IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY SENATE MEETING

AGENDA 

Monday, September 19, 2005, 4:00 pm

Faculty Senate Conference Room 128, Red Hill Building

I.            Preliminaries

A.     Attendance

B.     Faculty Senate Minutes of August 31, 2005

II.              Announcements & Reports

A.     Chair 

B.  Report on Faculty Senate Task Force on transparency in budgeting and planning

III.       Consent Calendar

A.  Faculty Appointments to Councils

                   1.  Academic Standards Council (meets last Wednesday at 4:00)

a.   College of Education

       2.  Campus Planning Council (meets last Wednesday at 11:00)

a.   College of Education

b.   College of Business – reinstate Kevin Parker

       3.  Cultural Affairs Council (Wed or Thurs at 4:00)

a.  College of Arts & Sciences – nominations for Alan Johnson and Melanie Kloetzel

       4.   Faculty Professional Policies Council

a.       College of Business

b.       College of Health Professions (replacement for Karen Gonzol 04-07) – nomination for Mary Dundas

c.   College of Education (replacement for Richard Pearson 03-06) – nomination

      for Brenda Jacobson

5.       Research Coordinating Council (Thurs once a month 3:00-5:00 –meeting 9/22)

a.       College of Arts & Sciences – natural science

b.       College of Business

c.       College of Education

       6.  Athletics Advisory Board – Two faculty positions – one one-year, one-four year

(meets second Thursday at 2:30) – nomination for Jack Newsome and Linwood Vereen – four year appointment; nominations for Beverly Ray and John Fitzpatrick – one year appointment.  Replacement for Kevin Parker (04-07) – nominations for Beverly Ray and John Fitzpatrick

                    7.  Faculty Senate Task Force for January terms –

(Tyler Telford, Kevin Schroeder – student reps)

 8.  Judicial Board – three-year term (Thurs @ 3:30, twice a month)

9.    Ad hoc committee - Foundation Board/Faculty Senate –

10. Use & Utilization Committee – recommended to place a CTL representative on council  

            B.  Faculty Senate representatives to councils

1.       Academic Standards

2.       Campus Planning

3.       College of Technology Faculty

4.       Council for Teaching & Learning

5.       Cultural Affairs

6.       Faculty Professional Policies

7.       Research Coordinating

C.  Emeritus Status

1.  Ms. Kathy Priddy

2.  Mr. Robert Jenkins

D.  Minutes of Councils

1.  Campus Planning Council Minutes of March 29, 2005 – no action items

2.  Council for Teaching & Learning

a.       Minutes of January 24, 2005 – no action items

b.       Minutes of April 25, 2005

3.      Athletics Advisory Board

a.    Minutes of April 14, 2005 (FYI only)

b.    Minutes of May 12, 2005 (FYI only)

4.      College of Technology Faculty Council

a.  Minutes of January 27, 2005

b.  Minutes of February 3, 2005

c.       Minutes of February 24, 2005

5.      Research Coordinating Council

a.  Minutes of November 18, 2004

b.       Minutes of January 20, 2005 – no action items

c.       Minutes of February 17, 2005 – no action items

d.       Minutes of March 24, 2005 – no action items

e.   Minutes of April 21, 2005

f.   Annual Report 2004-2005 – FYI

      6.  Academic Standards Council Minutes of April 27, 2005 – no action items

E.  Sabbatical Reports - FYI

1.   College of Business

2.      College of Pharmacy

3.      College of Health Professions

4.      College of Education

IV.              Unfinished Business

            A.  SBOE Presidential Advisory Committee

B.  Faculty Club

            C.  Reinstating Faculty Senate Budget Council

D.  Faculty Parking Privileges

E.  Fee/tuition reductions for dependents

V.        New Business

            A.  NOI routing procedure

            B.  Accommodation policies – spousal employment, student’s ideology or belief system

C.     College of Education policy for council membership

D.     Criminal Background Check Policy Draft (comments due by October 13)

VI.            Adjournment