Faculty Association Senate Minutes
Tuesday, April 10, 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, Aiken (CDSI) Brundage, (ENGL) Dorn, Condon, Robinson, 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) Brennan, (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 3:25 p.m.
2. Minutes:
Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of April 3, 2001 (Larkin/Mork) passed
Motion to approve General Education Committee minutes of March 5, 2001 without the assessment motion on the second page (Larkin/Hoff) passed
Motion to accept the assessment motion (Larkin/Hoff) passed as amended
Motion that we amend the motion to read that “Assessment at SCSU is faculty owned. How will the administration continue to support and fund assessment at the current level?” (R. C. Johnson/Larkin) passed
University Graduate Committee minutes of March 22, 2001(filed)
3. Consent Agenda
a. Amend FA Constitution to elect two unit representatives to the University Graduate Committee
Motion to approve consent agenda item 3.a. (Schoenberger/Mork) passed
b. Faculty research grant and long term grant applications
Motion to approve consent agenda item 3.b. with appreciation to the committee members for the work they have done (Schoenberger/Mork) passed
4. Treasurer’s Report: no report
5. Call for additional agenda items
6.g. Academic Misconduct Policy
6.h. Allocation model
Motion to move to item 7.t. following the announcements (Tabakin/Aiken) passed
6. Announcements
a. Meet and Confer notes of March 8, and March 29, 2001
Motion to bring to Meet and Confer that according to faculty calculations, graduate programs do not make money with fewer than 23 students (Maloney/Hornstein) passed
c. Strategic Indicators Analysis
Motion to take item number 8 ‘percentage tenured’ to the next Meet and Confer (Schoenberger/Maloney) passed
d. Academic Affairs Budget Review
Motion that we ask at the next Meet and Confer how the findings in the Academic Affairs Budget Review are related to the current deficit and the cuts that faculty are experiencing (Spry/Mork) passed
e. Schedule 25 and Daily Schedule
Motion that the suggestion be taken to Meet and Confer that Schedule 25 be used to analyze room and space availability on campus but not to replace decision making and negotiations at the department level (Dorn/Maloney) passed
g. Academic Misconduct Policy
Motion to adopt the preliminary report (Dorn/Nook) passed
Motion to amend the Preliminary report to add the following statement: ‘Further, FA demands that the Administration immediately stop current internal proceedings against faculty charged with academic fraud during the course of non-renewal proceedings and turn processing of those charges over to an external impartial review’ (Condon/Schoenberger) passed
9. Adjournment