FACULTY ASSOCIATION

No. 2 North Office Center - St. Cloud State University - (320) 255-3979

Faculty Association Senate Minutes

Tuesday, September 10, 2002

 

Attendance:  (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:   Larkin, Fisher, Kang, S. Williams

IFO Board:  A. Schoenberger, J. Foster, R. C. Johnson Negotiator: Langen

BUSINESS:  (Unit Representative) vacant, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) Herath, Song, (FIRE) Hudson,

(MGMT) Roth, Subbanarasimha,  (MKGB) Bristow, J.C. Johnson

EDUCATION:  (Unit Representative) T. Peterson, (CFS) Gilman, (LDR) Schulze, Kayona, (CEEP) Vereen, Murphy, (HRESS) Zezony, C. Martin, (MHTSC) Christensen, (HURL) Tripp, (SPED) Salk, vacant, (TDEV) Subrahmanyan, Tabakin, Hornstein

FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES:  (Unit Representative) Kilborn, (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL)Dorn, Condon, Robinson, Ross, (FORL) Mikoltchak, Splittgerber, (COMM) Rodriguez, vacant (MUSIC) Fuller, Tamte-Horan, (PHIL) Gill, Nuccetelli, (Comm Std) Wildeson, Warne, Rehling, (THFD) Chisholm

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) McKenna, (AVIA) Raiber, (BIOL) Cronn, Woodard, Schoenfuss, ( CHEM) Sadrai, Dvorak, (CSCI) Herath, (ESCI) Hansen, (EE) Petzold, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Covey, (MATH) Kalia, Theisen, Buske, (NURS) Bresser, (PHYS) Harlander, Haglin, (STST) Lawal, Gammell

SOCIAL SCIENCES:  (Unit Representative) Ore, (CMTY) Karasik, (CJUS) Gilbertson, Prout, (ECON) Banaian, Grossman, (ES/WS) Lacourt, (GEOG) Wong, (HIST) Jaede, (POL) Wagner, (PSYC) Valdes, (SW) Chesborough, (SAN) Gold, Lavenda

SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Inkster, (COUN) Ulven, (LR&TS) Hill, Motin,

Hergert, (MEN’S ATHL) Glowatzke, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Odette

Guests: John Palmer, Provost Spitzer

 

1.        Call to order at 3:15 pm

 

2.     Minutes

        M/S/P to approve Faculty Senate minutes of May 7, 2002 (Schoenberger/Karasik)

M/S/P to approve EC minutes of June 18, 2002 (Fisher/Kilborn)

M/S/P to approve EC minutes of June 28, 2002 (Fisher/S. Q. Williams)

        M/S/P to approve EC minutes of July 16, 2002 (Hudson/Kilborn)

        M/S/P to approve EC minutes of August 13, 2002 (R. C. Johnson/Peterson)

        M/S/P to approve ISC minutes of September 3, 2002 (Fisher/ R. C. Johnson)

        Admissions & Retentions Committee minutes of August 28, 2002: filed

 

3.        Treasurer’s Report

M/S/P to accept the treasurer’s report of August 13, 2002 (Banaian/Hergert)

 

4.        Call for additional agenda items

7.j. Independent Review Committee

6.c. Grade Appeals Policy

7.k. Elimination of Elementary Education Program

7.l. Appointment of Special Advisors

 

5.        President’s Report

  1. Issues Negotiations
  2. Consent Agenda: IFO reps on Meet & Confer Team

M/S/P to appoint the IFO representatives (Judy Foster, Annette Schoenberger, Robert Johnson) to the Meet and Confer Team(Whites/Valdes)

  1. Provost Spitzer-informal address (3:30)
  2. Election of SCSU representatives on IFO committees

M/S/P to close the ballot (Jaede/Banaian) passed

Academic Affairs Committee: David Sebberson; Budgetary Review Committee: John Palmer; Government Relations Committee: John Palmer, Tony Akubue; Multicultural Issues Committee (1-year replacement): Margaret Villanueva; Feminist Issues: Tracy Ore; Professional Ethics Committee: Carla Johnson; Workload Revision Committee: Michael Connaaughton

 

Unit Representatives elected

-Bill Hudson (COB), Judy Kilborn (FAH), Chris Inkster (SS)

  1. Grievance Report

 

6.     Old Business

        a.     Faculty Credit for 500-level courses

M/S/P that 500 level courses, whether they are paired with 400 level courses or not, be counted as graduate work for faculty (Condon/R. C. Johnson)

M/S/P to close debate (Fisher/Hergert)

 

M/S/P to move to agenda item 7.k. (Hornstein/Schoenberger)

 

7.        New Business

  1. Elimination of Elementary Education Program (motion attached)

M/S/P that the following statement and question be posed at the next Meet and Confer, during which regular business is attended to:

“Despite repeated public and personal statements that Elementary Education program and the Department of Teacher Development have not been targeted for closure and faculty reduction, at a strategic planning meeting on Thursday, August 29, 2002, Dean McKay announced that she had ‘offered’ to eliminate the elementary education program in order to provide additional funding for the nursing program.  This statement will cause faculty to fear for their jobs as well as engendering an inappropriate and divisive fight for scant resources between departments and colleges.

On behalf of a number of Teacher Development faculty who fear for their jobs as well as other faculty who serve the elementary education program from other departments and colleges, we request a clear, written statement of the administration’s intentions in regard to the elementary education program, and a copy of the long-term staffing plan for the College of Education by October 15, 2002.”Subrahmanyan/Karasik

M/S/P to amend the statement to delete the following words, “Such a statement clearly indicates how little Dean McKay values the work of the faculty in the elementary education program.  In addition,” (Jaede/Lawal)

M/S/P close debate (Ore/Fisher)

 

6.b.  Assessment Restructuring

M/S/P to ask the Learning Resources & Technology Services Committee and the Technological Resources (Computer) Committee to meet and make a decision on how they should proceed given the existence of the TLTR.(Hill/Hergert)

 

8.             Meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.