good year for one-time money, but less so for non-dedicated
funds.  All graduations were well attended.

6.        FA07 – enrollment is up 2 percent at this point.

7.   Formal recommendations for raises and UAP action items will be decided within
the next two weeks.

8.   Datatel – a major overhaul begins May 23.  Grades need to input by May 21
at noon.  Students can view grades from 5 p.m. May 21 through the 22^nd. 
As of 8 a.m. on the 23^rd, they cannot and will not be able to again until
May 29 at 8 a.m.  Once grades have been input, faculty need to click on
“View Grades” to ensure they have been input accurately.

VII. Old Business

      Curriculum Committee recommendation regarding “C-” being a passing grade beginning
in FA07 was unanimously approved.

VIII New Business

      General Education Committee goals (see attached) Original motion was moved as
written and seconded.  Discussion:  Humanities expressed serious reservations
regarding affixing credits to goals, and the language component (if tied to credits)
is confusing.  Education had problems with service learning (although it is not included
on the goals presented to Faculty Senate at this time) and will vote no even though
a superb job was done.  The Registrar indicated that sooner or later courses will need
to be attached to goals, including credits, and that the SBOE provides credit
requirements.  Social Sciences mentioned that these goals have been in the making
for 4-5 years and there have been many missed opportunities for providing feedback
from faculty.  Nursing and Health Sciences made a motion to amend the original motion
by approving the goals minus credits attached to them, and the amended motion was
seconded. The question was called, and the calling of the question passed with only
one opposed and no abstentions.  Amended motion passed with 14 for and 8 opposed.

IX.       Standing Committees

A.        Administrative Procedures (Susan Odom) – no report.

      CRC – the President provided guidelines for allocating change in compensation
and supervisors have made their recommendations based on these guidelines. 
The total document is on the CRC website.

B.   Budget Liaison (Leanne Parker) – no report.

C.   Curriculum (Lori Stinson) – BTS proposal (see attached).  Unanimously approved.

D.   Faculty Affairs (Matt Johnston) – no report.

E.   Faculty Development (Michelle Sotka) – no report.

F.   General Education (Eric Martin) – no report.

G.   Student Affairs (Rachel Jameton) – no report.

H.   Technology Advisor (Mark Sanders) – no report.

X.        Other/Good of the Order

      Congratulations were given to Brian Christenson on becoming Chair-Elect.

      There is an after-commencement gathering at the Registrar’s house.  Invitations
were sent to the Chairs for dissemination.

XI.  Adjournment

      Meeting adjourned at 4:26 p.m. by the Chair.

PETITION COMMITTEE PROPOSAL

Current  Membership

Dean of Academic Programs

Dean of Professional Technical Programs

Dean of Student Services

Dean of Community Programs

Diana Ames – academic faculty member

Ed Miller academic faculty member

Bill Frei – professional technical faculty member

Diane Douglas – non-voting member

Laura Hughes – non-voting member

Proposed Membership

Dean (one only)

Division Chair (one only)

Four faculty members – 1 professional technical, 3 academic

Diane Douglas - nonvoting

Laura Hughes – nonvoting

Proposed:

1.  The committee will continue to be chaired by the Dean (generally either the Academic
or PT Dean or their designee), who will write the letters to students based upon the
 committee decision.

2.  The senate would appoint a new academic faculty member for Fall 2008 – retaining
the current faculty membership for consistency in the first year.

3.  Each year one faculty member would rotate off of the petition committee and the
senate would appoint a new member. 

4.  Each year the Division Chairs will nominate one Chair to represent them on the
committee.

5.  All appeals of the petition committee decisions would come first to the Deans Council
and secondly to the Provost. 

The following set of goals is proposed, as a working document that will guide the
General Education Committee’s decision making process on matters relating to
a courses suitability for inclusion in the Skills, Basic Knowledge (Distributive), or
Values Clarification (Integrative) Components of the LCSC General Education Core
Requirements.

LCSC General Education Goals

TOTAL CREDITS (38-40 Credits)

SKILLS COMPONENTS (12 Credits)

Communication Component (9 Credits)

·         To express ideas in clear, logical and grammatically correct written English. 

Courses which fulfill this requirement will teach students the fundamental
skills involved in writing personal, descriptive, expository, and persuasive
essays and/or research papers, with attention to correct logic, spelling,
punctuation, grammar, and manuscript style.

·         To understand how to obtain information in order to identify, retrieve, and
use resources for study or research.

Courses which fulfill this requirement will have a significant focus on utilizing
library resources, both in print and electronic, and will improve students’
internet literacy skills.

·         To express ideas clearly, correctly, logically, and persuasively in spoken
English.

Courses which fulfill this requirement will teach students how to express
themselves clearly, correctly, logically, and persuasively in spoken English in
one or more of the following contexts: interpersonal communication, small
group communication, and/or public communication.

Mathematics Component (3 credits)

·         To understand mathematics and quantitative methods as logical constructs
and employ this understanding to solve problems and manipulate associated
 abstract symbols.

Courses which fulfill this requirement will introduce students to the axiomatic
nature of mathematics, ensure a minimum level of algebraic competency, help
students understand how mathematics both reflects and models the observable
world, give students the ability to generalize these ideas and modify them to
solve quantitative problems in a changing world.

DISTRIBUTIVE COMPONENT (22 Credits)

Natural Science Component (7 Credits)

• To understand science as a way of knowing and how it explains the natural world,
  and, by understanding these fundamentals, be able to employ critical thinking skills.

Courses which fulfill this requirement will teach students how to employ the scientific
method, recognize the importance of science in their every day lives, and write in
a scientifically meaningful way through critical analysis of primary literature and
laboratory experimentation.

Humanities Component (6 Credits from two areas)

·         To understand how literature explores the human condition and examines
human values.

Courses which fulfill this requirement will teach students how literature both
reflects and shapes human experience and values, including freedom of thought
and expression, and how literature illuminates human experience across the
dimensions of time, geography, culture, language, and imagination.

·         To understand how philosophy influences human thought and behavior.

Courses which fulfill this requirement (1) address how the discipline of philosophy
approaches questions and problems, particularly focusing on learning how to apply
a philosophical reasoning to fundamental questions, and (2) develop an introductory
level understanding of major philosophers’ views on epistemology, metaphysics and
especially ethics (practical reason and virtue).

·         To understand the creative processes, aesthetic principles, and the historical
 traditions of one or more of the fine arts.

Courses which fulfill this requirement will lead students to demonstrate (1)
understanding of creative and aesthetic principles involved in the creation of
art, i.e., one or more of the domains of music, drama, dance, film or visual art
(painting, drawing, design, sculpture, architecture, etc.), (2) understanding of
the historical development of one or more of the arts, with particular emphasis on
the relationship between art and culture, and (3) familiarity with classic or iconic
works of art and the lives of their creators.

*A studio art class will not fulfill this Goal.

·         * To develop communication skills in a second language and an understanding
of that language’s cultural context.

Courses which fulfill this requirement increase students’ ability to communicate in
a foreign/heritage language and understanding of that languages’ culture context.

* Second language skills are required by many majors and all those working on a
BA. See particular program for details.  Second language credits are IN ADDITION
to the 38 hours General Education Core Requirements.

Social and Behavioral Sciences Component (9 Credits from at least two
 disciplines)

·         To understand how the social sciences explain the relationship(s) between
 individuals, communities, and global structural forces, such as political and
 economic institutions.

Courses which fulfill this requirement increase students’ knowledge of how social
scientists discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among
individuals, groups, institutions, and ideas.

·         To understand the dynamic elements of a society’s culture, as well as a
culture’s holistic aspects and its influence on all aspects of society.

Courses which fulfill this requirement stress 1) the concept of culture; 2) the
distinction between a society and a culture; 3) the concept of cultural holism,
dynamism, and interrelationships; 4) the adaptive nature of culture; 5) the tools
by which to analyze a society’s culture; 6) a cross-cultural perspective on our
pluralistic society, and on the world in general.

·         To understand the historical development of the contemporary world and
how history explains the past.

Courses which fulfill this requirement 1) increase students’ knowledge of the
methods and data that historians employ to explain the past 2) examine
institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

INTEGRATIVE COMPONENT (3 Credits)

Ethics/Values Component (3 Credits)

·         To apply values or ethical principles in evaluating potential solutions to
current social or environmental problems. 

Courses which fulfill this requirement will focus value and ethical questions
of contemporary society.

Diversity Component (No Additional Credits, double dip with designated
courses from other areas of the core)

·         To increase awareness and appreciation for the diversity that exists in
society relative to historical and contemporary experiences from the
perspectives of women and men of diverse races, ethnicities, social class,
religions, sexual orientation, ages and abilities.

Courses which fulfill this requirement increase students’ ability to understand historical and contemporary experiences from the above perspectives.

Curriculum Report to Senate
May 10, 2007

The Curriculum Committee has approved the following proposals. Core changes in
bold font.