April 28, 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) Ezzat Kirmani
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
GUESTS: Christine Metzo
1. Call to order at 3:16 p.m.
2. Approval/Filing of Minutes
a. Senate Minutes April 14, 2009 (FS042809 2.a.1)
Motion to approve FS minutes of April 14, 2009—(Hill/Jaede). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of April 7, 2009 and April 21, 2009 (FS042809 2.b.1-2.b.2)
Motion
to approve EC minutes of April 7, 2009—(Hill/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve EC minutes of April 21, 2009—(Hill/Gasparino). 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 April 9, 2009 (FS042809 2.c.1)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 9, 2009—(Hill/Jaede). Passed
d. International Studies Committee Minutes of April 15, 2009 (FS042809 2.d.1)
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of April 15, 2009—(Hill/seconded). Passed
e. Graduate Committee Minutes of February 19, 2009; Minutes of March 5, 2009 and Minutes of March 19, 2009 (FS042809 2.e.1-2.e.3)—filed. There was discussion about the Graduate Committee’s discussion about compensation/credit/acknowledge culminating projects involved on load credit, reassignment, or overload.
f. Assessment Committee Minutes of April 8, 2009 (FS042809 2.f.1)—filed.
g. Budget Advisory Group Minutes of April 14, 2009 (FS042809 2.g.1)—filed.
h. CETL Advisory Committee Minutes of March 25, 2009 and April 8, 2009 (FS042809 2.h.1- 2.h.2)—filed.
i. Technology & Pedagogical Resources Committee Minutes of April 10, 2009; Minutes of April 16, 2009 and Minutes of April 24, 2009 (FS042809 2.i.1-2.i.3)—there was discussion.
Motion to approve TPR Committee Minutes of April 10, 2009; April 16, 2009; and April 24, 2009—(Hergert/Hill). Passed
Motion to take the motion regarding recordings in TPR April 16, 2009 Minutes, to Meet and Confer for information—(Kilborn/seconded). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report—no report until first Senate in the fall.
4. Consent Agenda—no items.
5. Special Elections:
Faculty Association Secretary: Michael Tripp
Faculty Association Treasurer: David Warne
Motion
to close nominations—(Jaede/Tripp).
Passed
Motion to cast a unanimous ballot for Dave Warne to be Treasurer—(Inkster/seconded).
Passed
Tripp nominated himself for FA Secretary.
Motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous ballot for Michael Tripp to be Secretary—(Kilborn/Gasparino). Passed
There was discussion about the IFO Board of Directors position. The Elections Committee needs announce a vacant position for the IFO Board of Directors.
6. Call for New Agenda Items
—Hit and run involving faculty member (Kayona)
—GETGOs (Jaede)
7. Announcements
a. Election Results (FS042809 7.a.1)
COFAH
Unit Rep: Judy Kilborn (ENGL/2010)
COSE Unit Rep: Balsy Kasi (ETS/2011)
COSS Unit Rep: Tracy Ore (SOC/ANTH/2011)
SPEC Unit Rep: JoAnn Gasparino (COUNS/2011)
FA President-elect/IFO Board: Thomas Hergert (LR&TS)
College
of Business:
Academic
Affairs: Jae Song (BCIS/2011)
Admission and Retention: Rajesh Gulati (BKGB/2012)
Committee on the Institution: Yinsog Rhee (MGMT/2011)
Faculty Research Grants: Sohel Ahmad (MGMT/2012)
Government Relations: Dien Phan (BCIS/DFL/2012)
International Studies: Janikan Supanvanij (FIRE/2012)
Technology & Pedagogical Resources: Douglas Polley (MGMT/2012)
Changsoo Sohn
(BCIS/2012)
College of Education:
Academic Affairs: Chaturi Edrisinha
(ELCP/2012)
Admission and Retention: Kyounghee Seo (SPEC/2012)
Budget Review: John Palmer (HPERSS/2012)
Constitutional Review: John Palmer (HPERSS/2012
Election Committee: John Palmer (HPERSS/2012)
Faculty Research Grants: Julia Wilkins (SPED/2011)
General Education: John Palmer (HPERSS/2012)
Government Relations: John Palmer (HPERSS/R/2012)
International Studies: Fatemeh Zarghami (CFS/2012)
College
of Fine Arts and Humanities:
Academic Affairs: Gloria Melgarejo (FORL/2012)
Admission and Retention: Carol Mohrbacher (ENGL/2012)
Constitutional Review: Jeff Ringer (CMST/2012)
Election Committee: Judith Dorn (ENGL/2012)
General Education: Carolyn Hartz (PHIL/2012)
Technology & Pedagogical Resources: Traci Anderson (CMST/2012)
College
of Science and Engineering:
Academic Affairs: Jack McKenna (CHEM/2012)
Admission and Retention: Sandra Johnson (MATH/2012)
Constitutional Review: Gregory Nastrom (EAS/2012)
Delegate Assembly Resolutions: Anthony Akubue (ETS/2012)
Faculty Research Grants: Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir
(CHEM/2012)
Matthew Julius
(BIOL/2012)
General Education: Maureen Tubbiola (BIOL/2012)
Government Relations: Jeffrey Johnson (AVIAT/R/2012)
Professional Development: Darlene Copley (NURS/2012)
Technology & Pedagogical Resources: Mark Petzold (ECE/2012)
College
of Social Sciences:
Academic Affairs: Jan Kircher
Admission and Retention: Eric Fuller (GEOG/2012)
Delegate Assembly Resolutions: Tracy Ore (SOC/ANTH/2010)
Elections Committee: Dick Andzenge (CJ/2012)
Faculty Research Grants: Orn Bodvarsson (ECON/2012)
General Education: Mary Clifford (CJ/2012)
International Studies: Robert Lavenda (SOC/ANTH/2012)
Professional Development: Jason Lindsey (POL/2012)
Special
Services:
Elections Committee: Melissa Prescott
(LR&TS/2012)
Christine Inkster
(LR&TS/2011)
Faculty Research Grants: Robert Reff (COUNS/2012)
General Education: Cindy Gruwell
(LR&TS/2012)
Geoffrey Tabakin
(ACADEMIC SUPP/2011)
International Studies: Sandra Q. Williams (LR&TS/2012)
Thomas Hergert
(LR&TS/2012)
Technology and Pedagogical Resources: Thomas Hergert (LR&/TS/2012)
Senate recessed at 4:15 – 4:45 p.m. for Provost Spitzer’s Reception.
b. Summer Session Task Force Interim Report - Draft; another Task Force Report of April 24 (FS042809 7.b.1- 7.b.2) Motion—this will be going to Meet and Confer.
c. First Year Experience (time certain 3:30 PM Christine Metzo)—Metzo spoke to Senate. She will email her information to the FA and we will put that on the website.
d. Honoring Faculty Retirees (time specific immediately following the Provost’s retirement reception)
e. Star Alert Task Force
f. Proposed Budget Reductions (FS042809 7.f.1)
g. Committee Annual Reports:
Academic Affairs Committee Report, April
16, 2009 (FS042809 7.g.1)
Admission and Retention Committee: none
Budget Review Committee: (FS042809 7.g.3)
Committee on the Institution: none
Constitutional Review Committee: (FS042809 7.g.5)
Delegate Assembly Resolutions Committee: none
Elections Committee Report: The Elections Committee does not have a chair. We
have made no formal decisions, only traded around ideas, but primarily
performed service of counting ballots at every election.
Faculty Research Grants Committee: none
General Education Committee: none
Government Relations Committee: none
Graduate Committee: none
International Studies Committee: none
Professional Development Committee: (FS042809 7.g.13)
Technology & Pedagogical Resources Committee: none
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. Strategic Planning Committee Recommendation on Integrating Planning and Budget (FA041409 9.c.1)
b. Academic Calendar for 2010-11 (FS042809 9.b.1)
c. 9-month Appointment Task Force—Hill spoke to the item.
Motion for Senate to accept the 9-month Appointment Task Force report and bring it forward—(Hergert/Kilborn). Passed
d. The
LR&TS faculty requests that Faculty Senate take a statement to Meet &
Confer regarding the changes in reassigned time. (moved, seconded, passed
unanimously)
“Given the combination of reduced reassigned time for faculty, increased size
of classes, and increased class offerings, the administration must expect
reduced activity proportional to the reduction in reassigned time. The Faculty
Association encourages faculty with reassigned responsibilities to work to
determine priorities and then to accordingly exercise self-discipline to do
what can be professionally expected within the available reassigned time.”
e. Hit and run involving a faculty member (Kayona)—on January 29, 2009, a faculty member was hit by a student. Palmer explained the situation.
Motion to take the event and the policy surrounding the event to Meet and Confer—(Jaede/Kilborn). Passed
Motion to close debate—(Tripp/Hergert). Passed
Motion to extend Senate for 10 minutes—(Hergert/Hill). Passed
f. GETGOs (Jaede)
Motion
1. Curricular matters, including approval of the GE Curriculum and the assignment of courses to that curriculum are matters of faculty responsibility.
2. Final authority for faculty curricular decisions rests with the Faculty Senate.
3. The Senate has not, as of this date, approved the new General Curriculum as proposed this year by the General Education Committee.
4. The Senate has not, as of this date, approved process for assigning courses to the proposed Goal Areas of the proposed new General Education Curriculum.
5. Given all of the above, no one, including the Assessment Committee, should be beginning or soliciting participation in any new process to assign courses to the proposed but unapproved GE Curriculum.
6. The Senate reserves to itself the sole authority to approve any process for assigning courses to the new GE Curriculum, when and if such a new curriculum is approved by the Senate.
Jaede/Johnson. Passed
10. Adjournment at 5:30 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant