January 20, 2009
OFFICERS: John Palmer, Mark Jaede, Judy Kilborn, Michael Connaughton, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: David Warne, Debra Leigh
NEGOTIATOR: Michael Connaughton
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) Li Zhang; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) vacant, Michael Mills; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, Caryl Martin; (HURL) vacant; (LDR) John Rapp, Chaturi Edrishinha; (IM) Fred Hill; (SPED) vacant, Janet Salk (TDEV) vacant, Steve Hornstein, vacant
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) vacant; (ART) Nancy Levy, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Cindy Lofton; (CMST) Traci Anderson, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, Jen Tuder; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, Kevin Moberly, vacant, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Maria Melgarejo, Luz Triana-Echeverria; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Al Moore, vacant; (PHIL) Paul Neiman, Andy Platt; (THFD) Jeffrey Bleam
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) vacant, vacant, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Nathan Winter, Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir; Carol Theisen; (CSCI) Andrew Anda, Donald Hamnes; (EAS) Bob Weisman; (EE) Sura Lekhakul, Mahbub Hossain; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Ravi Kalia, Janis Cimperman, Carol Theisen; (NURS) Patty Bresser; (PHYS) John Liu; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Robert Johnson; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, Mary Clifford; (ECON) King Banaian, David Switzer; (ES) Jeanne Lacourt; (GEOG) HungChin Yu; (HIST) Jeff Mullins, Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Morgan Nyendu; (PSYC) Chris Jazwinski, Jody Illies; (SW) Sandra Chesborough; Cathy Stilwill (SAN) Tracy Ore, Robert Lavenda; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) JoAnn Gasparino; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin; (COUN) Steve Jenkins; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Sandra Q. Williams, Tom Hergert; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) vacant
1. Call to order at 3:20 p.m.
2. Approval/Filing of Minutes
a. Senate Minutes December 9, 2008 (FS012009 2.a.1)
Motion to approve FS minutes of December 9, 2008—(Gasparino/Kilborn). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of December 16, 2008 (FS012009 2.b.1)—filed; January 13, 2009 (FS012009 2.b.2)
Motion to approve EC minutes of January 13, 2009—(Gasparino/Hergert). Passed
c. University Curriculum Minutes of April 17, 2008 (FS 050608 2.c.2.a.-2.c.2.c.) – tabled until Senate receives answers to questions regarding changes to the curriculum proposal forms. Minutes of December 4, 2008 (FS012009 2.c.1)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of December 4, 2008—(Akubue/Gasparino). Passed
d. FA Budget Committee Minutes of December 9, 2008 (FS012009 2.d.1)
Motion to approve FA Budget Committee minutes of December 9, 2008—(Herath/Kilborn). Passed
e. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of December 3, 2008 (FS012009 2.e.1); December 10, 2008 (FS012009 2.e.2)—filed.
f. Budget Advisory Group Minutes of December 2, 2008 (FS012009 2.f.1) and December 16, 2008 (FS012009 2.f.2)—filed.
g. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of October 28, 2008 (FS012009 2.g.1); December 9, 2008 (FS012009 2.g.2)—filed.
h. TLTR Notes of December 5, 2008 (FS012009 2.h.1)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report – Quarterly Report (FS012009 3.a.1)—approved in EC minutes above.
4. Consent Agenda
a. Temporary Appointment (COFAH) to General Education Committee: David Warne
(CMST)
Motion
to approve Consent Agenda—(Gasparino/Akubue). Passed
5. Special Elections—those
appointed are underlined below.
a. Appointment to Search Committee for AVP Institutional Effectiveness (two
members):
Lakshmaiah Sreerama (CHEM/COSE)
Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir (CHEM/COSE)
John Palmer (HPERRS/COE)
Daniel Gregory (CHEM/COSE)
David Robinson (STAT/COSE)
b. At-large Volunteer for Provost Search
Committee (one member):
Robert Inkster (ENGL/COFAH)
JoAnn Asquith (MKTG/BUS LAW/HCOB)
Gary Whitford (SW/COSS)
Mahin Sadrai (CHEM/COSE)
Elizabeth Talbot (SW/COSS)
Elaine Ackerman (CEEP/COE)
Bassey Eyo (CMST/COFAH)
Lakshmaiah Sreerama (CHEM/COSE)
Tony Akubue (ET/COSE)
Stephen Hornstein (TDEV/COE)
Michael Mills (CEEP/COE)
Geoffrey Tabakin (ALC/COE)
Jane Minnema (CFS/COE)
Maureen Tubbiola (BIOL/COSE)
c. Search Committee for an International Student Advisor (one member):
Sandrine Zerbib (SOC&ANTH/COSS)
Yinsog Rhee (MGMT/HCOB)
6. Call for New Agenda Items—none.
7. Announcements
a. Local Meet and Confer
· Follow up of Senate Motions regarding use of “W”—waiting for correspondence about history and use of “W” from Mitch Rubinstein at Meet and Confer. Kilborn discussed that at Meet and Confer it was mentioned that there is an automatic feedback available and Administration asked if faculty wanted that turned on or not (added to new business).
· COE Climate Task Force (Jaede, co-facilitator)—Jaede is ill today.
· Notice of vacancies for faculty positions starting in FY 2010—there are 35 faculty searches. Please share candid information concerning 9-month appointments with faculty candidates if you serve on the search committees since Administration refuses to give this information.
· Pre-requisite Checking (FS012009 7.a.1)—for your information.
b. Negotiations Report—nothing to report.
b. Palmer gave updates on the Search Committees. There was discussion about the COSE Search. Palmer said he checked with the Provost and with the Meet and Confer team and there is no reason the search committee should not be meeting. There was discussion about the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Director and why the search hasn’t been broadened to more than two colleges.
Motion to put the discussion about the composition of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Director Search Committee on the Meet and Confer agenda—(Kilborn/Tabakin). Passed
8. Unfinished Business
a. Pictures on Class Lists (FS 040108 9.g.)—Palmer reminded Student Government that faculty are waiting to hear from them.
c. Graduate Committee Resignations and Recall Election—recall elections failed. The graduate committee will be meeting Thursday to get started on the business for this semester.
d. Email as a means of communication (FS120908 10.a.1)—there was discussion about the document.
Motion to amend the document—(Dorn/Hill). Failed
Motion to strike the last bullet under formatting—(Kilborn/Hergert). Passed
Motion to amend by replacing the bullet that was struck with: when a message is to be sent to many recipients, create a distribution list—(Lacourt/Williams). Passed
Motion that this document as amended be referred to TPR to bring back to Senate and then go to Meet and Confer—(Kilborn/Gasparino). Passed
e. Latest draft of public relations form (FS120908 10.b.1)
Motion to approve the document for the use of PR, and we recognize at Meet and Confer that this is the first step of an important conversation about intellectual property rights—(Kilborn/Tripp). Passed
9. New Business
a. Student Academic Code of Conduct (Academic Affairs Policy Working Group)—Palmer gave an update. Weisman had nothing to report.
b. Electronic Voting (FS 112508 9.d.1) (a majority of IFO campuses expressed no interest in electronic voting)—Kilborn asked that this be discussed at the next Senate early in the meeting because Dorn teaches at 5:00.
c. Scheduled time for meetings (Kilborn)—Kilborn gave some background on this issue.
Motion to refer this to the Committee on the Institution for further discussion—(Tripp/Kilborn). Passed
d. Recommendation on students’ religious observance (FS120908 9.d.1)
Motion that this document regarding Recommendation on students’ religious observance be taken to departments for discussion and that we come back time definite at next Senate meeting to take action—(Kilborn/Tripp). Failed
Motion to postpone recommendation on students’ religious observance indefinitely—(Roth/Herath). In favor: 25; Opposed: 10. Passed
e. Sabbatical Leave Grievance—Palmer explained the item. Some faculty have fallen through the cracks because of Administration’s interpretation of the contract.
f. Turning on the Grade Change (Kilborn)—this was discussed at Meet and Confer. EC will ask at Meet and Confer that the grade change option be turned on.
10. Adjournment at 5:13 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant