The Faculty Senate Executive Committee received a petition of 42 faculty names Monday and unanimously voted to investigate the grade change controversy.
The petition was discussed during an executive session of the meeting, said Camilla Brammer, Faculty Senate chair.
The committee will investigate the procedures of the grade changes for West Virginia State Treasurer John Perdue’s daughter, Emily Perdue. Perdue received two incompletes from the Instructor of Record Laura Wyant, a professor in the College of Education and Human Services.
The incompletes were changed to letter grades by Rosalyn Templeton, dean of the college of education, after a meeting with the student and her father. Templeton was not listed as an Instructor of Record when she changed the incompletes, which is a violation of university policy.
The committee went into executive session to discuss commencement speakers, Brammer said.
After commencement speakers were discussed, Brammer introduced to petition.
“I asked them if they wanted to consider it at that time, and they said yes,” Brammer said.
Eleven of the 13 committee members were present, Brammer said.
It was motioned, seconded and approved, Brammer said. The investigation was not put on the agenda for the next Faculty Senate meeting Nov. 19.
Brammer said that more than likely, the investigation would not reach the whole Faculty Senate body.
The committee will probably issue a statement of findings, Brammer said. The committee has never had to do anything like this, so no time frame is set.
“We would like to get it done as quickly as possible,” Brammer said.
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