Revised 10-20-09
April 14, 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) Trae Downing, Michael Mills; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, Caryl Martin; (HURL) vacant; (ELCP) 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, Jim Robinson, 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) Mahin Sadrai, Lakshmaiah Sreerama; (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 3:15 p.m.
2. Approval/Filing of Minutes
a. Senate Minutes March 24, 2009 and March 31, 2009 (FS041409 2.a.1)
Motion to approve FS minutes of March 24-March 31, 2009—(Tabakin/Jaede). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of April 7, 2009—not ready for Senate.
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 March 5, 2009; Minutes of March 19, 2009; Minutes of March 26, 2009 and April 2, 2009 (FS041409 2.c.1-2.c.4)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of March 5, March 19, March 26, and April 2, 2009—(Bressor/Sadrin). Passed
d. Assessment Committee Minutes of March 18, 2009; March 25, 2009 and April 1, 2009 (FS041409 2.d.1-2.d.3)—filed.
e. Budget Advisory Group Minutes of March 31, 2009 and April 7, 2009 (FS041409 2.e.1-2.e.2)—filed.
f. International Studies Committee Minutes of March 25, 2009 (FS041409 2.f.1)—filed.
g. Professional Development Committee Minutes of April 1, 2009 and April 9, 2009 (FS041409 2.g.1-2.g.2)
Minutes of April 9: #2. Approval of recommendations for short-term grant procedures and guidelines.
Motion
to accept motion #1 to reduce rounds to be reduced two and
the deadlines charged to October 15 and March 15.—(Inkster/Williams).
Passed
Motion
to approve motion #2 regarding to set cap of
$200
on “Other” category of expense summary—(Inkster/Williams).
Passed
Motion
to approve motion #3 of to set cap of
$3,000 per applicant—(Kalia/Herath).
Passed
Motion
to amend: move to see set cap 10% of
available money at start of year—(Tabakin/seconded). Failed
Motion to approve
motion #4 to limit applications for
International travel to non-credit workshops or courses, but not student study
abroad trips—(Inskster/seconded).
Passed Failed
Motion to approve motion #5 to allow application to cover a workshop attended after the last available round—(Inkster/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve motion #6 to retain sliding scale of “bonus points” awarded to faculty who have not received grants in previous five years—(???/seconded). Passed
Motion to amend motion #6—(Connaughton/Jaede). Failed
Motion to approve motion #7 to approve Office of Sponsored Programs use of email communication to grant recipients—(???/seconded). Failed. Referred to Constitutional Review Committee.
Minutes of April 9 #3. 3rd Round of Short Term Grants
Motion to approve motion #3 on short term grants—(Kalia/seconded). Passed
h. Strategic Planning Committee Minutes of April 9, 2009 (FS041409)—filed.
i. Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of April 14, 2009 (FS041409 2.i.1)
Motion to approve Academic Affairs Committee minutes of April 14, 2009, with amendment of deleting “email” from #1—(Jaede/Mahin). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report (FS041409 3.1)
4. Consent Agenda
Budget Committee Senate Election:
John Palmer (HPERSS/2012)
Daniel Gregory (CHEM/2012)
Linda Butenhoff (POL/2012)
5. Special Elections
Constitutional Review Changes (FS041409 5.1)
Motion
to approve Constitutional Review Changes—(Tripp/seconded). Passed
6. Call for New Agenda Items: Calendar Dates 09-10 for Article #22 & 25; Report of Task Force on 9-month Appointment
7. Announcements
a. Local Meet and Confer
a. Departmental and College practices with regard to course scheduling, room assignment, class size, and reassigned time
Motion to take to Meet and Confer concerns about First Year Experience and Cohort reassign time and compensation—(Kilborn/Tabakin). Passed
b. Parking Budget FY2010 (FS041409 7.2)—discussed.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Pictures on Class Lists (FS 040108 9.g.)—sent to Student Government
b. Email as a means of communication (FS120908 10.a.1)—referred to TPR
c. Electronic Voting (FS112508 9.d.1) (Dorn)—Motion referred to IFO
9. New Business
a. LR&TS Recommendation--the LR&TS faculty voted to request that this recommendation be put forward for an upcoming Senate agenda:
Recommendation that the new Provost and President have a 360 degree evaluation of all deans and associate deans conducted by an outside entity on a cyclical basis, and that the results be made available to the campus in a transparent manner—(Hergert/Hornstein). Amended
Motion to amend by replacing “evaluation” with “performance appraisal” and dropping “outside entity”—(Hergert/Gasparino). Passed unanimously
Final amended motion: Recommendation that the new Provost and President have a 360-degree performance appraisal of all deans and associate deans conducted on a cyclical basis, and that the results be made available to the campus in a transparent manner. Passed
b. Six year review cycle for non accredited academic programs
Motion to put the Six-year review cycle on the Meet and Confer agenda for clarity—(Kilborn/Gasparino). Passed
c. Strategic Planning Committee Recommendation of Integrating Planning and Budget (FS041409 9.c.1)
Motion for EC to take this to Meet and Confer—(Tripp/seconded). Passed
10. Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant