Minutes
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Emporia State University
8 May 2002

Members present: M.Harrell, R.Keith, A.Landis, D.Moore, J.Schwenn, J.Starr, A.Webb, G.Wyatt.
Members Absent: None.
Substitutions: None.
Visitors: None.

  1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Moore at 2:03 in the KSN room.

  2. Approval of the Minutes: There were no minutes to approve.

  3. Announcements:

    1. President of the Faculty Dwight Moore: Moore distributed a copy of FSB 01016 which was transmitted to the President for her approval. Moore added that he had presented award to Barb Kern.

    2. Vice President for Academic Affairs John Schwenn: Schwenn reiterated his appreciation for the FSEC and the work they have done this year.
      There was discussion of the bill on personnel files and its intent. Some concern was expressed that many faculty may not be knowledgeable of ESU policy and procedures. Schwenn responded that the policy and procedures committee is getting close to finishing.
      Harrell asked whether AAUP would have an opportunity to meet new faculty. Schwenn replied that he hasn't yet had time to pursue that but he would meet with Joe Yanik about that.

  4. Committee Reports:

    1. Academic Affairs (Webb): No report.

    2. Faculty Affairs (Landis): Landis reported having some difficulty with the appointments to the Grievance and Ombudsperson panels. Some faculty don't want to serve.
      Landis suggested that it might be helpful to have a statement by each policy indicating when it was last revised.

    3. Committee on Campus Governance (Starr): Starr reported that he had sent a letter to university wide committees asking for updated information for use in committee selection. Some committees haven't reported back as yet. It was recommended that Starr submit the information that he already has and as additional information comes in he will send it on to the President.
      A question was raised about the Minority Retention Committee. Schwenn described the activities of the committee.
      Starr mentioned that 5 committees did not send copies of their minutes to COCG: Curriculum Review, Scholarship Board, Honors Council, and 2 others. There followed some discussion.

  5. Items for Discussion:

    1. Faculty Satisfaction Survey: Wyatt distributed copies of the completed report. He encouraged the reading of the open ended questions. There were concerns for the anonymity for some owing to responses which might be too revealing. There was also a concern for copyright issues. The company which developed the survey software places limits on the distribution of results. Perhaps the committee can cut and paste information from the report or perhaps the committee can send around copies to departments for review.
      Another question is what to do about concerns raised by respondents to the survey. We can try to encourage a better campus environment and better university governance.
      The committee agreed that we should do the survey every year.

    2. Party: Moore announced that there would be a party at his home on Sunday May 19. Beans and burgers are on the menu.

  6. For the Good of the Executive Committee:

  7. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by:

Ron Keith
First Vice-President of the Faculty

Last updated on 6 September 2002.
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