Faculty Senate Minutes 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Meier Hall 205
Approved March 21, 2012 

Members Present: 

Kathleen Parrow, Jami Stone, Gina Gibson, Pamela Carriveau, Parthasarathi Nag, Nancy Roberts, John Alsup, David Crawford, Kara Keeter, Jim Hesson, Chen Wu 

Call meeting to order – 3:15 p.m. 

Approval of the Agenda with revisions. 

Approval of Minutes from February 1, 2012 meeting. 

Curriculum changes all approved: 

Revised Common Course 

PSYC 409 History and Systems of Psychology (Course Deletion) 

New Course Request 

TECH 183 Industrial Management 

Program Modification-Substantive 

Associate Degree: Advanced Manufacturing Technology (reduce from 64-60 hours) 

Mass Communication/Journalism Minor (reduce from 24 to 18 hours) 

General Education: 

HIST 153 American History Since 1945 (delete from IGR list) 

Distinguished Faculty Award (information provided by Jami Stone) 

Recommendation made by Faculty Senate 

President Schallenkamp made a brief visit at the end of the meeting and updated the Senate on state legislative action on the 5% state employee bonus and the 3% pay raises. For faculty the raise is based on performance (over the last 3 years), market (Oklahoma scale), and institutional priorities (probably outstanding performance over the last 3 years and those who at least achieve but are substantially below the market), not across the board as it is for other state employees. 

Meeting adjourned 3:40 p.m. 

Minutes recorded and respectfully submitted by Gina Gibson.