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The Faculty Senate President will continue to invite the Provost to each meeting if the Provost has something to discuss or share. Dr. Haney will be invited to the December 1st meeting to discuss the General Education Task Force. A subcommittee from Faculty Senate will develop a broad outline for the development of the General Education Task Force and present the outline to the Provost before the Thanksgiving break. BOR has requested representatives from the campuses form a committee to discuss long term calendar issues. Names collected by the Faculty Senate for the committee will be forwarded to Dr. Haney. Academic Dishonesty - discussed clarification of process, required paperwork, and ramifications for students. Continue discussion of this issue at next meeting. Sabbatical requests will be coming for review at the December 1st meeting. Course substitutions need to be signed by the Department Chair and the faculty approving the substitution. Adjourned at 4:55 Minutes recorded and submitted by Mary Jones, Faculty Senate Secretary   Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:22:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3342 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3341/Minutes-for-Wednesday-November-3rd-2010.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=10724&ModuleID=22166&ArticleID=3341 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3341&PortalID=0&TabID=10724 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3341/Minutes-for-Wednesday-November-3rd-2010.aspx Faculty Senate Minutes November 3rd, 2010 Approved November 17, 2010 Present – Kathleen Parrow, Mary Jones, Bobbi Sago, Parthasarathi Nag, Jim Hesson, Chen Wu, Adam Bailey, Chris Opitz, Sasha Pursley, Sonya Pagel, Gina Gibson Called to order 3:15 Agenda approved with additions Approval of October 6th and October 20th minutes Minutes Curriculum Proposals – discussion of minor program modifications for English classes – approved: ENGL 306 Grammar for the English Teacher (delete) Minor Program Modifications (Replace ENGL 306 with ENGL 304): Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Composite Communications/English Major-Teaching English Minor-Teaching Minor Program Modifications (Replace ENGL 306 w/ ENGL 304 & restrict electives) English Major-Teaching Minor Program Modifications (Restrict electives) English Major (BA) English Major (BS) Composite Communications/English Major (BS) English Minor General Education Task Force – Senate discussed the mission of the Task Force, its composition and its relationship to the Senate’s General Education Requirements Committee and began working on a draft to present to Provost Haney. Senate Committees – discussed verifying records associated with each committee to be certain various committees have valid working documents Parrow and Jones met with President Schallenkamp and Provost Haney to discuss various topics Gibson has researched the possibility of a Senate webpage and will follow up with marketing Request for discussion of Academic Dishonesty procedures at next Senate meeting, and Senate Committees, General Education Task Force, curriculum proposals Adjourned at 5:00 Minutes recorded and submitted by Mary Jones, Faculty Senate Secretary     Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:17:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3341 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3340/Minutes-for-Wednesday-October-20th-2010.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=10724&ModuleID=22166&ArticleID=3340 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3340&PortalID=0&TabID=10724 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3340/Minutes-for-Wednesday-October-20th-2010.aspx Faculty Senate Minutes October 20th, 2010 Approved November 3, 2010 Present – Kathleen Parrow, Jami Stone, Mary Jones, Parthasarathi Nag, Jim Hesson, Chen Wu, Adam Bailey, Nancy Roberts, Chris Opitz, Sasha Pursley, Sonya Pagel,  Faculty attendee - Micheline Hickenbotham Called to order 3:20 Agenda approved with additions Revision of minutes needed for approval at next meeting. Minutes Curriculum Handbook revision needs update from BOR webpage for completion Warren Wilson and Provost Haney discussed issues with tech support. Wilson summarized the reported issues as: September outage – current equipment is being upgraded and replaced including new and back up storage Help Desk – currently staffed by one fulltime person and seven students. Discussed procedure to file a work order online or call 6580 for assistance, antivirus update, upgrading wireless access in residence halls. Classroom technology – Discussed goal to ensure all classrooms have same technology, use and support of newer technology by all faculty, a troubleshooting workshop was suggested, contact Department Chair for requests for migration of current teaching materials to digital technology, campus wireless is being upgraded over the next year, and D2L will not be available to students before the first day of class. Purchasing replacement cycles – Discussed the five year expected life cycle of Gateways and replacement of those at that five year point, looking at other options in labs for replacements, Departments or College budgets should cover computer purchases but a onetime funding request may be made through the Chairs and Deans to the Academic Affairs Office. Adjourned at 4:40 Minutes recorded and submitted by Mary Jones, Faculty Senate Secretary   Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:13:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3340 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3339/Minutes-for-Wednesday-October-6th-2010.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=10724&ModuleID=22166&ArticleID=3339 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3339&PortalID=0&TabID=10724 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3339/Minutes-for-Wednesday-October-6th-2010.aspx Faculty Senate Minutes Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Approved November 3, 2010 Members present: Jim Hesson, Parthasarathi Nag, Gina Gibson, Sasha Pursley, Chen Wu, Jami Stone, Kathleen Parrow, Adam Bailey, Nancy Roberts, Chris Opitz (student faculty representative) Called to order at 3:15 p.m. Approval of the Agenda Academic Dishonesty Document was added to the agenda Agenda was approved. Approval of minutes from Sept. 15, 2010 meeting (sent by e-mail) Curriculum Proposals (Certificate in Archives, Certificate in Site Interpretation, Certificate in Museums) Motion/second to re-approve curriculum proposals. Motion Passed Senate Web Page: The Senate will pursue the idea of putting up a Faculty Senate web page, possibly on the Faculty/Staff web page, where the Senate Constitution and Bylaws are now. 3:30 p.m. to 4:23 p.m. General Education Task Force - (Provost Haney had sent the Senate some General Education and General Education Task Force Talking Points prior to the meeting. Kristi Pearce was also present. Below are some of the points introduced by Dr. Haney and discussed during the meeting.) Revising General Education is done periodically at most universities. South Dakota is different because it has BOR-mandated General Education Outcomes. Another constraint is the transferability of courses within the SDBOR system. Different views of General Education are emerging nationally. One of the biggest insights within the last ten years is that General Education is not pre-major courses, but liberal skills that go across all disciplines. Dr. Haney suggested that anyone interested should look at the AAC&U website. BHSU has already made plans to send people to some related conferences. A General Education Task Force would have a life span of 1-3 years; be made up of eight to twenty members; and include full, associate, and assistant professors from different disciplines, genders, some who teach General Education courses and some who do not. Members of the Task Force need to be people who are willing to do some reading on the issues and participate in the meetings. Dr. Haney would like the Faculty Senate to help select members. Details of the relationship between the General Education Task Force and the Faculty Senate’s General Education Requirements Committee need to be worked out. Curriculum proposals for new courses would need to go through the regular curriculum process, and ultimately need BOR approval. Other issues that need to be worked out are everything from assessment of the General Education program to pedagogy, creation of a sustainable structure which does not make more work for faculty, and development of a process in which improvement is constantly being considered (“perpetual revolution”). Before Drs. Haney and Pearce left, Dr. Pearce mentioned the IDEA survey and the workshops for completing the online version of the information forms for it. After Drs. Haney and Pearce left, the Senate discussed the General Education Task Force information further and asked more questions among the group, which agreed that some work, such as information gathering on General Education programs and data collection seem appropriate for a Task Force; some things, curriculum changes, for example, would need to go through the regular curriculum process and the General Education Requirements Committee. Other topics (not related to the General Education Task Force): It was suggested that the Academic Dishonesty Document needs to be stronger, but there was no time for discussion. Meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.     Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:57:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3339 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3338/Minutes-for-Wednesday-September-15th-2010.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=10724&ModuleID=22166&ArticleID=3338 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3338&PortalID=0&TabID=10724 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3338/Minutes-for-Wednesday-September-15th-2010.aspx BHSU Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes - Approved October 6, 2010 Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 3:15 p.m. Black Hills State University  Members present: Jim Hesson, Mary Jones, Parthasarathi Nag, Gina Gibson, Sonya Pagel, Sasha Pursley, Chen Wu, Jami Stone, Kathleen Parrow, Adam Bailey, and Nancy Roberts Called to order at 3:15 Agenda and minutes approved Old Business Parrow and Stone will met monthly with the President and Provost Reviewed Senate Committee memberships and liaisons Updates on information from Academic Council meetings including the new smoking policy, earlier course withdrawal deadline, placement policies and academic credit, plus and minus grades and the possible role of Faculty Senate regarding these topics. New Business Parrow and Stone met with President and Provost on September 8th to discuss possible General Education Task Force. VP Haney will forward a proposal to the Senate for review. Several questions and issues were raised by the Senate members and further discussion will follow upon receipt of the proposal. Issues with computers across campus were discussed and it was decided to survey each division for any suggestions, requests, problems, etc. and review the collective responses. Meeting adjourned at 4:45   Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:52:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3338 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3337/Minutes-for-Wednesday-September-1st-2010.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=10724&ModuleID=22166&ArticleID=3337 http://www.bhsu.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3337&PortalID=0&TabID=10724 http://www.bhsu.edu/FacultyStaff/FacultySenate/Minutes/tabid/10724/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3337/Minutes-for-Wednesday-September-1st-2010.aspx BHSU Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes - Approved September 15, 2010 September 1st, 2010 3:10 p.m. Black Hill State University Members present: Jim Hesson, Mary Jones, Parthasarathi Nag, Gina Gibson, Sonya Pagel, Sasha Pursley, Chen Wu, Jami Stone, Kathleen Parrow, Kelsey Wilson, Chris Hahn 3:10 Senate called to order Nag moved to approve agenda, seconded by Stone Stone moved to approve minutes, seconded by Hahn New Business Planned future discussion on membership and direction of General Education Committee Future meetings will be one hour in length and be scheduled at least once a month, twice if needed. Parrow will verify meeting dates. Review of Faculty Senate appointments Discussion of not holding future classes on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Senate voted 10 for and 1 abstention. Provost Haney discussed his priorities including the Strategic Plan goals, shared governance, and concerns from the Senate Motion by adjourn at 4:45 by Stone, seconded by Pursley  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:45:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3337