West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
November 12, 2012
Present:    Torie Jackson (Chair), Dianne Davis (Vice-Chair), Maggie Berdine (Secretary), David Lancaster, Al Newhart, Mary Beth Held, Theresa Cowan, Cynthia Watkins, Uta Hempel, Matthew Santer (BOG), Rhonda Tracy (Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs), President Gnage 
Faculty Development Committee Guidelines:
•	Maggie Berdine, Chair of the Faculty Development Coordinating Committee, reported on the new criteria developed for the awarding of institutional funds. She reported that the Committee was unanimous [Maggie Berdine, Chris Cunningham, Linda Meyers, Louis Roy, Allison Sayre] in its support of the current Awards By-Laws for determining the allocation of Institutional Funds. 
•	Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Rhonda Tracy gave her position on giving priority funding to applications for funds that included presentations. She indicated that the “guidelines” were developed in consultation with President Gnage. Furthermore, she felt such a priority was necessary for the future direction of College’s development of Baccalaureate Programs. 
•	President Gnage, who was also in attendance, concurred with Dr. Tracy.  Also, she expressed a desire to meet with the Committee to discuss the application of the “Awards By-Laws” and the “Guidelines” in the awarding of Institutional Funds. 
•	In response to a question concerning the funding of Advanced Education Grants, President Gnage responded that that was her next priority. She reported that she had been working with the Colleges of Ohio University to grant WVU-P faculty in-state tuition. That waiver is still in negotiation.  
President’s Report:
Dr. Gnage reported that the CTC has indicated the 80-20 ratio of tenured to term faculty is negotiable.   
Academic Affairs Report: Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Rhonda Tracy reported:
•	Dr. Richards will meet with Senate President Jackson to discuss the additional of the criteria of “professionalism” as a component of the Annual Review Rubric.
•	Outline for Faculty Development Week: Spring 2013:
 Monday: Divisions will work on the HLC General Education component.
Tuesday: President and members of the Cabinet will provide updates. In particular, the Office of Academic Affairs will revisit John Gardner’s presentation from the fall Professional Development Week session in three areas: 
     1) Welcoming students, including orientation,
     2) Retaining students with more of a focus on honors programs,
     3) Preparing students for the current workforce.
Wednesday: AM Faculty engagement with student advising groups.
      PM Committee Meetings.
     Thursday: AM Academic Advising Workshop, including a panel discussion with 
          outstanding advisors and five mini-sessions on best practices.
          PM Faculty Assembly 1:00-3:00.   
     Friday: Division level planning.
•	Smarter Balance: Work continues on the State initiative to develop common core standards for high school graduates to match standardized competencies for CTC colleges’ developmental programs in English, reading, and math. The State’s plan is to ensure that students are ready for college when they graduate from high school, thus reducing the need for colleges to offer developmental classes to traditional college students. 
•	Dr. Tracy will work with division chairs and others to develop a plan for recruiting, retaining, and succession planning for faculty.
•	Plan is to have mandatory orientation by Fall 2013.  
Old Business:
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the October 15 meeting were approved as written. 
Childcare Center Response: Sue Burge, Assistant Director, Early Learning Center in response to the following Child Care concerns raised at the October 15 meeting: The beginning time that services are available is a hardship for some students, especially for nursing students. A request will be submitted asking that the Center open at 6:00a.m.on nursing clinical days. [October 15, Minutes).
Her response: “There are two main concerns when we consider a change in the hours of operation. The first is the number of children that will attend.  State licensing requires two adults on duty when a child is on the premises. We would need to have 5 children in attendance to cover the cost of the required employees.  At one time we were open on Fridays. Parents would register their children but would not bring them. That meant two staff were here on Fridays with no children.
	Secondly, the staff are part time.  The director is the only one that is full time.  Adding an hour and a half per day doesn't seem like much, but, it adds up quickly.  Part time staff can work 1039 hours in year (July to June).  The way the schedule is now we still have persons that run out of hours before school ends in May.
	I am glad that you have brought this to my attention.  It will be something we will look at while the business plan is being prepared.  We may have to make some changes in registration policies and scheduling.  Of course, the university would like the center to show a profit and that may mean an increase in rates.  I'm sure there will be many changes. 
	The last I heard we can start moving some furniture in some time in February, if everything goes as planned.  The hours won't change until the Fall 2013 semester.   If you could do a written survey of the number of students that would use the center, the hours that would be needed, the amount that students could/would pay for childcare would be helpful.  Would they pay a flat rate for the week? day? month?”
Faculty Handbook Update: No report.
Goals Update: Sub-Committees:  No report.
New Business:
•	Three nominations were submitted for Faculty Representative to the Foundation Board:
Cindi Gissy, Roger Lewis, H. G. Young
The next meeting will be December 10 at 11:00.
The meeting adjourned by consensus at 12:15.

Submitted by Maggie Berdine, Secretary.