FACULTY ASSOCIATION

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Senate Minutes

April 8, 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) P. N. SubbaNarasimha, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) Herath, Song, (FIRE) Hudson,

(MGMT) Roth,vacant,  (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) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL)Dorn, Condon, Robinson, Ross, (FORL) Mikoltchak, Splittgerber, (COMM) Rodriguez, vacant (MUSIC) Fuller, Springer, (PHIL) Nuccetelli, (CMST) 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 3:25 p.m.

Motion to reconsider the motion “8C” from the March 25 Senate minutes prior to agenda item 4d (Tabakin/Condon) passed 

 

2.        Minutes

                a.            Motion to approve the Senate minutes, March 25, 2003, (Karasik/Schoenberger) passed

a.       Executive Committee minutes, April 1, 2003: unavailable

b.       DGS Advisory Committee, March 18, 2003 (informational)

c.       Strategic Planning Committee, March 21, 2003

Priority Strategic Goal:  Academic Distinction

Motion to approve the Priority Strategic Goals (Fisher/Motin) tabled

Motion to table until the next Senate meeting (Schoenberger/   )passed

d.       Motion to approve the TPR Committee minutes of March 20, 2003 (Condon/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to approve the TPR committee minutes of April 3, 2003 (Motin Dorn) tabled

Motion to table until the next Senate meeting (Kilborn/Schoenberger) passed

e.       Constitutional Review Committee, April 2, 2003

Motion to send the proposed Bylaws changes to the entire faculty (Johnson/Fisher) passed

f.        International Studies Committee March 7, 2003 (informational)

Motion to approve the International Studies Committee minutes of April 2, 2003 (Schoenberger/Fisher) passed

g.       Motion to approve the UCC minutes of March 20, 2003 (Fuller/Fisher) passed

h.       Motion to approve the Faculty Research Grants Committee, April 4, 2003 (Grossman/Condon) passed

Motion to take the matter of the continuation of carry-forward to Meet and Confer (Schoenberger/Grossman) passed

 

3.                    Treasurer’s Report: None

 

4.                    Consent Agenda

a.       Appoint Chris Inkster (LR&TS) to the Committee on the Institution

b.       Appoint Linda Butenhoff (Political Science) to the International Studies Committee

c.       Approve sanctioned meeting:  Graduate Studies Committee and Dennis Nunes

Motion to approve items a, b and c (Johnson/Hergert) passed

 

                Motion for reconsideration:

“that the Faculty Association establish a committee to design and implement a series of faculty seminars and workshops to address the language and spirit of the court settlement on anti-Semitism, to include issues of anti-Semitism and other diversity issues.  The workshops will begin in the spring semester of 2003”

Motion to amend to delete the words “the language and spirit of the court settlement on anti-Semitism, to include” (Jaede/Condon) passed

                Motion to close debate (Motin/Hergert) passed

Motion to delete the entire last line (Fisher/Whites) passed

Motion to close debate (Salk/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to remove the words “issues of” (Hill/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to amend to add “to be available to the administration to assist in the” after the word “committee” in the motion (Dorn/Fuller) failed

Motion to close debate (Condon/Fisher) passed

 

Motion, as passed, reads: “that the Faculty Association establish a committee to design and implement a series of faculty seminars and workshops to address anti-Semitism and other diversity issues.

 

d.  Motion to appoint Jesse Benjamin, Heather Hackman, Chris Jazwinski, Jayne Lokken, and Geoffrey Tabakin to the new faculty committee for diversity education. (__/__) passed.

 

7.        Old (unfinished) business

a.    Graduate Program Quality indicators

Motion to approve the Graduate program quality indicators (Fisher/Gazal)  passed

Motion to amend 3a. (Fuller/_____)  failed

Motion to close debate. (Valdes/Dorn)  Passed

Motion to amend #13 to include the words “department or program” before faculty.  (Fuller/Kang)  Passed

Motion to close debate on main motion.  (Fisher/Schoenberger)  Passed

Motion that the Graduate Committee will set up a process that will allow departments to give their feedback to the Committee and to bring back a revised version of quality indicators by the beginning of Spring Semester, 2004.  (Condon/Fisher)  Passed

Motion to close debate. (Jaede/Condon) Passed

 

6.        Announcements

b.                Election of representative to IFO-MnSCU Salary Equity Review Committee: Sarnath Ramnath.

 

e.       Nominations for FA Secretary: Sandra Williams

FA Treasurer: Dale Buske

and three unit representatives

COE:

COSE: Mark Nook

COSS: Tracy Ore

(to be elected by the Senate on May 6, 2003)

 

f.        Results of FA elections

IFO Board of Directors:  Judy Kilborn and Fred Hill

President-Elect:  Annette Schoenberger

 

a.       University Council, March 31, 2003

(1)                The American Democracy Project. See handout. The University will go forward with this project. Let Andy Larkin know if you have a problem with it.

(2)                On Fridays the university will very likely be shut down from May 23 – Aug. 15. The library is a separate question and is under consideration. Friday classes could be held in Atwood or in the Miller Center or in one other building. This will be taken to Meet & Confer.

 

9.         Adjournment at 4:55 p.m.