Hello Senators,

I would like to start a weekly or bi-weekly email “flyer” that I will send to all senators. I hope
to include highlights from President’s Council and other informational stuff. It could be a flyer
that you can forward to divisions – just another (informal) way to get information out besides
(formal) senate minutes. I’d like to make it a Friday thing (this week I’m early). This week I
have two items – a summary of our retreat and our identified priorities. Read, delete or forward
on as you choose.

Susan

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 Senate Snapshot
9/7/07

The Faculty Senate held a retreat on 8/30 followed by a wine and cheese social
at President Thomas’s home.

We started with a lunch sponsored by the Provost’s office. Provost Fernandez
gave us a general view of governance issues and the logistics of moving policies
and procedures through the system. The self-study for our accreditation with
the NW Commission of Colleges and Universities will begin this fall. Our
accreditation visit is scheduled for Oct 2009.

Lynne Bidwell (webmaster) and Debbie Goodwin (secretary) clarified their roles
and responsibilities.

We reviewed housekeeping items: our senate meeting schedule, office hours,
Susan’s meeting obligations (SBOE, Pres Council, Provost).

The remainder of the afternoon was spent brainstorming key issues we believe
will be important to all faculty this academic year. Those issues are summarized
on a separate page “Faculty Senate Priorities, 2007-2008”

The President and Provost were able to join us at 3:30. We briefly reviewed the
key issues emphasized during the retreat.

The Senate Cabinet (the standing committee chairs, secretary and senate chair)
 met on 8/31 and reviewed the priorities identified at the retreat. We assigned
the issue to the appropriate committee. Of course, some issues overlap and will
be discussed in several committees.

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FACULTY SENATE PRIORITIES
2007-2008

SCE Considerations  (Faculty Affairs)

·         faculty vs. student responsibility for response rate

·         possible consequences of not completing (e.g., “View Grade” computer function not available until SCE submitted)

·         student education re. SCEs (e.g., orientation)

·         relationship of SCEs to faculty evaluations

Plagiarism Considerations (Student Affairs, Faculty Affairs)

·         parameters/guidelines/criteria – what is it?  degrees of it?  etc.

·         student code of conduct/honor code

·         software – limitations, uses, mandatory vs. optional, all or nothing, privacy concerns, logistics, security issues

Student Basic Skills (SD 107) Considerations (Student Affairs)

·         study skills – time management, research, etc.

·         code of conduct/honor code

·         plagiarism

·         computer skills

·         financial aid

Faculty Evaluation/Merit Pay Considerations (BLC)

·         faculty evaluation form/process – tied to merit pay

·         scaled approach vs. “Adequate/Inadequate”

·         factors in evaluating – SCEs, peer reviews, advisee feedback, etc.

Other Considerations

·         PTE tenure (Faculty Affairs)

·         Gen Ed goals/courses (General Education, Curriculum)

·         stipends for directed study (Faculty Affairs)

·         Warriormail (TAC)

·         Distance Education committee (subcommittee under TAC?)

·         Faculty workload (Faculty Affairs