TO:                  The Senate

FROM:            Executive Committee

DATE:                        2 March 2009

SUBJ:             Items under Consideration by Senate Committees and Subcommittees

The Executive Committee has asked Senate committee and subcommittee chairs to report items under discussion in the various committees.  The following is a compilation of what was submitted. 

Educational Policy Committee

Glenda Moss, Chair

1.    Revised Admin Withdraw Process

2.    Revision of Release of Student Information Appendix of the Regulations

3.    Faculty withdrawal policy

      Subcommittees of the Educational Policy Committee:

      Calendar Subcommittee

      David Lindquist, Chair

1.   Nothing at this time.

      Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee

      Iskandar Hack, Chair

      1.   Nothing at this time.

Curriculum Review Subcommittee

      Ann Livschiz, Co-chair and Susan Skekloff, Co-chair

      1.   No report received.

      Developmental Studies Subcommittee

      Karol Dehr, Co-chair and Dianna Zook, Co-chair

      1.   Nothing at this time. 

      Distance Education Subcommittee

      Iskandar Hack, Chair

      1.   Nothing at this time.

      General Education Subcommittee

      Mark Masters, Chair

1.   Started the assessment of the Area VI artifacts that were collected Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 semesters. Devised a rubric to guide the assessment and are refining the rubric as we gain experience.

      Grade Appeals Subcommittee

Janet Papiernik, Chair

      1.   No report received.

      Graduate Subcommittee

      Judith Garrison, Chair

      1.   Submitted Proposal for Graduate Certificate in Special Education for information only.

      Honors Program Council

      Duston Moore, Chair

       1.  No report received.

      International Services Advisory Subcommittee

      Susan Skekloff, Chair

      1.   Improved admission process for international students.

      2.   Standardized language proficiency exam issues.

      3.   Number of new fall enrollments.

      4.   Development of recruitment efforts.

      5.   Review of national and regional organizational activities in which ISS participates.

      6.   Housing for international students.

Faculty Affairs Committee

Kimberly McDonald, Chair

1.    Completed deliberations on Peter Iadicola’s proposal.

2.    Soliciting nominations for the IPFW Associate Faculty Teaching Award.

   3.    Discussing the formation of an ad-hoc committee to work on P&T documents.

4.    Discussing external letters of review for P&T.

      Subcommittee of the Faculty Affairs Committee:

        Professional Development Subcommittee

        Ronald Friedman, Chair

        1.   Reviewed 2009 “Faculty Research Support Program” and “Mid-Career Faculty Support Program” applications and made recommendations to Research and External Support.

Indiana University Committee on Institutional Affairs

Michael Nusbaumer, Chair

1.    Nothing at this time.

Nominations and Elections Committee

Matthew Walsh, Chair

1.    Collecting committee preference forms for April committee elections.

2.    Conducted second call for nominations for Purdue Speaker.

Purdue University Committee on Institutional Affairs

Nash Younis, Chair

1.     Nothing at this time.

Student Affairs Committee

Jay Jackson, Chair

1.   Nothing at this time.

      Subcommittee of the Student Affairs Committee:

      Athletics, Subcommittee on

      Robert Vandell, Chair

      1.   No report received.

University Resources Policy Committee

Matthew Walsh, Chair

1.   No report received.

      Subcommittees of the University Resources Policy Committee:

      Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee

      David Liu, Chair

      1.   No report received.

      Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee

            Brian Fife, Chair

1.   The members of the BAS are working on completion of the biennial report.

       Library Subcommittee

       Adam Coffman, Chair

1. Will meet in April to review and award Special Needs grants. Guidelines and the application form can be found on the library web site: http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/677.0.html.