An Open Forum to Solicit Feedback on the Evaluation Process for the President and Provost will
be held from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in the Union Capitol Rooms prior to the Senate meeting and will be
teleconferenced to Room QA239 on the Quad Cities Riverfront Campus
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Regular Meeting of the FACULTY SENATE
http://www.wiu.edu/FacultySenate
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
4:00 p.m.
University Union Capitol Rooms
AGENDA
I.
Consideration of Minutes
A.
II.
27 March 2012
Announcements
A.
Provost’s Report
1.
Assessment Report Briefing
(Nancy Parsons, Interim Associate Provost)
B.
Student Government Association (SGA) Report
C.
Other Announcements
1.
Election of Faculty Senate Officers
a)
b)
c)
2.
Election of Senate Nominating Committee Representatives
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
III.
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business and Technology
College of Education and Human Services
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Chair of Committee on Committees
Reports of Committees and Councils
A.
Council on Admission, Graduation and Academic Standards
(Bob Quesal, Chair)
1.
Request for S/U Grading and Gateway
a)
B.
FS 490, Fire Service Internship, 9 s.h.
Council on Curricular Programs and Instruction
(Steve Bennett, Chair)
1.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Accounting and Finance
a)
Request for New Course
(1)
2.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Agriculture
a)
Request for Change of Minor
(1)
3.
Request for New Course
(1)
Requests for New Courses
(1)
(2)
COMM 345, Computer Mediated Communication, 3 s.h.
COMM 381, Intercultural Communication, 3 s.h.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Economics and Decision Sciences
a)
Request for New Course
(1)
6.
ARTH 392, Medieval Art, 3 s.h.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Communication
a)
5.
Agricultural Economics
Curricular Requests from the Department of Art
a)
4.
FIN 101, Financial Health, 2 s.h.
ECON 381, Mathematical Economics I, 3 s.h.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Law Enforcement and Justice
Administration
a)
Requests for New Courses
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
FS 211, Fire Suppression Tactics and Strategy, 3 s.h.
FS 212, Introduction to Fire Prevention, 3 s.h.
FS 301, Firefighter Safety and Survival, 3 s.h.
FS 345, Ethics, Diversity and Professionalism in the Fire and
Emergency Services, 3 s.h.
FS 490, Fire Service Internship, 9 s.h.
FS 491, Fire Service Internship Paper Summary, 3 s.h.
b)
Request for New Major
(1)
c)
Requests for New Options
(1)
(2)
d)
Requests for Discipline-Specific Global Issues Designation
a)
b)
ARTH 496, Contemporary Art, 3 s.h.
COMM 381, Intercultural Communication, 3 s.h.
Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) Committee
(Kris Kelly, Chair)
1.
Request for WID Designation
a)
E.
Fire Administration
Council for International Education
(Michael Stryker, Chair)
1.
D.
Fire Science
Request for Change of Minor
(1)
C.
Fire Administration
Fire Science
Request for New Minor
(1)
e)
Fire Protection Services
ARTH 392, Medieval Art, 3 s.h.
Senate Nominating Committee
1.
IV.
Old Business
V.
New Business
Annual Report
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 24, 2012
UNION CAPITOL ROOMS