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SUMMARYMINUTES

1. CourtesyAnnouncements/CallforPressIdentificationHavingjustreturnedfromaAASCU(AmericanAssociationofStateCollegesandUniversities)Conference,ProvostWohlpartreportedthattheUNI-hostedbreak-outsessionsonPeerMentoringandCivicEngagement/ServiceLearningwerewellreceivedandthatnewideasgleanedtherecouldbeimplementedatUNI.(Seetranscriptpages4-5)FacultyChairKiddcommentedonrecentdiscussionswithstudentsregardingfacultytenureandplagiarism.(Seetranscriptpages5-12)FacultySenateChairWalterwelcomedSenatorSaraSmithfromtheDepartmentofTechnologytotheFacultySenate.

2. SummaryMinutes/FullTranscriptoftheJan22.2018meeting **(Gould/O’Kane)Passed.

3. ConsiderationofCalendarItemsforDocketing

#1367 EliminateusingtransfercreditincalculatingcumulativeGPA. **(O’Kane/Hesse)Passed.

https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and-pending-business/eliminate-using-transfer-credit-calculating-cumulative-gpa

#1368 InvitationforseatatthetabletoUnitedFaculty. **(Stafford/Burnight)Passed.https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current- and-pending-business/invitation-seat-table-uf

#1369 RequestforConsultationonUNIMentalHealthCounselingProgress andStatus. **(Gould/Choi)Passed.

https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and-pending-business/request-consultation-uni-mental-health-counseling-progress

#1370 ConsultationontheDeanofStudentsposition. **(Strauss/Zeitz)Passed.https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and- pending-business/consultation-dean-students-position

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#1371 ProgramSuspensionoftheDoctorateofIndustrialTechnology. **(Zeitz/Burnight)Motiontodocketanddiscusstoday.

https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and-pending-business/program-suspension-doctorate-industrial-technology

#1372 TheSpring2018RevisedCurriculumHandbook. **(Mattingly/Burnight)https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and- pending-business/spring-2018-revised-curriculum-handbook

4. NoNewBusiness

5. ConsiderationofDocketedItems

#1253(Cal.1366)EmeritusRequest,Wilson-JosephL.,Assoc.Prof.ofKAHHS. **(Burnight/Zeitz)Passed.

https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and-pending-business/emeritus-request-wilson-joseph-l-assoc-prof-kahhs

#1254(Cal.1371)ProgramSuspensionoftheDoctorateofIndustrialTechnology. **(Zeitz/Varzavand)Passed;oneabstention.

https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and-pending-business/program-suspension-doctorate-industrial-technology

#1250(CalItem#1361)FacultyHandbookCommitteeConsultation.

https://senate.uni.edu/current-year/current-and-pending-business/faculty-handbook-committee-consultationForApril9Meeting.

6. Adjournment4:20(Strauss/O’Kane)NextMeeting:

Monday,Feb.26,2018

RodLibrary(301)

3:30p.m.

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RegularMeeting

FULLTRANSCRIPTofthe

UNIFACULTYSENATEMEETING

Feb.12th,2018

Present:SenatorsAnnBradfield,JohnBurnight,Seong-inChoi,LouFenech,

FacultySenateSecretaryGretchenGould,SenatorsDavidHakes,TomHesse,Bill

Koch,JamesMattingly,AmandaMcCandless,SteveO’Kane,FacultySenateVice-

ChairAmyPetersen,SenatorsJeremySchraffenberger,SaraSmith,Gloria

Stafford,MitchellStrauss,ShahramVarzavand,FacultySenateChairMichael

Walter.Also:ProvostJimWohlpart,AssociateProvostPatrickPease,Associate

ProvostJohnVallentine,FacultyChairTimKidd,NISGRepresentativeTristan

Bernhard.

Notpresent:U.N.I.PresidentMarkNook,SenatorsPeterNeibert,NicoleSkaar.

Guest:BeckyHawbaker.

CALLTOORDER

Walter:OkaySenators,let’sgetstarted.First,Iwanttostartoffbyaskingfor

press.Anypresshere—FourthEstate?Seeingnone,letmetakeaminutebeforeI

forgettothankAmy(Petersen)forhandlingthereinslasttimearound.Shedid

splendidly.[Applause]Apracticerun.PresidentNookisnothere,buthegavea

ratherlengthyevaluationofourgeneralbudgetaryconditionthismorningatthe

Cabinetmeeting,andwegotsomenewinformation,soI’llletyouguyslookthat

upatyourleisure.Thereisapossibilitythatthingsmightbeimprovingalittlebit,

butthewholebudgetmatterisstillbeingdebatedontheHill.So,Provost

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Wohlpart?RemembertheAlamo?You’rehere.

Wohlpart:SowejustreturnedfromtheAmericanAssociationofStateColleges

andUniversitiesConference,Patrick(Pease)andI,that’swhywe’reinjeansand

purplepullovers.[Laughter]

Walter:Youlookjustfine.

Wohlpart:It’sanassociationofregionalcomprehensiveuniversities;schoolsthat

areverymuchlikeus.Oneofthethingsthat’sinterestingifyougotoanAAC&U

meeting,(AmericanAssociationofCollegesandUniversities),whichfocuseson

theLiberalArts,GeneralEducation,there’sR1’s,[ResearchOneinstitutions]

there’sprivatesthere,andtherearelikeschoolsthatarelike,“Wedidthisandit

costusamilliondollarstoimplement.”We’relike,‘Whyarewelisteningtothis?’

butAASCUinstitutionsareverymuchlikeUNI,soitwasverypowerful.Ithinkwe

walkedawaywiththreeorfourthingsthatwecouldimplementanddodifferently

rightoffthebat,whichwasreally,reallyfun.Wehadtwopresentationsthere

whichwereverywellattended;peoplewereveryexcitedabout.Onewasonour

PeerMentoringProgram,andtheotheronewasonCivicEngagement,thework

wedowiththeServiceLearningInstituteandCivicEngagement,whichwasreally

wellreceived.Sothatwasalotoffun.TheonlythingIhavetooffertoyoutoday

asMichael(Walter)hastoldmetosayis,“RemembertheAlamo.”[Laughter]I’ve

gotnothingelse.I’vebeengettingaboutfiveorsixhoursofsleep.

Mattingly:Whatisthenameofthatorganization?

Wohlpart:It’scalledAASCU,soit’sAmericanAssociationofStateCollegesand

Universities,andalotoftheAASCUinstitutionsstartedasNormalschools,likeus,

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soprobably50%.There’salargeminoritypopulation.There’sgoodheavy

emphasisonaccess.Soinstitutionsvery,verysimilartous.

Walter:Sowhousuallyattendstheirmeetings,administratorsorfacultyor…?

Wohlpart:Theyhavetwosetsofmeetings.Oneisforpresidents,andtheother

oneisforprovostsorAcademicAffairsadministrators.Soit’salmostalways

AcademicAffairsadministrators.AAC&UisattendedbyAcademicAffairs

Administratorsandfaculty.Thatoneisabroaderconference.

Walter:FacultyChairKidd,whatdoyouhavetosay?

Kidd:Hi.

Walter:HiTim(Kidd)

Kidd:Sorry.Igotachanceinthelastfewweekstomeetwithsomestudent

groups,andthereweretwothingsthatwere,Iguesskindofaconcernthatthey

broughtup,thatIthoughtwaskindofinteresting.One,theyhadaskedme—this

ismoreofaninformational–IhadasessiononAcademicFreedom&Tenure,and

justwhatdidtenureimply,andwhatweretheactualprotectionsoftenure.You

know,youcan’tjustdoanythingyouwant.Butthestudents--thatkindofledtoa

kindoflikeabitch-fest,Iwouldsay,aboutprofessorsandabouttheimpactof

studentevaluationsonthebehaviorofprofessors.Oneofthethingsthatcameup

was“Well,dothesethingsdoanything?”Andoneoftheimmediatesnap-back

commentsfromanotherstudentwas“No,I’vehadthesameprofessorforthree

classesandit’sexactlythesamethingeverytime.”Ithoughtthatwas

interesting—theaccountabilityoffeelingthefrustrationofaccountabilityfor

academics,andIdidn’thaveanygreatanswersforthemofcourse,butIthought

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thatwassomethingthatmightbearadiscussion,especiallyaswetalknowabout

havingfeedbackinevaluationforDepartmentHeads,andwhatdoesthatmean.

Theideasbehindwhyisthisaccountabilityuseful,andwhatformshouldittake?

Wealsohadadiscussiononwhataresomethingsbesidestheperformanceofa

professorthatcouldhaveanimpact?Forexample,grades,G.P.A.,likehoweasy

orhardisaprofessorviewed—thingslikethat.Andnotnecessarilythegrade

itself,buttheviewofthestudent’sownperformance.Sothatwasonethingthat

cameup.Theotherthingthat’scomeupthatIthoughtwasinterestingwas

plagiarism,andnotfromaprofessorpointofview,butactuallyfromastudent

pointofview.Andhowplagiarismhasanegativeimpactonotherstudents.I

thoughtthatwasveryinteresting,anditworriedme.IguessI’vehadsome

experienceinmyownclasses,andalsoexperiencewithotherprofessorsIknow.

Ofcourse,Ithinkstudentsmightbeaheadoftheprofessorsintermsofhowto

findthingsonline.I’vebeennoticingthatforaboutadecadeaspeoplehavehad

onlinetests,andI’vebeenamusedasmystudentsinmyresearchlabperhaps

havetalkedtoeachother.AndIdon’tsayanything,becauseIdon’thearthese

conversations,right?Theytalklike,“Theythinkthatyoucan’tcheatonthisonline

testbecauseyoucan’topenanotherwebbrowser,sowehadtwocomputers.”Of

course.AndjustthenaivetéIthoughtwaskindofsurprising.Andalsojust…I

personallydidastudyofoneclassaboutcheatingononlinehomeworktestsor

quizzes,andIcouldmakethegradesgoupordownlikeasinusoidal,ifIfeltlikeit,

justonhowIwordedthequestions.Sosamequestion,justdifferentwordings.

ButIwassurprisedtohearstudentstalkaboutit,asintothepointwherenotjust

one,butafewstudentshadbroughtitup,abouteitheraffectingtheirowngrade

becausesomeoneelsehadcheated,orjustthattheyfeltitwas…youknow,they

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didn’tfeelgoodaboutit,becausetheydidn’tfeelliketheprofessorwouldn’tdo

anythingaboutit.Idoknowinmyownexperiencethatprofessorsdofeel

pressurefromotherpeople,nottoreportplagiarismatthehigherlevels.Thathas

somethingthatIknowoccurs.Forexample,I’vereportedplagiarismalongthe

policythatwehaveandIlikedoingthat.Ithinkit’simportanttodoso.ButIknow

somepeoplefeelpressurednotto,andtherearedifferentreasonsforthat.It’s

hardtoprovesometimes,andalsosometimesIthinkpeoplefeellikethey’re

afraidto,asinthey’reafraidoftheimpactitcouldhaveontheirprogramifthey

decidedthatsomenumberofstudentswerecheating.Soanyway,Ithinkthese

aresometopicsthatI’dliketoexplorefurtherwithsomepeopleandI’llfigureout

howwhenIsetthatup,butifyouhaveanythingtospeakwithmeonthosetwo

issues,I’dbeveryexcitedtohearit.Thankyou.

Zeitz:Soyou’resayingthatthestudentswereconcernedbecausewhenthey

knewthatsomebodyelsewascheating,thatithadanegativeimpactonthem?

Kidd:Itcould,yeah.

Zeitz:Isthatbecauseyou’regradingonacurve?Or,justbecausetheyfeelit’s

unfairbecausethey’vedoneallthisworkandsomebodyelsepassedsomethingor

submittedsomethingthatwasplagiarizedinthepast?

Kidd:Both.Andevenifsomething’snotgradedonacurve,there’salwaysa

curve.Right?Like,Idon’tknowhowyougrade,butImeaneveryonehasa

grading…theydotheirbesttobeobjective,butiftheclasshasawholebunchof

reallyhighgrades,Icouldn’timaginemebeingalittletougheronthefinalexam.

It’sjustpureinstinct.Notspite.Notonapersonallevel,right?Like,“Wow,there

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arealotof‘A’s’inthisclass,maybeIshouldmakeaharderassignment.Youknow

whatImean?Thesekindsofthingsthatyoudotoadjustforaclass.Idon’tknow

whatstudentswouldthinkaboutthat,butmythoughtwas,‘Yeah,ifyougota

percentageofstudentswhoweregettingperfectscoresthatreallyshouldn’tbe,’

thatcanshiftthegradingscaleoftheclass.

Zeitz:HaveyouheardanythingaboutstudentsusingQuizlet?Studentsaretaking

onlinequizzesandthey’reputtingthemuponQuizlet.com?

Kidd:There’slotofplacestoputupanswers.There’saJavasite.IknowPhysics,

butifIlookatanytest-bankkindofquestion,Icanfindtheanswerprettyfast.Or,

likeyousay,JavaApplet.Itsolvesitforyou.

Zeitz:Okay.Thanks.

Koch:Werethesestudentsinyourclassesordidyougetstudentstocometalkto

you?

Kidd:Imetwithsomedifferentgroupsofstudents.

Strauss:Whichgroupswerethey,Tim(Kidd)?

Kidd:Ican’ttellaboutthat.Ican’ttalkaboutthat.

Strauss:Theyweresecretgroups?

Kidd:No.

Strauss:Yousoundlike…

Kidd:Theywerenotsecret.IcansaythatthegroupthatItalkedextensively

aboutthetenureandthatkindofstuff,thatwasanHonorsclass;anHonors

Symposium.ButIdon’twanttotalkaboutwhoImetwithaboutplagiarism

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becauseit’stooeasyforanythingtogetbackaboutpeople.Icantalkaboutmy

class.Yeah,I’vehadstudentseitherplagiarizehomeworkoffeachotheroroffthe

Internet.I’vehadstudentsplagiarizepapersandtypically,iftheassignmentis

worthacertainvalue,thenIwouldbringitup.Oneofthemainimpactsonmefor

examplewasthatIhadaclassofeightpeopleandhadthreepeoplemarkme

downasbeinganincrediblyterribleprofessor:Icaughtthreepeoplecheating.I’m

notsurprisedIhadthreepeoplesaythatIwasterrible.

Strauss:I’vedoneworkonacademichonesty.Infact,Ifoundedanhonorsystem

atKansasStateUniversity,andifyoulookattheassociation—Ican’tremember

theirname,thattracksacademichonesty,IthinktheresultslasttimeIlookedat

themweretwo-thirdsofstudentsinschoolslikeourscheatatleastonce.A

quarterofthemcheatrepeatedly,andsotryingtofindthesesitesorApplets,it’s

likeWhack-A-Mole.Youhavetogoatitadifferentway.

Kidd:Yes.

Strauss:Youhavetoinstitutionalizethesensethatthisisaplacewherehonestyis

valued.Infact,Ibroughtbeforethisgroup,Iforget—itwasten-plusyearsago,

andIworkedonitwithacommittee;itwaspartoftheADPprogram.Wewent

throughNISG.WeactuallyhadaSenate-approvedacademichonestysystem,one

thatrevisedthisone.Itwasanhonorsystem,buttheadministratorskilledit.So,

therehavebeenattemptsinthepastthattriedtoremediatecheatingand

improvethesenseofacademichonestyonthiscampus,butit’sareallytoughsell.

O’Kane:Mitch(Strauss)Ithinkweworkedonthatforayearatleast.

Strauss:Yeah,wedid.Youworkedwithme.Iremember,Steve(O’Kane).

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Wohlpart:Havewesackedthoseadministrators?[Laughter]

Strauss:They’reallgone.

Walters:Whatyearthatwouldhavebeendoyouthink?

Strauss:Steve,(O’Kane)doyouremember?

O’Kane:Iwould…youknowwhat…

Strauss:Itwasbeforethecowscamehome.

O’Kane:Itwasmorethannineyearsago.

Zeitz:TheNationalAssociationforAcademicIntegrity?

Strauss:ProvostLubkerwasstillwithhishandsonthelevers,andJuliaWallace

wasdeanofmycollegesoyoucouldtrackitbackthatfar.

Walter:So,mightIassumetherewouldbeminutesforthat?

O’Kane:DoyouhavethoseMitch(Strauss)?Doyouhavetheminutes?

Strauss:DowenothavearecordoftheSenate?

Walter:Therewouldbe.Gretchen(Gould)says‘yes.’

O’Kane:Weproducedawholebunchofdocuments.

Strauss:Oh,yeah.

Walter:Shouldyoupetitiontobringthisupagain,itmightbegoodtogatherall

that.

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Strauss:Wecouldlookatitagain,butthesystemweputtogetherreally

respondedveryquicklyandrespondedinaverypreemptoryfashion.Itwas

aggressiveintermsofhowcheaters…

O’Kane:Butveryfair.

Strauss:Veryfair,too.Absolutely.

Walter:Well,ifyou’dliketopetitiontorevisitthis,itwouldcertainly…

Strauss:YouknowIwassobeatenupbythatprocessthatI’mstillsufferingprost

traumaticstresssyndrome[Laughter].Ittookmealotjusttobringthisuphere.I

wouldbehappytoconsultwithwhoeverwantstopetition.

Kidd:Studentsbroughtthisup.

Strauss:Ifweentertainedthisinaseriousmanner,Ithinkwecoulddigitupand

reconsiderthemeritsofthesystem,andseeifyouwanttodoit.

Walter:Ormaybefigureoutwhyitwasrejected.

Strauss:Itaddedaresponselayerofbureaucracytoachieve,beyondthe…

Wohlpart:Andtheadministrationturnedthatdown?[Laughter]

Strauss:YouwouldthinkthatanewopportunitytoputanotherVice-Provostin

wouldbe…

Walter:Howtemptingwouldthatbe?

Wohlpart:Touché.

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Strauss:Don’tgetmegoinginthatdirection.

O’Kane:WasitHansIsaksonwhochairedthatcommittee,orwasityou?

Strauss:Hans(Isakson)wasintimatelyinvolvedinit.Yeah.ButIcan’tremember.

It’sbeensolongagoyouknow.IlovereadingbooksIreadbackthen,it’slikea

brandnewbook.[Laughter]

Walter:Okay,thankyouforthosecomments.

Strauss:Don’tputthatintheminutes.

Walter:(andothers):It’sthere.

MINUTESFORAPPROVAL

Walter:So,theminutesfortheJanuary22ndmeeting;againthanksAmy

(Petersen)forthat,werepostedonthe29thandI’llneedamotiontoapprove

thoseminutes.MovedbySenatorGould,secondedbySenatorO’Kane.Any

discussiononthose?Correctionsetcetera?OneminorcorrectionImadeon

those,buttherevisedoneshavebeenposted.Okay,nodiscussion,thenI’llcall

foravote.AllthoseinfavorofapprovingtheminutesforJanuary22nd,please

indicatebysaying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions?None?Themotionpasses.

Walter:Commentsfromme:Ikindofjumpedthegun.Iwantedtomakesurethat

IpersonallywelcomedSaraSmith.Welcome.Youcamelasttime,right?Okay.

FromTechnology?Ididn’tgetachancetomeetyou,sowelcomeaboard.

CONSIDERATIONOFCALENDARITEMSFORDOCKETING

Walter:So,IhavesixdifferentitemsupheretogofromtheCalendarto

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Docketing,andtwoofthemaregoingtorequirecommentsfromourAssociate

Provost,anditwillprobablynecessitatemovingoneofthesetothetopofthe

order,soIthinkIactuallywanttostartwith[Agenda]Iteme:1371:Program

SuspensionoftheDoctorateofIndustrialTechnology.Thesehaveallbeenposted

withtheirbackgroundmaterials,butmaybeIcangetAssociateProvostPeaseto

commentalittlebitonthescheduleforthis.

Pease:Doyoumean,relatedtoaskingforittobedocketedandvotedontoday?

Walter:Yes.Thehurry-upbasically.

Pease:Icanjustgothroughtheprogram;whatwe’redoinghereifyoulike.The

DepartmentofTechnologyisaskingforareduction/suspensionofenrollmentsin

theD.I.T.[DoctorateofIndustrialTechnology]program.They’relookingtocreate

agapinthestudent—thisisnotatermination—they’relookingtocreateagapin

theenrollmentstogivethemselvessomespacetoreviewtheprogram,andmake

somemodificationswithouthavingstudentsthatwouldbegoingthroughtwo

differentcurriculaatthesametime.So,lookingtobeabletophasesome

studentsoutofthecurrentone,makesomechanges—atleastreviewthe

program,andseewhatthey’regoingtodowithit,andthenbringstudentsin

again.What’sdrivingthisisin2001and2009APRreviews--externalreviewers,

hadcommentedthattherewerealotofproblemswiththeprogram.They

haven’tbeenabletomakeprogressonthatyet,andsothey’rereallylookingto

tacklethatnow.They’recurrentlyatfourstudents,sothisisnotabigimpact.This

wouldbefairlyeasytotakethegapperiodandtakeareview,andgoaheadand

teachthosefourstudentsout,beforetheyseewhattheycandowiththefuture

students.Thekindofthingswe’relookingtodoingisreviewingtheactualmarket

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forstudentswithaD.I.T.;modernizingthecurriculum,theywanttodevelop

marketingplans,orlookatwhatasuccessfulmarketingplanmightlooklike,and

takealookatthesustainabilityofthebudgetthattheyhave.So,thisiscoming

alongalittlebitquickly,andI’maskingonbehalfofTechnologytohavethis

docketedandthenvotedontoday,andthereasonforthathastodowithgetting

itthroughtheBoardofRegentsforapproval.Thedepartmentdidn’tIdon’tthink

realizeduntiltheybegantotalktomeinlatefallsemesterthatinordertodo

this—thiswassomethingtheywerethinkingabout,buttheydidn’trealizethat

theyneededBoardofRegentsapprovalinordertoreduceorsuspendtheir

enrollments.So,itwasn’treallypartofthenormalcurriculumcycle.ButItalked

tothem,andweagreedthatwecouldmovethisalongfairlyquicklysothatthey

couldbecomeincompliance.Theycoulddowhattheywanttodoandstillbein

compliancewiththeBoardofRegents,andsoinDecember—Ithinkitwasaround

December13th,theDepartmentofTechnologyvotedinfavoroftheaction.

January15th,theCHASSenateapprovedthis.ThenonJanuary26th,theGCCC

convenedandapprovedthis.So,we’vemovedthisalongprettyquicklyinthe

process,andthereasonthatwe’vedonethatisthatwewanttogetthisonthe

COP[CouncilofProvosts]meetingnextweekbeforetheBoardofRegents.It

turnsout,togetanythingthroughtheBoardofRegents,there’sactuallyathree-

stepprocess,andthosestepshappeninsequentialmeetings,andsoifwecanget

thisontheagendafornextweek,thenwecangetittotheASACmeetinginApril

andhaveitvotedonbysummer.Thepointis,itsoundslikealongtime,butthe

pointistohaveitdoneandcompletedandapprovedbeforethefallsemester

whenthesestudentswouldnotbecomingintotheprogram.

Wohlpart:So,justtoletyouallknow,theacronyms:It’stheCouncilofProvosts

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first.Wevoteonitthere,andthenitgoestotheAcademicandStudentAffairs

Committee,whichisasubcommitteeoftheBoardofRegents.Thenitgoestothe

BoardofRegents.Weusedtoactuallydotwoofthosestepsatonemeeting.We

doCouncilofProvostsonenightandthenextdaywouldbeASAC(Academicand

StudentAffairs).Itwasonlytwomeetingstogetsomethingthrough.Those

meetingshavenowbeenshuffled,andsonowittakesthreeBoardofRegents

conveningstogetsomethingthroughcurriculum.Hugelyproblematic.

Pease:IthinktheyrememberatthebeginningoftheyearIbroughtprogramsin

andaskedforthemtobedocketedandvotedon.Thatwasthenormalcycle,and

again,thatwastogetthemthroughthosethreestepssotheycouldbeapproved

bytheendoflastsemester.Sothat’sthepoint,soifit’sapprovedhere,wecan

moveitalongtoCouncilofProvostsnextweek.

Walter:Okay.Thatdoesn’tsoundsodifficult.Itwillbealittlebitoutoforder,soI

thinkwhatI’dliketoproposenowisthatwehearamotionforCalendarItem

1371,ProgramSuspensionoftheDoctorateofIndustrialTechnology—wasthere

otherwordingthatyouprefer?

Pease:No.

Walter:TheDoctorateofIndustrialTechnologytomovethatinasCalendarItem

1254,whichwillputitattheheadoftheothersontheCalendarlisttoday.DoI

hearamotionforthat?MovedbySenatorZeitzandsecondedbySenator

Burnight.Anydiscussiononthis?Youguysunderstandthiscameupasan

unexpecteditemandit’skindofahurry-up,buthopefullyyoudon’tmindthistoo

much.Nodiscussion?I’llcallforavote.AllthoseinfavorofmovingCalendarItem

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1371,ProgramSuspensionoftheDoctorateofIndustrialTechnologyinatthetop

oftheDocket,1254,pleaseindicatebysaying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions?

None.Themotionpasses.Okay.Thankyou.Iappreciateyourcooperationwith

that.Let’ssee,wehavestarting—goingbacktothetopoftheCalendarItems,we

haveNumber1367,EliminateUsingTransferCreditinCalculatingCumulative

G.P.A.ThiswouldbeapetitionbyDr.Kidd.Doyouwanttocommentalittlebit

onthisaswemoveitinor,doyouwanttowaituntilitendsupbeingdocketed?

Kidd:We’vealreadytalkedaboutit.ThethingsthatI’velearnedsincebringing

thatuphavebeenthatsomepeoplemightwanttohavetheG.P.A.oftheclasses

comein.That’sfine.Itjustseemslikeit’sveryconfusingforeveryonetohave

threedifferent—ortwodifferentkindsofcumulativeG.P.A.’s.

Walter:Definitely.

Kidd:Anditdoesseemlike,eventhereissomeconfusiononthewebsites,itdoes

seemlikethepeoplearehearingtheappropriateG.P.A.butagainbecauseof

confusiononwebsites,whatiswhat.Studentsareconfused.Ihavebeen

confused.That’sall.

O’Kane:Itseemstomethattheproblemisnotthatwe’reusingoutsideG.P.A.sto

docalculations.ItseemstometheproblemisthewayG.P.A.sarebeingreported.

SoIwonderifreallythat’sthesolution:Weneedtogetthatstandardizedacross

whateverwebpagesthatpeoplearelookingat,anditneedstobecrystalclear.

Kidd:Yeah,Ijustdon’tseeareasoneventocalculatecumulativeG.P.A.with

outsidecredit.That’sjustmyopinion.Exactly.Itneedstobeveryclear,andsoI

don’tseethebonusofcalculatingthatatall.

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O’Kane:Itdoes.Onemightwanttoknow:Howhasthisstudentdonethrough

theircareer?

Kidd:Wellthenyoucantakealookatatranscript.It’sonthere.I’mnotsaying

“Hidethetranscript,orhidethetransferG.P.A.,”Idon’tseethepointin

calculatingit,becauseagain,evenwhenit’scalculatednow,you’renotusingthe

entiretranscript.You’reonlyusingthosegradeswhichgotowardsadegree.So

it’snotevenlikeyou’reseeingthewholeexternalclass—everythingtheytook.

You’reseeingwhichofthoseclassesarebeingusedtoawarddegreesthatare

obtainedatUNI,andcombiningthatwiththeUNIclasses,andit’snotbeingused

todetermineifyougoonprobationordetermineifyougraduate.Youknowwhat

Imean?ImeanIdon’tknowwhatthepointofitis.

O’Kane:ItseemstomethatifI’mlookingatajobcandidateandtheyhavea

degreeinbiology,andthey’vebroughtinsomegradesfromoutsideofbiology,

butonlythosegradestheRegistrarandthedepartmentofcoursesaidwillcount

towardsbiology.SothatG.P.A.thenisasnapshotoftheirgradesinbiology.

Kidd:Fromthatinstitution.Yes.

O’Kane:I’msayinganycoursesthatareacceptedintothatmajorshouldbe

counted.

Wohlpart:TowardsthecumulativeG.P.A.?

O’Kane:TowardsthecumulativeG.P.A.Coursesthatarenotaccepted,right.ButI

wanttoseeaG.P.A.:Howdidthispersondoinbiology?AndreallywhenIlookat

thatothertranscript,Idon’tknowwhichofthosecoursesthatU.N.I.would

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accept.

Pease:Becausethearticulationisn’treallythatclear.

Kidd:I’lltellyouthatweacceptacourseinphysicsthatIdon’tthinkthatwe

shouldeither(a)accept,becausethequalitycontrolisnotthere,andIdefinitely

don’tthinkIwouldacceptthegrade.Andthat’sfrommy—Idon’thaveany

opinionofwhat’sdoneinbiology.

O’Kane:Yeah.Ithinkthat’sadifferentdiscussion.OnethatI’vethoughtforyears

weshouldhave.

Kidd:Wedonothavecontroloverwhatclassesweaccept.That’sdoneatthe

BoardofRegentslevel.

Walter:So,tohaveareallythoroughdiscussiononthis,weneedtomoveitasa

docketitemasopposedtohavingthatrightnow.

Kidd:Thisisadiscussionweshouldhave,right?

Walter:Itis.Wewillhavethisdiscussionatsomepoint.

O’Kane:Imovethatwemoveittotheregulardocket.I’mgoingtovote‘nay’onit

but…[Laughter]

Walter:IacceptSenatorO’Kane’smotiontomoveCalendarItem1367tothe

DocketasItem1255.DoIhaveasecondonthat?SenatorHesse,seconds.Allin

favor,pleaseindicatebysaying,‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions?Themotion

passes.Next,wehaveanotherTimKidd-sponsoredCalendarItem1368.That’sfor

beingsoactive.

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Kidd:Wetry.

Walter:InvitationforaSeatattheTableforUnitedFacultybyTimKidd.Any

commentsonthat,butnottoolong?

Kidd:No.

Walter:Wellhonestly,theinformationbehindtheshorttextonthishasbeen

posted,sodoIhaveamotiontomoveCalendarItem1368ontotheDocket?

SenatorStaffordmoves.SenatorBurnightseconds.Allinfavorofmovingthis

item,InvitationforaSeatattheTableforUnitedFaculty,pleaseindicateby

saying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions?None.Themotionpasses.That’s1256.

Walter:Sothenextoneinorder,CalendarItem1369,RequestforConsultation

onUNIMentalHealthCounselingProgressandStatus,byPaulaKnudsonand

ShelleyO’Connell,CarolGeiger,presentingonthisatsomepoint.Weprobably

won’tgettothistoday,butwe’lltry.Well,I’llscheduleaparticulardatewiththis.

I’mnotclearexactlywhenthisisscheduled.They’renothere,sothatwouldkind

ofdecidethat.ThiswouldcomeinasDocketItem1257.DoIhaveamotionto

movethisitemontotheDocket?SomovedbySenatorGould,secondbySenator

Choi.AllinfavorofmovingCalendarItem1369inasDocketItem1257,please

indicatebysaying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstain?None.Themotionpasses,1257.

Walter:CalendarItem1370,ConsultationontheDeanofStudentsPosition.Do

wehavecommentsfromAdministrationatallonthis?

Wohlpart:LeslieWilson[sicWilliams]isleavingandisgoingtoCalStateChannel

IslandsIthink.No,notChannelIslands—MonterreyBay,sotheVicePresidentfor

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StudentAffairs,PaulaKnudson,wouldlikefeedbackondifferentwaystoorganize

thatoffice.

Walter:Right.Paula(Knudson)contactedmeonthisandhadusputthisupasa

petition,CalendarItem1370.SodoIhaveamotionforthisconsultationtocome

inasDocketItem1258?MovedbySenatorStrauss,secondedbySenatorZeitz.All

infavorpleaseindicatebysaying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions?None.The

motionpasses.

Walter:Okay,wedidtheprogramsuspensionalready,andnowthelastitem

1372,TheSpring2018RevisedCurriculumHandbook.Thiswouldcomeinas

DocketItem1259.John(Vallentine),didyouwanttocommentonthatalittlebit?

Vallentine:SoreferringtotheFacultyHandbook?

Walter:Yes,sir.

Wohlpart:No,thisistheCurriculumHandbook.

Walter:I’msorry.Imisreadthatentirely.

Wohlpart:No,you’regood.ThathasalreadybeendocketedforApril.

Walter:Alright,soit’saseparateissue.Okay.Sorryaboutthatfolks.

Pease:Attheendofeachnormalcurricularcycle,theUCCandGCCCreviewand

reflectontheHandbookandthepolicies.Whatthisrepresents,you’llhavetime

toreaditbetweennowand…I’mnotaskingforthistobevotedontoday,so

you’llhavetimetoreadit.Thesearereallyupdatesforthescheduletheyears—

theyearschange.Sometimesthedatesthingsareduechange.Sometimesit’s

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someofthechangesaredocumentationofinformalprocedure.Thingsthatwedo

butrealizetheyweren’twrittendown.Somethingsareclarificationsofprocesses

wheremaybewesawalotofthingscomein;alotoferrorsoralotofproblems

thatcameintoprograms,andsowejustwrotesomethingsintotheHandbookto

helptheprogramsout.Sothisisreallyjustanannualupdate,andit’sallred-lined

soit’seasytofindwherethechangesare.

Walter:Thankyou.Good.Nowifsomeonewouldhelpmeresetthiscomputerso

itdoesn’tgooffeveryfiveseconds,Iwouldreallyappreciatesometechnicalhelp

withthatmaybe.It’sprobablyaWindowsfunction.I’dliketoshootforthatlater.

Okay,soforCalendarItem1372,doIhaveamotiontomovethatinasDocket

Item1259inorder?MovedbySenatorMattingly.SecondedbySenatorBurnight.

AllinfavorofmovingtheSpring2018RevisedCurriculumHandbookinasDocket

Item1259,pleaseindicatebysaying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions?None.

Themotionpasses.

NONEWBUSINESS

CONSIDERATIONOFDOCKETEDITEMS

Walter:Alright,thatjumpsustothetopoftheDocket,whichisprettysimple.We

haveanEmeritusRequestatthetopoftheDocket.I’mnotskippinganything,am

I?EmeritusRequestforJoeWilson,AssociateProfessorofKAHHS.Idon’thave

thetextthataccompaniedthisemerituspetition,butithasbeenposted.Would

anybodyliketosayanythingaboutDr.Wilson?

Petersen:Wouldyoulikemetoreadit?

Walter:Haveyougotitrightthere?Thanks.Pleasedo.

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Petersen:[Reads]“Dr.JoeWilsonservedasanAssociateProfessorintheSchool

ofKinesiology,AlliedHealthandHumanServicesfrom1985untilhisretirementin

2017.DuringhistimeatUNI,hemadeadifferenceinthelivesofhisstudentsand

therespectofhispeers.Hewasatirelessadvocateforstudentsandtherapeutic

recreationandleisure.Dr.Wilsonandhislegionofvolunteerstudentswere

especiallyinvolvedinSpecialOlympics.Thisyearmarksthe50thyearthathehas

servedasavolunteerleaderandcheerleaderfortheSpecialOlympics.Dr.Wilson

wasasuperbcolleaguewhowillbemissedbyallwhoknewhim.”

Walter:AnyothercommentsonDr.Wilson?

Mattingly:Amy,(Petersen)howmanyyearsdidyousayhewasinvolvedinthe

SpecialOlympics?

Petersen:Fiftyyears.

Mattingly:Ithoughtyousaidfifty.That’sprettyincredible.

Walter:That’samazingservice.

Petersen:IwaslookingtoseeifPeter(Neibert)washeretoday.

Zeitz:ChairWalter,wouldyouliketoknowhowtoredothe‘sleep’?

Walter:Howaboutafterthemeeting?I’llkeeptouchingit.Thankyouthough.I

appreciatethat.Okay,sodoIhaveamotiontopassasdocketed,Item1253,the

EmeritusRequestbyJoeWilson?SenatorBurnightmoves,secondedbySenator

Zeitz.AllinfavorofconferringtheemeritusstatustoProfessorJoeWilson,please

indicatebysaying‘aye.’Opposed,‘nay.’Abstentions:None.Themotionpasses.

Thankyou.SowhatendedupatthetopoftheDocketwasthis:TheDoctoratefor

IndustrialTechnology.Again,wehadalittlemisunderstandingastodeadlinesand

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we’rejusttryingtomovethisthroughsoitcanmakeittothepropercommittees

andtheBoardofRegentsmeetingnextweekandbeontheirdocketforApril.Is

thatcorrect?

Pease:Yes,forthenextstep—fortheASACmeetinginApril.Ithastobethrough

theCouncilofProvostsbeforethattobeontheagendaforASAC.

Walter:SowemovedthistothetopoftheDockettogetitthroughkindofina

hurry.So,isthereanydiscussiononthis?

Mattingly:IwouldjustliketoconfirmwithShahram(Varzavand)isfrom

Technology?

[Othersadd:AndSara(Smith)]

Mattingly:Thiswasanon-controversialissueinyourdepartment?

Varzavand:Longpause.Theprogram–Theprogramisbeing…I’mlookingforthe

rightwords.Theprogramhasbeenkindoflimpingalongforthepastcoupleof

years,anditrequiresperhapsanoverhaulofsomesortoranother.Iwas

surprisedatthequestionyouaskedbecauseusuallyalotofthecurriculuminour

departmentisunilaterallydecidedbyourdepartmenthead,sothat’swhyIwas

justsurprisedthatsomebodywasaskingaboutit.

Mattingly:I’maskingonlybecauseit’sbeingmovedthroughratherquicklyand

I’malittlenervousaboutmovingitthroughwithouthearingfromsomeonefrom

thedepartmentthatthisissomethingthedepartmentwants.

Varzavand:Wellperhapsthebestcourseofactionwouldbetoaskforthe

minutesofthemeetingforthat.

Pease:Whichmeetingareyoutalkingabout?Thedepartmentmeeting?

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Varzavand:Correct.

Pease:Thatwouldbeunusual.Weneverseedepartmentalminutesatthislevel.

That’swhythey’renotincludedinhere.That’sjustnotthenormalprocedure.

Strauss:Theindicationthoughwasthattherewasn’tcompleteagreement.AsI

readherebetweenthelines,andthatwemightberailroadingthisthingthrough

againstsomeofthewishesofthefaculty.That’swhatitsoundslike,butthatmay

notbetrue.

Pease:Iwasn’tatthatmeeting,butwhatIhaveisthatthedepartmentapproved

it.TheCHASSenateapprovedit,andGCCCapprovedit.Now,ifanyofthosevotes

alongthewayarenotunanimous,thatisprobablynotunusual.

Strauss:Iheardthat(withallduerespect)Iheardthestatementthatcurriculum

changesaredoneunilaterallybythedepartmenthead.DidImisunderstandthat?

Ihatetoputyouon.Thatdoesn’tsoundhealthytome.

Fenech:Butultimately,they’renottalkingaboutgettingridoftheprogram,

they’rejusttalkingaboutpausingit,sotheycanoverhaulit.

Strauss:Ididalsoheartheterm“limpingalong,”Soperhaps…

Fenech:It’stimetoputasplintonit.

Strauss:Beingaformerdepartmenthead,sometimesyouhavetotakethosekind

ofactionstogetthingstomoveforward.

Koch:Withfourcandidates,itsoundslikeit’sarather…nottoomuchenergyor

nottoomanypeopleinit.So,hastherebeenmorecandidates?

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Varzavand:Actually,thefourcandidatesarewhatitisIknowof.Thattheyare

actuallypursuingtheirdegrees.

Koch:Butinprioryears,there’sbeenmorecandidates?

Pease:Notmany.Icheckedtheenrollmentstodaytoconfirmthatitwasfour.I

thinktheenrollmentshavebeensingledigitsforanumberofyearsnow.Idon’t

knowhowfarback,butatleastforafewyearsthey’vebeensingledigits.

Petersen:[reads]Itsayssevenapplicationsthisyear.Fivein2016;tenin2015.

Strauss:Thoseareapplications?

Pease:Notallofthoseapplicationshavetranslatedtostudents.

Petersen:[reads]Enrollmenthasbeensevenin2017,eightin2016,sevenin

2015,onein2014.

Koch:Seepartofthatcouldbethatthecurriculumitselfisnotattractiveto

students.

Varzavand:It’snotcurriculumalonebyitself,buttheamountofstipendwhichis

availabletothestudents.Ithasbeenreducedfromsixandahalfovertheyearsto

halforonerecently,andyoucanobviouslyobtainsomestudentsthrough

obtainingagrantandwritingyourgrant,butit’snotgoingtobeasustainable

amount,becauseifyoudon’thaveastipendforthestudents,lessstudentswillbe

applyingtotheprogram.Thatshouldbeveryobvious.

Walter:Soisityourimpressionthatthisisbeingsloweddownintermsof

enrollmentinanefforttoimproveitforthestudents?

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Varzavand:Enrollment:Notnecessarilyduetothecurriculum,butalsoduetothe

otherfactors,includingtheassistantshipsavailabletostudents.

Strauss:Patrick,(Pease)Whatwouldbeconsideredahealthyenrollmentfora

Ph.D.programatUNI?Isthereaballpark?

Pease:Wedon’thaveanyPh.D.programs,butwehaveanEd.DDthatiscloseto

100students.

Strauss:Okay,sothisisadoctorate,excusemyexpression.Whatwouldbea

healthyenrollmentforadoctorateprogram?

Pease:Again,wehavetwo:Oneisatfourandoneiscloseto100.Sopicka

numberinbetweenthere.Obviously,theseareexpensiveprograms.Idon’tknow

whatthemagicnumberistomakeithealthyandcost-effective,butsingle-digits,

aroundfour,probablyarenotthere.

Strauss:ProbablytenminimumIwouldsay,ifnotmore.

Pease:Allofyouknowthatdoctorateprogramsareexpensivetorun.They’re

intensiveandthey’reexpensive.

Bernhard:ArethereanyotherinstitutionsintheStatethatofferthisdoctorate?

Pease:Idon’tthinkthereare.

Mattingly:Therewasadepartmentalvote,andthevotepassedtosuspendthe

program.Isthatcorrect?

Varzavand:Icannotrecall,butIbelieveso,becauseitrequiressomeformof

overhaul.Allthefacultiesareinvolvedinthedoctoralprogram,andsotheir

participationforyesornoismoredesirable,thentheyabstainfromit,sothere

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is...Itbringsaquestiontomindwhytherearepeoplewhoabstained.ButasI

said,Idon’trecallthenumberofvotessoonandsoforth.

Choi:Whatisthebenefitofkeepingtheexpensiveprograms?Yousaidthat

keepingdoctoralprogramsareexpensive,sowhatisthebenefitofkeepingit

insteadofclosingit?

Pease:They’renotaskingtocloseit.They’rejustaskingtosuspendenrollments

whiletheycantakealookatit.

Strauss:Istillthinkthat’safairquestion.

Varzavand:Theymaynothavedonethecostanalysisonit.Butiftheydothecost

analysis,it’sprobablynotasexpensiveasitappearstobebecauseformany

years,facultytaughtanextraclasswithoutcompensationtojustkeepitalive.

Thoserecordsareavailableofcourse.

Walter:Othercomments?Otherquestions?

Strauss:Tosummarizethen,Ihearthatthisprogramwantstobesuspendedto

re-evaluatethecurriculumandconsiderwhatisinthecurriculum.YetIhearthat

oneoftheprimarycausesofthelowenrollmentisareductioninfinancialsupport

andstipendforthestudents.So,areyoujustre-arrangingthedeckchairsonthe

Titanic?

Schraffenberger:Wellpartofthejustificationhereisdescribingefficiencieslike

lookingforonlineorhybridformsofclassesthattheydon’tcurrentlyhave.So

theydodescribeanumberofothernon-curricularfixesthatthey’relookingat.

Strauss:Soit’smorethanrearrangingchairsontheTitanic?

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Schraffenberger:Itmightbedifferentchairs,differentdecks.Wedon’tknow.

Moreboats.

Hesse:Theywantedanewmarketingplantoo,toattractmorestudents.

Varzavand:I’mnotopposedtosuspendingitatall,buttobere-evaluated,butas

weIthinkingeneral,myopinion,aswestarttospinoffprograms,especiallythe

doctoralandmaster’sprograms,thenthequestionremains:Isthisinstitutiona

collegeorisitauniversity?Understandingwhatconstitutesacollege,what

constitutescommunitycollege,andwhatconstitutesuniversity?SoIknowover

theyearswehavehadmaster’sprogramsenduptobediscontinuedandsoon,so

justacomment.

Walter:Agoodcomment.Verymuchworththinkingabout.SoI’llentertaina

motionforavoteonthis.MovedbySenatorZeitz,secondedbySenator

Varzavand.AllinfavorofpassingProgramSuspensionoftheDoctorateof

IndustrialTechnology,DocketNumber1254,pleaseindicatebysaying‘aye.’Nay,

indicatebysaying‘nay.’Abstentions?Themotionpasseswithoneabstention,

SaraSmith.

Walter:Sothatmovesustoour—TimKiddhasleftthebuilding,sothatmovesus

totheTransferCreditquestion.

[murmursofdissent]

Walter:That’sfornextmeeting?Oh,okay.They’realldocketed.SoIdon’tseeany

othersthatwecandiscussasDocketItemsatthispoint.Theinvitationforaseat

atthetable?Wecantalkaboutthatone.UnitedFacultyisrepresented.

Petersen:Andshebroughtcookies.

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Walter:Shebroughtcookies.That’sveryimportant.

Hakes:Everyoneofthesehastobedocketedfortwoweeks.Wescootedone

forwardtotalktoabout,butwe’remisinterpretingwhatdocketingis.Theseare

docketednow.Wecan’ttalkaboutthemnow.Sopeopleonourcampuscan…

Walter:Wecanmakemoreinformationavailable.

Hakes:That’swhatdocketingis.

Walter:Istandcorrected.

Strauss:It’snothingpersonal,Michael(Walter).It’sjustbusiness.

Walter:Itmeansthatwecanendthismeetingalittleearlierthough.[Laughter]

Strauss:Onefinalcomment,IdorecollectthatMichaelLicariwasChairofthe

Senatebackwhenthisaugustgrouppassedthathonorsystem.

Walter:I’msorry.Whatpointareyouaddressing?

Strauss:WhenweweretalkingabouttheHonorsSystem.

Gould:Ifoundthetranscript.I’llsendittoeverybody.ItwaslikeAprilsomething,

2006.

Walter:Abouttheplagiarismidea.Yeah.

Strauss:Actually,AcademicHonestyisabetterwaytoexpressit.

Fenech:Ihopeyoudon’tmind,butI’dliketoaskaquestionhereaboutaterritory

thatisnewtome.Indulgemeforaminute,please.I’mthesecretaryofmy

departmentandItaketheminutemeetings,andtherehavebeenissues—Ijust

can’twritefastenoughbecausewehaverathercontentiousmeetings,andsoI

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wanttodigitallyrecordtheminutesandthentranscribethemthewaywedo

here.HowdoIgoaboutdoingthat?DoIhavetoputthattoavoteinthe

department?Wouldanyonehavesomeinsightforme?I’dreallyappreciateit.

Walter:I’mhonestlynotevenfamiliarenoughwithhowwepayKathytodothis

totellyouthetruth.[Laughter]Somebodyelsepicksupthetabforthat,Provost

Wohlpart?

Wohlpart:Yes.Wepickupthetab.WehaveacontractwithKathytodothat

work.

Walter:Soyouprobablyhavetoasktohireatranscriptionist.

Fenech:No,no,no,I’mhappytodoit.IjustwanttoaskhowdoIgoabout?

Wohlpart:Ithinkyou’dhavetogetpermissionofeverybodyintheroom.You’d

havetogeteverybodytoagreethatyoucouldrecordit,andthereare

transcriptionmachinesthatyoucouldsteponapedalandthenstepoffandyou

cantypeandthingslikethat.

O’Kane:Voicerecognitionnow,too.

Wohlpart:Ifyouhavevoicerecognition,butyou’dhavetorecognizeeverybody’s

voicesintheroom.

Fenech:IbegyourpardondoIhavetogetthepermissionofallofthefaculty

members?Andifoneortwochoosenottoberecorded,dowenotjustrecordat

all?Wouldanyoneknow?

Schraffenberger:Iwouldsuggestputtingittoavoteforyourby-laws;your

department’sby-laws.

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Fenech:Thanksforyourhelp.Sorrytotroubleyouwiththat.

Walter:Ifanybodyobjectstothat,it’stheirrighttobeleftout.Eitherthatoryou

couldlearntowritereallyfast.

Fenech:Thankyoueveryone.

Walter:Everythingthatwe’vemovedontotheDocketisgoingtogetawait,and

dowehaveanyothercomments?Shamelessplugsoranythingelsethatneedsto

bebroughtuptoday?

Strauss:Imovetoadjourn.

Walter:Iwaswaitingforthat.MotiontoadjournbySenatorStrauss,secondby

SenatorO’Kane.We’redone.

Submittedby, NextMeeting:

KathySundstedt Monday,February26,2018

AdministrativeAssistant/Transcriptionist RodLibraryRoom301

UNIFacultySenate 3:30p.m.

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Addendum #1 Letter of Support for Emeritus Request of Dr. Joe Wilson by Dr. Mick Mack

Mick G. Mack, PhD

Interim Director

School of Kinesiology, Allied Health and Human Services

Dr. Joe Wilson served as an associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, Allied Health and

Human Services at the University of Northern Iowa from 1985 until his retirement in 2017.

During his time at UNI, Dr. Wilson made a difference in the lives of his students and earned the

respect of his peers. He was a tireless advocate for his students in therapeutic recreation and

leisure. Dr. Wilson and his legion of volunteer students were especially involved with Special

Olympics. This year marks the 50th year that he has served as a volunteer, leader, and

cheerleader for Special Olympics. Dr. Wilson was a superb colleague who will be missed by all

who knew him. Thank you for your many years of service to the University and community.