Faculty Association Senate Minutes

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

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

 

1.                    Call to order 3:25 p.m.

 

2.             Minutes:

Motion to approve FS minutes of 11/06/01 (Karasik/Whites) passed

Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of 11/13/01 (

Minutes filed: Strategic Planning Committee minutes 10/25/01

Motion that the Renewal for Academic Excellence committee be put on the next Meet and Confer agenda asking for clarification on how that committee functions in relation to the Strategic Planning Committee and budget. (Kilborn/Subrahmanyan) passed

Motion that the Meet and Confer team insist that atleast six faculty members from the Faculty ranks be appointed to the Renewal for Academic Excellence Committee (Larkin/Palmer) passed

Motion to approve UCC minutes of 10/25/01 (Lavenda/Kilborn) passed

Motion to approve PIC report of 11/5/01 (R. C. Johnson/Lavenda) passed

 

3.                    Treasurer’s Report:

Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report (Palmer/Carr) passed

 

4.        Consent Agenda

  1. Christine Imbra (COE), Marie Kim (COSS), and Kathy Sweet (COSS) are appointed as faculty representatives on the Special Advisor to the President –Legal Counsel search committee.
  2. Frank Dolinar, TDEV, (COE) and John Palmer, HPERSS (COE) are appointed to the FA Technological Resources Committee

Appoint Ruth Nearing, HPERSS to the FA Constitutional Review Committee

Appoint Frank Dolinar to the Learning Resources Committee

  1. Appoint Mohammed Mohaaf-Tahir (COSE) to the Affirmative Action Committee
  2. Strategic Planning Committee

Motion to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of the three elections to be held following the meeting (Larkin/Lavenda) passed

 

5.        Call for additional agenda items

4.b.  Committee Appointments

4.c.  Appoint Mohammed Mohaaf-Tahir (COSE) to the Affirmative Action Committee

4.d.  Strategic Planning Committee

7.h.  HPERSS mailboxes, security of campus mail and mailboxes

7.i.  Presidential appointments-no searches

7.j.  Audit report

7.k.  IFO Board member election procedures

8.c.  Graduate program quality indicators

8.d.  Faculty Forum Day

8.e.  TLTR/Task Force

8.f.  Draft Layered Schedule

8.g.  Separation of WebCT from Huskynet

 

6.        President’s Comments

 

7.        Old Business

a.                    Graduate Studies Committee

Motion to approve Item #1 granting the committee the right to invite the Dean to any and all meetings for this coming year (Kilborn/Palmer) postponed

Motion to postpone previous motion until after advisement with the chair of the committee in accordance with the Constitutional bylaws(Palmer/Lavenda) passed

Motion to close debate (Kilborn/Aiken) passed

 

c.        Schedule 25 Task Force

Motion to support the proposal for the Schedule 25 Task Force (R. C. Johnson/Palmer) passed

 

d.             Chair’s Meetings

Motion that President Fisher and the Director of Labor Relations in the IFO have a meeting with all department chairs, at which time discussion would occur regarding the Chairs’ roles nder the contract (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

Motion to close debate (Lavenda/Karasik) passed

 

e.             Police and uniformed officials in classrooms

Motion that classes at SCSU should not be interrupted by police, safety or security officials except in case of emergency, which includes danger to students or faculty in the classroom, notification of death or near death of a spouse, a parent, or a child, and which requires the student’s immediate attention, and in no other cases.  When students need to be informed of an emergency, Public Safety should telephone the department secretary to deliver the message; uniformed officials should not deliver such messages.  Uniformed officials should not enter classrooms during classes to deliver any other messages, to serve warrants, and the like. Students or others suspected of violent crimes may be arrested as they leave the classroom. (Larkin/Karasik) passed

 

Motion to extend the meeting until 5:25 p.m. to take action on previous motion (Palmer/Kukuk)passed

 

g.                   Academic Misconduct Policy

Motion that the policy be reviewed and that these particular concerns be addressed during that review (Kilborn/Condon) passed

Motion to adjourn at 5:28 p.m. (Palmer/Kilborn) passed