Faculty Association
Meeting Agenda 3/06/08
Library, TCC 3:15
 

I.                   Call to Order

II.       Introduction of visitors

Consent Agenda

III.              Consent Agenda (In an effort to move business along efficiently, the
“consent agenda” presents item of routine business that do not require
discussion. The chair will ask for adoption of the consent agenda. If
there is no objection, all items and recommended action will be
considered in the motion to adopt the consent agenda. If a member
objects, then the item(s) under objection are removed, discussed,
and managed by specific motion)

A.     Approval of the minutes from the 12/13 Faculty Association meeting

B.      Treasury Report (as of 2/29/08)

a.      Faculty Senate Appropriated account: $ 1,579.21

b.      Faculty Association account: $ 3,838.09

c.      Faculty Benevolence account: $ 3,755.90

Regular Agenda

IV.               Informational Items

A. Standing Committees reports (attached)

B. Spring meeting dates for Senate and Association (attached)

V.                 New Business

A. SCE PG update - Lynne Bidwell (Faculty Affairs Committee member
and liaison to the SCE PG), Other members of the SCE committee.
Remember the website to view all SCE meeting minutes can be linked
off the Senate webpage.
www.lcsc.edu/faculty/sce/sce_task_force_2007-08.htm
 

B. Security information – Barbara Pierce, Security Director

C. Chair-elect position

D. New Committee members for General Education; Petition Committe 

VI       Good of the Order

VII.            Adjournment

Next Faculty Association Meeting: 5/1: Faculty Association meeting and social
2:45 - 4:00pm, WCC Clearwater/Snake

5/1: All campus meeting, 4:00-6:00pm

Faculty Senate Standing Committee Reports 3/06/08

Faculty Affairs Committee: Chair Brian Christenson

• The Faculty Affairs Committee has met twice this semester, 1/29 and 2/26
• Plagiarism/Academic Honesty Initiative – Student code of conduct/honor and
  integrity board discussion. There was a task force in 2004 that made formal recommendations to administration. The draft proposal from the committee
  was presented and was posted on the faculty affairs website for faculty
  review. Members were asked to have their respective divisions review the
  document and give feedback. Feedback was discussed from the divisions.
  The following motion passes unanimously. “After thorough discussion from
  the feedback received from divisions across campus, the Faculty Affairs
  Committee recommends that an Academic Integrity Board not be created
  at Lewis-Clark State College at this time.” Further discussion pertaining to
  student awards and other recommendations in the draft will be discussed
  at the next meeting.
  1. Student training discussion – the recommendations have been
     approved by the committee and Senate, and have been forwarded
     to Dean Hanson for review and consideration. Brian Christenson met
     with Dean Andy Hanson to discuss progress on the recommendations.
     The student code of conduct will be changed reflecting the new
     language and Dean Hanson will check in to the logistics surrounding
     the training with the Registrar. He will contact Brian Christenson
     when he has more specific information.
  2. Thinking through Lunch Academic Integrity presentation workshop
     took place on 1/31. Strategies, skills, and tools were presented to
     faculty and administration. The powerpoint can be located at www.lcsc.edu/faculty/academic_dishonesty_&_plagiarism_21st_
     century.pdf.
• Student Course Evaluation Initiative Update/Discussion – Report from
  Lynne and Craig. Tasked with virtually every aspect of SCE’s. pencil and
  paper evaluations continue to be discussed as on option along with
  continued online evaluation. The draft tool has been created and is
  available for review. The SCE initiative website is located at:
  www.lcsc.edu/faculty/sce/sce_task_force_2007-08.htm The committee
  is continuing to meet weekly at this time and will be forwarding their
  recommendations to the Provost and the Faculty Affairs committee at
  the March meeting. More information to come.
• Promotable Rank for Lecturers Discussion – Craig Steenberg, Brian
  Christenson, and Susan Odom met with Provost Fernandez several
  weeks ago. At this time administration does not support the idea.
  Craig provided more information, specifically Idaho State University,
  who has promotable rank for lecturers. Susan Odom asked Craig to
  forward the information to Provost Fernandez. Craig will report back to
  Brian Christenson and Susan Odom. Susan will discuss the new
  information with Provost Fernandez.

• Stipends for Directed Study – The committee discussed feedback
  from the divisions pertaining to the idea. At this time, feedback is
  both positive and negative. Some divisions are impacted more that
  others. The committee moved to have Debra Lyber explore the
  feasibility of having this as an option. Debra will report back to
  Brian Christenson.

Faculty Development Committee: Chair Alan Marshall

• The Faculty Development Committee met 8 February 08 to distribute
  the remainder of the monies available for Faculty Development Grant.
• Fourteen award proposals were submitted to the committee. After
  discussion, the Committee supported eleven of them at 80% of the
  amount requested. Awards totaled $12,355.00 and the committee’s
  results were sent to the Provost.
• The Provost has released those awards. There are no monies remaining
  in the fund.
• The committee recommended that the Provost try to find the means
  to increase the funds available for distribution through the Faculty
  Development process.

Technology Advisory Committee: Chair Holly Patterson McNeil,
Co-Chair Marilyn Heckendorn No report

General Education Committee: Chair Eric Martin

• What has the General Education Committee been up to?
• The Goals – Over the last 3 or 4 years the committee has been
  reorganizing LCSC General Education core curriculum into a “Goal
  Oriented Core.” Last year this body passed the elements of the
  Core that most of could agree on, and the Gen Ed Committee has
  been charged with dealing with those items we have been unable to
  agree on this year.
• Specifically those items are requests to look into a Service Learning Goal,
  a Wellness Goal, and incorporating Foreign Language into the General
  Education Core. As far as Service Learning is concerned. The committee
  hosted a thinking through lunch on the topic and has come to the
  following conclusions.
• Service Learning Recommendation – At this point in time, it is the General
  Education Committee’s recommendation is that Service Learning NOT be
  included in LCSC’s General Education Goals. There are several advocates
  of Service Learning on the LCSC campus and they have made good
  arguments for the benefits of Service Learning. However, based on the
  feedback the committee has received over the course of the last year,
  the committee does not think that there is widespread interest across
  the campus in service learning, or in requiring a Service Learning Component
  be added to the General Education Core.
• The General Education Committee encourages individual programs interested
  in requiring their students to engage in Service Learning activities to do so
  through major specific courses. However, the General Education Committee
  does NOT recommend Service Learning as a general education goal at this
  time.
• Wellness and Foreign Language – The requests to look into a wellness goal
  as well as incorporating foreign language into the core have proved to be
  extremely difficult for the committee to resolve largely due to the
  committees inability to conceptualize a way of implementing either goal
  without 1) reducing commitments to other goals 2) expanding the number
  of credits in the Gen Ed Core.
• The committee has discussed the possibility of both the wellness issue
  and the foreign language issue being resolved if the college were to go
  the separate cores for BA and BS’s – and this is an area the committee
  would like to look into further, as it may have potential to resolve one
  or both of these issues. The committee has spent a great deal of time
  discussing how to address the issues of Wellness and Foreign Language
  both in meeting and via email. However, those issues are going continue
  to linger for awhile longer.
• Freshman Experience Seminar and other Ideas from the AGLS Conference
  – Several members of the committee attended a national conference last
  fall addressing issue of general education. One of the ideas they returned
  with was the use of a freshman seminar of some type in our General
  Education Core. This kind of seminar would play an even more critical
  role if we were to develop thematic strands of certain courses in order
  to help students more quickly make the connections between the various
  courses in the General Education Core. Andy Hanson has also been
  interested in the idea of a freshman seminar and he is scheduled to
  come and discuss the matter with the committee next TH.
• Election for Next Years Committee Member – The Gen Ed Committee would
  like to remind the Senate that we will need another member for next
  year’s committee. This year, we elected that member at the first faculty
  association meeting which did not occur for several weeks into the
  semester. This committee was very busy at that time and short handed.
  We would like to hold the election for the new Gen Ed committee member
  at the LAST faculty association meeting this year so that the committee
  is fully formed when school begins in the fall. Please ask folks in your
  division to consider running for this committee – and, remember that
  election to this committee is for a five year term.
• The committee is scheduled to meet every T and TH at 8:15 am
  until April.

Curriculum Committee: Chair Chris Riggs

• The Curriculum Committee
• has reviewed and forwarded to Senate 46 curriculum proposals between
  Jan 17 and Feb 21
• is examining the feasibility and desirability to having double majors at LC

Budget Liaison Committee: Chair Susan Odom

• The BLC has met three times since the last report to the Faculty Association
• Our primary business item has been the formulation of our Change in
  Employee Compensation (CEC) recommendation to the Compensation
  Review Committee (CRC)
• Originally, we anticipated a 5% CEC. Due to lower-than-expected state
  revenues, we are now considering a 3% CEC. The Committee will bring
  a report to the Senate that includes a recommendation for Senate
  approval soon.
• The Committee enjoyed a presentation by Ms. Trudy Alva, Budget
  Director, about the budget process at LCSC

Student Affairs Committee: Chair Rachel Jameton, Co-Chair
Jacob Hornby No Report

Administrative Procedures Committee: Chair Leanne Parker

• Administrative Procedures Committee is continuing to work on the
  Constitution

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Remaining Faculty Senate and Association
Spring meeting dates

3/6       Faculty Association, 3:15, Library TCC

3/27     Faculty Senate, 3:15, SUB 143

4/10     Faculty Senate, 3:15, SUB 143

4/17     SBOE meeting

4/24     Faculty Senate, 3:15, SUB 143

4/30     Employee Award and Recognition social

5/1       Faculty Association meeting and social 2:45-4:00pm,
           WCC Clearwater/Snake

5/1       All campus meeting, 4:00-6:00pm

5/8       Faculty Senate, 3:15, SUB 143