CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
FACULTY SENATE
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 3:10 p.m.
BARGE 412
MINUTES
ROLL CALL:
Senators: All senators or their alternates were present except: Breanna Banchero, John Bryant,
Scott Calahan, Loran Cutsinger, Jonathan Fassett, Mark Soelling, and Wendy Williams.
Visitors: Tracy Terrell, Ethan Bergman, Rose Spodbalski Brower, Sheryl Grunden, Rodney
Bransdorfer, Kim Bartel, Carey Gazis, Leo D’Acquisto and Robert McGowan.
CHANGES TO AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA Change Provost Report to be after Faculty issues.
MOTION NO. 06-24(Approved): APPROVAL OF MINUTES of February 7, 2007
COMMUNICATIONS – Senator Chase read a memo from the Foreign Language department. This
memo can be viewed in the Faculty Senate Office. The Provost indicated that the names of all faculty
will appear in the electronic online version of the catalog, but non-tenure track faculty will not appear
in the hard copy of the catalog. This is a decision of the administration in light of the collective
bargaining agreement. The Provost indicated it is currently inconsistent between departments if they
include non-tenure track faculty or not in the catalog. He encourages the Senate to encourage all
departments to include non-tenure track faculty in the electronic online version.
Athletic Faculty Representative – Ethan Bergman Report available in Senate office.
Dr. Bergman gave an update on the athletics at Central. Dr. Bergman is the Athletic Faculty
Representative and makes sure that all the rules are followed and that student athletes are eligible to
participate. For all quarter Central had 427 athletes. The Women’s average GPA was 3.08 with a
3.10 cumulative GPA. The men’s average was 2.93 with a cumulative of 2.94. Seven out of 13
teams had above a 3.0 GPA for both the term and cumulative GPAs.
FACULTY ISSUES: Senator Donahoe reminded the Faculty Senate of the election process that was
in affect years ago. The Executive Committee got nominations from the floor before the ballots came
out. Instead of just having one candidate, at minimum, there where candidates that were nominated
from the floor. Senator Donahoe indicated she would like to see the Senate address the process of
elections. Chair-Elect Madlem said the Executive Committee would look at charging the Academic
Code and Bylaws committee with coming up with a specific election process. Additional discussion
followed.
PROVOST: President McIntyre is not feeling well and is unable to attend today. Currently the
administration is spending a lot of time watching bills in the Legislature. Ann Anderson has reported
that many bills are less dead than they usually are at this time. Generally things are looking good for
higher education. The March forecast is due out on March 14th and many are guessing it will be
positive. The most negative thing is the Legislature is continuing to micro manage enrollment,
specifically through high demand enrollment. The students are working hard to change the tuition
waiver to get Central on parity with other institutions. State salary increases are in the budget with an
increase of 3.2% for next year and 2.2^ for the following year. Faculty salaries are part of collective
bargaining. The third and final candidate for the Associate Vice President of Undergraduate Studies
will be on campus Thursday and Friday. It has been a strong pool of candidates. The Provost is
starting the search to replace Barbara Hodges in his office. Currently Shirley Sadler is filling in half-
time in the office. He has received approximately 30 Spheres of Distinction proposals. Many of the
