November 7, 2006
OFFICERS: Annette Schoenberger, Judy Kilborn, JoAnn Gasparino, John Palmer
IFO BOARD: Jayantha Herath, Andrew Larkin, Fred Hill; Negotiator: Bill Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) vacant; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) William Hudson; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Trae Downing, Robert Murphy/Bill Lepkowski (alt); (HPERSS) vacant, Caryl Martin; (HURL) Michael Tripp; (LDR) John Rapp, vacant; (IM) John Theis; (SPED) Kathy Johnson, Dory Beutel; (TDEV) David Heine, Steve Hornstein, Ramon Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Robert Inkster; (ART) Nancy Weston, vacant; (CDSI) Rebecca Crowell; (CMST) Scott Wells, David Warne, Bruce Hyde; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, Suzanne Ross, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Maria Melgarejo, Bill Langen; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Marion Judish/Al Moore (alt), Mark Springer; (PHIL) Allen Habib, Carla Johnson; (THFD) Debra Leigh/Kate Sinnett (alt)
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) Oladele Gazal, John Cronn, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Daniel Gregory, Lakshmaiah Sreerama; (CSCI) Andrew Anda; (EAS) Greg Nastrom; (EE) Aiping Yao; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, vacant, William Branson; (NURS) Sue Herm; (PHYS) Kevin Haglin; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah, John Gammell
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Jason Lindsey; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, vacant; (ECON) Eungmin Kang; Orn Bodvarsson; (ES) Stephen Casanova; (GEOG) Ken Wong; (HIST) Mark Jaede; (POL) Steve Frank; (PSYC) Chris Jazwinski; (SW) Sandra Chesborough, Elizabeth Talbot; (SAN) Lindah Mhando, Robert Lavenda; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Susan Motin; (OAA) vacant; (COUN) JoAnn Gasparino; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Sandra Q. Williams, Tom Hergert; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) Jenifer Odette
GUESTS: Tracy Ore, Christine Imbra
1. Call to order at 3:28 p.m.
· Monica’s mom is ill, she is leaving for Africa on Thursday, and will be back after Thanksgiving.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of October 24, 2006 (FS 110706 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of October 24, 2006—(Karasik/Murphy). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of October 31, 2006 (FS 110706 2.b)—filed.
c. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of September 27, 2006 (FS 102406 2.c.2)—postponed, pending further details; Minutes of October 25, 2006 (FS 110706 2.c.1, 2.c.2)—filed; Minutes of October 18, 2006 (FS 110706 2.c.3)
Motion to approve Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of October 18, 2006—(Lavenda/Inkster). Passed
Motion to approve Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of September 27, 2006—(postponed). In favor: 8; opposed: 18. Failed
d. University Curriculum Committee Minutes of September 28, 2006 (FS 101006 2.f.3)—motion 3 postponed until designees of FA and Dean Nunes meet November 1, 2006 (FS 110706 2.d); October 19, 2006 (FS 110706 2.d.2); October 26, 2006 (FS 110706 2.d.3)
Motion to approve UCC minutes (motion 3, which was postponed until after Nov. 1 meeting) of September 28, 2006—Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of October 19, 2006—(Larkin/Jaede). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of October 26, 2006—(Gasparino/Larkin). Passed
e. First Year Advisory Committee Minutes of October 2, 2006 (FS 110706 2.e.1)—filed. October 16, 2006 (FS 110706 2.e.2, 2.e.3)
Motion to approve First Year Advisory Committee minutes of October 2, 2006—(Larkin/Hergert). Passed
f. SCSU Budget Advisory Group Minutes of October 24, 2006 (FS 110706 2.f)—filed.
g. SCSU International Student Services Committee Minutes of October 23, 2006 (FS 110706 2.g)
Motion to approve SCSU International Student Services Committee minutes of October 23, 2006—(Lavenda/Robinson). Passed
h. SCSU Division of General Studies Advisory Committee Minutes of October 10, 2006 (FS 110706 2.h)
Motion to approve SCSU Division of General Studies Advisory Committee minutes of October 10, 2006—(Chesborough/Talbot). Passed
i. FA Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of October 17, 2006 (FS 110506 2.i.1, 2.i.2)
Motion to approve FA Academic Affairs Committee minutes of October 17, 2006—(Murphy/Downing). Passed
j. SCSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Board Minutes of October 3, 2006 (FS 110706 2.j.1)—filed. Minutes of October 12, 2006 (FS 110706 2.j.2, 2.j.3)
Motion to approve SCSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Board minutes of October 12, 2006, with following sentence deleted: “This will give the Bernard an opportunity to reconstitute his advisory board by inviting us or other faculty members to serve on the center’s advisory board” —(Lavenda/Hornstein). Amended
Motion to amend by deleting the sentence “This will give Bernard an opportunity to reconstitute his advisory board by inviting us or other faculty members to serve on the center’s advisory board” from the October 12, 2006, SCSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Board minutes—(Larkin/Jaede). Passed
Final Motion: to approve SCSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Board minutes of October 12, 2006, with following sentence deleted: “This will give Bernard an opportunity to reconstitute his advisory board by inviting us or other faculty members to serve on the center’s advisory board” — Passed
k. FA General Education Committee Minutes of October 13, 2006 (FS 110706 2.k)—filed.
l. FA Budget Advisory Committee Minutes of October 11, 2006 (FS 110706 2.l)—filed.
m. SCSU Service-Learning Advisory Board Minutes of October 19, 2006 (FS 110706 2.m)—filed.
n. FA University Graduate Committee Minutes of October 4, 2006 (FS 110706 2.n)
Motion to approve FA University Graduate Committee minutes of October 4, 2006—(Kasi/Murphy). Postponed
Motion to postpone FA University Graduate Committee minutes until after Meet and Confer—(Hornstein/Tripp). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report—no report this week.
4. Consent Agenda—ballots were passed out. Results will be announced later in the meeting.
6. Announcements
a. FA Constitution Revision (FS 102406 6.e) (FS 110706 6.a)—second announcement. This is on the Faculty Association website.
b. Results of Peer Review Election www.scsufa.org click on committees then peer review committee
c. Professional Development and Evaluation Review of Article 22 document (FS 110706 6.c)—Pat Arsenault created this document for South West. This will be posted on the Faculty Association website.
d. Charge to International Studies Committee Task Force (FS 110706 6.d)—this came from Meet and Confer. Hergert spoke to this item.
e. Summer Session Information (FS 110706 6.e)—this is information Senate requested from the Professional Development Committee.
8. New Business
a. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of September 13, 2005 (FS 101105 2.d) (FS 092606 8.b) (FS 101006 8.a) (FS 102406 2.i)—discussed above under approval of minutes. Remove from agenda.
4. Consent Agenda
a. The Senate needs to elect four members from the Senate to the Budget Committee. We need one person from each unit (still looking for volunteers from HCOB, COFAH, COSE, SPEC).
b. FA International Studies Committee: Former Director of a Foreign Language or Culture Center – Isolde Mueller
c. New Student Orientation Task Force: (ELECTION of three) Victoria Williams (ALC), Carol Mohrbacher (ENGL), Stephen Jenkins (CPS), Mark Jaede (HIST), Geoffrey Tabakin (TDEV), Choonkyong Kim (ENGL), Fred Hill (LR&TS), Balasubramanian Kasi (ETS)
d. FA General Education Committee: (ELECTION) COSS Lindah Mhando (SOC/ANTH), Tom O’Toole (SOC/ANTH)
e. Director of Institutional Research Search Committee: Joyce Simones (NURS)
f. Service-Learning Advisory Committee: SPEC Jayne Lokken (CPS)
g. FA Admissions and Retention Committee: COSS Mary E. Glade (HIST)
h. SCSU Enrollment Management: COSS Linda Butenhoff (POL), COE Roman Serrano (TDEV)
i. AVP-AA Curriculum and Academic Programs search committee: COE Christine Imbra (ELCP), COFAH Frances Condon (ENGL), COSE Annette Schoenberger (CSCI)
j. AVP-AA Faculty Relations search committee: COSS Elizabeth Talbot (SOCWK), COFAH Frances Condon (ENGL), COSE Annette Schoenberger (CSCI)
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda (elected members underlined above)—(Dorn/Gasparino). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items—none.
7. Unfinished Business
a. Time Definite: SPC: Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Process (FS 031406 2.e.1; FS 042506 7.c)—postponed to October 10, 2006, Senate meeting. Palmer spoke to the item. This will remain on the agenda until Lisa Foss can be consulted.
b. Ombuds (Frank)—not discussed.
8. New Business
a. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of September 13, 2005 (FS 101105 2.d) (FS 092606 8.b) (FS 101006 8.a) (FS 102406 2.i)—discussed above.
b. Time Definite: International Student Services Committee Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 050906 2.g.) (FS 092606 8.c)—postponed to October 10, 2006, Senate meeting.
Motion to approve International Student Service Committee minutes of April 27, 2006—Passed
c. Center for Regulatory Affairs (FS 091206 8.f)—waiting for response from Graduate Committee. Item sent to Meet and Confer.
Motion to move agenda to 8.e—(Palmer)
e. Online Policies and Procedures (FS 110706 8.e)
Motion that Faculty Senate form an Online Polices and Procedures Committee comprised of six members (1 from the Graduate Council, 1 from UCC, 1 from TPR, 1 from Academic Affairs, 1 from EC, 1 from Senate)—(Palmer/Anderson). Amended
Motion to amend by referring Online Polices and Procedures Committee make-up to EC—(Larkin/Langen). Passed
d. Motions from Graduate Committee Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 091206 2.g)—postponed to October 10, 2006, Senate meeting (FS 101006 8.e).
Motion to postpone Graduate Committee minutes of April 27, 2006, for two weeks—(Dorn/Gasparino). Passed
9. Adjourned at 5:00 p.m.; no Senate meeting November 14, 2006.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant