WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY SENATE
Regular Meeting, 22 October 2013, 4:00 p.m.
Capitol Rooms - University Union
ACTION MINUTES
SENATORS PRESENT: J. Baylor, S. Bennett, L. Brice, G. Cabedo-Timmons, M. Carncross, J. Choi, A. Hyde, G.
Jorgensen, I. Lauer, M. Maskarinec, B. McCrary, J. Myers, B. Polley, J. Rabchuk, S. Rock, S. Romano, M. Siddiqi, M.
Singh, R. Thurman, T. Westerhold
Ex-officio: Nancy Parsons, Associate Provost
SENATORS ABSENT: S. Cordes, K. Myers, A. Silberer
GUESTS: Dale Adkins, Bob Intrieri, B.J. Lampere, Angela Lynn, Sue Martinelli-Fernandez, Lea Monahan, Russ
Morgan, Bhavneet Walia, Bridget Welch, Ron Williams
I.
Consideration of Minutes
A.
8 October 2013
MINUTES APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED
II.
III.
Announcements
A.
Provost’s Report – None
B.
Student Government Association (SGA) Report – None
(B.J. Lampere, SGA student representative)
C.
Other Announcements – None
Reports of Committees and Councils
A.
Council on Curricular Programs and Instruction (CCPI)
(Bridget Welch, Chair)
1.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Psychology
a)
Request for Change of Major
(1)
Gerontology
Senator Rabchuk asked how long it has been since this program was modified;
Psychology professor Bob Intrieri replied that it has not been changed since
1998.
CHANGE OF MAJOR APPROVED
B.
Council for International Education (CIE)
(Bhavneet Walia, Chair)
1.
Request for Short-Term Study Abroad Global Issues Designation
a)
NURS 379, International Health Care Systems, 3 s.h.
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Senator Rabchuk asked if NURS 379 is an existing course; Nursing Director Lea
Monahan replied that it is. Chairperson Rock asked how the course is currently taught.
Dr. Monahan replied that NURS 379 has always been taught with a foreign study
component but has not had the designation to allow it to fulfill Nursing students’ FLGI
requirement. Senator Rabchuk asked if this course is required for the Nursing program;
Dr. Monahan replied that it is not, and Nursing students can meet the FLGI requirement
by other means.
GI DESIGNATION APPROVED
Senator Baylor stated that the School of Nursing was told that they need to go through the
approval process again when they wish to change the country for this course even though
the assignments and syllabus will stay exactly the same. Dr. Walia confirmed this is the
case, adding that CIE wishes to look at the specific examples when the country is
changed before confirming GI designation. Senator Siddiqi observed that he does not
think it is the charge of the Council for International Studies because departments decide
to which country they wish to take their students and he does not know why the Council
wishes to look at such fine details. Dr. Walia stated that CIE does not tell departments
which countries they can utilize for their courses but does wish to see the details of what
students will be doing in those countries to earn global issues credit. Senator Brice stated
that History is offering the same course next semester that previously received GI
designation for a different location, and they did not resubmit the request to CIE. He does
not believe courses have to go back to CIE once they are approved for short-term study
abroad designation.
Chairperson Rock recommended that CIE explore its policies and procedures regarding
the short-term study abroad approval process and discuss these with the Executive
Committee; they can then make changes if they are determined to be needed.
IV.
Old Business – None
V.
New Business – None
Motion: To adjourn (Brice)
The Faculty Senate adjourned at 4:06 p.m.
Jim Rabchuk, Senate Secretary
Annette Hamm, Faculty Senate Recording Secretary
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