Faculty Association Senate Minutes
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Andrew Larkin, FA President-elect presiding
Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)
Officers: Fisher, Larkin, Foster, Butenhoff, R. C. Johnson
IFO Board: A. Schoenberger, J. Foster, Maloney; Negotiator: Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative), Pesch, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) Herath, Song, (FIRE) Hudson,
(MGMT) Roth, Pesch, (MKGB) Bristow, J.C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) T. Peterson, (CFS) Gilman, (LDR) Schulze, Kayona, (EDRSH) Vereen, Petrangelo, (HRESS) Palmer, C. Martin, (MHTSC) Christensen, (HURL) Tripp, (SPED) Salk, vacant, (TDEV) Subrahmanyan, Heine, Hornstein
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Kilborn, (ART) Aiken, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL)Dorn, Condon, Robinson, Ross, (FORL) Mikoltchak, Splittgerber, (COMM) Rodriguez, (MUSIC) Fuller, Tamte-Horan, (PHIL) Gill, Nuccetelli, (SPEECH) Spry, Warne, Rehling, (THFD) Chisholm
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) McKenna, (AVIA) Raiber, (BIOL) Cronn, Woodard, Schoenfuss, ( CHEM) Jeannot, Dvorak, (CSCI) vacant, (ESCI) G. Anderson, (EE) George, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Covey, (MATH) Kalia, Haller, Carr, (NURS) Bresser, (PHYS) Nook, Bunn, (STST) Lawal, Gammel
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Ore, (CMTY) Karasik, (CJUS) Clifford, Andzenge, (ECON) Kang, Grossman, (ES/WS) Lacourt, (GEOG) Wong, (HIST) Mullins, (POL) Wagner, (PSYC) Kukuk, (SW) Present, (SAN) Gold, Lavenda
SPECIAL SERVICES: Unit Representative vacant, (COUN) Lokken, (LR&TS) Motin, S. Williams,
Miltenoff, (MEN’S ATHL) vacant, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Glowatzke
Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of 10/23/01 (Foster/Kilborn) passed with corrections
Strategic Planning Committee minutes received and filed. Notice made that no quorum was present.
UCC minutes received. Motion to defer approval until full information is provided in minutes on the course proposals to the Senate. (Roth/Nook) passed
Meet and Confer notes of 9/24/01 received
7.g. COE vote, Palmer
8.c. HPRESS mailboxes and security of campus mail and mailboxes, Palmer
8.d. Academic Misconduct Policy, Foster
8.e. Presidential Appointments, No searches, R. Kalia
8.f. Technology Services Committees, Kang
8.g. Audit Report, Fuller
President Saigo mentioned at a recent Chairs’ Meeting that he and other administrators have met with representatives of National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to discuss the possibility of consulting services on the integration of budgeting, strategic planning and enrollment management systems. This was a preliminary meeting.
Moved by consensus to 7.g. COE vote, item was postponed definitely to this meeting.
Motion that following distribution of a letter to the COE faculty explaining the basis of FA grievances and concerns and within 10 days of a college-wide meeting scheduled with the IFO Labor Relations and IFO Equity advocate, a vote of confidence/no confidence will be conducted among voting members of the Faculty Association in the College of Education. In the event that a satisfactory resolution to these concerns is reached prior to the vote, the election shall be cancelled. (Hornstein/Present) postponed
Update on situation provided: 1. Meeting with COE faculty was not held on scheduled date due to illness of Frank Conroy, IFO Director of Labor Relations; 2. Based on the information provided by some COE faculty, Pat Arseneault, IFO Equity Advocate, filed a harassment complaint against the Dean of the College of Education with the SCSU Office of Affirmative Action
Motion to close debate (Mullin/Ore) passed
Motion to divide the question (Palmer/Fuller) failed 22/28/6 (for/against/abstentions)
Moved by consensus to item 8.b.
Motion that the Faculty Senate raises faculty concerns and makes recommendations about the Cultural Audit Focus Groups (Karasik/Johnson) substituted
Motion to Substitute motion: to postpone faculty participation until faculty concerns are addressed (Ore/??) passed