June 2, 2008

AGENDA

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008, 3:15 P.M.

ASSEMBLY ROOM A/B, NRCCE BUILDING

Telecast to Regional Campuses

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1. Call Faculty Senate to Order and Roll Call for Regional Campuses

2. For Approval – Minutes of the May 12, 2008 Faculty Senate Meeting

3. For Information – Report from the President’s Office

4. For Information – Report from the Faculty Senate Chair

5. For Information – Results of the 2008-09 Faculty Senate Executive Committee Election

6. For Consent:

Curriculum Committee Reports: (Lesley Cottrell)

For Approval – New Courses and Course Changes – Annex I

For Approval – Proposal to Establish a Minor in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Resources – Annex I-A

For Acceptance – 2007-08 Committee Report – Annex II

For Acceptance – 2008-09 Committee Goals – Annex III

For Information – Alteration Report – Annex IV

General Education Oversight Committee Report: (Keith Garbutt)

For Approval – Course Recommendations – Annex V

For Acceptance – 2007-08 Committee Report – Annex VI

For Acceptance – 2008-09 Committee Goals – Annex VII

For Information – GEC Audits – Annex VIII

7. Research and Scholarship Committee Report: (Kyle Hartman)

For Acceptance – 2007-08 Committee Report and 2008-09 Committee Goals – Annex IX

8. Student Instruction Committee Report: (Larry Banta)

For Acceptance – 2007-08 Committee Report and 2008-09 Committee Goals – Annex X

9. Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum Committees Procedures Report: (Steve Kite)

For Acceptance –2008-09 Committee Goals – Annex XI

10. For Approval - Committee Renewals

11. For Information – Advisory Council of Faculty Report (Roy Nutter) – Annex XII

12. For Approval – 2008-2009 ACF Representative Selection

13. For Information – Ad-hoc Committee to Review Faculty Handbook (C. B. Wilson)

14. For Information – Formation of a Committee to Revise the Faculty Constitution (Steve Kite)

15. For Information – The Work Group on Faculty Interaction and Governance following a vote of No Confidence (Nigel Clark)

16. New Business: Passing of the Gavel to the New Faculty Senate Chair, Virginia Kleist

17. Adjournment

J. Steven Kite

Faculty Senate Chair