NTT compenssation for service

At lg for PPres

By MOTION (moved by Auerbach, second by Henson) an amendment was made to the appointment of Chris Patton as follows:  “The Senate moves that Chris Patton be appointed conditionally to ensure that he is compensated as NTT for his service as so stipulated in the CBA,” which passed.

By MOTION (moved by Auerbach, second by Saunders) Senators approved the appointment of Jason Kanov, Management, as an interim At-Large (non-voting) member of the Senate Executive Council.

Executive Council Action endorsed. The Faculty Senate made a Motion  (moved by Caplan-Auerbach, seconded by Hirsch) to endorse the action taken by the Executive Council to send the current (revised) Academic Honesty Policy back to the ACC for discussion/approval.  Motion passed.   A more completely revised policy is still under consideration for next year.

Ad Hoc

Integrity

Integrity Advisory Group.  Senators discussed the development of an ad hoc committee to encourage a culture of integrity at Western to encourage campus discourse regarding issues of integrity.  Following the discussion, the Senate made a Motion (moved by Wayne, seconded by Hirsch) to create an advisory group to explore relevant literature and what other universities and academic communities have done to foster a culture of integrity, and to make recommendations to the Senate at the end of winter quarter 2013.  Motion passed.  The membership is as yet undetermined, but plans are to include faculty, staff, students and administration.

Discussion

prior to vote

RN to BSN: Mary Baroni, Interim Nursing Director, Jill Mount, RN, Ph.D., Human Services; and Beth Boland, Chair, Human Services and Rehabilitation attended to respond to questions about the proposed Nursing program.  ACC Chair Yvonne Durham and Vice Provost Steven VanderStaay also responded to concerns: 

RN to BSN Vote of approval

Occam's Razor, a publication for fine academic works from undergraduates presented to Senate. CANVAS - the pilot of a proposed replacement for Blackboard (Bb) was discussed

MOTION:  Revision to Faculty Handbook, Constitution BL 7.6.1:  Senators conducted a first vote to approve an addition to the membership of the Academic Technology committee as follows:  “k. One representative from Extended Education (non-voting)”, which passed.  A second vote will follow at the next Senate meeting following publication to the faculty.

MOTION:  ATC Plan of Transition from BB to Canvas
Senators accepted the Minutes from the ATC February 13, 2013 meeting, which included the following Motion:  “Full access to Blackboard to be maintained through the end of summer quarter (2013).  Beginning fall quarter (2013), the default Learning Management System (LMS) will be Canvas; afterwards, limited access to BB will be maintained for a full year through an archive in order to aid the transition to Canvas.  Faculty are encouraged to switch to canvas immediately.”

Revision to Faculty Handbook, Constitution BL 7.6.1, ATC Membership 
Senators conducted a second vote and approved an addition to the membership of the Academic Technology committee as follows:  “k. One representative from Extended Education (non-voting)”.

Executive Council Motion:  Regarding BL 7.4.1.B :The Executive Council proposed to allot the two at-large faculty positions of the 2013-2014 UPRC to CHSS and CST, which motion came moved and seconded.  The Senate concurred without discussion and the motion passed.