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January 19, 2010
OFFICERS: Mark Jaede, vacant, David Warne, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Thomas Hergert, Debra Leigh, Susan Motin
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; (CEHEEP) 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, Agustin Boyer; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Matt Ferrell, vacant; (PHIL) Paul Neiman; (THFD) Jeffrey Bleam
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) Kristin Gulrud, Maureen Tubbiola, 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) Darlene Copley, Patricia 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) Christopher Lehman; (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
1. Call to order at 3:22 p.m.
2. Approval/Filing of Minutes
a. Senate minutes December 8, 2009 (FS011910 2.a)
Motion to approve Senate minutes of December 8, 2009, and all actions included—(Hill/Gasparino). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes January 12, 2010 (FS011910 2.b)
Motion to approve EC minutes of January 12, 2010, and all actions included—(Roth/Dorn). Separated
Separated EC Motions:
Motion to direct IFO Board members to propose a resolution with a position that Students First conflicts with the current budget crisis, including the planning, including participation of faculty broadly. Passed
Motion to extend our contract with Clearwire and make more use of the service. Passed
Motion to ask for a list of who is on the Leadership Team, Advisory Committee and why, and insist on FA membership on the Advisory Committee. Passed
Motion to ask the FA President to have discussions with the Provost and the President, and working with other bargaining units, to discuss the issue of bullying and mobbing on this campus. Passed
c. Admission and Retention Committee Minutes December 14, 2009 (FS011910 2.c)—filed.
d. Budget Review Committee Minutes September 25, 2009 (FS011910 2.d.1); October 5, 2009 (FS011910 2.d.2)—filed.
Motion to approve Budget Review Committee minutes of September 25, 2009, and all actions included—(Hill/Bleam). Passed
e. General Education Committee Minutes December 11, 2009 (FS011910 2.e)
Motion to approve General Education Committee minutes of December 11, 2009, and all actions included—(Hergert/Roth). Passed
f. Graduate Committee Minutes October 7, 2009—filed; October 28, 2009; and December 9, 2009 (FS011910 2.f.1-2.f.3)
Minutes were pulled for discussion. A committee member explained the motions/policies in the minutes. There was discussion. It was noted that in item #5 on October 7, 2009, it was incorrect in stating that one credit hour for Plan C. There was conflicting information regarding this item.
Motion to approve Graduate Committee minutes from December 9, 2009, and all actions included—(Kasi/Weisman). Passed
g. International Studies Committee Minutes December 10, 2009 (FS011910 2.g)
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of December 10, 2009, and all actions included—(Kilborn/Hill). Passed
h. Technology and Pedagogical Resources Committee Minutes December 10, 2009 (FS011910 2.h)
Motion to approve Technology and Pedagogical Resources Committee minutes of December 10, 2009, and all actions included—(Hill/Weisman). Passed
i. University Curriculum Committee Minutes December 3, 2009 (FS011910 2.i)
Motion to approve University Curriculum Committee Minutes of December 3, 2009, and all actions included—(Hudson/Bleam). Passed
j. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes December 2, 2009; December 9, 2009 (FS011910 2.j.1-2.j.2)—filed.
k. Budget Advisory Group Minutes December 8, 2009 (FS011910 2.k)
Motion to approve the Budget Advisory Group Minutes of December 8, 2009, and all actions included—(Karasik/Tripp). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report (FS011910 3)—Warne was available for questions.
Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report—(Motin/Kasi). Passed
4. Consent Agenda
Academic Policy Working Group: Bassey Eyo (CMST)
Bookstore Fund Committee: Deborah Biorn (ACADEMIC
SUPPORT)
Budget Review Committee (SPEC): Jo Flanders (LR&TS)
Committee on the Institution: Jo Flanders (LR&TS)
Enrollment Management: Chukwunyere Ugochukwu (CMTY)
Laurie Yourk
(MATH)
Luz
Triana-Echeverria (FORL)
Council on Professional Education: Mary Noll (SPED)
Division of General Studies (DGS): Deborah Biorn (ACADEMIC
SUPPORT)
International Student Services: Daniel Macari (CEHEEP)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda—(Gasparino/Kasi).
Passed
5.
Special Elections—those appointed are underlined below:
Graduate Committee (COSS): Daren Protolipac (PSYC)
Morgan
Nyendu (POL)
Professional Development (COSS): Belkis Kambach
(GEOG)
Chukwunyere
Ugochukwu (CMTY)
6.
Call for New Agenda Items—none.
7. Announcements
a. President’s remarks—Jaede opened the discussion with the budget. He discussed the email messages that he sent out earlier today. There was discussion. Jaede will ask Stanton at the IFO about Professional Development funds for a clear explanation. Jaede updated Senate on the Sabbatical status. History and Foreign Languages exceeded the 25% of eligible for sabbatical so the contract will be followed for these two departments.
b. Report on Meet and Confer—the meeting was relatively brief last Thursday. There were no large, new items. Jaede asked if anyone from EC had something to share with Senate, and no one did. There were questions about assessment that was reported in a prior Meet and Confer, and Jaede clarified his interpretation.
c. Officers for 2010-11—Jaede is working with Judy Dorn from the Elections Committee to follow the constitution. The Election Committee will play a larger role in elections other than just counting the ballots. The schedule needs to be set by the Elections Committee.
d. Status of Strategic Program Appraisal—Jaede said that the Deans now have the announcements and rubrics, and they are in the process of reviewing them. They are obliged to seek input and comments from faculty and how this is done might be different from college to college. There was discussion. Jaede asked the college reps to let him know how each college is seeking comments and input from faculty. This is pretty much the last opportunity for input before the Provost and the President present their recommendation. Any program that did not go through the process this year will have to go through the process next year.
e. Delegate Assembly—Jaede announced that SCSU has 45 delegate spots and we’re looking for volunteers to attend. Some spots will go to EC members but no one is likely to be turned away.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Pictures on Class Lists (FS 040108 9.g.)—sent to Meet and Confer—Jaede gave an update from Meet and Confer and he is hopeful it will be implemented in fall.
b. Electronic Voting (FS112508 9.d.1) (Dorn)—motion referred to IFO—Dorn asked for advice or suggestions from anyone who has information for open source voting because e-ballot has become very expensive.
c. Resource Allocation information request (Kalia)—Jaede presented this request to Steve Ludwig and hopes for a report before next Senate.
9. New Business—none.
10. Adjournment at 4:45 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant