FACULTY ASSOCIATION

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Senate Minutes

March 4, 2003

 

 

Attendance:  (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:   Larkin, Fisher, Kang, S. Q. Williams

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

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

(MGMT) Roth, vacant, (MKGB) Gulati, J.C. Johnson

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

FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES:  (Unit Representative) Kilborn, (ART) Bradley, (CDSI) Whites, (CMST) Wildeson, Warne, Rehling, (ENGL)Dorn, Condon, Robinson, Ross, (FORL) Mikoltchak, Splittgerber, (COMM) Rodriguez, vacant (MUSIC) Fuller, Springer, (PHIL) Nuccetelli, (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, (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, Feb. 18, 2003 (Fisher/Hudson) passed.

b.         Motion to approve the Executive Committee minutes, Feb. 25, 2003 (Fisher/Kang) passed.

            c.            Budget Review Committee handout.  Filed.

            d.            Independent Review Committee. Has been meeting.

e.                  Strategic Planning Committee.  Has been meeting. See website for details. http://www.stcloudstate.edu/strategicplanning/2002_2003/minutes/030207.asp

            f.            DGS Advisory Committee minutes, Feb. 4, 2003. Filed.

            g.            Technology & Pedagogical Resources Committee, Feb. 7, 2003. Filed.

h.         Motion to approve the University Curriculum Committee minutes, Feb. 20, 2003.  (Fisher/Fuller) passed   A request was made to have Jean Hoff send out the Old Business on these minutes separately to the listserv and to clarify the time frame involved.

 

3.            Treasurer’s Report

 

4.         Consent Agenda

            Approved one sanctioned meeting: Committee on First Year Experiences and Nathan Church. 

 

5.         Call for additional agenda items

            8. k.  Search committee for Jewish Cultural Center Director

 

6.            Announcements

a.                  COB senators elected P.N.N. SubbaNarashimha to be COB unit representative.

            b.            Election of Peer Review Committee

                        COE:                Fred Hill

                        COSS:              a recount showed a tie vote

                        SPEC:              Susan Motin

                        FAH:                Stephen Fuller

                        COB:                Jim Weber (withdrawn; need new election)

                        COSE:              David Robinson

 

            c.            University Council, Feb. 24, 2003

            Report:  Much discussion centered around the budget. Diana Burlison announced our new deficit. For 2004-05 we will have $5.575 million deducted from our base. That amount plus $1.3 million will be deducted in 2005-06. This is in conjunction with the wage freeze (that money has been factored in to these figures). All details have not been given about the wage freeze, so we don’t know about the career steps, fringe benefits, etc. The MnSCU Board previously established a 3% cap on tuition increases, but the Governor has announced a cap of 15%.

            The next Town Hall meeting will be held on March 24, 2003, using a small-group format.             Strategic Planning Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are being worked on.

            Campus issues: Lawrence Hall will be open in June, 2003, with 100 beds. International Studies will move there and the Women’s Center will move to the International Studies building. Roofs will be repaired on Stewart Hall, Halenbeck Hall, and Atwood. The campus electrical system will be replaced this summer. A new phone system will go into effect July 1st. The advantage is that it will be more efficient and less expensive. The disadvantage is that it may require new numbers. Metro Bus, the city of St. Cloud, and SCSU will together provide the funding for free bus passes next year in an effort to ease the parking situation.

           

            Motion to move the agenda to 8. g.  (Fisher/Nook) passed

8.         New Business

 

            g.            Academic Calendar

                        Motion to put one study day between the last day of instruction and first day of finals. The study day could be a weekend.  (Schoenberger/Buske) passed.

                        Motion that there be consideration given to begin fall semester earlier and to include a small mid-term break. (Fuller/Motin)

                        Motion to refer the main motion to the Committee on the Institution. (Schoenberger/Tripp) passed

                        Suggestions were made to ask the committee to consider

                        -- not holding classes on Veteran’s Day and President’s Day (when administration and staff are off).

                        -- alternating commencement between Saturdays and Sundays and to include Friday evenings.

                        -- to consider finishing instruction in mid December and giving a study week and having students come back after Christmas to take exams.           

 

                        Motion to move the agenda to 8. c. (Fisher/Cheseborough) passed

            c.            Public Expression Policy

                        Motion to refer the Public Expression Policy to the Executive Committee for a recommendation to come back to the Senate.  (Fisher/Inkster) passed

 

                        Motion to move the agenda to 8. e. (Fisher/Motin) passed

 

            e.            Recommendations on SCSU-discuss and SCSU-announce

                        Motion that we approve a sanctioned meeting between Dr. Spitzer and the T&PR committee to discuss the motion from the T&PR committee “that SCSU-discuss remain a free wheeling and unregulated list.”  (Schoenberger/Kilborn) passed

                        Motion to recommend that the T&PR committee meet with the IRC committee to discuss the listservs before the T&PR committee meets with Dr. Spitzer. (Fisher/Schoenberger) passed

 

                        Motion to move the agenda to 8. k.  (Gold/Ore) passed

            k.            Search Committee for Jewish Cultural Center Director

            Lavenda reported that one of the elements of the class action settlement has to do with the establishment of a Center for Jewish Culture. The goal of the Jewish Faculty Association (JFA) has been to create something open and inclusive. The Adminstration has contracted with Rabbi Edelheit of Minneapolis to help determine how to put the center together. The JFA is working on a position description for a 1-year interim director and the final version will be adopted by the search committee. The settlement called for a 5-year position. This will be a faculty position. The faculty member will teach two courses/semester and direct the center. The center will provide programming, resources, community outreach and education.

                        Motion to create a search committee for the Jewish Cultural Center Director of five faculty members, three to be selected by the JFA and two to be selected by the faculty as a whole. (Lavenda/Ore) passed

                        Motion to close debate. (Hill/Schoenberger) passed

 

7.         Old (Unfinished) Business

            a.            Graduate Program Quality Indicators

                        We will take this up at the next meeting when we can have someone here to speak to the issues.  It will be a time definite item.

            b.            First Year Experience Programs

                        This committee has held two sanctioned meetings, one with Roland Specht-Jarvis and one with Specht-Jarvis and Nathan Church. The program is on hold for this year. The committee will study the recommendations made by the two administrators and will come up with a plan for the fall of 2004.

 

            Motion to move the agenda to 8. j. (Hergert/Condon) passed

8.         New Business

            j.            Draft letter from International Studies Committee to Provost Spitzer

                        Motion to refer this letter to the Executive Committee. (Schoenberger/Motin) passed

 

7.         Old (Unfinished) Business

            c.            Contract Goals

                        Motion to accept contract goals 1-14 with the exception of #7. (Langen/Hill)

                        Motion to amend the motion to add #14 to say SCSU continues to support domestic partner benefits. (Schoenberger/Jaede) passed

                        Motion to close debate. (Schoenberger/Fisher)

                        Call for a quorum.  There was no quorum.  Issue tabled.

 

9.            Adjournment:  The meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m.