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September 22, 2009
OFFICERS: Mark Jaede, John Palmer, David Warne, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Thomas Hergert, Debra Leigh, Susan Motin
NEGOTIATOR: Michael Connaughton
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) vacant; (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, Bob Murphy; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, vacant; (HURL) vacant; (ELCP) Tina Livingston, 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, Austin 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) vacant, Mahbub Hossain; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Ravi Kalia, Janis Cimperman, Stephanie Houdek; (NURS) Patty Bresser; (PHYS) Maria Womack; (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) Matthew Tornow, Robert Lavenda, Sandrine Zerbib; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL
SERVICES: (Unit
Representative) JoAnn Gasparino; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin;
(COUN) Steve Jenkins; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Sandra Q.
Williams, Tom Steman; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) vacant
GUESTS: Provost Malhotra, Lisa Foss
1. Call to order at 3:15 p.m.
2. Approval/Filing of Minutes
a. Senate Minutes September 8, 2009 (FS 092209 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes and all actions included from September 8, 2009—(Hill/Houdek). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of May 5, 2009, August 25, 2009—amend item 4.3 change that case was discontinued by Administration, September 1, 2009—there was discussion about the motions, particularly the 9-month appointment motion, September 15, 2009 (FS 092209 2.b.1, 2.b.2., 2.b.3, 2.b.4)
Motion to approve EC minutes of May 5, 2009, and all actions—(Gasparino/Hergert). Passed
Motion to approve EC minutes of August 25, 2009, and all actions (with change above)—(Gasparino/Hill). Passed
Motion to approve EC minutes of September 1, 2009—(Hill/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve EC minutes of September 15, 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 September 10, 2009 (FS092209 2.c.1)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of September 10, 2009—(Gasparino/Kayona). Passed
d. International Studies Minutes of August 27, 2009 and September 3, 2009 (FS092209 2.d.1, 2.d.2)
Motion to approve International Studies Minutes of August 27, 2009 and September 3, 2009, and all actions included—(Lavenda/Robinson). Passed
e. Assessment Steering Minutes of August 26, 2009 (FS092209 2.e.)—filed.
f. CETL Advisory Minutes of August 27, 2009 (FS092209 2.f.)—filed.
g. H1N1 Work Group Minutes of August 26, 2009, August 27, 2009, September 2, 2009 and September 8, 2009 (FS092209 2.g.1, 2.g.2, 2.g.3, 2.g.4)—filed.
h. Honors Advisory Committee Minutes of September 21, 2009 (FS092209 2.h.1)
Motion to approve Honors Advisory Committee minutes of September 21, 2009, and all actions included—(Gasparino/Tabakin). Passed
i. General Education Minutes of September 11, 2009—Jaede informed Senate that the minutes came late but if it is okay they will be approved today. Jaede separated the 2nd motion.
Motion to approve GE minutes of September 11, 2009—(Tabakin/Akubue). Passed
2nd motion separated:
Motion to approve the GE Committee request to approve GE minutes via email—(Tabakin/Warne). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report—read into EC minutes. Warne gave a brief report and Senate accepted the Treasurer’s report to be filed.
4. Consent Agenda
College of Education:
General
Education Committee - Jeanne Anderson (IM)
Strategic Planning Committee - Stephen Hornstein
(TDEV)
College of Fine Arts and Humanities:
Upper Division Writing Requirements - Carol Mohrbacher
(COMPOSITION)
College of Science & Engineering:
Strategic
Planning Committee - Anthony Akubue (ENVSTUDIES)
College of Social Sciences:
Strategic
Planning Committee - Abbas Mehdi (SOC/ANTH)
Special Services:
Faculty
Research Grants: - Cari Kenner (ACADEMIC
SUPPORT)
Graduate Committee: - Christine Inkster
(LR&TS)
Enrollment Management Co-Chair - John Palmer (HPERSS)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda with those appointed underlined above—(Warne/Karasik). Passed
5. Special Elections
College of
Education
Faculty
Research Grant Committee – 1 opening
Jennifer Connor - ELCP
Chaturi Edrisinha - ELCP
Martin Lo - TDEV
Tina Livingston - ELCP
6. Call for New Agenda Items—Committee approval of minutes via email (Williams) 9.a
7. Announcements
a. Article 22 status—Jaede spoke to the item and the discussion during Meet and Confer. Jaede will send out his report on the process but Administration did not have the same thoughts so it will come just from the FA, not Administration. The President felt it was a disagreement between faculty, not deans and faculty. There was discussion. It was suggested that this go to Delegate Assembly as a resolution this spring. Jaede encouraged Senators to send any and all resolutions to the FA.
b. H1N1 preparations—two members have volunteered for the task force. We need one more volunteer.
c. Strategic Program Appraisal – time definite 4:45p.m. – Provost visit—an open forum is scheduled this Thursday in the theater in Atwood. The Provost and Lisa Foss will attend like they did for the last forum. Provost Malhotra and Lisa Foss arrived early at 4:05 p.m., since Senate was finished with their business early. Provost Malhotra was introduced and he spoke to Senate. After the introduction, the Provost and Lisa Foss spoke about the Strategic Program Appraisal. There was a question and answer session between the Faculty Senators and the Provost and Lisa Foss. Jaede thanked the guests for coming.
d. St. Cloud Human Rights Office—Jaede gave the resolution to the City and Council and Mayor. No final decision until December.
e. Election results for IFO Board of Directors—Susan Motin was elected to the IFO Board.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Pictures on Class Lists (FS 040108 9.g.) - sent to Student Government—Jaede sent an inquiry to Student Government but he hasn’t received a response back.
b. Electronic Voting (FS112508 9.d.1) (Dorn)—Motion referred to IFO—Dorn will give a presentation to the IFO on Friday, September 24.
c. Strategic Planning Committee Recommendation on Integrating Planning and Budget (FA041409 9.c.1)—Palmer informed Senate of a motion passed in Strategic Planning. Jaede informed Senate that the Strategic Planning Co-chair was removed from the agenda because the co-chair is appointed by the committee, which is a resolution that was passed by Senate.
9. New Business
a. Committee approval of minutes via email (Williams)—to be discussed at the next Senate meeting.
10. Adjournment at 5:12 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant