Faculty Association Senate Minutes
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
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, vacant, (MKGB) Bristow, J.C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) T. Peterson, (CFS) Gilman, (LDR) Schulze, Kayona, (EDRSH) Vereen, Downing, (HRESS) Palmer, C. Martin, (MHTSC) Christensen, (HURL) Tripp, (SPED) Salk, vacant, (TDEV) Subrahmanyan, Heine, Hornstein
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Kilborn, (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL)Dorn, Condon, Robinson, Ross, (FORL) Mikoltchak, Splittgerber, (COMM) Rodriguez, (MUSIC) Fuller, Tamte-Horan, (PHIL) Gill, Nuccetelli, (Comm Std) Spry, Warne, Rehling, (THFD) Chisholm
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) McKenna, (AVIA) Raiber, (BIOL) Cronn, Woodard, Schoenfuss, ( CHEM) Jeannot, Dvorak, (CSCI) Herath, (ESCI) Hansen, (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) Valdes, (SW) Present, (SAN) Gold, Lavenda
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Inkster, (COUN) Lokken, (LR&TS) Hill, S. Williams,
Hergert, (MEN’S ATHL) Reimer, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Ulferts
Guests: Pat Arseneault, Jim Pehler
1. Call to order
Motion to move to agenda item 8.c. (Kilborn/Foster) passed
8.c. History Department Grievance-Step III Resolution
Motion that the Faculty Association Senate expects the administration to resolve the History Department grievance at the local level (Schoenberger/Lavenda) passed
Motion to close debate (Foster/Schoenberger) passed
Motion that the Faculty Senate authorizes the IFO office to begin to explore the process of our legal options to pursue an injunction that would prevent the administration from terminating any faculty until there can be resolution on the History Department grievance (Foster/Larkin) passed
2. Minutes
a. Motion to approve the EC minutes of 3/19/02 (Roth/Christensen) passed
b. Motion to approve the FS minutes of 3/5/02 (Roth/Whites) passed
c. Graduate Committee minutes of 3/6/02: filed
d. Motion to approve UCC minutes of 2/28/02 and 3/07/02 (Foster/Ore) passed
g. Strategic Planning Minutes of 3/7/02: filed
3. Treasurer’s Report
Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report (Palmer/Foster) passed
4. Consent Agenda
a. Nancy Weston is appointed as a faculty representative from Fine Arts and Humanities to the Provost search committee
b. Basey Eyo is appointed as a faculty representative to the Diversity Conference Planning Committee
Motion to approve the consent agenda (Palmer/Carr) passed
5. Call for additional agenda items
2.d. UCC minutes of 2/28/02 and 3/07/03
2.f. Meet and Confer notes
2.g. Strategic Planning Minutes of 3/07/02
8.f. UCC recommendation on web-based, distance learning, or self-paced courses and the curriculum process
8.g. Ranking candidates in searches
8.h. Senate response to audit report
8.i. Legal Defense Fund
6. President’s Comments
7. Old Business
e. Draft “Layered” Schedule
Motion that the Faculty Senate authorizes the Meet and Confer team to bring this schedule to the administration for implementation as soon as possible (Johnson/Roth) failed 13:20
Motion to move to agenda item 8.b. (Palmer/Carr) passed
7. Motion for Professional Improvement Short term grants to be used for one conference a year (Palmer/Ore) postponed
Motion to amend the previous motion to one conference per year provided that the person is a presenter (Lawal/Roth) passed
Motion to postpone action on the amendment until the next Senate meeting (Palmer/Christensen)passed
8. Adjournment