IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY SENATE MEETING

AGENDA 

Monday, November 14, 2005, 4:00 pm

Faculty Senate Conference Room 128, Red Hill Building

I.          Preliminaries

A.     Attendance

B.     Faculty Senate Minutes of October 31, 2005

II.         Open Forum –

A.     Linda Deck – IMNH

B.     Randy Gaines and Corey Schou – IT migration

C.     Larry Ford – Research Faculty promotion/tenure policy

III.       Announcements & Reports

A.     Chair 

B.     Executive Committee meetings with Dr. Gallagher

IV.       Consent Calendar

A.  Faculty Appointments to Councils

       1.   Faculty Professional Policies Council (third Tuesday at 8:00)

a.   College of Business

 2.   Research Coordinating Council (Thurs once a month 3:00-5:00)

a.   College of Arts & Sciences– natural science

b.   College of Business – nomination for Steven Byers

3.  Faculty Senate Task Force for January terms – 1 faculty senator, 2 faculty

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

            B.  Faculty Senate representatives to councils

1.   Faculty Professional Policies

C.  Minutes of Councils

1.  Curriculum Council

      a.  Minutes of October 27, 2005

      b.  Minutes of November 3, 2005 (COB policy)

2.  Faculty Professional Policies Council

     a.  Minutes of October 18, 2005 (Distinguished Professor draft policy)

3.  Athletics Advisory Board Minutes of October 13, 2005 (FYI only)

             D.  Grade Distribution Report for summer 2005 (FYI)

V.        Unfinished Business

A.  Faculty Senate Bylaws changes

B.   College of Technology Faculty Council Minutes of February 3, 2005 – Sabbatical

       leave policy

C.  Research Coordinating Council Minutes of April 21, 2005 – promotion/tenure

                  guidelines for Research Faculty.

D.  Reactivate Budget Council

VI.       New Business

A.     Goals for 2005-2006

B.     Faculty Senate Bylaws

a.  Article III, Section I, 2. – qualify for membership.  It has been requested that

     research and clinical faculty be able to sit on Senate as well as its councils. 

b.  Article III, Section III, 1. – regular elections.  It has been suggested to have

     alternates elected as well. 

VII.      Adjournment