Wichita State University Faculty Senate
September 23, 2013
Minutes of the Wichita State University
Faculty Senate
Monday, September 23, 2013
CH 126
3:30 pm
Accepted 11/11/13 as revised -- see Old Business
Members Present: Baker, Barut, Bergman, Brooks, Bryant, Castro, Celestin, Close, Decker, Driessen,
Handeh, Hanawalt, Horn, Hull, Klunder, Lewis, Matveyeva, Miller, Mosack, Oare, Rillema, Rokosz, Ross,
Taher, Yildirim, Yu
Members Absent: Alexander, Anderson, Kagdi, Kreinath, Liu, Lu, Markova, Moore-Jansen, Trechak
Members Excused: Houseman, Johnson, Yeager
Summary of Action
1. Accepted Committee appointments to Faculty Senate Standing Committees (see Committee
Reports, Rules)
2. Accepted new Senators (see Committee Reports , Rules)
I. Call to Order
President Victoria Mosack called the meeting to order at 3:30pm
II. Informal Statements and Proposals – President Mosack welcomed all senators, especially the newly
elected senators, back for the new academic year and the work of the 2013-14 Senate. She also
welcomed Tony Vizzini, Vice President of Academic Affairs, to his first meeting of the Wichita state
Faculty Senate.
III. Approval of the Minutes
The minutes of the final meeting of the 2012-13 Faculty Senate, May 13, 2013 were approved.
The minutes of the Election meeting of the 2013-14 Faculty Senate, May 13, 2013 were also approved.
IV. President’s Report
President Mosack shared some information and insights into some of the early initiatives of the Faculty
Senate:
• The Faculty Senate website continues to be updated and expanded. It currently contains such items as
calendar events, agendas and minutes of Faculty Senate meetings and Faculty Senate committee
meetings. All senators are encouraged to check it out.
• A Mini Open House has been scheduled for the Rhatigan Student Center for next week.
• KBOR representatives will visit the campus October 7. They will be meeting with several constituent
groups including representatives from the Faculty Senate. The President’s office will provide further
details of the visit later.
• Likewise, representatives of the Kansas Legislature will visit the campus October 23.
• VPAA Tony Vizzini will be the featured speaker at the AAUP meeting at 3:00 pm, Friday, September 27.
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• President Mosack restated the goals of the Senate established last year: be the voice of the faculty,
increase the visibility of the Senate, accept the responsibilities of share governance, provide consultation
and consent of University policies, and be active participants in strategic planning.
• President Mosack summarized the major campus initiatives put forward by President Bardo: creation of
a “one stop” student service center, establish a parking management strategy, new residence hall to be
completed August 2014, Perimeter road to be relocated and an open-air mall to be created, and an
expansion of space for both engineering and business.
V. Committee Reports
Mehmet Barut, Chair of the Rules Committee, brought forward the following nominees from the Rules
committee to fill vacancies on the Senate Standing Committees:
Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs
General Education
Faculty Support
Library
Court of Academic Appeals
Honors
Rules
Scholarship & Student Aid
Rodney Boehme
Business -- 2016
Janet Twomey
Engineering -- 2016
Ho Lop-Hing
LAS Math/Natural Sciences -- 2016
Prakash Ramanan
Engineering -- 2016
Jens Kreinath
LAS Social Sciences -- 2016
Chris Broberg
Business -- 2014
Janice Ewing
Education -- 2016
Viktor Isakov
LAS Math/Natural Sciences -- 2014
Susan Parsons
Health Professions -- 2016
Sara Taylor
LAS Social Sciences -- 2016
Mehmet Yildirim
Engineering -- 2016
Ngoyi Bukonda
Health Professions -- 2016
Triuvadi Ravigururajan
Engineering -- 2016
Kirsten Johnson-- alt
Fine Arts -- 2016
Laura Zellers -- alt
Business -- 2016
Noel Birondo -- full
LAS Humanities -- 2016
Jeremy Patterson
Education -- 2015
Roy Myose
Engineering -- 2016
Anthony DiLollo
Health Professions -- 2016
Atul Rai
Business -- 2014
Julie Bees
Fine Arts -- 2016
Daniel Bergman
Education -- 2016
Kathy Strattman
Health Professions -- 2016
Semih Tartaroglu
Business -- 2016
Selim Giray
Fine Arts -- 2016
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Li Yao
LAS Math/Natural Sciences -- 2016
Tenure & Promotion
Susan Sterrett - at large
2015
Undergraduate Research
Ramazan Asmatulu
Engineering -- 2016
Kay Gibson
Education -- 2016
J J Pionke
University Libraries -- 2016
Rachel Crane
University Libraries -- 2016
John Perry
Business -- 2016
University Exceptions
The Senate voted to accept these nominees with no dissent. Vacancies still remain on the following
Standing Committees:
Academic Affairs
Health Professions
Education
Faculty Affairs
LAS Humanities
General Education
Fine Arts
LAS Math/Natural Sciences
Library
Education
LAS Math/Natural Sciences
:Undergraduate Research
LAS Math/Natural Sciences
LAS Humanities
University Exceptions
Education
Senator Barut presented the following to fill vacancies on the Faculty Senate:
Gergana Markova
Business
Management
2015
Michael Hanawalt
Fine Arts
At-Large
2015
Debra Pile
Health Professions
Nursing
2014
Kellie Thiessen
Health Professions
Nursing
2015
All were accepted.
Senator Barut noted that there are still four Senate vacancies:
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2 in LAS Humanities, 1 in LAS Social Sciences and 1 in Business, Marketing
VI. Old Business –
A. Post Tenure Review Policy: The Policy developed by the Faculty Affairs Committee and approved
by the Senate last spring was reviewed by VPAA Vizzini and forwarded to the President for his
acceptance. He returned the document to President Mosack with suggested modifications. President
Mosack and Senator Bob Ross revised the policy to accommodate the suggestions; returned it to the
VPAA, who reviewed, concurred and forwarded the revised version to General Counsel Ayres for
his approval before be sent to the President for his approval.
B. Policies and Procedures 5.06 – Resolution of Internal Disputes
has been reviewed by VPAA Vizzini and as is stated in KBOR Policy has been sent to the University
Attorney for review-- “A copy of all institutional grievance procedures shall be provided to the institution’s
general counsel for review prior to becoming effective.”
C. Policy on Application of Credit Hours to Multiple Degrees – was returned to the Academic Affairs
committee
VII. New Business
Vice President Vizzini reported on the current progress toward an Honors College. As of September 23,
2013, the proposal for an honors college has been presented to the KBOR which approved the proposal.
The plan calls for the college to officially start in the fall of 2014. The money allocated for the Dean’s
Scholars program will be re-directed to the new college. The Honors Committee will host an open house
October 19 and a rendering of the new college will be unveiled at that time
Vice President Vizzini thanked the faculty for supporting President Bardo’s strategic planning retreat
detailing the Phase II plans for the strategic planning exercise. More than 300 people attended the
meeting.
Vice President Vizzini announced some of the plans associated with Wichita State’s move toward an
“One Stop” policy. The intent is to be more attuned to the needs of the adult learners in the community
by adjusting the normal hours of the university in order to provide some services in the 5pm to 7pm period
of each work day. He encouraged all senators to provide him with suggestions for improvements of the
system.
VIII. As May Arise
The next meeting of the Faculty Senate will be Oct 28, 2013.
IX. Adjournment
The meeting of the Faculty Senate was adjourned at 4:09pm.
Submitted by Walter Horn
Secretary of the Faculty Senate
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