Discussions on the proposed Honors College and new faculty concerns will be discussed at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting.

Last week, senate members decided to informally poll other faculty to solicit their input on the proposal submitted by Herbert Lasky, chair of the Honors Program, to change the name of the program to the Honors College, said Senate Chair Anne Zahlan, professor of English.

Lasky brought the issue to the Faculty Senate weeks ago, and the senate has been debating the name change ever since.

Zahlan said she has received five e-mails from faculty about the Honors College since last week’s senate meeting.

“So far, the people who have taken time to write back have been in support (of the proposal,)” Zahlan said.

The Faculty Senate also plans to discuss faculty concerns.

A big faculty issue, Zahlan said, is the workload issue, which is currently being negotiated by Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois.

“It’s a negotiation issue, so the senate won’t talk about it except in a very broad and philosophical way,” Zahlan said.

Another new faculty concern is the programming at WEIU-FM. Zahlan said senate members have complained that packaged programming from remote places such as North Carolina is neither interesting nor relevant to campus.

A presentation of the Illinois Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Committee Report, scheduled for last week’s senate meeting, will happen at this meeting.

Les Hyder, chair of the journalism department and Eastern’s representative to the committee, will talk about the issues discussed at the September and October IBHE Faculty Advisory Committee meetings.

The Faculty Senate meets at 2 p.m. every Tuesday in Booth Library Conference Room 4440.