FACULTY ASSOCIATION

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

Senate Minutes

February 18, 2003

 

Attendance:  (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:   Larkin, Fisher, Kang, S. Q. 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) Gulati, J.C. Johnson

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

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

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) McKenna, (AVIA) Anderson, (BIOL) Cronn, Gazal, Schoenfuss, (CHEM) Sadrai, Dvorak, (CSCI) Herath, (EAS) Hansen, (EE) Petzold, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Covey, (MATH) Kalia, Theisen, Buske, (NURS) Bresser, (PHYS) Nook, (STAT) Lawal, Gammell

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

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

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

 

1.                    Call to order at 3:15 p.m.

 

2.        Minutes

a.       Motion to approve the Senate minutes, February 4, 2003, (Jaede/Schoenberger) passed

b.       Motion to approve the Executive Committee minutes, February 11, 2003 (Fisher/Hudson)

c.       Independent Review Committee:  Concern with open process

d.       Motion to approve the Technology &Pedagogical Resources Committee, December 12, 2002 (Fuller/Kang) passed

e.       Strategic Planning Committee, January 24, 2003: Report

f.        International Studies Committee, December 11, 2002: Filed

g.       Motion to approve the UCC minutes, January 30, 2003 (Lawal/Kalia) passed

Motion to approve the UCC minutes, February 6, 2003 (Fisher/Condon) passed

Motion to approve the UCC minutes, February 13, 2003 (Anderson/Condon) passed in four separate parts

Motion to close debate (Kilborn/Schoenberger)

Motion to challenge the rule of the chair (Roth/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to close debate on the previous motion (Ore/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to close debate on main motion (Ore/Schoenberger) passed

 

3.                    Treasurer’s Report: None

 

7.                    Old (unfinished) Business

Motion to remove item 7.d. from table (Nook/Fisher) passed

d.       New Procedures for Faculty Evaluation

Motion to close debate (Condon/Schoenberger) passed

Main motion (from Feb. 4, 2003) that the Senate approves of the procedures as recommended by the committee (Nook/Lavenda) passed.

 

Motion to move to the consent agenda (Ore/Jaede) passed

4.                    Consent Agenda

a.       Approve one sanctioned meeting -- General Education Committee and Michael Spitzer --to discuss Upper-division Writing Requirement.

b.       Approve one sanctioned meeting -- First Year Experiences Committee and Nathan Church and Roland Specht-Jarvis

Motion to approve the consent agenda (Schoenberger/Kilborn) passed

 

Motion to move to item 7.b. (Ore/Condon) passed

7.b.          First Year Experience Programs

Motion that the Senate convey its regrets to the administration for the delay in formulating the faculty first-year experience committee and acknowledges the administration’s collaborative approach in this endeavor (Fisher/Kilborn) passed

Call for quorum (Roth):   35 present met a quorum

Motion to close debate (Schoenberger/Ulven) passed

 

Adjournment at 5:20 p.m.