March 18, 2008
OFFICERS: Judy Kilborn, Annette Schoenberger, Michael Connaughton, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Fred Hill, David Warne, John Palmer
NEGOTIATOR: Bill Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) vacant; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Bill Lepkowski, Robert Murphy; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, Caryl Martin; (HURL) vacant; (LDR) John Rapp, Michael Mills; (IM) Darlene St. Clair; (SPED) Kathy Johnson, Janet Salk (TDEV) vacant, Steve Hornstein, Ramon Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) vacant; (ART) Nancy Levy, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Rebecca Crowell; (CMST) Traci Anderson, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, Bruce Hyde; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, vacant, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Bill Langen, Luz Triana-Echeverria, vacant; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Marion Judish, vacant; (PHIL) Susana Nuccetelli, Andy Platt; (THFD) Debra Leigh/Eva Haugen
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) vacant, vacant, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Nathan Winter, Becky Krystyniak; (CSCI) Andrew Anda, Donald Hamnes; (EAS) Bob Weisman; (EE) Sura Lekhakul, Tim Vogt; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, Janis Cimperman, Carol Theisen; (NURS) Patty Bresser; (PHYS) John Liu; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah, vacant
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Robert Johnson; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, Richard Lawrence; (ECON) David Switzer; Mana Komai; (ES) Kyoko Kishimoto; (GEOG) Ken Wong; (HIST) Mark Jaede; Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Edward Greaves; (PSYC) Marlene Devoe, Jody Illies; (SW) Elizabeth Talbot; (SAN) Mark Muniz, Robert Lavenda; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) JoAnn Gasparino; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin; (COUN) Steve Jenkins; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Tom Steman, Tom Hergert; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) Jenifer Odette
1. Call to order: 3:23
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of February 26, 2008 (FS 031808 2.a.)(Roth/Jaede) Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of March 11, 2008 (FS 031808 2.b.)(Hill/Gasparino) Passed – Note: By "membership" we mean composition.
c. University
Curriculum Minutes. Draft Process for Curriculum Approval (FS 091107 2.c.2.) –
awaiting legislative version for action. University Curriculum Minutes of
January 31, 2008 (FS 022608 2.c.1. (FS 031808 2.c.1.); Minutes of
February 7, 2008 (FS 022608 2.c.2.) (FS 031808 2.c.2.); Minutes of
February 14, 2008 (FS 022608 2.c.3.) (FS 031808 2.c.3.); Minutes of
February 21, 2008 (FS 031808 2.c.4.); Minutes of February 28, 2008 (FS 031808
2.c.5.)
January 31, 2008: Pulled NC-06-160 and NC-06-162 for consultation among the affected Faculty. Approval of minutes Passed. NOTE: NC-06-160 and NC-06-162 will be acted on during the next Senate meeting, April 1, 2008, time definite at 3:30 p.m.
February 7, 2008: Passed
February 14, 2008: Pulled NP-08-03 for separate vote.
Approval of minutes Passed
NP-08-03: Postpone until we have information on other minors (Jaede/Palmer) Failed — Division 21 for 24 against.
Approval of program Passed — Division 25 for 15 against.
February 21, 2008: Pulled NP-08-02 for separate discussion.
Approval of minutes Passed
NP-08-02: Postpone action until we have clarification on what a "credit generating unit" is (Schoenberger/Tripp) Passed
February 28, 2008: Postpone deliberation until April 1 (Schoenberger/Palmer) Failed
Approval of minutes Passed
Motion: FA Senate charge EC to consult with UCC on the concern expressed at the end of the February 28th minutes. If necessary take the concern and documentation to Meet and Confer. (Johnson/Jaede) Passed
d. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of February 13, 2008 (FS 031808 2.d.1.) – to file; Minutes of February 20, 2008 (FS 031808 2.d.2.) – to file
e. Budget Advisory Group Minutes of February 19, 2008 (FS 031808 2.e.) – to file
f. TLTR Notes for February 29, 2008 (FS 031808 2.f.1.) – to file
g. Orientation Task Force Minutes of December 5, 2007 (FS 031808 2.g.1.) – to file; Minutes of December 12, 2007 (FS 031808 2.g.2.) – to file
h. DGS (Division of General Studies) Advisory Committee Minutes of February 12, 2008 (FS 031808 2.h.1.) – to file
i. International Studies Committee Minutes of February 19, 2008 (FS 031808 2.i.1.); (Lavanda/Herath) Passed; Minutes of March 11, 2008 (FS 031808 2.i.2.) (Robinson/Kasi) Passed with note: i and j are already approved, a and o are the same. Additional proposals not in these minutes can come forward and be addressed in subsequent minutes.
j. Placement Testing Task Force Minutes of March 12, 2008 (FS 031808 2.j.)(Schoenberger/Kasi) Postpone until we get recommendations as to membership and mission. (Schoenberger/Jaede) Passed
k. Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of January 28, 2008 (FS 031808 2.k.1.); Minutes of February 11, 2008 (FS 031808 2.k.2.) Motion to Amend: Note: A student who does not arrange for a grade of I should receive a grade of F or U, if the student chose this option at the time of registration for non-completion of course requirements. Note: A student who does not arrange for a grad of I should receive a grade of F (or U, if the student chose this option at the time of registration) for non-completion of course requirements. (Jaede/Karasik) Passed
Postpone voting on Minutes until discussion in 8.a. (Jaede/Palmer) Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report — none
4. Consent Agenda — none
5. Special Elections — none
6. Call for New Agenda Items — none
7. Announcements
a. Location for next Senate meeting: Cascade on April 1st
b. Status of Contract
a. Trustees are planning on voting March 19, 2008. The Chancellor is encouraging them to act in favor of the contract. The trustees are waiting until the Legislature adjourns before acting on any other budget matters.
c. Grievance Report
a. Read the EC minutes from March 11, 2008, for information on Grievances.
d. Elections
· IFO Presidential Election and Constitutional Change Vote
· Campus Visit of IFO Presidential Candidate, Rod Henry:
o Friday, March 21, 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
o Lady Slipper, Atwood
o Refreshments
· Constitutional Change (FS 031808 7.d.)
· Ballots due, April 8 at 4 p.m.
· FA Spring Elections
· Ballots due, April 3, 2008, at noon
· Announce results, April 8, 2008, Senate
· Election Results for COSS Associate Dean Search Committee:
· Philip Grossman (ECON)
· Mario Hesse (CJ)
· Elizabeth Talbot (SW)
· Thomas Steman (LR&TS)
· Chuks Ugochukwu (CMTY)
· Sandrine Zerbib (SOC)
e. Meet and Confer
1. Grading Policy – Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee re: Draft Grading System (FS 031808 7.e.1.)
Academic Affairs will put in place the grading policy included in the packet. We can still make recommendations to improve it.
2. Degree Credit Caps (FS 031808 7.e.2.i and 7.e.2.ii.)
MnSCU is putting in place a process for exemptions to the degree credit caps enacted by the legislature. See list and process in the packets.
3. Email Monitoring (FS 031808 7.e.3.i. and FS 031808 7.e.3.ii.)
See excerpt from the Meet and Confer notes on this topic. There is more of concern than just monitoring e-mail.
We are moving this to New Business with the additional concern of how our private information is protected.
4. Emergency Information and Planning (FS 031808 7.e.4.i. and 7.e.4.ii.) — not addressed
8. Unfinished Business
a. Grading Policy – Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee re: Draft Grading System (FS 012908 8.d.) — not addressed
b. Consultation and the Contract (FS 012908 9.c. and FS 021208 9.c) — not addressed
9. New Business
a. Interim/Acting associate/assistant administrators (Schoenberger) — not addressed
b. Student Complaint Policy (Lacourt) — not addressed
c. Windows Vista (FS 031808 9.c.) — not addressed
d. Internal Grants (Lacourt) — not addressed
10. Adjournment: 5:15
Submitted by Annette Schoenberger