I. Minutes of the February 3, 2004 Meeting

The course number of the proposal presented by Senator Mowrey should read WSSD 591. The Library was represented by Elaine Pease at the January 20 meeting. The Minutes of the February 3, 2004 meeting were approved as amended.

II. Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson

Chairperson Piperberg reported that Dr. Smith, APSCUF President does not have a problem with the Faculty Senate conducting a referendum on the Honor Code along with the normal APSCUF elections in the spring 2004.

Chairperson Piperberg thanked Dr. Ridley from the Special Education Department for taking the Minutes at the February 3 meeting.

Chairperson distributed the current committee roster reflecting the results of recent elections. {see Attachment}

III. Report of the Student Senate President

Student Senate President Kristin Albright reported that in their last Candy and Flower Sale a profit of $40.00 was made; half of it was donated to the St. Jude Children's Hospital. Another Candy and Flower Sale will take place next week.

The Student Senate is running a campaign among students for voter registration. Student Senators will be attending various conferences in Texas. One of the Student Senators will participate in the Dance Marathon to benefit children with cancer.

The Academic Advisor of the Year Award will be announced soon. The nominations for Student Senate officers for next year open Monday. Dr. Schreiber, Chair of the Honor Code Special Senate Committee presented the proposal to the Student Senate.

IV. Report of the Graduate Student Organization--None.

V. Report of Administrative Officers

Executive Assistant to the President Phillips

The Executive Assistant to the President Phillips introduced the topic of Web grading. Candace Deen, the registrar, explained that the University ran a pilot project in Web grading during the Fall 2003 semester involving seven academic departments. A summary of the pilot project including the participants' evaluation and a user's guide was distributed. {see Attachment #1} Any faculty member who wishes to do so, will be able to submit grades over the Web voluntarily at the end of the Spring 2004 semester. All faculty will submit grades over the Web at the end of the Fall 2004 semester.

Dr. Phillips reported that the Winter Session Task Force is analyzing the student and faculty evaluations of the last Winter Session; preliminary feedback on the 2003 - 2004 Winter Session seems to have been favorable. For the 2002 - 2003 Winter Session, the number of students and amount of revenue were down about 25%. For the 2003 - 2004 Winter Session, face-to-face sessions were down 10%. Distance learning options are being encouraged. The data collected indicate that about half of the students that take Winter Session courses are seniors who are attempting to graduate on time.

VI. Report of the Faculty Senate Standing Committees--None.

VII. Report of the Faculty Senate Special Committees

General Education Task Force
Senator Foster-Clark, Chair of the General Education Task Force, reported that that a seat has opened up on the task force. Nominations will be accepted for this seat at the March 2 meeting.

VIII. Proposed Courses and Programs

New Graduate Course
WSSD 591 - Exercise Physiology, 3 credits - Approved
Effective Spring 2005

IX. Faculty Emeritus

A Smith/Heintzelman motion to posthumously grant Faculty Emeritus status to Professor Jon Chol Hau of the Economics Department passed without dissent. {see Attachment #2}

X. Discussion: Rounding vs. Truncation of Cumulative Grade Point Average

A Luek/Blazer motion to resume rounding of the cumulative grade point average passed without dissent. The change was suggested since Banner was previously unable to round; a recent software upgrade has made rounding possible and made a return to the rounding of the cumulative grade point average advisable.

XI. Renewal of Drop/Add Policy

The continuation of the current Drop/Add policy was discussed. Two years ago, Senate voted to have the Drop period end at the end of the first week of class, while allowing the Add period to extend through the first two days of the second week of classes. At the time, Senate was supposed to revisit the issue in a year. Discussion centered on the confusion of some students about the separation of the Drop and Add deadlines and the concern of some Senators that allowing the addition of courses in the second week caused the students to miss too much class time. It was decided that student confusion could be alleviated by a concerted effort to publicize the separation of the deadlines. The Common Calendar did not allow adequate time to inform the students. The continuation of the policy in its present form passed with a vote of 16 in favor and 7 against. There was some discussion about reinserting the old policy of faculty being able to drop students from the class roster if they missed two class meetings. This is not presently a part of the policy. An amendment to the policy may be proposed at a future meeting.

XII. Ad Hoc Honor Code Committee: Honor Code Proposal and Implementation Plan

Senator Wismer suggested that before deciding on a referendum, it might be helpful to get the "feeling" of the Faculty Senate about the proposal. Questions were also raised about the optional nature of the policy. Further discussion was postponed until the next meeting to give an opportunity for all faculty to provide feedback regarding the proposal. It was suggested that an outline/summary of the policy might be useful. One Senator mentioned that such a summary exists and that Dr. Schreiber had it. Chairperson Piperberg promised to obtain the summary from Dr. Schreiber and distribute it. The summary is attached to the Minutes. {see Attachment #3} Dr. Phillips also promised to supply an electronic version of the text of the current Academic Integrity brochure. {see Attachment #4}

Senator Fenwick asked to include in the next agenda a discussion of the snow delay policy. He promised to supply a document from the previous discussion a few years ago. {see Attachment #5}

The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Elba I. Rohena
Faculty Senate Secretary