FACULTY SENATE meeting MINUTES
February 8, 2005
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) Kuhlman, Murphy, (HRESS) Moore, Martin, (HURL) Benjamin, (SPED) Hoover, Beutel, (TDEV) Heine, Beniek, Serrano, (IM) Theis
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Condon (ENGL) (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL) Dorn, Inkster, Robinson, Vacant (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) Covey (MATH) Buske, Walk, Branson, (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) vacant, (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 January 25, 2005 (FS 020805 2.a)
Motion to approve the Faculty Senate Minutes of January 25, 2005 (Ore/Fisher). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of Feb. 1 2005 (FS 020805 2.b)
Motion to approve the Executive Committee Minutes of February 1, 2005 (Motin/Gasparino). Passed
c.
UCC
minutes of 12/02/04 (FS 012505 2.c) (revision of curriculum process)
d. GEC minutes of 12/8/04, 1/21/05 and first installment of UDW Assessment Committee (FS 020805 2.d.1, 2.d.2, 2.d.3)
Motion to approve the GEC minutes of 12/8/04 and 1/21/05 (Condon/Fisher). Passed
e. International Studies Committee 12/12/04 (FS 020805 2.e.1, 2.e.2)
Motion to postpone discussion definitely to the next Senate meeting so departments can make remarks (Lacourt/Berila). Passed
Against: 16
Abstentions: 5
f. TLTR meeting notes (FS 020805 2.f)) - File
g. DGS Advisory Committee 12/14/04 (FS 020805 2.g) – File
h. Strategic Planning Programmatic Funding Request (FS 020805 2.h)
Motion that we support the spirit of this recommendation (Roth/Motin). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report (FS 020805 3) – Discussed
4. Consent Agenda
FA President Schoenberger announced we will have filled all of the positions on the NCA Committees after today’s Senate meeting and commended Senate for their support.
The agenda was moved to Announcements, items 6.b. through 6.h. while elections were held.
At the last Meet and Confer, FA President Schoenberger asked for clarification on the qualifications for the Administrative Vice President position. President Saigo said it would be the same job description as the one from 1995, meaning it would be the same as when Gilchrist was in this position. The budget position reports to the Administrative VP with a dotted line from the budget person to the President. This structure is consistent with the other MnSCU universities.
c. More information on positive budget balance (FS 020805 6.c) - Discussed
d. Letter from St. Cloud Times (FS 020805 6.d) – Discussed
e. Voting Schedule (FS 020805 6.e) – Discussed
f. LOU Article 29, Section D of IFO/MnSCU Collective Bargaining agreement.
http://www.ifo.org/ (FS 020805 6.f) – Discussed
g. Enrollment Management Committee ACT Survey (FS 020805 6.g) - Discussed
h. First meeting of the NCA Steering Committee – Discussed
The agenda returned to the Consent Agenda.
a. NCA Committees:
Steering Committee, 1 FA rep.: Kathleen Steffens
Criterion One: Mission and Integrity
Mission and Integrity, 3 (3) FA reps.: Roger Rudolph, Debra Gold, Elizabeth Berila
Governance and Administration, 3 (1, 2) FA reps.: Steve Hornstein, Susan Motin, Oladele Gazal
Criterion Two: Preparing for the Future
Planning, 3 (3) FA reps.: Gordon Schrank, Steven Anderson, Tim Vogt
Budget, 3 (3) FA reps.: Steven Anderson, Dick Andzenge, Kenneth Wong
Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching
Assessment, 3 (3) FA reps.: Amos Olagunju, Kay Thamvichai, Kathryn Gainey, Joyce Simones, Gary Whitford, John Hoover(ELECTION)
Teaching Effectiveness, 3 (3) FA reps.: Balsy Kasi, Kurt Helgeson, Amos Olagunju
Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge
General Education, 3 (3) FA reps: Matt Julius, Balsy Kasi, David Wall
Program Review, 2 (2) FA reps.: Kurt Helgeson, Judy Dorn
Ethical Conduct, 3 (3) FA reps.: Xidong Deng, Melissa Krause, Jason Lindsey, Patricia Bresser, Andy Anda (ELECTION)
Criterion Five: Engagement and Service
Engagement and Services, 2 (2) FA reps.: Aiping Yao, Phyllis Greenberg, LR&TS Chris Inkster
Resource Room, 1 FA rep: Christine Imbra
b. Local Equity Advocate: JoAnn Gasparino, Maria Mikolchak, Theresia Fisher,
Tony Akubue, Zoa Rockenstein, Okechukwu F. Onah, Kathryn Gainey
c. First Year Experience Advisory Board: LR&TS James Caufield
d. Assistant VP for Research and Faculty Development: SP: Rich Josephson
e. MnSCU Student Conduct Task Force: Marie Dick
f. MnSCU Assessment for College Readiness Committee: Sandra Johnson,
Gretchen Starks Martin (ELECTION) (FS 020805 4.f)
g. Search Committee for Admissions Associate Director—Information Systems:
Tony Akubue(ETS), Marie Dick(MassCom) (ELECTION)
h. Professional Development Committee: Melissa Krause (Music/05)(07)
*Names of faculty who were elected are in bold.
Item 4.b. was pulled from the Consent Agenda and added under New Business.
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda (Condon/Gasparino). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items
8.c. Local Equity Advocate
8.d. Scheduling of fall and spring 2005-2006 at the same time
8.e. Committee on Online Course Definitions
6. Announcements
a. IFO Board Report: Debra Leigh Time Definite 4:30 PM.
Debra Leigh made a presentation on SCSU’s Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative.
FA President Schoenberger stated the IFO board discussed Minnesota Online. The Governor’s budget proposal is to pour about $14 million into Minnesota Online over two years -- one of the things they pay for is D2L. If an institution gets accredited to do online programs, it has the infrastructure technology to support online programs.
The issue of online courses is that MnSCU has it centralized, and the Governor is putting substantial amounts of money into it; and the next likely step might be a virtual university. This issue is going to the Statewide Meet and Confer, and FA President Schoenberger will keep Senate informed.
Motion to move agenda to the Committee on Online Course Definition (Motin/Seconded). Passed
8. e. Committee on Online Course Definitions.
John Theis, who is on this committee, informed Senate the committee has not met yet and is waiting for someone to convene their first meeting.
The agenda was moved to 7.b.
7. b. Task Force to update the Affirmative Action Hiring Manual. We need volunteers.
Motion we take this issue to Meet and Confer with the request we have intensive writing and revising of the Affirmative Action manual a week after the semester ends, to be compensated with pay (and food!) (Condon/Motin). Passed
Called the question.
The agenda moved to 8.a.
8. New Business
a. Grade Changes without notification of faculty (Schoenfuss) (FS 020805 8.a)
Motion that the faculty be notified when grade changes are made and to create a secure, more verifiable electronic grade change process (Julius/Jaede). Passed
Motion to close debate (Motin/Hudson). Passed
9. Meeting adjourned at 5:15 PM.