Faculty Senate Minutes

March 1, 2017

3:10 – 4:30 pm

SUB 235

 

Membership

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Babcock, Michael – Chair

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Wilmer, Franke – Chair-­‐Elect

 

Adams, Dean – AR/Art

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Anderson, Christina-­‐ AR/FilmPhoto

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Anderson, Ryan-­‐ EN/ChemEngr

 

Arnold, Shannon-­‐ AG/Ed

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Austin, Eric – LS/PolSci

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Belasco, Eric-­‐Ag/AgEcon

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Berry, Michael-­‐ EN/CivilEng

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Bolte, Jason-­‐AR/Music

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Brown, William-­‐Business

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Burrows, Mary – ExtensionCampus

 

Conrad, Maire-­‐ AR/Arch

 

Dratz, Ed-­‐ LS/Chem

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Creel, Scott-­‐ LS/Ecology

 

Eggert, Norm – Emeritus

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Ewing, Stephanie-­‐ AG/LRES

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Greenwood, Mark-­‐ LS/Math

 

Haggerty, Julia – LS/Earth

 

Herman, Matthew-­‐ LS/NAS

 

Hostetler, Jeff-­‐ Gallatin College

 

Hughes, Thomas-­‐LS/CellBio

 

Jha, Prashanta-­‐AG/RC

 

Koltz, Rebecca-­‐EHHD/HD

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Larson, Robb-­‐EN/MIE

 

Lu, Chaofu-­‐AG/PSPP

 

Lucas, Dan-­‐ExtensionOffCampus

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Brody, M-­‐EHHD/Ed

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Martin, James-­‐LS/MLL

 

Merzdorf, Christa-­‐ LS/CellBio

 

Mosely, Jeff-­‐AG/ARS

 

Rebane, Aleks-­‐ LS/Physics

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Reidy, Michael-­‐ LS/History

 

Becker, James – EN/ECE

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Running, Alice – CON

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Smith, Jessi-­‐LS/Psychology

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Sterman, Leila-­‐Library

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Thomas, Amy-­‐LS/English

 

Wiedenheft, Blake-­‐AG/Micro

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Yamaguchi, Tomoni-­‐ LS/Soc

 

 

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Clemente Izurieta-­‐ EN/CS

 

Alternates

 

Adams, Edward-­‐EN/Civil

 

Amendola, Roberta-­‐ EN/MIE

 

Babbitt, Randy-­‐LS/Physics

 

Becker, James – EN/ECE

 

Bennett, Robert – LS/English

 

Black, Laura – Business

 

Dlakic, Mensur-­‐ AG/Micro

 

Ellis, Colter – LS/ Soc

 

Engel, Rick – AG/LRES

 

Gannon, Paul – EN/ChBE

 

Geyer, Lukas – LS/ Math

 

Karczewska, Zuzanna-­‐ AR/Arch

 

Kevane, Bridget – LS/MLL

 

LeCain, Tim – LS/History

 

Liu, Jian-­‐yi-­‐ LS/Earth

 

Olson, Bret-­‐ AG/ARS

 

Perry, Dustin-­‐ AG/AgEd

 

Ricciardelli, Lucia-­‐ AR/FilmPhoto

 

Rogers-­‐Stanton, Christine-­‐ ED/Ed

 

Shanahan, Elizabeth – LS/PolSci

 

Stock, Wendy-­‐AG/AgEcon

 

Wathen, Cristen-­‐ EHHD/HHD

 

Yost, Laurel-­‐ AR/Music

 

Young, Scott-­‐ Library

 

Zimpel, James-­‐ AR/Art

 

 

 

 

 

Other Participants in Attendance

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President Waded Cruzado

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Dan Miller-­‐ EN/MIE

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David Cherry-­‐ LS

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Robert Mokwa – OAA

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Charles Boyer -­‐ AG

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Chris Fastnow – Planning

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Karlene Hoo – Grad School

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Marilyn Lockhart -­‐ CFE

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Brett Gunnink – EN

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John Paxton – EN/CS

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Garrett Leach -­‐ ASMSU

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Representatives from The Exponent

I.     Call to Order

II.    Approval of the February 22, 2017: Approved

III.    President Cruzado address to Senate: Update on Legislature, Romney Hall, Diversity Plan Initiative

IV.    Faculty Senate Leadership Transition (Chair-­‐Elect Wilmer) Bill Brown moved that Mike Babcock extend his term for one year, Jessi Smith seconded. Motion approved.

V.     Updates from CPC and Graduate Council:

Course approved by Steering on February 28th, 2017

•       ANSC 220 Feeds and Feeding

•       ARTZ 357 Functional Design Strategies for Fabricating Practical Objects

•       DDSN 131 Introduction to Drafting and Design

•       ETEC 250 Solid State Electronics I

•       PLTT 201 Laser Systems and Applications I

•       CHMY 513 Computational Chemistry

•       M 587 Lie Groups Course approved by CPC *

•       COMX 106 Communicating in a Dynamic Workplace

•       PHSX 341     Special Relativity

*These will be voted on by Faculty Senate Steering March 6 , unless we hear objections from senators. Course and Certificates approved by GC *

•       HIST 500 Seminar

*These will be voted on by Faculty Senate Steering, unless we hear from senators

VI.    Items from JAGS and Faculty Affairs

·         Annual review form (Chair-­‐Babcock): Will be reviewed by JAGS group and returned to next meeting.

VII.   B.A. in Computer Science (First Reading; Chair-­‐Elect Wilmer) Approved by CPC on 2/14/17

APWG reports posted on FS webpage

IIX.     Public comment

IX.     Adjournment

 

Spring 2017 Faculty Senate meeting schedule – please mark your calendars!

A.      March 22nd

B.      April 5th

C.       April 19th

D.      May 3rd

 

A printable PDF of this information can be found here.