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Thanks for reading, and let me know how this project goes with your kids!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
DIY-Kid's art portfolio
Thanks for reading, and let me know how this project goes with your kids!
9 comments:
- maemarie said...
Great idea! I still have an album I could use for this.
- March 3, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Kimber-Leigh said...
such a cute idea :) have i mentioned that i miss dreeves design albums?!?!?!?
- March 4, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- holly said...
Really beautiful! I get so inspired by your website!
- March 6, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Lee Ann said...
uh. Just about the cutest idea ever!
- March 7, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Holly said...
Here's a question for your creative mind. I am so annoyed my my black frames. I am trying to decide a way to add a little style and variety without buying new frames. Do you have any suggestion's or ideas?
- March 8, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- nicole said...
This is something you will love to look back on as the kids grow older- I mean REALLY love! Great idea and beautiful finished product.
- March 9, 2010 at 5:27 AM
- diane said...
Thanks for all of your sweet comments about the portfolio. It really is such a fun project.
- March 11, 2010 at 1:54 PM
- diane said...
Holly, I am planning on doing a post about updating frames in the next week or two.
Thanks for stopping by. - March 11, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Verity {belle bébés} said...
This great idea was featured on belle bébés today http://bit.ly/xTkKj8 :)
- March 13, 2012 at 1:29 PM


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WITH Mick Sullivan under considerable doubt to take his place in Orange CYMS' grand final lineup on Sunday, no player in green and gold will assume more responsibility than former Country half Warick Colley.
There's no player more qualified either.
Having recovered from a badly broken ankle suffered in a trial match in April, Colley has played a leading role in CYMS' charge at a historic three-peat of Group 10 premier league crowns over the last month.
And on Sunday when Colley runs out with CYMS for the Group 10 grand final, it'll be the maestro's 10th decider since 2000.
It's a remarkable feat - one unlikely to be matched by any player in Country Rugby League.
Colley, though, said the whole week has been a bit surreal, with the five-time Group 10 premiership winner still pinching himself after recovering from a snapped ankle that by rights should have ended his season.
"I thought my year was over," Colley said.
"I didn't expect to be back after breaking my ankle. I thought maybe if I did a go off the bench in the semi- finals might be it but with Mick [Sullivan] struggling a little bit as well it's worked out a bit differently.
"I'm grateful the club and the team welcomed me back more than anything. All of the boys have been great and it's given me the confidence to make that step back.
"Hopefully I can steer the side around the park."
Colley has been named in the number seven for Sunday's clash with minor premiers Lithgow.
Dom Maley will be his partner in the halves while Sullivan has named himself on the bench, with the former NRL rake set to give himself until the last minute to prove his fitness.
Colley said whether it was Sullivan or Maley he partnered in the halves on Sunday, Lithgow would enter the match as favourites.
"We're coming off a really good win against St Pat's but Lithgow are probably at another level so we're not getting carried away with anything," he said.
"Lithgow got the cash two weeks ago but I'm confident if we prepare well we can get the cash on Sunday."
If CYMS can pull off a win, it'll be one Colley will cherish after a horror year spent largely in the stands.
The 35-year-old is still yet to make up his mind on another year in 2013, but Colley said the fire to succeed still burned brightly.
The Group 10 grand final will be played at Tony Luchetti Sportsground at Lithgow on Sunday.

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Hello world! The Daily Chicana is back after a short break due to a minor illness, followed by having to host some out-of-town guests. I've missed posting here and am ready to get back to writing!
Today I want to reflect on language and culture, and I'm going to do this by way of a family story. About a month ago, when I started this blog, my mom was back in the town where I grew up in order to help my grandma move into a nursing home. It was an emotional time all around, especially since my mom took on the additional task of sorting through and packing up my grandma's entire apartment, which was filled with all manner of bric-a-brac collected over the twenty years Grandma had lived there.
One of the things my grandma is known best for is her beautiful crochet work. She can crank out everything from small, intricate lace doilies to large, cozy blankets to snuggle under while watching a movie. In fact, she had just started one of these larger creations when she had the nasty fall that led her to be hospitalized and now have to be moved into the nursing home. Knowing that I'm the only one in the family besides my grandma who knows anything about the fiber arts, my mom asked if I wanted the remaining materials. "I think it would be nice for you to finish it," she explained. "This way it's something special that you and Grandma worked on together." I loved the idea and asked her to please send me the yarn.
In the ensuing weeks, I'd forgotten all about this project until the day I found a package on my doorstep. Inside the box were two Rubbermaid containers filled with Grandma's crocheted squares and the rest of the yarn for the blanket (pictured above). I lifted off the lid from the first container, and a faint trace of Grandma's perfume wafted up to my nose. I suddenly found myself choked up. It finally hit me: We have such little time left with Grandma. I mean, I knew intellectually how frail she has become, but because I live so far and don't get to see her more than once a year, I obviously wasn't experiencing her decline first-hand. Holding her yarn in my hands and being reminded of her smell made it all so real for me. For a long time, I sat with the yarn, sniffling and thinking about her.
I was also wondering how on earth I'm going to complete the blanket. From what my mom described, Grandma had completed most of the squares and I just had to sew them together. I figured that, as a knitter, I'd be able to handle it. In reality, though, there is only about two feet of completed material, consisting of (a) little squares; (b) squares that have been woven into rectangles; and (c) large multicolored triangles. I have no idea how it's all supposed to fit together or what the color scheme is. It's a much bigger task than I realized, as I don't know what Grandma had envisioned.
In any case, a few days ago I was on the phone with my sister, telling her the story of how emotional I felt when I saw and smelled the yarn. "Grandma's not gonna be around much longer," I sadly observed.
"I know," she said. "I feel weird, though, because I don't feel emotional about it. I mean, I love Grandma and I don't want her to be in pain or to have to suffer, but I don't feel sad like I'm supposed to. I kinda don't feel anything about it. Is that weird?"
"No, it's not weird," I assured her. My sister and I have both lived far apart from our extended family for all of our adult lives and in the intervening years have become very emotionally distanced from them and any family dramas that come up.
She went on to explain, "I think it's because I don't really have a relationship with Grandma independent of Mom. Grandma never learned English, and I don't know Spanish, so Mom always had to be there to translate. I couldn't ever communicate with Grandma on my own or open up to her without Mom around. And now Grandma and I don't really know each other."
Before I could comment on her insight, she continued on to a surprising rant. "And you know, Grandma came here when she was in her thirties. You'd think that she would have made an effort to learn English sometime in the last sixty years! She even became a citizen, but she speaks so little English! And now she's in the nursing home and scared a lot of the time because she doesn't understand what the doctors and nurses are saying. But it's her own fault. I mean, if I ever had to live in another country for some reason, I would do everything I could to learn the language there. Like, if I ever had to live in Mexico, god forbid–"
My sister didn't get much further than that because right then I burst out laughing so hard that I had tears coming out of my eyes. "What?!" she kept giggling defensively, and when I calmed down enough to talk, I explained, "You are so dramatic! 'God forbid' you ever have to live in Mexico? I mean, god forbid there's a nuclear bomb or an apocalypse. You do realize that there are worse things than having to live in Mexico?"
"Not for me," she huffed. "That's how much I hate it!"
We went on to talk about other things, but after we hung up, I found myself thinking about Grandma, the yarn, language and our cultural heritage. I explained last week about the vastly different connection my sister and I feel towards and in how we embody Chican@ culture (and if you thought in that post I was exaggerating about how much she despises Mexico, now you know I'm not making it up).
My sister has long yearned for a stronger relationship with Grandma, but she couldn't ever speak directly to her because of the language barrier. Now, I'm certainly not one of those people who argues that one must speak Spanish to be a "true" Chican@, but it sure does help to know the language, because speaking Spanish is one way to keep those cultural ties strong. It amazes me that I'm the only one of eleven grandchildren on that side of the family who bothered to learn it (similarly, on my dad's side, only six of thirty-two grandkids speak Spanish).
For me, working on this crocheted blanket acts as a metaphor for keeping up Mexican culture. My Grandma began the project based on her own knowledge and envisioning a particular pattern. Now I'm continuing that work. And even though I might change it up by knitting instead of crocheting and I'll certainly end up with a different pattern than what Grandma may have intended, it's still a colorful blanket created by women from different generations. There's no right or wrong way to proceed; it will just unfold and change over time, just as Mexican American culture develops in this country. I'm just proud to keep up a tradition that my lovely grandmother started.


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Hi everyone. This post is to let everyone know that I am no longer doing photography on a professional level. This also means that I will no longer be booking sessions, or taking on client work.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me these last couple of year.
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5. | MCRmy | ||
An INSANELY awesome bunch of people, who happen to like the also INSANELY awesome band, Mcr (my chemical romance) These people are often godlike creatures, and should be worshipped ( as should the members of the band) anyone who disagrees with this is most likely Chav, and no it doesn't make me 'emo' for liking them, it just makes me 'anti-chav' ¬_¬ (not that there's anything wrong with emo's of course, they rock ^^) because I'm not as INSANELY awesome as the MCRmy soldiers :'(
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(pronouned M-C-army)The devoted fans of the band My Chemical Romance. You would recognize a really bad, cliche member of the MCRmy by their obsession with trying to look like a member of MCR. They could probably also tell you everyone in MCR's birthday, zodiac sign, favorite food, shoe size, and second cousin's name. Even though, they may seem silly and obsessed, the MCRmy is the coolset group of people around and most would tell you that they are proud to be one of the MCRmy elite. Dude, that MCRmy chick has Gerard Way tattoed on her ass.
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The official My chemical romance street team run my warner brothers, it on The street network (TSN) which also runs street teams for a wide range of bands. Members of the street team refer to themselves as "soilders of the MCRmy". They promote My chemical romance through concerts, flyers and online promotion. Some promoters are even awarded M&G's with the band.They currenly have 60,000+ members. Its is one of the MOST active street teams. I'm not suprised. "The MCRmy sucks"
Translantion: *is jealous* |
3. | MCRmy | ||
A fan of the band My Chemical Romance (MCR) and a close knit group of fans as close as a family that fight everyday challenges with MCR lyrics. Mainly used as the street team of MCR under Warner Bro.s. "Gerard is right. We are not a cult but an army. we are the MCRmy!"
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The coolest street team ever!!!! XDDD MCRmy FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!
6. | MCRmy | ||
You will either slightly enjoy the MCR fandom or you will wish you were a bird that could fly into a ceiling fan and spurt blood in the eyes of your enemies. MCRmy Fan: "What is a ray toro?"
MCRmy Fan: "Oh em GEE, Mikey Way is so awkwarddd XD!" MCRmy Fan: "Frerard 4 lyfe." MCRmy Fan: *tweets Bob Bryar* "BOB WHEN are you ever gonna come back to MCR?!?!?!?! You: 'Don't you even-no, just no-" *reincarnates into a bulldozer and drives off a mountain and drowns.* |
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mcrmy-a "army" of overly obsessed my chemical romance fans who stupidly think that spelling way with an asterisk,as in w*y,is clever,and that looking exactly like mcr is good.also treat band members birthdays like feast days and are mostly 13 year old girls. " WTFrank im w*y annoyed the mcrmy parade is cancelled!!"
in english- what the f***,im way annoyed,the fan club walk along the street in the rain is cancelled!!" |


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The principle lecturer on my Human Resources Management masters course would be mortified to know that the greatest subject matter that has stuck with me since I graduated is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs motivation theory. Well, maybe she would be fine with this but it was a miniscule topic compared to everything else that we studied for 2 years. The reason why it reasonates so much with me today is because it's a theory that helps explain what motivates people in life. And life I have always found very interesting.
According to Maslow there are 5 levels of needs starting with the most basic at the bottom of the pyramid (physiological needs such as air, water, sleep, excretion) and working your way up to what I would describe as first-world or Western problems (esteem and self actualisation). I mean you must be pretty lucky indeed if your struggle for self actualisation is your biggest worry!
Enter me stage left. I'm neither Gen X, nor Gen Y. I do remember life before the internet came around but I began my adult life after it and I can't honestly imagine a world without it. How on earth did we used to make restaurant reservations? By looking up a number in the phone book and calling on the phone? I don't remember the last time I called a restaurant let alone looked up a number in a phone book. I've been making my restaurant reservations online for at least the last 5 years.
I was raised during an era when saving your money was what you were supposed to do, I came of age when overleveraging yourself on credit cards was too easy to do and Manolo Blahniks became a more accessible brand for the modern woman. I have been having an early-life crisis since my late 20s and now in my early 30s it doesn't show any signs of relenting. What is life all about? Why are we all here? I'm doing everything that is expected of me. I have a good job, a wonderful family, I take a vacation every 3 months abroad. So why do I feel unsatisfied that I'm not ticking all of the boxes at the top of Maslow's pyramid?
Let me beat you to the punch. Yes I'm aware we are in one of the most devastating economic crises since the Great Depression of the 1930s. So I should really count my blessings that I still have physiological and safety needs met. Many people today are losing their jobs and therefore their security. If you stand in line at any soup kitchen or visit any developing countries you'll see that many more people are even losing basic physiological needs such as food and water. Note to self – get some perspective mate. I know this in my mind, but why can't I feel it in my heart?
Interestingly no where in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is happiness listed. I guess happiness is what you get if all of your needs are met. Or does it mean that happiness is not a motivator? Or is happiness a fairly modern concept since Maslow first published his Hierarchy of Needs in 1943? UK Prime Minister David Cameron is taking an active interest in his citizens' happiness. In fact, he asked the Office for National Statistics to try to measure it. Click here to find out the results.
In yogic terms I should be expressing gratitude for all of the needs that I have met or in the immortal words of Bobby McFerrin "Don't worry, be happy." It's impossible not to be happy listening to this tune!


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The City of Griffin Water & Wastewater Division reported the spill of 2,925 gallons of untreated wastewater into an unnamed tributary that flows into Ison Branch. The spill flowed from 9:50 a.m. to 10:55 a.m., according to the Wastewater Division.
In the instance of this overflow, the city's Water & Wastewater Division is following all Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division requirements including evaluating need for additional repairs, stream monitoring and public notices.
The Water & Wastewater Division has a staff of 26 full-time employees who inspect, test and make repairs to the systems which includes 220 miles of sewer lines carrying sewage to four wastewater treatment plants. The staff is trained and certified to address any problems that may lead to sewer overflows,
The city has cleared, televised, and smoke tested all the sewer lines in the city in four phases of rehabilitation at this time as well as making repairs and replacing lines as needed.
The Water & Wastewater Division asks the public for assistance in reporting any potential sewer overflow or maintenance problem they may see to assure a timely response and proper assessment and correction by city staff.
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In the last few years, there has been an ever increasing demand for organic products, particularly for organic baby products. Parents naturally want the best for their babies and organic baby stores in Rutherford stock everything they need to keep their bundles of joy happy and healthy.
Rutherford organic baby stores market products that aren't created using toxins and chemicals. So the primary benefit of organic baby products is that they're healthier and have a lower risk of producing side effects like allergic reactions.
Eco-conscious parents also enjoy the fact that organic baby products are also better for the environment. Cotton used to make cloth for organic baby clothes, for example, are not treated with incesticides and chemicals that affect much more than the cotton crop.
Products in Rutherford Organic Baby Stores
As a greater number of parents discover the importance of choosing organic, more and more organic baby products are cropping up in stores across the . These days, parents can find an organic option for almost anything.
In-demand organic baby products include:
- Baby clothes
- Toys
- Baby food
- Bedding
- Bath products
- Diapers
- Lotions and Creams
- Powder
Providers can only label their baby products organic if they've been granted organic certification. One thing to keep in mind is that unlike organic products, 'all natural' products aren't regulated by the FDA. Parents that are contemplating an 'all natural' product ought to carefully examine the ingredients and/or label to decide whether an organic option is a better choice.
Well Known Organic Baby Stores in Rutherford
Burt's Bees is a famous brand of personal organic products, including organic baby products. Their products can be purchsed in major stores around the country such as Target.
Baby Earth is an online organic baby store that features all natural and organic baby products from numerous providers.
Whole Foods Market has been a top provider of organic products since 1980, and there isn't a shortage of organic baby products in their stores.
The Organic Consumers Association and the Organic Information Center are also wonderful resources for researching different organic products and services, including organic baby stores.
Investing in organic products, particularly hygiene and food products, when kids are in the initial stages of development is an investment worth making. As organic baby products increase in popularity parents can expect to find more local and online organic baby stores in Rutherford to shop at and more affordable prices as well.


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Fee Brothers Orange Bitters is made from the skins of oranges grown in the West Indies. Until recently, this old cocktail ingredient had gone virtually unnoticed. A new interest in classic cocktails has brought it out of retirement. There are many recipes that call for orange bitters, but most notable is the "classic" Martini. Try a dash in your next Martini and you will never want one without orange bitters again.
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Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Faculty Constitution
Adopted by the Faculty Senate May 2, 2005 and the General Faculty June 10, 2005. Approved by the Provost July 1, 2005. Revised and Adopted by the Faculty Senate February 7, 2011 and the General Faculty May 25, 2011.
The University Faculty support the Wright State University mission to transform the lives of our students and the communities we serve by providing innovative, high quality programs, by conducting scholarly research, and by engaging in significant community service.
The chief purposes of Wright State University shall be the achievement of excellence in teaching, the achievement of substantial contributions to human knowledge, the achievement of major service to humanity, and the maintenance of a free and cosmopolitan environment for the work toward such achievements.
This Constitution is established in order that the University Faculty (as defined by Article II) may participate in the achievement of these purposes through shared governance and the principle of academic freedom.
Article I. Authority
Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, the authority to establish, implement, and govern educational and academic policies of the University is vested in the University Faculty, as defined in the Code of Regulations promulgated by the Board of Trustees, within the constraints of any Collective Bargaining Agreement between Wright State University and American Association of University Professors (AAUP-WSU) and all pertinent government regulations.
Section 1. Powers and Duties
A. The University Faculty, in consultation with the University President and the University Provost, shall formulate codes of operating procedures governing all aspects of the academic program, admissions, academic standards, student affairs, faculty affairs not covered by the bargaining agreement, and other fields of university operation composed of academic and professional subject matter. The University President shall present such recommended operating procedures to the Board of Trustees for their consideration, amendment, confirmation, or rejection.
B. The University Faculty shall determine the curricula leading to all degrees and certification programs offered by the university and shall determine the content of all courses in such curricula.
C. The University Faculty shall determine the requirements for each degree and certificate offered by the university.
D. The University Faculty shall make recommendations to the University President or Provost and to the AAUP-WSU concerning the annual academic calendar of the university.
E. The University Faculty shall nominate all students to whom degrees shall be granted. Such nominations shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees through the University President.
F. The University Faculty can:
1. Initiate and consider policy proposals and express its judgment on those policy proposals submitted to it by the University President or officers of the various academic and administrative divisions of the university;
2. Investigate, discuss, and make recommendations to any appropriate body within the university regarding any matter of interest to the university;
3. Request information through appropriate channels from any member of the university.
G. The powers and duties of the University Faculty are delegated to the Faculty Senate in Article 3, Section 2.
Article II. University Faculty
Section 1. Membership
The University Faculty shall be comprised of persons who hold the following academic ranks within the university: university professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, senior lecturer, lecturer, instructor or clinical assistant professor and clinical instructor in the College of Nursing and Health.
A. A member of the University Faculty shall be considered fully-affiliated with Wright State University if:
1. The person is under full-time contract with the university requiring a majority of the member's professional efforts; and
2. The contractual obligation to Wright State University has first call on the person's time and effort; or
3. The person is on a tenure track or is fully-affiliated as defined by their contract.
B. A member of the University Faculty shall be considered partially-affiliated with Wright State University if:
1. The person's rank includes an additional modifier such as: voluntary, adjunct, research, visiting, acting, clinical (except as noted in Article II, Section 1), part-time, fellow; or
2. The person's professional activities cannot fulfill the criteria of Article II, Section 1.A., above; or
3. The person is a member of the School of Medicine or the School of Professional Psychology and does not hold a fully-affiliated appointment as defined in the Bylaws of the Faculty of Medicine, or in the Bylaws of the Faculty of Professional Psychology.
C. Both fully-affiliated and partially-affiliated members may attend and participate in faculty meetings; however, only fully-affiliated members may vote on issues before the faculty.
D. In consultation with the Human Resources Department, the Faculty Office shall prepare annually a list of fully-affiliated faculty. Final authority for determining the nature of the affiliation lies with the University President.
Section 2. Officers
The officers of the University Faculty shall be as follows:
A. The Faculty President shall:
1. Chair special meetings of the University Faculty;
2. Chair all meetings of the Faculty Senate;
3. Report to the Faculty Senate and also be the responsible correspondent to the university regarding all decisions made by the Executive Committee;
4. Be the representative and spokesperson for the University Faculty, and the liaison and coordinator between the faculty and the administration, the committees, the students, and the general faculty;
5. Attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee as an ex-officio member and in appropriate capacities on other Board of Trustees' committees; and shall serve on any other committee or council as directed by the Faculty Senate;
6. Shall convene all committee chairs at the beginning of the academic year to review responsibilities and procedures;
7. Serve as an ex-officio member and meet regularly with the Council of Deans;
8. Chair the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate;
9. Be responsible for the Faculty Office; and
10. Preside as Grand Marshal of commencement exercises, Freshman Convocation and University Convocation;
11. Serve as a member and attend meetings of the Ohio Faculty Council and report to the Executive Committee;
12. Meet regularly with the President and the Provost;
13. Give the Faculty President Report at the Board of Trustees public meetings.
14. Chair the Faculty Budget Priority Committee.
B. The Faculty President-Elect shall:
1. Assume the duties of the Faculty President in his/her absence;
2. Be a member of the Faculty Senate and the Senate Executive Committee;
3. Serve as Marshall of the Graduate School during commencement exercises;
4. Attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee and the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee as an ex-officio member and in appropriate capacities on other Board of Trustees' committees; and shall serve on any other committee or council as directed by the Faculty Senate;
5. Serve as a member and attend meetings of the Ohio Faculty Council and report to the Executive Committee about whatever topics are covered.
6. If the Faculty President-Elect and the Faculty President are one in the same, the Faculty President will designate a member from the Executive Committee to serve on the Ohio Faculty Council in his or her stead.
C. The Secretary of Senate shall be the Assistant to the Faculty President.
Section 3. Qualifications and Elections
A. Faculty President
1. Qualifications
a. The Faculty President shall be a fully-affiliated faculty member of the University Faculty having been granted tenure by the Board of Trustees; or, if in an academic unit where tenure is not policy, otherwise shall have met successfully the probationary requirements; and
b. Have met the initial probationary requirements for professor or associate professor in the appropriate academic unit, or have met the initial probationary requirements for assistant professor and have been promoted; or
c. Have seven years of continuous service on the University Faculty.
2. Election of the Faculty President
a. The Faculty Senate shall adopt procedures governing the conduct of the election (given in Attachment A of this document), the filling of a vacancy, and a procedure for recall. These procedures may be modified by the Faculty Senate.
b. The Executive Committee shall solicit nominations, including self-nominated candidates, for the office and submit their names to the Office of the Faculty President. The Executive Committee shall confirm the willingness of each nominee to run and, if elected, to serve.
c. The Secretary of the University Faculty, who is also the Secretary of the Faculty Senate, working with the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, shall conduct an election with a ballot distributed to all fully-affiliated faculty. If no nominee receives a majority of the votes cast on the first ballot, a run-off election will be held to decide between the candidates receiving the highest number of votes on the first ballot. The results of the election will be announced electronically.
d. The Faculty President-Elect will assume the office of the Faculty President at the final Senate Meeting in the year following election.
e. The succession to the Faculty President if the President-Elect is one in the same as the President, or if the President-Elect is unable to serve, shall be determined by the Executive Committee. The Parliamentarian will convene the Executive Committee as soon as possible to select a Faculty President from current qualified members of the Faculty Senate. The Parliamentarian shall chair the Executive Committee until a Faculty President has been selected by a majority of the Executive Committee.
B. Faculty Senators
1. Qualifications
a. Senators shall be fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty; elected from mutually exclusive constituencies as described in Article III, Section 4.A.
b. Senators shall hold the rank of university professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, senior lecturer, lecturer, instructor, or clinical assistant professor and clinical instructor in the College of Nursing and Health and that person has been a fully-affiliated member of the University Faculty for a minimum of two academic years. Chairs, but not deans, assistant deans, or associate deans, are eligible for election to the Faculty Senate.
2. Election of Senators
a. All elections shall be conducted prior to the last regularly scheduled Faculty Senate meeting of each year following these guidelines:
Third week of Spring Semester | The Faculty President determines what Senate seats need to be filled. |
Fourth week of Spring Semester | Faculty Office secures the list of eligible faculty from Human Resources. |
Fifth week of Spring Semester | Faculty Office contacts eligible faculty, informing them of eligibility and soliciting candidate nominations, including self-nominations. |
Seventh week of Spring Semester | Faculty return nominating forms to the Faculty Office which contacts nominees to secure approval of their candidacy. |
Eight and Ninth week of Spring Semester | Ballots distributed; elections held. |
Tenth and Eleventh week of Spring Semester | Time allocated for possible run-offs. |
Twelfth week of Spring Semester | Faculty Office announces election results. |
Note: There shall be at least one candidate per constituency for each open Senate seat. If there are not the required number of candidates, the Faculty President will inform the constituency Executive Committee representative there is such a lack, seeking his/her help in securing the minimum number of required candidates.
b. A plurality of votes is necessary for constituency elections. Should a tie exist, a run-off election shall be held to determine a winner.
c. The Faculty Senate shall adopt regulations governing the conduct of elections, the filling of vacancies, and the recall of representatives from constituencies.
d. The Executive Committee will appoint a replacement for any vacancy. The replacement must come from the same constituency as the original representative and will serve until the next election. Runners up in descending order are contacted for willingness to serve, if no replacements are solicited in this manner, volunteers are sought.
3. Terms of Office
a. Senators are elected for two-year terms with approximately one-half of the representatives in each constituency being elected each year. Prior to each election, the constituencies will be advised by the Faculty Senate Secretary of the number of Senators each constituency is entitled to elect.
Article III. Faculty Senate
Section 1. Authority
A. The business of the faculty is addressed through the Faculty Senate, which shall meet at least eight times a year. (Semester Schedule: September, October, November, December, January, February, March, and April).
B. The Faculty Senate shall have and exercise such authority as may be delegated to it by the University Faculty as limited by Article I regarding collective bargaining agreements. No provisions of this constitution shall abridge the right of any member of the University Faculty to communicate that member's views in full to the Faculty Senate, to the University President, or to the Board of Trustees through the University President.
C. All motions approved by the Faculty Senate shall be transmitted by the Faculty President to the University President and the University Provost.
D. Special meetings of the University Faculty can be called by the Faculty President to address specific Senate decisions. The Faculty President must call a meeting upon receipt of a petition signed by fifty fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty. A call for a special meeting shall specify the time and objectives thereof, and no business other than that specified in the call shall be transacted at such meeting unless otherwise agreed upon by a two-thirds majority of all present and voting members of the University faculty. A quorum of one-hundred faculty members must be present for business to be conducted at this meeting.
Section 2. Powers and Duties
A. The powers and duties of the University Faculty, as described in Article I, Section 1., are hereby delegated to the Faculty Senate. In the discharge of its duties, the Faculty Senate can form such committees, councils, etc., as it deems necessary. By regulation adopted by the Faculty Senate, such committees may involve persons from outside Faculty Senate and the University Faculty. The authority of such committees, councils, etc., shall not exceed the authority of the Faculty Senate, and they shall remain accountable to the Faculty Senate.
Section 3. Compositions
A. The total voting membership of the Faculty Senate shall be the sum of items 1. and 2. following:
1. Elected faculty; one from each constituency for every 30 fully-affiliated faculty or fraction thereof;
2. The Faculty President and Faculty President-Elect;
B. The University President and the University Provost shall be ex-officio, non-voting members.
Section 4. Constituencies
A. The constituencies of Faculty Senate will be as follows:
• Raj Soin College of Business
• College of Education and Human Services
• College of Engineering and Computer Science
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Nursing and Health
• College of Science and Mathematics
• Lake Campus
• Boonshoft School of Medicine
• School of Professional Psychology
B. Only fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty may vote for representatives from their constituency. No person shall vote in or be considered a member of more than one constituency at each election. The Faculty Senate Secretary shall maintain lists of fully-affiliated faculty in each constituency with assistance from the Human Resources department. The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, in consultation with the appropriate departments, shall assign a faculty member to a constituency in cases where there is doubt.
Section 5. Officers and General Duties
A. The Faculty President or Faculty President-Elect or the Faculty President's designee from the Executive Committee presides at Senate meetings, Executive Committee meetings and special meetings.
B. The Faculty President shall transmit all Senate actions to the appropriate persons, including the University President and the University Provost.
C. The Secretary of the Faculty, who is not eligible to be a member of the Faculty Senate, shall be the Assistant to the Faculty President. The Secretary shall be responsible for creating the minutes of Faculty Senate meetings within seven working days after the meeting. The Office of the Faculty President will be responsible for distributing the minutes of Faculty Senate meetings to members of Faculty Senate and the University Faculty within ten working days after each meeting.
D. The University Parliamentarian shall be appointed annually by the Faculty President. The Parliamentarian shall not be a member of the Faculty Senate. That same person shall also serve as Parliamentarian to special meetings of the University Faculty.
E. The Faculty Senate can elect such other officers from its membership as are deemed necessary to discharge the duties of the Faculty Senate.
Section 6. Conduct of Meetings
A. All meetings of the Faculty Senate shall be conducted in accordance with the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, insofar as it is consistent with this Constitution.
B. The agenda for each meeting of the Faculty Senate will be prepared by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate and distributed to members of the Faculty Senate and the University at least seven working days prior to the meeting. The order of business shall be: (1) Call to Order; (2) Approval of Minutes; (3) Report of the University President or University Provost; (4) Senate Executive Committee Report; (5) Old Business; (6) New Business; (7) Written Committee Reports including attendance roll and a report on Board of Trustees committee meetings; (8) Council Reports; (9) Announcements (10) Adjournment. Items of new business will not be voted on until they appear on the agenda as old business, which normally will be at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate. Exceptions to this rule can be made by a two-thirds majority of Faculty Senate members present and voting, when an immediate vote is needed.
C. The Faculty Senate shall conduct at least eight meetings annually. Meetings can be held with any number of Senators of the Senate present; however, a quorum for transacting business shall be a majority of the voting membership of the Senate.
1. Members who are unable to attend a Faculty Senate meeting may designate a replacement from their constituency who is a fully-affiliated faculty member. The replacement may participate in discussions but may not make motions or vote on issues before the Faculty Senate.
2. Members who do not attend or designate a replacement for three Faculty Senate meetings during any given academic year will be considered to have vacated their position. The Executive Committee may declare a vacancy and either appoint a runner-up or order a new election within 30 days to elect a replacement to represent that constituency for the rest of the original occupant's term.
D. Any university faculty, staff, or student may attend meetings of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate may regulate the attendance of other persons. Participation in the deliberations of the Faculty Senate by persons who are not members of the Faculty Senate is allowed if approved by a majority of the members present and voting, or if requested by the presiding officer.
E. At the seventh Faculty Senate meeting of the academic year, the Faculty Senate shall propose a schedule of meetings for the next thirteen-month period, and the Faculty Senate shall accept, or amend and accept, such a schedule.
F. In addition to regularly scheduled meetings of the Faculty Senate, a special meeting may be called by the Faculty President. The Faculty President shall call a special meeting of the Senate upon submission of a petition signed by at least fifty fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty, or upon majority vote of or petition by a majority of the Faculty Senate.
G. At each Faculty Senate meeting, the University Provost will report to the faculty steps taken in response to Faculty Senate actions.
Section 7. Executive Committee
A. The Executive Committee shall consist of the following persons:
1. The Faculty President.
2. The Faculty President-Elect.
3. One representative of the elected members of the Faculty Senate from each constituency, chosen through college election by May 1st (April 1st under semesters) the fully-affiliated faculty of each constituency. Senators selected for EC membership: if chosen in first term as senator, then EC membership would carry over to second year, if selected for EC membership in second term there would be no carry over to a new term even in the event of reelection unless the constituency only has one representative.
B. The chair of the Executive Committee shall be the Faculty President.
C. The Executive Committee meets before each Faculty Senate meeting and shall:
1. Charge all standing and administrative committees and councils.
2. Advise the Faculty Senate on the establishment or elimination of committees.
3. Appoint or remove the members of standing and special committees, and the chairs of such committees, subject to ratification by the Faculty Senate. The Executive Committee shall request the name of a representative and alternate from Student Government.
4. Appoint members of the Tenure Removal Committee. Members of this committee will be bargaining unit faculty holding the rank of professor.
5. Conduct annual reviews of the structure of the constituencies and adjust the number of Faculty Senate representatives to meet the requirements of Article III, Section 3.A.1.
6. Prepare and approve the agendas for Faculty Senate.
7. Create ad-hoc committees to address special topics outside the scope of the Faculty Senate standing committees.
The Executive Committee members shall:
1. Communicate with their college or school's constituency.
2. Serve as Marshall for their college or school (or find an alternate from their constituency) for all commencements.
Section 8. Standing and Administrative Committees of the Faculty Senate
A. The standing committees of the Faculty Senate are the Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee (UCAP), the Information Technology Committee, the Faculty Affairs Committee, the Faculty Budget Priority Committee, the Buildings and Grounds Committee and the Undergraduate Student Petitions Committee.
B. Committee responsibilities include meeting at least once per term, keeping minutes and attendance, providing Faculty Senate Executive Committee with a copy of meeting minutes within seven working days of meetings, and submitting other reports to the Faculty Senate as requested.
C. Description of Standing Committees
1. Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee UCAP Charge: The committee shall have the responsibility for recommending to the Faculty Senate the following:
a. General education requirements.
b. University-wide undergraduate academic requirements, programs, and policies.
c. Approval of changes in college academic requirements.
2. UCAP shall also be responsible for:
a. Approval of changes (additions, modifications, deletions) for all undergraduate courses and programs.
b. Mediation of undergraduate curricular disputes between colleges or schools.
UCAP Committee Membership: An Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee (UCAP) shall recommend action and policy to the Faculty Senate for all undergraduate study involving credit. Each college or school with Faculty Senate constituency representation that offers undergraduate courses shall be represented with the colleges of Liberal Arts and Science & Mathematics having two representatives. The Chairs of the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee and the University General Education Committee (both appointed by the Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee) (or their designees), and two undergraduate student representatives selected by Student Government shall serve as non-voting members of this committee.
UCAP Subcommittees (members recommended to Faculty Senate by UCAP):
1. Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (WACC)
WACC Charge: The WACC is responsible for oversight of the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program, recommending action and policy for WAC requirements in General Education and in the Major, approving criteria for independent Writing Projects, and monitoring and assessing WAC, including faculty development programs and activities.
WACC Membership: The WACC is composed of one faculty member representative from each undergraduate college with Faculty Senate constituency representation who teaches or who has taught Writing Intensive courses. The Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum, with faculty status, will serve as his or her college's faculty voting representative. Non-voting members include the Director of the University Writing Center; the Director of Writing Programs (or department designee); a representative from the English as a Second Language (ESL) program (Department of English Language and Literatures); a representative from the University General Education Committee (UGEC); and an undergraduate student representative selected by Student Government. UCAPC recommends and the Faculty Senate confirms faculty member appointments.
2. University General Education Committee (UGEC)
UGEC Charge: The UGEC reviews all General Education new course proposals, course modification proposals and General Education requirements (including General Education substitution proposals); develops assessment guidelines and implements assessment of the General Education Program; reviews all General Education course syllabi periodically to see if they generally reflect the approved sample syllabi and reflect the approved General Education goals; communicates with departments concerning any problems with particular courses as they relate to General Education and may take appropriate action to resolve such problems, including a request that the course in question be removed from the list of approved General Education courses; develops, updates and disseminates a list of equivalencies to WSU General Education courses for transfers from other colleges and universities; reviews periodically General Education substitutions; and reviews and makes proposals on any aspect of General Education (e.g., transfer guidelines, use of adjunct faculty and course availability).
UGEC Membership: The UGEC is composed of two faculty representatives each from the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts and one faculty representative from each of the other undergraduate colleges with Faculty Senate constituency representation. The Director of General Education, with faculty status, will serve as his or her college's faculty voting representative. The Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum, the University Provost, the Director of the Honors Program, a representative of University College or their designees and an undergraduate student representative selected by Student Government serve as non-voting members. UCAPC recommends and the Faculty Senate confirms faculty member appointments.
3. Service Learning Committee (SLC)
SLC Charge: The SLC reviews applications for service-learning course designations and reports to the Registrar which courses should receive a designation and what designation is appropriate for each course (service-learning/service-learning intensive); communicates with departments concerning any problems with courses as they relate to service-learning and may take appropriate action to resolve such problems, including a request that the course in question be adjusted in order to receive a service-learning designation; reviews student applications for and renders decisions regarding the awarding of the Citizen Scholar Certificate, including approval of service-learning capstone projects and the handling of appeals for course substitutions (i.e. reviewing syllabi for service-learning courses taught prior to the existence of such designations); develops assessment guidelines for service-learning courses and conducts assessment of the Service-Learning program; and reviews and makes proposals on any aspect of Service-Learning.
SLC Membership: The SLC consists of a representative from each of the colleges and schools. The Director of General Education, the Director of the University Honors Program, the Director of Service-Learning and an undergraduate student representative selected by Student Government serve as non-voting members. UCAPC recommends and the Faculty Senate confirms faculty member appointments.
4. Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee
University Academic Program Review Charge: To review, on a seven-year cycle, all undergraduate degree programs on the Dayton and Lake campuses.
The primary purpose of academic program review of undergraduate programs is to give the program faculty the opportunity to conduct a self-study that will: a) describe program mission, strengths and weaknesses relative to appropriate benchmarks, including best practices; b) develop an appropriate plan and timeline for program improvement; and c) request the resources necessary to make those improvements.
Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee will review the program self-study relative to the requisite program review template, and within the context of ongoing program assessment; request additional information where needed; and either endorse the plan for improvement and/or make alternative suggestions for the program's consideration. Outcomes of the Committee's review would be shared annually with the Faculty Senate, the Council of Deans, the Provost, and the faculty.
Programs that have been or will be reviewed by external agencies for the purposes of accreditation within the regular seven-year cycle will be exempt from the above academic program review process. Such programs will still be asked, however, to submit their self-study and plans for improvement to the Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee. They will also be asked to respond to questions from the template related to online degree programs, where applicable, and they will be given the opportunity to request resources for program improvements.
Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee Membership: One faculty representative from each degree-granting undergraduate college, including the Lake Campus; the chair or designated representative of University Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee (UCAPC), the University General Education Committee (UGEC), and the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee; a representative from the University College and from Student Government; a representative from the Provost's Office; and one ex-officio faculty liaison for each program being reviewed.
5. Multicultural Competence Committee (MCC)
MCC Charge: This committee will have oversight responsibility for reviewing and approving the Multicultural (MC) designation for Wright State Core and major courses; assessing the development of multicultural competence in Wright State students; and increasing opportunities to foster multicultural competence in the curriculum. The MCC will follow the reporting process recommended by UCAPC.
MCC Membership: This committee will be composed of one faculty member representative from each undergraduate college with Faculty Senate constituency representation. UCAPC will recommend and the Faculty Senate will confirm faculty member appointments. The co-chairs of the UDAC Cultural Competence Subcommittee, a representative from the University College, a representative from UGEC, and an undergraduate student representative selected by Student Government will serve as non-voting members.
2. Information Technology Committee
Information Technology Committee Charge: The Information Technology Committee shall study policies, consider requests for changes, and recommend appropriate action to the Faculty Senate concerning information technology issues. The Information Technology Committee shall review requests and make recommendations to CATS on all issues affecting academic and research computing and technology policies.
Information Technology Committee Membership: The committee shall be composed of one (1) faculty member from each college or school with Faculty Senate constituency representation. The University Librarian, the director of Computing and Telecommunications Services (CATS), University Registrar, one (1) undergraduate student, and one (1) graduate student shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members. (Students to be selected by Student Government.)
3. Faculty Affairs Committee
Faculty Affairs Committee Charge: A Faculty Affairs Committee for senior lecturers, lecturers, instructors, clinical assistant professors, clinical instructors, and visiting faculty shall prepare and recommend action and policy to the Faculty Senate on all matters dealing with those fully-affiliated faculty (excluding faculty from SOM and SOPP).
Faculty Affairs Committee Membership: Each college and school (excluding SOM and SOPP) shall be represented on the Faculty Affairs Committee by faculty members not represented by the bargaining agreement. The committee shall have responsibilities for the following:
a. Formulating standards, including scholarship, teaching, and/or service for the appointment of faculty not represented by the bargaining agreement, and procedures for obtaining recognition of these standards;
b. Acting on all matters dealing with welfare, discipline, due process, and academic freedom for faculty not represented by the bargaining agreement.
c. Appointing a Salary Inequity Investigation subcommittee for faculty not represented by the bargaining agreement, when necessary, as determined by the Salary Inequity Appeals process.
4. Faculty Budget Priority Committee
Faculty Budget Priority Committee Charge: This committee will be responsible for:
a. Requesting information from the university budget director and the university administration regarding university income and expenditures and all other items of budgetary concern, including projected and actual budget reports.
b. Examining all fiscal affairs of the university.
c. Recommending fiscal priorities to the Faculty Senate and university administration.
d. The chair of the Budget Priority Committee shall attend the Board of Trustee's Finance and Audit Committee meetings.
Faculty Budget Priority Committee Membership: This committee shall be comprised of the Faculty President, Faculty President-Elect, and one faculty member from each college or school with Faculty Senate constituency representation selected by the Senate Executive Committee.
5. Building and Grounds Committee
Building and Grounds Committee Charge: A Buildings and Grounds Committee shall study and recommend action to Faculty Senate on issues relating to the status of instructional space, campus physical planning, building priorities, space allocation and campus beautification. The committee will participate in the development of plans related to major campus renovation projects and construction of new facilities. The committee will review the proposed list of capital projects, request faculty input, recommend modifications to the plan and issue an annual report to the Faculty Senate before the capital plan is presented to the Board of Trustees. The Committee shall monitor the status of the instructional space and issue an annual report to Faculty Senate. The chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee shall attend the Board of Trustee's Buildings and Grounds Committee to report faculty concerns and to share Board of Trustee concerns with faculty.
Building and Grounds Committee Membership: Membership of the committee shall consist of a faculty representative and an alternate from each college and school with Faculty Senate constituency representation. Ex-officio, non-voting members of this committee shall be the University Registrar, the Associate Vice-President for Facilities Planning and Development, the Director of Computing and Telecommunications (CATS), the Director of the Physical Plant (or designee), and a student member appointed by Student Government.
Building and Grounds Subcommittees
1. Parking Services and Traffic Appeals Committee Parking Services and Traffic Appeals Committee Charge: A Parking Services and Traffic Appeals Committee shall:
a. Study and make recommendations on the impact of new building projects and the planning process on parking;
b. Study, plan, and make improvements to the existing parking system to improve space location and allocation and to alleviate congestion;
c. Study and make recommendations on means to allocate space for special requirements; d. Recommend parking fees for faculty, staff and students;
e. Receive and process complaints about parking;
f. Receive and process appeals of parking and traffic violations;
g. Report to the Building and Grounds Committee.
Parking Services and Traffic Appeals Committee Membership: The committee shall be composed of one faculty member from each college, one member from classified staff and one member from unclassified staff, one student representing residential students and one student representing commuter students. Ex-officio members shall include the Faculty President and the Director or other representative from Parking Services. The Building and Grounds Committee shall appoint one member from the Buildings and Grounds Committee and select one member from Disability Services to also serve as ex-officio members.
6. Undergraduate Student Petitions Committee (USP)
USP Charge: The Undergraduate Student Petitions Committee (USP) shall review the actions of the colleges' and schools' undergraduate petitions committees (or counterparts) and shall have the authority to confirm or change such actions to ensure an equitable application of academic regulations for all undergraduate students. Committee responsibilities include a monthly meeting except for July during the calendar year, keeping minutes and attendance, providing the Faculty Senate Executive Committee with a copy of meeting minutes within seven working days of meetings, and submitting other reports to the Faculty Senate as requested. All changes to charges and policies of the committee must be approved by Faculty Senate.
USP Membership: The committee shall be composed of a representative of each college's petitions committee forwarded by: the Raj Soin College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Nursing and Health, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the College of Science and Mathematics, the College of Education and Human Services, University College and Lake Campus to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee by the end of the spring term. In addition, two undergraduate students are to be appointed by Student Government by the beginning of the fall term. Also, two representatives from the Office of the University Registrar shall be ex-officio, non-voting members of the committee. Alternate representation from each of the aforementioned entities should also exist. Each member of the committee or alternate is responsible for attending a monthly meeting scheduled prior to the beginning of the academic year by the registrar's office. The chairperson of the committee shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and shall be one of the members of the eight units delineated above. The committee also shall be empowered to examine other university issues relating to its areas of concern and contribute opinions and suggestions concerning these issues as desired.
D. The administrative committees of the Faculty Senate are the Academic Integrity Hearing Panel, the Commencement Committee, the Honors Committee, the Judicial Review Panel, and the University Appeals Panel.
1. Chairs and faculty representatives of all committees shall be appointed by the Executive Committee of Faculty Senate. Faculty requests for committee appointments shall be solicited during spring semester via the Faculty Office. Committee appointments are for a one-year period unless otherwise stated.
2. Attendance requirements for committee members will be the same as for Faculty Senate Representatives with vacancies being filled consistent with provisions of Article III, Section 6.C.2. Committee members may designate a substitute when they cannot attend a committee meeting. The substitute does not have voting rights.
3. The committees shall include the Faculty President as an ex-officio, non-voting member.
4. The Faculty Office will maintain the respective committee charges and policies.
5. Other committees can be established or abolished by action of the Faculty Senate.
E. Committee Responsibilities
1. Meet at least once per semester during the academic year.
2. Keep minutes and attendance.
3. Prepare an agenda that includes approval of minutes.
4. Provide Faculty Senate Executive Committee with a copy of meeting minutes within seven working days of meetings.
5. Provide a final report to the Faculty Senate at the last official meeting that summarizes what the committee accomplished and what issues should be taken up the next academic year. These issues will be on the agenda of the first meeting of the committee the next academic year.
6. Submit other reports to the Faculty Senate as requested.
7. All changes to charges and policies must be approved by Faculty Senate.
Article IV. Councils
Section 1. Authority
The Faculty Senate may delegate any portion of its powers and duties to other councils.
Section 2. Powers and Duties
Certain of the powers and duties of the Faculty Senate are hereby delegated to other councils. The Faculty Senate reserves to itself the right of referendum over all matters adopted by a council with a simple majority vote of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Faculty Senate.
Section 3. Councils
A. Graduate Council
A.1. Charge. The Graduate Council shall represent the University Graduate Faculty in setting all academic policies related to post baccalaureate study and degree programs. The Dean of the Graduate School is responsible for administering all policies and procedures affecting graduate students and programs.
A.2. Authority. The Faculty Senate delegates the following authority to the Graduate Council:
1. Appointment of graduate faculty;
2. Establishment of graduate admission policies;
3. Establishment of criteria and standards for courses and degree programs;
4. Approval of new courses pursuant to the Graduate Council Policies and Procedures;
5. Approval of new concentrations in existing programs that involve less than 50% of curriculum changes;
6. Approval of changes in the Graduate School's degree requirements;
7. Approval of changes in existing course pursuant to the Graduate Council Manual;
8. Review new graduate degree programs, new combined or joint degree programs and recommend to the Faculty Senate for action;
9. Establishment of English and foreign language requirements;
10. Establishment of other requirements for advanced degrees;
11. Establish and maintain the Graduate Council Policies and Procedures Manual and inform the Faculty Senate of any changes.
The Faculty Senate, on behalf of the University Faculty, reserves the following authority:
1. Review and recommend to the Board of Trustees new graduate degree programs, new combined or joint degree programs, and new concentrations in existing programs that involve more than 50% of curriculum changes, or refer back to Graduate Council;
2. Review and recommend all policy and curricular proposals requiring Board of Trustee approval.
The Graduate Council will report within ten (10) working days of meeting to the Faculty Senate on the actions of the Graduate Council.
A.3. Membership. The Graduate Council shall consist of the following voting members: (1) three elected members from each graduate degree granting college or school, elected through college election by April 1st by the fully-affiliated graduate faculty of each constituency, from among faculty with regular graduate faculty status; of these, one member will be a doctoral program director (from colleges that have doctoral programs), one will be a graduate program director, if possible, and no more than one may be below the rank of Assistant Professor; eligible voters are Wright State faculty with regular graduate faculty status. Each unit providing a member shall also provide an alternate member using the same criteria and procedures as for the members. Alternate members may always attend Graduate Council meetings but may only vote in the absence of the respective member. The dean of each college/school offering graduate programs, or the associate or assistant dean with primary responsibility for graduate education in that college, the Provost, the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, the University Librarian, the Faculty Senate President or designee, a graduate student representative, the doctoral program directors, the Dean of the Graduate School, the assistant and/or associate deans of the Graduate School, and administrative staff of the Dean of the Graduate School shall serve as ex officio non-voting members. The elected members of the council shall serve terms of three years, generally with one-third new members being appointed each year. An elected member who has served two consecutive terms on the council as a voting member may not be renamed to the council until at least one year has elapsed following his or her preceding term. The Dean of the Graduate School shall serve as the chair and the Dean's administrative staff shall serve as the secretary of the Graduate Council.
*Doctoral program directors from colleges with only one doctoral program shall automatically be members of the Graduate Council and term limits will not apply for them. In the case of colleges with more than one doctoral program term limits will be in effect.
A.4 Committees. The Graduate Council shall have five standing committees with the following responsibilities:
1. Graduate Education Policies Committee: Review and recommend policies and procedures to the Graduate Council.
2. Graduate Faculty Membership Committee: Review graduate faculty nominations and make recommendations to the Graduate Council.
3. Curriculum Committee A: Review proposals for new courses, new programs, and program revisions from College of Science and Mathematics, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Boonshoft School of Medicine, and College of Nursing and Health, and make recommendations to the Graduate Council.
4. Curriculum Committee B: Review proposals for new courses, new programs, and program revisions from Raj Soin College of Business, College of Education and Human Services, College of Liberal Arts, and School of Professional Psychology, and make recommendations to the Graduate Council.
5. Student Affairs Committee: Adjudicate student appeals; select awardees for graduate council scholarship and other graduate student awards; advise graduate student organizations.
Each Graduate Council member is assigned to one of these committees. Up to three graduate faculty members, in addition to the voting members of the council, can be appointed on an ad hoc basis to each curriculum committee to provide balance by discipline and/or subject matter expertise. The additional faculty members are appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School normally to serve terms of three years.
A.5 Meetings. The Graduate Council shall meet a minimum of four times per year.
B. Research Council
Charge: The Research Council's mission is to stimulate scholarly research activities throughout the University.
The Research Council identifies needs of the faculty, analyzes research services, and recommends policies and procedures to the Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies. The Research Council shall evaluate and recommend priorities for internal funds to stimulate innovative research efforts.
Membership: The membership of the Council will consist of the dean or designee and one faculty member from each college or school. The Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies will serve as the chair of the Research Council. The faculty serving on the Research Council will be selected by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee for two-year staggered terms. The Research Council shall report to the Faculty Senate once per semester.
C. Athletics Council
Charge: An Athletics Council acts in an advisory capacity to the University President in all matters pertaining to intercollegiate athletics and to carry out those functions assigned to the Council by the University President.
Membership: Faculty Senate shall appoint two voting members, one each year to a two year term, at least one of which will be a member of Faculty Senate. The chair of the Athletics Council will report to the Faculty Senate once per semester on the actions of the Athletics Council.
Article V. Amendments
A. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds affirmative vote of those responding with a total vote of at least 100 of the University Faculty conducted either by e-mail or through a secure web page.
B. Amendments can be initiated by the Faculty Senate, or by submission to the Executive Committee of a petition signed by at least fifty fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty.
C. The University Faculty will be given the opportunity to meet and discuss an amendment at least 20 working days prior to a faculty vote thereon. Copies of the proposed amendment shall be distributed to all members of the University Faculty at least ten working days in advance of the meeting. Modifications to the wording of an amendment can be made by majority vote of the University Faculty present at the meeting.
D. At least 10 working days prior to a faculty vote on any amendment, all members of the University Faculty will have access to a web page that posts the proposed amendment and summarizes the discussion of the University Faculty meeting. No changes in the wording of any amendment can occur after it is posted.
E. Voting on any amendment will occur over a time period of three consecutive working days.
F. The Executive Committee will oversee the voting process to insure that each member of the University Faculty has the opportunity to vote and that no one is able to vote more than once.
Article VI. Quadrennial Review
This Constitution shall be reviewed every four years by an ad hoc committee nominated by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The committee shall submit a report with recommendations to Executive Committee. The Faculty Senate shall appoint such a committee every fourth year, starting in the year 2014.
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Like the early-'70s Marvin Gaye soundtrack its title nods to, "Trouble Man" at its best examines the unseen cost of crime, as in "Can You Learn" (with R. Kelly) and "Wildside," which opens with one of several skits dramatizing T.I.'s various arrests. But he isn't strictly playing the reformer: "Sorry," a stirring collaboration with Andre 3000, insists, "You can't please everybody," while in "Who Want Some" T.I. boasts of indiscretions to come over a swaggering beat by DJ Toomp.
As for the clunkers, "G Season" and "Ball" fail to deepen themes and the chorus of "Cruisin" makes a regrettable rhyme of "Lamborghini" and "blue bikini." But those feel pretty harmless compared with "Guns and Roses," which interpolates a dreary rendition of Pachelbel's Canon, and "Wonderful Life," in which Akon sinks T.I.'s mournful verses by crooning lines from "Your Song" by Elton John.
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So I went on the Netflix website a couple of days ago and I notice that the suggestions tab was gone. In its place was a Taste Profile tab which is utterly useless in comparison. All it does is bring up the rate more movies page. Luckily they didn't completely get rid of the suggestions tab. If I click on Your queue then the taste profile tab will disappear and the suggestions tab will reappear. Only difference is that instead of giving you the number of total recommendations it just gives you a star next it. Seriously I'm at the point now where I've rated all of the movies I've seen. The only way I can rate more is by watching more. Also the recommendation engine was one of the reason I really liked Netflix. Has this happened to anyone else?
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It's visible on my Netflix home page. Not sure, but could it be that the suggestions tab comes and goes based on your number of available suggestions?
I fluctuated between 1,500 - 2,000 suggestions. I have rated over 1,000 movies and tv shows. I really don't think that should affect weather I have a suggestions tab. I also only have 110 movies in my DVD queue and 46 movies in my instant queue. It could affect if I have a star instead of a number but I don't think it should effect if I have the tab or not.
I had that too, but it has since reverted to "* Suggestions for you". I have no idea what they're doing, but it seemed clumsy.
I honestly never really got much out of the suggestions. I've rated 3,294 movies on netflix and they have zero suggestions for me. All they say is to rate more movies.
Seriously I'm at the point now where I've rated all of the movies I've seen. The only way I can rate more is by watching more.
Ask older family members about how they coped before movie watching decisions became entirely decided by The Computers.
Well I can come up with movies to watch without the help of Netflix. I was just saying that in regards to the Taste Profile. Its a useless feature in comparison to the Suggestions.
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The point wasn't that the suggestions were gone, the point was that the interface had completely changed. Before I can access the suggestions I have to click on your queue.
What you say is absolutely true. The tabs have changed and the new tab, "Taste Profile" is useless to me. It looks slick and if you "X" a title, it is replaced in about one second with another title, so it's flashy (kinda), but utterly useless really. And the "My Reviews" tab no longer appears on the main tool bar. So they're keeping busy in NF-la-la-land.
I'm 99% of the time using the android app, and it is working very well. The recommendations via the app are pretty much on the mark.
I'm not talking about the recommendations themselves. I'm talking about how you access the recommendations. Sure I can look on a movie's page and see what it's suggested rating is for me, but they've made it so I now have to take extra steps to access the "suggestions for you" page.
It's the format and process that keep changing.
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i know counter and mirror coat arent but how about for metal burst? if i use a metal burst to a tyranitar, will it be super effective or just the 1.5x back the damage i take?
Metal Burst does not do super or not very effective damage, it is the same as Mirror-coat and Counter in that sense.
No, it won't be super effective. You metioned Counter and Mirror Coat in your question, it would be just like those moves.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Decoupage Tole Tray Table and Workshop!
28 comments:
- Pamela said...
They *do* make a matte Modge Podge - that's my preference as well.
I love the tole tray. I have a set of excruciatingly ugly TV trays that I've been thinking about making over. Thanks for some inspiration!
Pamela - June 9, 2012 at 5:26 PM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
Ditto what Pamela said, Amy. I also use the matte version. Love the tray. The colors are great.
- June 9, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- sissie said...
Hi Amy,
I love, love, love the tray. You make everything so pretty and special with your detailing.
I love the sweet chairs too and the tablecloth fabric is perfect.
Sissie - June 9, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Debbie said...
Glad to hear you had a good sales day, Amy!
Your class sounds like fun.
Enjoy yourself!!
xxoo - June 9, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Cozy Little House said...
Yes, I also prefer the matte. Oddly enough, I just came here from Pinterest where I was looking at decoupage projects!
Brenda - June 9, 2012 at 6:08 PM
- Shabby chic Sandy said...
Oh that little class looks so fun. I wish I lived closer!
- June 9, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- SHERRY HART said...
The tray turned out great! As did your almost finished chair. Have fun at your class:)
- June 9, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- De tout, de rien said...
Amy, all the best of luck with your workshop. I wish I lived closer, I would certainly attend! (From one chair-a-holic to another, lol!)
- June 9, 2012 at 7:08 PM
- Rosemary@villabarnes said...
Very pretty design, Amy.
- June 9, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- Cindy said...
Ahhhhhhhhh! It all looks so fun, i'm sooooooo mad i'm not there! I'm a sucker for chairs too, and you have some good ones! I love me some garden chairs, and the pink is totally fun!
Cindy - June 9, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Kelly said...
Oh, your first workshop at the store. How exciting! I hope everything goes well and you have lots of fun.
- June 9, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- Nita {ModVintageLife} said...
I love the little iron chairs painted pink and that tablecloth will be perfect on them. So excited for your big day tomorrow. You'll have to tell me all about it.
- June 9, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- The enchanted home said...
You are such a mover and shaker, I seriously cannot keep track of all you do! Love how amazing the store looks, and everything is sooo pretty! Love that you had a workshop already and love how you set up for it..lucky guests!
- June 9, 2012 at 9:45 PM
- Heaven's Walk said...
Ok....is there anything that you CAN'T do, Amy....?? lol! You are amazing, girl! I adore that sweet pink chair. It's going to look amazing with that floral linen! Oh how I wish I could be at your workshop! Hope you all have a great time!! :)
xoxo laurie - June 9, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- susan said...
Amy i went to the annie workshop in Tennessee and met annie had my pic made w/her the flourish item shown on ur table wasn't a part of her workshop sure wish i could come to urs we also did not learn the wet distress method hope u explain and show us how to do that
- June 9, 2012 at 11:27 PM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
HI susan, Well that was my own idea to add the tin tile piece...but we did learn wet distressing and it is one of my favorite things to do with the Chalk Paint™. I will share more on that later~
- June 9, 2012 at 11:34 PM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
THanks Pamela and Kathy about the mod podge info....
- June 9, 2012 at 11:34 PM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
Brenda, I started pinning on decoupage projects too! I recently discoverd a site called ehow.com and their section is called Spark...kind of like pinterest but it shows the how to of making what ever it is you might want to learn about.
- June 9, 2012 at 11:36 PM
- design on a find said...
I love the tray. I took classes back in the 80's for tole painting. It was so popular then. The shop is looking beautiful. I hope to be able to take one of your classes soon. I was just talking to my sister who has a booth in an antique store to use the pressed tin from Lowes on one of her pieces that is missing a bottom drawer.
Gook Luck tomorrow! Have fun! - June 9, 2012 at 11:37 PM
- Sharon in Chicago said...
What fun you're going to have tomorrow -- especially with Betsy in the class!!!!
- June 10, 2012 at 1:12 AM
- andee said...
Amy, I luff everthing. You are a wonder, the energizer bunny.
Great direction too;not beating that dead horse again. The class looks like fun for those with moving appendages! - June 10, 2012 at 2:29 AM
- janet said...
Morning Amy,
So excited for you...you know what they say...
"You never forget your first time!"
Your table looks wonderful. Just be yourself and have fun.
I will be thinking of you today.
Janet xox
The Empty Nest - June 10, 2012 at 6:26 AM
- Shirley@Housepitality Designs said...
Oh Amy...I I do not have to say to "have fun" as I know you all with "over the moon and beyond the sun" fun with Betsy, the fabulous....
Love how you transformed the tray and so love the linen cloth that you will be using on the chair...the pattern and colors are, as you said, perfect!
Have a great "first workshop" and hope you can work between the laughter! - June 10, 2012 at 6:32 AM
- Cynthia said...
Modge Podge makes a matte that is what I use when I use it.
The tray turned out great.
Cynthia - June 10, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- Anne said...
So glad you had a great sales day :-)
That tray looks so pretty.What a pretty color too.
Anne - June 10, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Bridget @ The Rehab Boutique said...
I love that you painted that chair pink, and I love that table cloth for a covering! The class was a lot of fun! Betsy is quite the character, very entertaining, never a dull moment!
- June 11, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- Bridget @ The Rehab Boutique said...
Oh, and your shop looks beautiful!
- June 11, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- Tracy said...
I love how you have created dimension on the table top I also tried decoupage with chalk paint but because I had watered the paint down it lifted the paper up :( epic fail. I wish I lived closer I would sit in your shop all day and drink tea of course. Keep up the talented work. - June 12, 2012 at 5:55 PM


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Knox Emerging as Star in Chicago
By: ChicagoBears.com
Updated: September 21, 2009
But that hasn't stopped the inexperienced rookie from performing like a seasoned pro early in his NFL career.
In Sunday's 17-14 comeback win over the Steelers, Knox had a team-high six receptions for 70 yards, including his first NFL touchdown on a 7-yard pass from quarterback Jay Cutler that tied the game 14-14 with 6:21 left in the fourth quarter.
"Johnny brings a lot to the table," coach Lovie Smith said Monday at Halas Hall. "He doesn't realize that he's from Abilene Christian and he's in the big city and supposed to be in awe with everything that's going on. He's making play after play."
Knox's first two receptions against the Steelers were both exceptional plays. First, he snared a high pass with cornerback William Gay hanging all over him for a 13-yard gain on third-and-three. Knox later made a veteran adjustment, ad-libbing his way to the right sideline after Cutler had scrambled out of the pocket and catching a 22-yard pass to help set up the Bears' first touchdown.
"You never know how guys are going to react out there once the
lights turn on," Cutler said. "You don't know if guys are still going
to be able to play as fast as they are, and he's one those guys, if not
faster. He's out there buzzing around making some big catches with
people on him.
"And he's not just making the standard catches. He caught that snag in
there with the guy draped on him and turned it up. He's going to be one
of the guys that we're going to look to in the future."
That's certainly high praise coming from a Pro Bowl quarterback, who has been impressed with Knox's rapid development. A week earlier, the two connected on a 68-yard bomb in a loss to the Packers.
"In two games he's come along," Cutler said. "With [Devin Aromashodu] going down that first week [with a hamstring injury], we were kind of in a scramble. We put '13' in there and he's been turning out great. He's in the right spots, he's making some adjustments on the move."
Cutler was especially excited to see how Knox instinctively dashed to the sideline on his 22-yard reception late in the first half Sunday against the Steelers.
"It's not something we called," Cutler said. "It was just him out there using his ability. I told him, 'Congratulations, you're no longer a rookie. You're out there playing with us, and you're doing some good things for us.'"
The veteran quarterback and rookie receiver will be forever linked, given that the Bears selected Knox with the fifth-round pick they received from the Broncos in the Cutler trade.
Knox is not among those who are surprised by his early success. "I always thought I could play at this level," he said. "I just try to be confident in everything I do."
After two games, Knox leads Bears receivers with 152 yards and he is tied for second with Devin Hester with eight receptions, one behind Earl Bennett.
"The guy's made progress it seems like every time we put him in position to," Smith said. "From the first preseason game to the next, it seems like he does something each week that he hasn't done before."
Offensive coordinator Ron Turner said that Knox possesses a firm grasp of the Bears playbook.
"We can call what we want to call," Turner said. "We don't have to
hold anything back for him. He's doing a good job of handling
everything. He's been very impressive from the first day he got here.
"We all commented that a lot of times young guys come in and it takes
them a while to learn to play fast, to play the game at the speed you
have to play it. But he did it from Day 1. He hasn't gotten big eyes or
anything. He just goes out and plays, and plays with confidence."


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