Eastern Washington University

UAC Meeting

Minutes of April 11, 2013

Members Present:N. Birch, T. Hancock, W. Steiner, B. Alvin, S. Stearns, D. Richter

Ex Officio/Guests:M. Baldwin, E. Morgan, A. Wetmore, B. Russell

The meeting was called to order at 3:07 p.m. by N. Birch.

1. Approval of Minutes of March 14, 2013. S. Stearns moved to approve the minutes of March 14, 2013. C. Hansen seconded. Motion carried.

2. Additions/Changes to Agenda. None.

3. CPAC Committee Report. A. Wetmore brought forward the following courses and programs as approved by CPAC: HSAD 470 Healthcare Finance; PHED 461 Sport and Exercise Psychology; RCLS 420 Program/Planning/Evaluation in Therapeutic Recreation; RCLS 445 Processes and Techniques in Therapeutic Recreation; RCLS 450 Assessment Techniques in Therapeutic Recreation; RCLS 440 Professional Issues in Therapeutic Recreation; Exercise Science Major; Health and Fitness BAE; Recreation Management Major; Outdoor Recreation Management; HLED 293 CPR/AED Refresher Course; PHIL 490 Capstone; PUBH 201 Introduction to Environment Health; PUBH 250 Introduction to Global Health and Health Care; PUBH 301 Emerging Diseases in Public Health; PUBH 401 Introduction to Epidemiology; PUBH 460 Current Issues in Public Health; PUBH 461 Current Issues in Public Health II; PUBH 490 Senior Capstone; BS in Public Health; MENG 382 Fluid Mechanics; MENG 490A Sr. Capstone: Design Laboratory 1; 490B Sr. Capstone: Design Laboratory; Mechanical Engineering BS; METC 387 Fluid Mechanics; METC 388 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer; METC 468 Quality Assurance and Lean Intro; METC 490A Sr. Capstone: Design Laboratory; METC 490B Sr. Capstone: Design Laboratory; MET BS; SPED 360 Special Education Research Methods; SPED 460 Special Education Research Methods; SPED 461 Specially Designed Instruction for Language Arts; SPED 464 Specially Designed Instruction for Math and Content Areas; SPED 488 Special Education Practicum; SPED 489 Special Education Student Teaching; SPED BAE Option; SPED BAE; SPED Dual BAE; SPED Minor. DESN 100 Drawing for Communication; DESN 216 Digital Foundations; DESN 243 Typography; DESN 259 History of Design; DESH 263 Visual Communication Design 1; DESN 360 Publication Design; DESN 263 Visual Communication Design 2; DESN 366 Prepress Production; DESN 368 Web Design 1; DESN 378 Web Design 2; DESN 468 Web Lab; DESN 474 Advertising Concepts; DESN 480 Professional Practice; DESN 493 Portfolio; Visual Communication Design Minor; GEOG 320 Environmental Geology; GEOG 430 Structural Geology; GEOG 431 Structural Geology 2; GEOG 411 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; MATH 311 Functions and Relations for K-8 Teachers; MATH 312 Geometry for K-8 Teachers. This comes as a seconded motion from CPAC. Motion carried. The following courses were approved to be banked: SPED 487 Assistive Technology and Related Services in Special Education; DESN 343 Typography; DESN 359 Visual Communication Design; DESN 261 Visual Communication Design. This comes as a seconded motion from CPAC. Motion carried.

4. Committee Reports. Academic Appeals Board. E. Morgan stated there were four appeals and all were denied.

GECC. N. Ruiz-Rubio sent the following report: a. The following courses were approved by GECC: DNHY 490A Senior Capstone; IDST 477/WMST 477 and IDST 485; RCST 101 and RCST 202.

GECC con’t. b. New Assessment Cycle – in the past months, GECC has been working on a new assessment cycle. GECC plans to complete plans for new assessment by May. A recommendation will be forwarded to UAC for discussion and recommendations. Because this is a change affecting all departments/units/programs across campus. GECC will also recommend UAC to take assessment plans to the Senate. As a result of this timeline, next academic year GECC will access Year 1 (2010-2011) – University Competencies/Proficiencies: Mathematics, English Composition, Computer Literacy. New Assessment plan will be in effect AY 2014-15. c. Starting this summer GECC is going to work on a Wordpress blog in order to open a dialogue and share materials with Faculty involved with General Education courses.

5. Unfinished Business. a. Academic Integrity Policy – Update. M. Baldwin reported he met with the president’s staff to try to get a better feel of where the concerns that were expressed are and how to move forward. He stated he would like the policy to be more organic. He will speak with J. Matos soon about chairing the committee.

6. New Business. None.

7. Council/Committee/Board Appointments. a. K. Evans from Library to Academic Appeals Board. S. Stearns moved to approve the nomination. C. Hansen seconded. Motion carried.

8. Chair’s Report. a.N. Birch reported there is still a need for a chair of UAC for 2013-14. b. She is waiting to receive the final version of the Academic Reinstatement policy and will bring it to Rules for approval. Once Rules has approved the policy it will then go on to the Academic Senate. c. T. Hancock will chair the April 25th meeting for her since she will be unable to attend the meeting. d. She is continuing to work on the forms attached to AP 303-24 Grades, Grades Changes, and Grade Appeals Academic Grades. She stated she has changed some of the documents from PDF to Word format. She will keep the committee updated. e. GAC Chair R. O’Quinn and herself wrote a formal request to the Faculty Organization Executive Committee to respectfully remind the Senators of their role in documents sent forward from the councils/committees. She stated the document went forward at the last meeting as an information item.

9. Administrative Report. E. Morgan reported: a. L. Briggs is retiring as of April 24thand E. Morgan will be taking over the position as the Interim Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services. D. Fockler has been chosen to serve as the Interim Registrar. b. The Enrollment report will be out tomorrow however as of yesterday the state support side is up 2%. M. Baldwin reported: a.He will be meeting with the Interim Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services (E. Morgan) and several people including records management, scheduling, etc. in May and August to try to put a plan forward for summer. b. The president brought the Q2S issue to the Board of Trustees and one of the board members asked if they should think of this as the first year of the implementation cycle. Dr. Arévalo said they shouldn’t but he did inform them he would have a financial and axillary impact report for them to consider at the next BOT meeting in May. c. They are working on Gen Ed capacities and at the next meeting he will show his analysis of enrollment patterns. He stated he will bring in graph evidence to present to the council for their feedback. d. They have a proposal to the provost that describes other strategies for Gen Ed they might want to look at. He stated when it is approved by the provost he will bring it to the council.

9. ASEWU Report. a.K. Chapman sent the following report: a. They are working hard with the upcoming elections with primary elections coming up fast on April 23rd. Filing ends tomorrow at 3 p.m. if anyone may be interested or knows someone who would like to run for an ASEWU position let her or the ASEWU office know.

10. Good of the Order. None.

11. Adjournment. Meeting was adjourned at 5:03 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled on April 25, 2013.

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