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