Faculty Association Senate Minutes

Tuesday, March 6, 2001

 

Attendance:  (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:  Foster, Fisher, Kalia, Larkin, Butenhoff

IFO Board:  A. Schoenberger, Mork, Hill; Negotiator: Langen

BUSINESS:  (Unit Representative), vacant, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) L. Robinson, Song, (FIRE) Ngassam,

(MGMT) Rhee, vacant, (MKGB) Bristow, J.C. Johnson

EDUCATION:  (Unit Representative) T. Peterson, (CFS) Hasslen, (LDR) vacant, vacant, (EDRSH) Jensen,

Downing (HRESS) Palmer, vacant, (MHTSC) Christensen, (HURL) Tademe, (SPED) vacant, vacant, (TDEV) vacant, Tabakin, Hornstein

FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES:  (Unit Representative) Kilborn, (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Brundage, (ENGL)

Dorn, Condon, vacant, Gordon, (FORL) Boyer, Splittgerber, (COMM) Neff, Rodriguez, (MUSIC) Fuller, Tamte-Horan, (PHIL) Gill, Nuccetelli, (SPEECH) Spry, Minielli, Rehling, (THFD) Chisholm

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Herath, (AVIA) Raiber, (BIOL) Cronn, Gazal,

vacant, (CHEM) Jeannot, Winter, (CSCI) vacant, (ESCI) Hoff, (EE) George, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Covey, (MATH) Buske, Haller, Carr (PHYS) Nook, Bunn, (STST) M. Johnson, J. Johnson

SOCIAL SCIENCES:  (Unit Representative) Maloney, (CMTY) Karasik, (CJUS) Clifford, (ECON) White,

Grossman, (GEOG) Wall, (HIST) Mullins, (M/WS) R.C. Johnson, (POL) Wagner, (PSYC) DeVoe, (SOWC) Brennen, (SAN) Gold, Ore

SPECIAL SERVICES: Unit Representative) vacant, (COUN) Bates, (LR&TS) S. Williams, C. Byers,

Miltenoff, (MEN’S ATHL) vacant, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Glowatzke

 

  1. Call to order at 3:21 p.m.

 

2.     Minutes

Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes of February 20, 2001 (Mork/Fisher) passed

Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of February 27, 2001 (Mork/Fisher) passed

Motion to reconfirm our commitment to faculty participation in the search for an Academic Vice-President to succeed Dr. Suzie Williams (Fisher/Schoenberger) passed

Motion that the search committee will retain the option of whether and how to rank and that this will be taken to meet and confer (Dorn/Kalia) passed

Motion to approve GEC minutes of February 12, 2001 (Mork/Akubue) passed

Motion to approve UCC minutes of February 15, 2001 (Mork/Fisher) passed

Motion to approve UCC minutes of February 22, 2001 (Mork/Akubue) passed

Motion to approve Graduate Committee minutes of February 15, 2001 (Mork/Akubue) passed

The following were filed:  Strategic Planning Committee Minutes of February 15, 2001

 

  1. Consent Agenda
    1. Approve UCC request to meet with Lin Holder and Dean A.I. Musah regarding resources for the nursing program.
    2. Appoint Kathleen Maloney (Criminal Justice) and Jack McKenna (Chemistry) to Honorary Doctorate Committee.
    3. Appoint Plamen Miltenoff to Website Committee.

Motion to approve consent agenda (Maloney/Mork) passed

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report: no report

 

  1. Call for additional agenda items

6.i.           Upper division Writing Requirement

6.j.           Internal Audit Report

6.k.          Faculty non-renewals report

6.l.           Faculty development deadlines

6.m.         Action Alert

 

 

 

  1. Announcements

a.             Meet and Confer Notes of February 8, 2001

Motion that the Faculty Senate strongly argue against Ph.D. programs at SCSU until we can adequately fund  (Brundage/Schoenberger)

Motion to postpone action on previous motion until we have gathered more information (Spry/….)

Motion that the Faculty Senate directs the Faculty Meet and Confer team to convey to the SCSU Administration and to the IFO Action Team its adamant objections to the reductions in faculty reassigned time (beyond the contractual minimums), departmental budgets and resources, and staffing unless the SCSU Administration agrees to incorporate these reductions into the standards applied for renewal, promotion, and tenure. (Maloney/Spry) passed

 

Motion to close debate (Condon/Mork) passed

 

b.                   E-mail policy

 

h.                   Committees and elections: Search Committee for Academic Vice President

College Of Education: Hornstein

College of Fine Arts and Humanities: Rundquist

College of Science and Engineering: Akubue

College of Social Sciences: Ore

Special Services: Thomas

At Large:  Jarvis

Motion to have the person who came in second with the highest number of votes serve as the sixth member on the Academic VP search committee (Kalia/Larkin) passed

 

Motion that a person can be both FA President and President-elect at the same time (Larkin/Schoenberger) failed

 

Motion to move the agenda to item 7.a. (Tabakin/…) failed

 

i.                     Internal Audit Report

Motion to invite John Asmussen to visit with the Faculty Senate on March 7 (Fisher/Schoenberger) passed

 

k.             Faculty non-renewals report

Motion that the Faculty Senate appoint a three-member Ad hoc Committee on Non-retention; that that Committee collect as much information about all cases as possible within the confines of Collective Bargaining Agreement; and that that Committee report to the FA Executive Committee at its meeting of March 20, 2001 and to the Senate at its meeting of March 27, 2001 so that the Faculty Association can be prepared for action. (Larkin/Condon) passed

 

Motion to close debate (Fisher/Winter)

 

Motion to move agenda to item 7a (Brundage/Nook) passed

 

  1. Old Business

a.             Motion to censure IFO President Jim Pehler from February 6, 2001

                Motion to substitute previous motion (Condon/Tabakin) passed

Motion to send the letter drafted by Frankie Condon to Jim Pehler on behalf of the Faculty Senate (Condon/…)

                Motion to close debate (Brundage/Schoenberger) passed

 

  1. New Business

 

  1. Adjournment 5:25