Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)
Officers: Schoenberger, Fisher, Kilborn, Motin, Gasparino
IFO Board: Kilborn, Fisher, Hill, Negotiator: Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) SubbaNarasimha, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) Herath, Song, (FIRE) Hudson, (MGMT) Roth, vacant, (MKGB) Gulati, Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Hornstein, (CFS) Gilman, (LDR) Kayona, Merchant (CEEP) Downing, Murphy, (HRESS) Moore, Martin, (HURL) Benjamin, (SPED) Hoover, Beutel, (TDEV) Heine, Beniek, Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Condon (ENGL) (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL) Dorn, Inkster, Robinson, Foster, (FORL), Boyer, Triana-Echevema, (COMM) vacant, vacant (MUSIC) Fuller, Springer, (PHIL) Zheng, (CMST) Wells, Wildeson, Ringer, (THFD) Leigh
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Akubue, (AVIA) Anderson, (BIOL) Julius, Gazal, Schoenfuss, (CHEM) Sadrai, Mahroof-Tahir, (CSCI) Fisher, (EAS) Hansen, (EE) Thamvichai, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Bekkala, (MATH) Walk, Theisen, Chen, (NURS) Herm, (PHYS) Haglin, (STAT) Onyiah, Gammell
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Ore, (CMTY) Karasik, (CJUS) Clifford, Vacant (ECON) Banaian, Lo, (ES) Lacourt (GEOG) Wong, (HIST) Jaede, (POL) Frank, (PSYC) Jazwinski, (SW) Chesborough, (SAN) Gold, Lavenda, (WS) Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Vacant, (COUN) Gasparino, (LR&TS) Inkster, Williams, Hergert, (MEN’S ATHL) vacant, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Odette, (OAA) vacant
1. Call to order at 3:20 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of Sept. 14 (FS 092804 2.a)
Motion to approve the Faculty Senate Minutes of September 14 (Fisher/Whites). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of Sept. 21 (FS 092804 2.b)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the Executive Committee minutes of Sept. 21 without the motions regarding e-mail and listserv and search committees for administrative posts (Fisher/Hornstein). Passed
c. First Year Experience Sept. 17, 2004 (FS 092804 2.c)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the First Year Experience Sept. 17 minutes (Fisher/Ore). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report
No report was given.
4. Consent Agenda
Motion to approve the consent agenda (Fisher/Hornstein). Passed
a. DGS advisory board: Victoria Williams sabbatical replacement for Gretchen Starks-Martin
b. FA Secretary: JoAnn Gasparino
c. Statewide Ethics Committee (*Election): Judith Rodgers, Christine Imbra
d. Statewide Academic Affairs (Election): David Sebberson, Bob Murphy
e. Mediation Coordinating Committee: Theresia Fisher, Jeff Ringer
The Mediation Coordinating Committee was formed to fulfill Article 2 regarding mediation, and the program, in itself, was developed for any kind of workplace issue and is made up of representatives from every bargaining unit.
f. TMPC: Wireless: Mark Petzold
g.TMPC: E-Learning: Doris Bolliger
h.TMPC: Classroom Resources: SPEC Robin Ewing
i. CETL advisory board (FS 092804 4.i)
5. Call for new agenda items
- 8.e. EC motions from 9/21 EC minutes:
1) to approve an electronic e-mail announcement system as an official means of communication for faculty
2) to investigate a non-university server to host a listserv or bulletin board faculty can subscribe to for receiving non-university business information if interested
- 8.f. Mediation Coordinating Committee
- 8.g. Use of professional development funds
- 8.h. Racial issues - Colloquium
- 8.i. General Education -- issue of left and right column
6. Announcements
a. Speaking Order
Please make it noticeable to FA President Schoenberger when you would like to speak and confirm she has seen you and written your name, and please be patient.
b. University Council – (Not discussed)
c. Conversations about 2010 (*FS 092804 6.c)
*Note: On attachment FS 0928046.c., 1.b. should read one from LR&TS or Coaches.
Motion that the faculty members as indicated as well as FA President Schoenberger attend the first meeting on this subject and report back to Senate (Subba/Fisher). Passed
Motion that we take volunteers and elect members in senate when there is more than one volunteer (Hornstein/Condon). Passed
d. Enrollment Management Committee (FS 092804 6.d)
If you wish to give your input, you may send an e-mail to one of the following people: FA President Schoenberger, Sandy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Dave Robinson, Rich Sundheim, or Steve Klepetar (please be sure to “cc” the remaining names listed as well); and then it will come back to Senate to vote on.
7. Unfinished Business
Motion to move the agenda to 7.f. (Langen/Ore). Passed
f. NCA Committee Proposal (FS 091404 8.a 1 & 2)
Motion that we accept the composition of the NCA committees as proposed by the administration (Fisher/Whites). Passed
Motion to move the agenda to 8.a. (Hornstein/Kilborn). Passed
8. a. Search Committees for Administrative Posts ( FS 092804 8.a) ( Fisher )
Motion we support the distribution for the search committees outlined on this handout (Fisher/Akubue). Passed
It was confirmed the search committees will see the position descriptions – FA President Schoenberger will ask for these. Most of the positions have not changed, and administration said they would not give us the descriptions for the ones that have not changed. Note the Director of Records and Registration has been changed to the Registrar.
Note: Special Services is LR&TS, Counseling, and Coaches.
Motion to move the agenda to 8.b. (Kilborn/Hornstein). Passed
8. b. Strategic Planning Committee Motions (FS 092804 8.b) (Kilborn)
Motion to accept the following motions made in the Strategic Planning Committee’s Sept. 23 meeting (Kilborn/Fisher). Passed
Motion to implement the strategic plan by beginning with “Phase One” (Klepetar/DeGroote). Passed
Motion to start Phase One by working on the three (3) KPIs under Academic Distinction (Burgeson/DeGroote). Passed
7. a. Overload Guidelines—Response from departments (FS 091404 7.a)
Move that Faculty Senate authorize a Faculty Association grievance on the Overload Guidelines (Fisher/Akubue). Passed
b. Student Credit Hour Generation Report – Response from departments, postponed from the Sept. 14 meeting. (FS 091404 7.b)
Motion we request administration not put individual faculty information on the open web and offer the alternative of authenticated faculty and staff access for the university’s perusal (Hergert/Hornstein). Passed
Motion we ask administration to have a time-bound program to revise the Student Credit Hour Generation Report currently being used so that it provides contextual, accurate, and complete information (Subba/Hornstein). Passed
Motion to move the agenda to 8.d. (Whites/Hornstein)
8. d. Extra Money from last year. ~2.5 million dollars (FS 092804 8.d)
Motion to take the issue regarding the extra money from last year to Meet and Confer (Condon/Akubue).
Motion withdrawn.
Motion that Faculty Senate ask the President for a detailed accounting of the unspent money, the exact amount of money, and why it was not spent before we can begin discussions on how it will be spent (Fisher/Lacourt). Passed
Motion to close debate (Fisher/Kilborn). Passed
7. c. FA Honors Advisory Committee Minutes April 2003 to January 2004 (FS 091404 7.d) (Not discussed)
d. DA Resolutions Adopted from SCSU (T. Fisher) (Not discussed)
e. Committee Work and Membership (Subba) (FS 091404 7.f.) (Not discussed)
g. CODAS Committee Minutes (Subba) (FS 091404 2.e) This committee was established by the Faculty Senate on April 8, 2003. “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” (Not discussed)
8. New Business
c. What should we do with FA reserves? (Fisher) (Not discussed)
9. Adjournment at 5:10 PM.