Recommendations & Resolutions

1987 -1988

#:  87-88/I
Recommendation:  The Faculty Senate has moved to approve Psychology 101 entitled Psychology as a Discipline and Profession as a non-general education course within the Psychology curriculum.
Date of Senate Approval:  July 6, 1987
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#:  87-88/II
Recommendation:  To approve ART 650/750 Computer Assisted Graphics Design—3 credit hours-Non-general education credit-prerequisite: junior standing may be repeated. Deception amended:  “The use of the computer as an artist tool.”
Date of Senate Approval:  July 6, 1987

#:  87-88/III
Recommendation:  The Faculty Senate has moved to approve a program recoganization in the fields of Spanish, French and German curricula
Date of Senate Approval:  October 5, 1987

#:  87-88/IV
Recommendation:  The Faculty Senate has moved to approve a course change in title and catalog description for Biology 533/733
New Title:  General microbiology
New Description:  Microbial ecology and the molecular biology of micro-organisms, including metabolism, genetics, and biotechnology are discussed.
Date of Senate Approval:  October 5, 1987

#:  87-88/V
Recommendation:  The Faculty Senate has moved to approve EDUCATION 014 entitled Reading and Study Skills for College Students as a non-general education course within the Education curriculum
Date of Senate Approval:  October 5, 1987

#:  87-88/I
Resolution:  Resolved, the Faculty Senate endorses the support of the Associated Students of Kansas (ASK) in its efforts to encourage individual students to “Be a HERO” for higher education by writing, calling or visiting the Governor and State Legislators on behalf of the Margin of Excellence funding proposal.  In addition, the Senate approves the language in the attached draft advertisement as a way of demonstrating its appreciation of continued student efforts in support of the Margin of Excellence.
Date of Senate Approval:  November 10, 1987

#:  87-88/VI
Recommendation:  To approve Earth Science 442/742—Applied Geophysics—PR. 450 (2 hrs)—Survey of principles and methods of Geophysics as applied to geologic structures.  (Non-general education credit)
Date of Senate Approval:  November 10, 1987

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Resolution:  Resolved, The Fort Hays State University Faculty Senate hereby expresses strong displeasure with the Employees Health Care Commission’s recommended changes in state health care coverage, which entail new monthly fees and a 60- day waiting period for new employees.  Both of these modifications are seen by the FHSU Senate as highly detrimental to the University and its ability to recruit teachers of excellence.
Date of Senate Approval:  October 5, 1987

#:  87-88/VII
Recommendation:  To approve INDUSTRIAL ARTS 535 Automotive Computer Systems (non general education credit) Permission of instructor required- cannot be repeated- 2 hrs. credit.
Date of Senate Approval:  December 7, 1987

#:  87-88/VIII
Recommendation:  To approve BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 245
(A) Human Anatomy- non general education credit-
PR. BSCI 222 or equivalent cannot be repeated—2 hrs. credit
(B) Human Anatomy Laboratory: non general education credit
PR. BSCI 222 or equivalent:  cannot be repeated  (2 hrs. credit)
Date of Senate Approval:  December 7, 1987

#:  87-88/IX
Recommendation:  To approve BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 246
(A) Human Physiology:  non general education credig
PR. BSCI 222 or equivalent:  cannot be repeated- 3 credit hrs.
(B) Human Physiology Laboratory:  non general education credit
PR. BSCI 222 or equivalent:  cannot be repeated- 1 credit hr.
Date of Senate Approval:  December 7, 1987

#:  87-88/XIII
Resolution:  Resolved, that the Faculty Senate of Fort Hays State University go on record as being opposed to the admission of Washburn University into the Kansas Board of Regents’ System.
Date of Senate Approval:  February 8, 1988

#:  87-88/XXIV
Recommendation:  To approve a slate of nine courses for the computer Information Systems Program in the new Department of CIS/ Quantitive Methods in the School of Business.
 *(CIS 402, CIS 510, CIS 515, CIS 520, CIS 530, CIS 540, CIS 545, CIS 550, and CIS 582)
Date of Senate Approval:  June 13, 1988
 
 

#:  87-88/XI
Recommendation:  It is hereby moved that the Faculty Senate recommends to the Vice-President for Academic Affairs that there be no institution of a University-level promotions committee in the promotions review process.
Date of Senate Approval:  February 8, 1988

#:  87-88/XII
Recommendation:  It is hereby moved that the Faculty Senate recommends to the Vice-President for Academic Affairs that the “Proposed Revision of Appendix O” as descrived in the Faculty Senate memorandum of January 29, 1988 be adopted as the Fort Hays State Univeristy policy on evaluation of faculty members.
Date of Senate Approval:  February 8, 1988
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#:  87-88/XIII
Recommendation:  It is hereby moved that the Faculty Senate of Fort Hays State University go on record as being opposed to the admission of Washburn University into the Kansas Board of Regents' System.
Date of Senate Approval:  February 8, 1988
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#:  87-88/X
Resolved:  Should “Mission Enhancement” monies become available to Fort Hays State Univeristy as part of the Margin of Excellence program, the Faculty Senate urges the administration to make a special effort to insure that the library improvement component of the program is funded.
Date of Senate Approval:  February 8, 1988

#:  87-88/XVII
Recommendation:  To approve ENGLISH 448/748 entitled Theories of Rhetoric and Composition – non/general education.  Prerequisite: ENG 446 (Advanced Composition)—cannot be repeated.  3 hrs. credit
Date of Senate Approval:  March 8, 1988

#:  87-88/XVII
Recommendation:  To approve HPER 547/747 entitled Instrumentation in Exercise Physiology- non-general education.  Perquisite: HPER 390 (Exercise Physiology)- cannot be repeated.  3 hrs. credit
Date of Senate Approval:  March 8, 1988

#:87-88/XV
Recommendation:  To approve INTS 150 and 200 entitled Kansas Regents Honors Academy:  (Two variable content courses)—non-general education.  Prerequisite: none—can be repeated with change in content—3 hrs. credit
Date of Senate Approval:  April 4, 1988

#:  87-88/XIV
Recommendation:  To approve INTS 110 entitled UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS—non-general education.  Prerequisites: none—cannot be repeated—3 hrs. Credit—The Provost’s Office will be responsible for assignment of the course to the appropriate Dean. (Amendments added)
Date of Senate Approval:  April 4, 1988

#:  87-88/XVI
Recommendation:  To approve BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 503/703 entitled Teaching Methods in Biology—non-general education credit.  Prerequisites:  Junior standing—cannot be repeated—1 hr Credit.
Date of Senate Approval:  April 4, 1988

#:  87-88/XIX
Recommendation:  To approve COMMUNICATIONS 582/782 entitled Communication Disorders in Aging—non/general education—Prerequisites:  COM 503/703 (Speech and Hearing Science); COM 500/700 (Normal and Pathological Communication); COM 563/763 (Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism)—cannot be repeated—3 hrs Credit.
Date of Senate Approval:  April 4, 1988

#:  87-88/XX
Recommendation:  To approve SOCIOLOGY 482 entitled Sociology of Corrections—non/general education credit—Prerequisite: none—cannot be repeated—3 hrs. Credit.
Date of Senate Approval:  April 4, 1988

#:  87-88/XXI
Resolved:  The Faculty Senate of Fort Hays State Univeristy requests that the central administration of FHSU actively pursue, through appropriate channels, a legislative proposal that would incorporate, in principal, the recommendations contained in Section II of the attached report of the External Affairs Committee (Attachment B).
Date of Senate Approval:  April 4, 1988
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#:  87-88/XXV
Recommendation:  The Faculty Senate moved approval of the following amendment in the Senate By-Laws.  Ratified by a majority vote of the faculty members voting on may 6, 1988 (119 yes- 2 no- 1 abstention).
Date of Senate Approval:  May 6, 1988
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#:  87-88/XXII
Resolution:  Cultural Events Attendance Proposal
(1)  All faculty members are strongly encouraged to support attendance at campus (and community) cultural events by personal example and by encouraging their students to attend.  The instructors of culturally-related General Education courses are especially encouraged to include discussion of these events in their classes before and/or after they take place.
(2A)  Attendance at four or more cultural events per semester should be recoganized on the student’s transcript with a grade of A inb a non-credit Interdisciplinary Studies course, “Cultural Events Attendance.”
(2B)  The specific events to be included in this program shall be selected by a University-wide student-faculty committee, appointed by the Provost, from among co-curricular activities such as art gallery and museum exhibition openings, plays, lecture, concerts, operas, films, coffee-houses, etc.
Date of Senate Approval:  May 10, 1988
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#:  87-88/XXIII
Resolved: That Fort Hays State Univeristy Faculty Senate hereby endorses the adoption of the attached policy on reassigned time
Date of Senate Approval:  May 10,1988
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#:  87-88/XXIV
Recommendation:  To approve a slate of nine courses for the Computer Information Systems (CIS) Program in the new Department of CIS/Quantitative Methods in the School of Business.
Date of Senate Approval:  June 13, 1988