Faculty Senate
2006-2007 Motions
Passed motions with action taken.
Not including the approval of minutes and consent agendas.
September
12, 2006
Final motion: to
send the following statement to the Provost:
Resolved, that the Faculty Association endorses the following statement, and if the Administration also affirms it, the Faculty Association will return its representatives to the COSS dean search:
1. Dr. Uradnik was appointed to the COSS dean search committee by the President in an attempt to resolve a grievance brought by the FA.
2. We recognize the principle that the Faculty Association appoints faculty to committees.
3. By acknowledging these points, neither management nor the Faculty Association waives its inherent rights—(Hornstein/Larkin).
Motion to take space assignment policy to Meet and Confer.
Motion that Steve Frank and Steve Hornstein bring an Ombuds proposal to the Senate.
September
26, 2006
Resolved, that the
FA endorses the following statement, and if the Administration also affirms it,
the FA will return its representatives to the COSS Dean Search.
1. Dr. Uradnik was appointed to the COSS dean search committee by the President in an attempt to resolve a grievance brought by the FA.
2. We recognize the Association and the President shall confer on the need for faculty to serve on college and university-level committees, after which the Association shall appoint the faculty. By mutual agreement between the Association and the President, an agreed-upon number of additional faculty members may be appointed by the President to serve ex officio as resource persons based on professional expertise. Faculty members appointed to committees in an ex officio capacity will not serve as representatives of other faculty.
3. By acknowledging these points, neither management nor the FA waive its inherent rights.
October
10, 2006
Motion to approve
the proposal for One Time Professional Development Funds.
October
24, 2006
Motion:
1. Dr. Kathleen Uradnik was appointed to the COSS search committee by President Saigo in an effort to resolve a grievance.
2. By acknowledging this point, neither management nor the Faculty Association waives its inherent rights.
3. The Faculty Association is instructing its members to return to the committee.
Motion to support the make up the New Student Orientation Task Force committee (3 faculty).
November
7, 2006
Motion to refer
Online Polices and Procedures Committee make-up to EC.
November
21, 2006
Motion to approve
the Board of Trustees’ Award for Excellence in Teaching by adding “Provided that
the faculty members represent at least four colleges or units” to the motion.
Final motion: ask Senators to take the Graduate Committee motion back to their departments and those departments who really conceivably want doctorate programs should comment. Senators should bring comments back to the next Senate meeting. In addition, this should be referred to the Executive Committee.
December
5, 2006
Motion to approve
revisions to the bylaws.
Motion to recommend the changes of the constitution.
December
19, 2006
Motion to bring
International Studies program fees (approximately $322) to Meet and Confer to
find out the purpose of the fees.
Motion to request an external review and audit of the Center of International Studies.
January
23, 2007
Motion to support
the full-time Service-Learning position.
Motion to support Academic Calendar Option 2, but change Faculty Forum Day to one of the Convocation days in January.
February
6, 2007
Motion that the Faculty Association’s position change to be like the Provost’s position where the members of the
Peer Review Committee be tenured, full professors.
Motion to suspend the Faculty Association’s participation and further involvement in the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching—postponed: the motion to suspend to time certain until a full slate of candidates is available for the committee.
Motion to postpone Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching vote until the slate of candidates is filled.
Motion to send to Meet and Confer: Campus Lighting Policy Resolution. All outdoor campus path lighting fixtures to be replaced with energy-efficient downward reflecting lamps as campus renovations continue.
* Lampposts that embed bulbs in downward-facing fixtures with reflective surfaces can save up to 50 percent of each lamp¹s energy use, soon paying for the cost of the renovation.
* Many campus buildings are undergoing renovation now and in the near future. Renovation of lampposts can occur during the same phases.
* Renovation of Wick building must replace globe lampposts with downward-facing fixtures, because of light-interference with astronomy education. All regular campus lampposts also interfere with astronomy nights and need to be replaced over time.
* Many designs are available, so that these lamps can be equally attractive as current.
* The City of St. Cloud has a severe problem with waste of light at night; SCSU should do its share to direct light back to where it is used.
February
20, 2007
Motion that the Faculty Association pay for two busses (at the expense of $470 x 2) to take students to the
exhibit “Race: Are We So Different?” at the Science Museum on SCSU Day,
Saturday, March 24, 2007.
April 3,
2007
Motion to restore
the Lead Investigator position to 100% for the remainder of the year.
Motion that anyone who would like to, who has 1B.1 issues or concerns, be invited to talk to Executive Committee.
Motion to have the Campus Master Plan referred to the Committee on the Institution to study the moving of departments from building to building.
April
10, 2007
Motion if MnSCU
and Administration want to see high quality assessment, they need to provide
reassigned time or compensation to faculty.
Motion to refer revised Draft of Strategic Planning Global Initiative to General Education Committee.
Motion to refer revised Draft of Strategic Planning Global Initiative to Constitutional Review Committee for committee recommendation.
April 24,
2007
Motion to separate
three Honors Program items: office space, associate director pay, director’s
reassigned time.
Separated:
1. The Honors Program should have an office space of five rooms occupying a contiguous area of 500 to 600 sq. ft. co-located with an office manager.
Amended motion: The Honors Program should have adequate office space co-located with an office manager, designed in consultation with the Honors Advisory Committee and Honors staff.
2. The associate director should have summer pay starting in 2008, for Advising and Resignation Days at minimum.
3. The director’s reassigned time should increase from ¾ to 7/8 in fall 2008.
Motion to withdraw components 2 and 3 above.
Motion for EC to take to Meet and Confer the need for private space for advising students to be incorporated when planning new spaces for academic programs.
Motion: The university shall spend no more than $131,700,000 for the current fiscal year. In order to avoid the potential of inappropriate spending during the presidential transition, all funds carried forward, that are not committed for specific purposes (as per documents recorded by the budget committee) shall be allocated for implementation of the strategic plan.
Motion to refer Standards for Applied Doctoral Programs to departments and the Graduate Committee for comments.
Motion to reject Administration’s Proposal to Peer Review Committee because it is acontractual in nature.
May 8, 2007 (Pending Senate Approval)
Motion to refer using email for approval of committee minutes to the Constitutional Review Committee.
Motion to approve FA Constitutional Review Committee Recommendation and the principles on which they are based (FA committee membership item) from March 12, 2007.
Motion: The Faculty Association strongly encourages faculty to no longer participate in the 1B.1 process. We request a complete external review of 1B.1 processes and procedures.
Motion to amend Graduate subcommittee standards by adding “at least” to Doctoral Committee Composition.
Motion to amend Graduate subcommittee standards “within nine years prior” to Time Limits for Doctoral Course Work.