Minutes
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Emporia State University
April 1, 1999
Members Present: Calhoun, Keith, Kuehn, Robinson, Saunders, Schwenn, Wyatt, Yanik
Members Absent: none
I. Call to Order:
President Calhoun called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. in the KSN Room of the
Memorial Union. Minutes from February 25 and March 11 were approved as stated on
the webpage.
II. Announcements: (Calhoun)
President Calhoun stated that we need to complete an Intellectual Property Policy for
ESU as soon as possible. Senator Keith asked whether the committee should be writing a
campus policy on intellectual property rights or just a procedure for implementing the
Regents' policy. Keith reported that the Faculty Affairs committee expressed concern
that it did not possess sufficient legal competence to write a campus Intellectual Property
rights policy.
III. Committee Reports:
A. Committee on Campus Governance (Robinson)
Division Chairs have been notified about selecting replacements for senators that
go off the Senate this spring. They are to notify Vice President Kuehn. The
committee is reviewing the election process (when and who can vote) . If changes
are needed or a formal process established, they will be presented at the meeting
on April 6; a new bill revising the constitution and bylaws may be needed. The
committee will also be submitting a bill regarding Administrator Evaluation on
April 6. Senator Robinson reported that 161 surveys were mailed and 80 were
returned.
Senator Robinson will obtain information from J. Blaufuss regarding the way FTE
faculty are calculated for Senate representation. President Calhoun indicated she
will also visit with Dean Black regarding the decision of Social Science not to
elect a second senator from that division.
B. Faculty Affairs (Keith)
The committee will have the Grievance Policy Bill ready to present at the Senate
Meeting on April 6.
C. Academic Affairs (Saunders)
Senator Saunders indicated his committee was considering establishment of a
specific faculty award for teaching. Further discussion may be necessary as it will
be helpful to examine all the awards that are presented to faculty in a given year.
They are also discussing a resolution of reducing paperwork requirements for
faculty. Senator Saunders stated he understood that President Schallenkamp
was going to appoint the distance education committee identified in FSR 98010.
There still appears to be confusion on who is to appoint the committee.
D. Executive Committee: (Wyatt)
Vice President Wyatt indicated the bill on the +/- grade system will be up for
second reading on April 6 and that an amendment would be presented to change
the implementation date to the Fall of 1999.
IV. Other Topics
1. President Calhoun will prepare bills regarding the academic calendar and block
breaks and elimination of Good Friday as a student holiday.
2. There is need to clarify FSB85010 regarding the Faculty Marshal at
Homecoming. No decision about who will review the bill.
3. If there are any suggestions for the Strategic Plan please share with President
Calhoun or other representative on the Committee. The next meeting is scheduled
for April 15 and 16.
4. There was brief discussion about the need for the leadership of ASG, the
Classified Assembly, and the Senate to meet together early next year to help
improve communication among the bodies. There seems to be considerable
misinformation and a lack of information reaching members of ASG even though
minutes of Senate and Senate Executive Committee meetings have been placed on
the webpage and representation from ASG is available at Senate meetings.
V. Adjournment:
Since we were out of time, President Calhoun adjourned the meeting at 1:10 p.m.
Submitted by
Marvin D. Kuehn, First Vice-President of the Senate
Last updated on 3 May 1999.
Provide comments about the text to Marvin Kuehn at kuehnmar@emporia.edu.
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