Faculty Association Senate Minutes
Tuesday, May 1, 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
Guests: Steve Ludwig, Diana Burlison, John Asmussen, Melissa Primus, Elaine Leach, Phil Corrigor, Steve Frank
1. Call to order at 3:20 p.m.
2. Minutes:
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes of March 27, 2001 (Mork/Hoff) passed
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes of April 10, 2001 (Mork/Kilborn) passed
Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of April 17, 2001 (Mork/Christensen) passed
Motion that the members of the Senate take the IFO support statement to their departments with a request for them to provide comments, observations, or amendments by campus mail or email to the FA President over the next two months so that those comments can be considered for the first fall Senate meeting (Maloney/Condon) passed
Motion to approve the actions taken before having a quorum (Brundage/Karasik) passed
Motion to approve the UCC minutes of March 29, 2001 (Hoff/Larkin) passed
Motion to approve the UCC minutes of April 5, 2001 (Hoff/Larkin) passed
Motion to approve the UCC minutes of April 12, 2001 (Hoff/Larkin) passed
Motion to approve all of the UCC minutes of April 19, 2001 except PESS 125 Social Dance in Area A (Chisholm/Brundage) passed
Motion to approve the PESS 125 Social Dance in Area A (Hoff/Larkin) passed
Motion to substitute previous motion with the motion to delay sending forward approval of this course until after the two departments have mediated on this issue or before the end of the fall semester (Schoenberger/Fisher) failed
Motion to close debate (Brundage/Mork) passed
Motion to approve all of the UCC minutes of April 26, 2001 except item III. ‘Program Proposals, NP-01-56, NC-01-126, NC-01-127, and NC-01-128 and the note’ (Fisher/Larkin) passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 26, 2001 item III. ‘Program Proposals, NP-01-56, NC-01-126, NC-01-127, and NC-01-128 and the note’ (Hoff/Wall) passed
Motion to hire Sunshine Shaney at 25 hours per week for 48 weeks with the idea that we would renegotiate hours after one year (Larkin/Fisher) passed
Motion to bring to Faculty Senate the name of the clear winner in the IFO election [Judy Foster] and to have an election for the second IFO member among the three remaining candidates as soon as possible (Larkin/Schoenberger) passed
The following were filed: Strategic Planning Committee minutes of April 5, 2001
and General Education Committee minutes of April 2, April 9, and April 23, 2001
2.5 Consent Agenda
a. Approve request from Racial Issues Colloquium to hold a sanctioned meeting with the chairs of affected departments; deans of affected colleges; and representatives of Academic Affairs, Registration, and Advising to address current staffing and enrollment problems
b. Approve Professional Improvement Committee recommendations
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda (R. C. Johnson/Hornstein)
3. Treasurer’s Report: no report
4. Call for additional agenda items
5.h. Questions on the Nursing program
5.i. Letter from Jim Pehler
5.j. Award Ceremony
8.a. Registration Process
5. Announcements
b. Nominations and elections
Motion to close nominations and elect as Unit Representatives: Terry Peterson for COE, Tracy Ore for COSS, and Jack McKenna for COSE (Frank/Schoenberger) passed
Motion to close nominations and elect Linda Butenhoff as Treasurer (Larkin/Schoenberger) passed
c. Compensation for Additional Duty Days
Motion to accept “Compensation for Additional Duty Days” as written (Maloney/Nook) passed
d. Enrollment Management
Motion that the FA strongly urge administration to adopt a margin-of-error approach to enrollment management (Maloney Frank) passed
Motion to move to item 8.a. (Brundage/Carr) passed
8. New Business
a. Registration Process
Motion that the FA strongly recommends that the Administration alter the current online registration system to prevent abuses of the system that arise when one student registers for a class and holds it for another student until that student is allowed to register. Also, we propose that the computer system governing online registration be modified so that a student cannot register for more than one section of one class in any one semester. (Carr/Nook) passed
Motion that the FA strongly recommend that students registering to take a class for a second or other subsequent time not be allowed to register for that class until such time as all other students have been allowed to register. (Carr/Nook) passed
Motion to close debate (Fisher/Brundage) passed
Motion to amend the previous motion to say that students not be allowed to register without the permission of the instructor of the course (Chisholm/Palmer) failed
Motion to close debate (Fisher/Nook) passed
9. Adjournment