September 8, 2009
OFFICERS: Mark Jaede, John Palmer, David Warne, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Thomas Hergert, Debra Leigh
NEGOTIATOR: Michael Connaughton
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, vacant; (FIRE) Li Zhang; (MGMT) Larry Roth, Orn Bodvarsson; (MKGB) Jim Johnson, Rajesh Gulati
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Trae Downing, Michael Mills; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, vacant; (HURL) vacant; (ELCP) John Rapp, Chaturi Edrishinha; (IM) Fred Hill; (SPED) Michael Pickle, Janet Salk (TDEV) vacant, Steve Hornstein, vacant
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Judy Kilborn; (ART) Julie Baugnet, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Cindy Lofton; (CMST) Matt Vorrell, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, Marla Kanengieter; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, Jamie Heiman, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Maria Melgarejo, Agustin Boyer; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Al Moore, vacant; (PHIL) Paul Neiman; (THFD) Jeffrey Bleam
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) Kristin Gulrud, vacant, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Rebecca Krystyniak, Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir; (CSCI) Andrew Anda, vacant; (EAS) Bob Weisman; (EE) Sura Lekhakul, Mahbub Hossain; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Ravi Kalia, Janis Cimperman, Stephanie Houdek; (NURS) Patty Bresser; (PHYS) Maria Womack (substitute: John Liu); (STAT) Ezzat Kirmani
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Tracy Ore; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, Mary Clifford; (ECON) Arta Ratha, David Switzer; (ES) Kyoko Kishimoto; (GEOG) Hung Chin Yu; (HIST) Jeff Mullins, Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Morgan Nyendu, Shoua Yang; (PSYC) Chris Jazwinski, Jody Illies; (SW) Sandra Chesborough; Cathy Stilwill (SAN) vacant, 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, vacant; (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 April 28, 2009 (FS 090809 2.a.)
Motion to approve Senate Minutes and all actions in the motions from April 28, 2009—(Karasik/Kilborn). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of June 11, 2009; July 8, 2009—filed; August 25, 2009—available at next Senate meeting, September 1, 2009—available at next Senate meeting (FS 090809 2.b.1, 2.b.2., 2.b.3, 2.b.4.)
Motion to approve EC Minutes and all actions in the motions of June 11, 2009—(Ore/Kilborn). 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. No Action at this meeting. Kilborn asked Jaede to query UCC committee and if they would like send a rep to Senate to clarify since this item is from quite a while ago.
d. Assessment Committee Minutes of April 15, 2009; April 29, 2009 (FS 090809 2.d.1, 2.d.2.)—filed.
e. Budget Advisory Group Minutes of April 28, 2009 (FS 090809 2.e.)—filed.
f. General Education Committee Minutes of March 20, 2009—filed; April 3, 2009; April 17, 2009—filed; May 8, 2009—filed; September 1, 2009 (FS 090809 2.f.1, 2.f.2, 2.f.3, 2.f.4, 2.f.5)
Motion to approve GE Committee Minutes and all the actions in the minutes of April 3, 2009—(Bodvarsson/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve GE Committee Minutes and all the actions in the minutes of September 1, 2009—(Lavenda/Weisman). Passed
g. SCSU Safety Committee Minutes of May 27, 2009 (FS 090809 2.g.)—filed.
h. TLTR Notes for May 1, 2009 (FS 090809 2.h.)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—Warne
gave a verbal report. The FA changed banks to the St. Cloud Federal Credit
Union. Our September allocation will be coming soon.
4. Consent Agenda—those appointed are underlined below:
HCOB: Professional Development - P.N. SubbaNarasimha (MGMT)
COE: Government
Relations - Stephen Hornstein (TDEV)
Technology & Pedagogical Resources - Janine Dahms-Walker
(EL&CP)
COFAH: International Student Service -
Bruce Hyde (CMST)
Strategic Planning Committee - Judy Kilborn
(ENGL)
DGS Advisory Committee - Steve
Klepetar (ENGL)
COSE: Strategic Planning Committee - Ravi Kalia
(MATH)
COSS: Admission and Retention - Mintesnot
Woldeamanuel (CMTY)
Government Relations - Shoua Yang
(POL)
IPESL Review - Brenda
Buswell (PSYC)
SPEC: Strategic Planning Committee - Plamen Miltenoff
(LR&TS)
IFO (Statewide) Openings (name below to be forwarded to IFO for elections):
Government
Relations: Stephen Hornstein (TDEV)
Grievance Committee (those appointed are underlined below):
One-year terms H. Giovanni Antuńez (COE)
David Warne (COFAH)
Annette Schoenberger (COSE)
Eungmin Kang (COSS)
Thomas Hergert (SPEC)
Two-year terms John Palmer (COE)
Stephen Hornstein (COE)
Jeffrey Johnson (COSE)
JoAnn Gasparino (SPEC)
Susan Motin (SPEC)
IFO Board Nominees Ravindra Kalia (MATH)
Susan Motin (LR&TS)
Geoffrey Tabakin (ACADEMIC SUPPORT)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda. Passed
5. Special Elections
IFO (Statewide)
Feminist
Issues Committee – one (1) opening – vote for all acceptable candidates: Rebecca
Krystyniak (CHEM) and/or Cathy Stilwell (SW)
SCSU Administration and Faculty Association
Committees
College
of Business: International Studies Committee – one (1) opening – vote for all
acceptable candidates: Bruce Klemz (MKTG) and/or Ray Tsai (BCIS)
College of Science and Engineering: International Student Service Committee
– one (1) opening – vote for all acceptable candidates: Juan Fedele
(EAS) and/or Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir (CHEM)
College of Social Sciences: Strategic Planning Committee – one (1) opening – vote for all acceptable candidates: Abbas Mehdi (SOC/ANTH) and/or Margaret Villanueva (CMTY)
6. Call for New Agenda Items—Workload and reassigned time (Kalia) 9.e; LR&TS motion from April 20, 2009 (Inkster) 9.f
7. Announcements
a. President’s welcome—Jaede explained some of the changes he will be doing this year. He explained that some of the nominations in the Consent agenda have options of either approving for an election or adding to the agenda for further discussion. Since the constitution doesn’t always clarify election procedures he will work on this with the committees to move forward. Jaede explained his beliefs and goals as FA President.
b. Article 22 status—Jaede spoke about what came up at the first M&C this year. It is the FA’s position that on PDR there is no department comment. It is encouraged that individual comments be submitted in writing to the faculty member under review and it is their discretion whether to submit the comments. Jaede informed Senate that an official document will be coming forward on this from the President. For PDPs it is permissible to comment as an individual, or department, or dean whether PDPs meet the goals and objectives of the department. There was discussion.
c. H1N1 preparations—visit the SCSU website for complete and accurate information on H1N1. Student Health Clinic is NOT encouraging students to come in for flu symptoms since there is not any treatment plus it only increases the chances of spreading the flu. The clinic is NOT encouraging students to come into the clinic for sick notes for flu so it is up to faculty members’ discretion on what they require. Jaede asked faculty to alert the Health Clinic if they notice a huge change in student attendance that might be sickness related. Kristin Gulrud volunteered to be on the committee to study H1N1 flu preparations.
d. Career Step Grievance—Jaede gave an update.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Pictures on Class Lists (FS 040108 9.g.)—sent to Student Government and we haven’t heard back. Jaede will contact Student Government for further information.
b. Electronic Voting (FS112508 9.d.1) (Dorn)—motion referred to IFO. Dorn is going to the IFO on the 25th of September and will have more information.
c. Strategic Planning Committee Recommendation on Integrating Planning and Budget (FA041409 9.c.1)—the recommendation has been made and there has been ongoing conversation but no action. Jaede will follow up on this.
9. New Business
a. Strategic Program Appraisal (FS 090809 9.a.)—Jaede gave an update. Jaede will invite the Provost and Lisa Foss to the next Senate meeting to speak.
b. Paperless Senate Packets (Ore)
Amended Motion: to make faculty senate meeting packets available via email (paperless) effective October 6, 2009, and to allow those senators desiring hard copies of meeting materials to do so (i.e., hard copies of materials available by opt in only). If the EC or FA President deems any item important enough for Senate consideration, FA staff will make copies equal to half the number of sitting senators for the Senate meetings—(Ore/Clifford). Passed
Motion to amend by changing “on-line” to “via email”—(Karasik/Clifford). Passed
Motion to amend if the EC or FA President deems any item important enough for Senate consideration, FA staff will make copies equal to half the number of sitting senators for the Senate meetings—(Hergert/Tripp). Passed
c. St. Cloud Human Rights Office (if September 1 Executive Committee Minutes not available) (FS 090809 9.c.)—Jaede gave the chair to Hergert who recognized Jaede to speak for this item. Jaede submitted to this to EC and they supported the motion. Those minutes are not available but this is time sensitive.
Motion that the FA of SCSU affirms that effective education about and enforcement of human rights law is a critical function of city government, and must be funded even in times of financial difficulty. We also believe that it is critical to the well-being of SCSU faculty, student, and staff that there be a functioning Human Rights Office in St. Cloud. We call upon the Mayor of the City of St. Cloud promptly to fill the position of Director of the Office of Human Rights, and to provide adequate funding to staff and support the office in the future—(Jaede/Tripp). Passed
d. Faculty Co-Chairs of University Committees and Task Forces—there are a number of task forces and university committees that a faculty member serves as a co-chair. Strategic Planning and Enrollment Management come with reassigned time so there needs to be transparency. The Budget Advisory has a faculty co-chair and Orientation Task Force as well. TLTR is an informal group that also has a faculty co-chair. Jaede will make an announcement and bring a nomination to Senate for appointment, if there are no objections.
e. Workload and reassigned time (Kalia)—Kalia spoke to the item.
f. Revisit LR&TS motion from April 14, 2009 (Inkster)—typo (deans and associate deans) was pointed out but already corrected on the final electronic copy.
10. Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant