Battle Mountain #2; Elko GTA #130; Ely #114;Pahrump #124; Winnemucca #124

Faculty Senate

Friday, November 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m.

Battle Mountain– #2; Elko –GTA #130; Ely –#114;Pahrump – #124; Winnemucca–#124

MEETING MINUTES

Voting Representatives:John Rice, George Kleeb, Bob Hannu (P), Reme Huttman, Tamara Mette, Brenda Willey, Daniel Murphree, Rita Pujari, David Sexton, Mary Gilbertson, Delores Whittaker, Sarah Carone, Brian Zeiszler, Laura Pike, Brandis Senecal

Absent Voting Members: Bryan Asusta, Michael Whitehead, Lisa Campbell (P), Ping Wang (P)

Other Members Present:Glen Tenney, David Ellis, Tony Cortes, Lynne Owens, Jonathan Foster, Scott Gavorsky, Pat Anderson, Lora McCarty, Angie de Braga, Meachell LaSalle Walsh, Denise Padila

Visitors:

Approval of minutes –Action

Scott Gavorsky moved to approve the minutes of October 20,2017.George Kleebseconded.Motion passed unanimously.

GUEST/PUBLIC COMMENT–Information

President Joyce Helens – Presented proposal of NSHE Strategic Goals (previously sent out to faculty) and discussed future plans of GBC that coincides with these goals. President Helens is setting up taskforce groups to build on student life. Faculty and the community will invited to participate in these taskforce groups.

senate chair report –Information/Possible Action

Leadership Council- Council met on November 7 and approved all of the senate recommendations. Council of Chairs met with the Vice-Chancellor to discuss proposed revisions to the vice chancellor search process. This suggestion came a year ago from Senate Chairs.
Special Election for Chair and Chair Elect- Chair Foster asked for a motion to approve the special election for Chair and Chair Elect. These positions will start their term January 1, 2018. Chair will serve Spring 2018 only and Chair Elect will move to the Chair position on July 1, 2018.

John Rice motioned to approve the recommendations, David Sexton seconded. No Abstentions. Motions passes.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Standards–No Report

Part-time Instructors –No Report

Assessment – No Report

Budget & Facilities –Written & Action

See packet for equipment requests and fund allocations. Meachell Lasalle Walsh asked for a motion to approve the distribution of funds for the requests.

David Sexton made a motion, George Kleeb seconded, no abstentions. Motion passes unanimously.

Compensation & Benefits – Written Report

Curriculum & Articulation – WrittenAction

Lynne Owens asked for a motion to approve new courses and certificates.

Items for approval-

ECE 493 Supervised Internship in Early Childhood Education—new course

HMS 407 Applied Behavior Analysis and Interventions in Addictions and Behavioral Health —new course

HMS 427 Identification and Assessment in Mental Health and Addictions —new course

HMS 436 Co-Occurring Disorders: Substance Use, Addiction and Mental Disorders—new course

HMS 450 Advanced Human Services Seminar (Capstone Course)—new course

HMS 475 Prevention Strategies in Human Services and Addictions—new course

HMS 495B Clinical Supervisor Training for Mental Health Professionals—new course

HMS 499 Clinical Supervision for Alcohol and Drug Counselors —new course

Certificates

Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching Preparation—new certificate

Cisco Certified Network Associate Security Preparation—new certificate

George Kleeb motioned to approve, David Sexton seconded, no abstentions. Motion passes unanimously.

Department Chairs – No Report

Distance Education – No Report

Faculty & Administrative Evaluations –Verbal Report

Pat Anderson brought attention to a potential update to the Idea Form. The committee is looking at the form in two ways. There are options to put the form online. Lisa Frazier is presenting a different program evaluation system that is being used at three different institutions within the state at the committee’s next meeting. There will be a report after the demos and after discussing the form with the three other institutions.

Faculty/Staff Safety – WrittenReport

Gen Ed Committee – Written, Verbal, & Action

John Rice presented the recommendations.

Recommendation #1: INT 359 be required only to meet the Mathematical Reasoning objective.
Recommendation #2: The new General Education Curriculum Grid will reflect ONLY requirements for AA and AS.
AA/AS will appear on one page. AAS/BAS/BA will appear on another.

David Sexton made a motion to pass the recommendations, Laura Pike seconded. No abstentions. Motion passes unanimously.

Recommendation #3: The Oral Communication requirements will no longer appear in the BA and BSN degree columns. Those requirements will appear in the AA/AS column.

Laura Pike made a motion to pass the recommendations, Scott Gavorsky seconded. No abstentions. Motion passes unanimously.

Recommendation #4: A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM. In GE grid for BA and BSN, a typographical error in the current catalog grid lists a 9 credit Social Science requirement. The Social Science requirement is 6 credits. Committee recommends the error be corrected.

Laura Pike made a motion to pass the recommendations, David Sexton seconded. No abstentions. Motion passes unanimously.

A question was raised regarding the content and/or relevance of INT courses. The GE Committee was asked to make a recommendation regarding the objectives of INT courses. It appeared the question was brought to GE because of INT’s close original ties to general education as GBC embarked on offering bachelor degrees. The committee agrees it is a discussion that ought to take place. However, the committee doesn’t know if it is the right venue for that conversation. The committee asks for guidance on how this conversation ought to proceed.