Minutes of the 桃汁影院 Faculty Senate
Monday, 3:30 pm, May 6, 2013; CH 126
Members Present: Anderson, Barut, Bergman, Brooks, Bryant, Close, Decker, deSilva, Driessen, Horn,
Hull, Jacobs, Johnson, Kagdi, Klunder, Lewis, Matveyeva, Miller, Mosack, Oare, Pulaski,
Rillema, Rokosz, Ross, Solomey
Members Absent: Alexander, Celestin, Hamdeh, Liu, Lu, Moore-Jansen, Mukeerjee, Toops, Yildirim
Members Excused: Baker, Besthorn, Kreinath, Smith, Yeager
Summary of Action
1. Accepted the Faculty Senate Standing Committee Annual Reports from:
Academic Affairs
Court of Academic Appeals
Faculty Affairs
Honors
Undergraduate Reserch
I. Call to Order
President Bob Ross called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm
II. Informal statements and proposals
President Ross distributed a form to all senators soliciting candidates for Faculty
Senate Committee assignments for AY 2013-14.
III. Approval of Minutes -- The minutes of the April 22 Faculty Senate meeting were approved. They are available
at https://wichita.edu/?u=facultysenate&p=/m42213/
III. President鈥檚 Report
KBOR - The May KBOR meeting will be held next week in Topeka. The Board鈥檚 actions may
be impacted by whatever strategy the legislature decides to take regarding the higher
education budget.
The Council of Faculty Senate Presidents will share breakfast with the KBOR on Thursday
the 16th. This is a traditional event, designed to facilitate communications between
the two groups.
Strategic Planning Update - A draft of the Strategic Plan for the University is available
on the WSU homepage.
Salary Spread - the salary spread (nine months to twelve) will be available for most faculty (with
the exception of those working under certain types of contracts) starting with the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013. Thanks go to the efforts of Vice President Herrin,
President Bardo and the members of the WSU Executive Team
Faculty Awards Ceremony - The annual University Faculty Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday May 10, 2013.
The reception begins at 2:30 pm in the Commons outside Hubbard 211. The Award Ceremony
will be held at 3:00 pm in Hubbard 211 with Regent Christine Downey Schmidt being
the guest speaker.
General Faculty Meeting - Following the Faculty Awards Ceremony there will be a general faculty meeting, also
in 211 Hubbard Hall.
IV. Remarks from Vice President Mary Herrin:
Ground breaking of the new residence hall in the center of campus will take place
this May. The new building will be located where Parking Lot #4 currently exists.
This will mean that about 700 parking spaces will not be available during the time
of the construction of the building. The University has made arrangements for off-campus
parking and a bus shuttle system to meet the parking demand during construction. The
new residence hall is expected to be open for the fall semester of 2014.
VI. Committee Reports
A. Academic Affairs -- Nick Solomey, Chair: Senator Solomey announced that Don Foster, long-time member
of the Physics faculty, had passed away Sunday, May 5. A moment of silence was observed.
Senator Solomey distributed a handout describing the recommendation of the Faculty
Senate Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) regarding the duplication of credit hours