Faculty Senate

January 25, 2000

3:00-4:00 p.m.

SC117

ATTENDANCE

Present: Grant Richards, President Romesburg, Lucille Stoddard, Ron Hammond, Nate Oldham, John Balden, Larry Holt, Cameron John, Karin Davidson,, Damon Bahr, Max Christofferson, Laurie Wood, Bryan Eldridge, Lori Richards, Doug Miller, Brian Birch, Elaine Byrd,, K.D. Taylor, Forrest Williams, Jill Jasperson, Lynn Turnquist, David Brandt, Denza Bruss, Kathie Debenham, Keith Snedegar, Paul Bean, Eldon Greenhalgh, David Manning, Tom Perkins, Louis Arzola, Malcom Crawford, Renee Van Buren, Lowell Glenn,George Hickman,

Absent: Christopher G. Jones, Chester Heath, Kirk Rasmussen, James Callison, Gary Noll, Gary Griffin, Dennis Lisonbee, Nolan Lickey.

Excused:

Guests:

CALL TO ORDER

Grant Richards called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

George Hickman tabled the minutes from November 23, 1999, because he was unable to listen to the recordings of that meeting. Lynn Turnquist seconded the motion. Two people opposed the motion. Motion carried.

The minutes from the January 11, 2000 , meeting will be approved at the next Senate meeting.

INFORMATION ITEMS

Student Body Report

Baron Rohbock informed senators of the upcoming events:

*February 14 @ 2:00 in room SC213c-meeting with all those involved in the Feb. 16 rally on Capitol Hill.

*February 16 @ 9:00am at the State Capitol-meeting with all faculty and students from across the state. 12:00pm on the steps of the Capitol-Higher Ed rally

Grant passed out copies of a newspaper article as well as a summary of UVSC's budget status. The newspaper article indicated with such limited resources, it is not likely that higher ed will get anything. Grant requested to have each senator contact their representative on February 16^th.

President Romesburg said an analyst agreed that higher education needed more money for faculty and staff, but he didn't recommend money for us. Instead, he suggested we take care of the issue internally. He suggested we take the average class size and inflate it 10%, which will save us from the need to hire additional teachers. This savings can be passed along to increase faculty salaries. President said this can't be done. He said the analyst's idea signals it is going to be a tight year financially.

Board of Regents Report

President Romesburg told us the meeting was held at the new Larry H. Miller Center for Entrepreneurial Studies building, which has been donated to Salt Lake Community College. Larry H. Miller also plans on donating 11 more buildings on that ground for SLCC.

UVSC Strategic Planning

Mark Spencer said he is interested in knowing the critical issues facing UVSC. Input is being gathered from all areas and people on campus. These ideas will be prioritized and addressed in smaller group meetings. President Romesburg wanted everyone to feel free to suggest any ideas that they had, regardless of financial costs. He said we should not be constrained by money right now. These issues can be handled later. The main push right now is to hear our needs and concerns.

Calendar Committee

Renee Van Buren indicated the calendar has not been finalized yet.

Faculty Senate Secretary Elections

Laurie Wood announced that Sandy Vogel was voted to be the next Faculty Senate secretary with 63% of the votes. If faculty are interested in serving in chair and committee positions, they need to let Laurie know in February since elections will take place in March.

Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night

Appreciation night will be held on February 18^th at 7:30 p.m. President Romesburg encouraged everyone to wear their school colors. Tickets will be available in the hall outside SC101 on February 14 from 12-1pm and February 15and 16^th from 10am-3pm. Details will be sent to all departments.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Standards - Dave Manning said their committee is focused on petition deadlines right now.

Budget- Keith Snedegar will give us information next time about our health insurance bid.

Faculty Development - Forrest Williams suggested that people put their travel requests in before the funds run out.

Faculty Merit - Doug Miller reminded senators that February 8^th is the deadline to inform their chairs who they want to evaluate them. All evaluators need to have the paperwork to the chairs by February 18^th. Chairs need to have all the worksheets to Doug Miller by February 29th.

Faculty Evaluations - Damon Bahr told senators that he presented information at the Academic Forum meeting to get their feedback. The committee will meet again next week to discuss the feedback.

ADJOURNMENT

Laurie wood moved to adjourn at 3:40 and Forrest Williams seconded the move.