FS021610 2.a

 

 

 

 

 
Final Approved in Senate 2/16/10

FACULTY SENATE MEETING MINUTES

February 2, 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) Shawn Jarvis, Bill Langen; (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) Dale Buske, 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 3:18 p.m.

 

2.    Approval/Filing of Minutes

a.    Senate Minutes January 19, 2010 (FS020210 2.a,)

Motion to approve FS minutes of January 19, 2010, and all actions included—(Hudson/Bleam). Passed

 

b.    Executive Committee Minutes December 15, 2009—filed; January 26, 2010 (FS020210 2.b.1-2.b.2)

Motion to approve EC minutes January 26, 2010, and all actions included—(Gasparino/Jarvis). Passed

 

c.    University Curriculum Committee (UCC) Minutes December 10, 2009 (FS020210 2.c)

Motion to approve UCC minutes December 10, 2009, and all actions included—(Hill/Bleam). Passed

 

d.    Assessment Steering Committee Minutes January 13, 2010 (FS020210 2.d)—filed.

e.    Budget Advisory Group Minutes January 12, 2010 (FS020210 2.e)—filed.

f.     Service-Learning Advisory Committee Minutes October 14, 2009; November 14, 2009; December 14, 2009 (FS020210 2.f.1-2.f.3)—filed.

g.    Election Committee Minutes January 25, 2010 and the voting schedule (FS020210 2.g)—the committee approved the voting schedule attached.  

Motion to approve Election Committee minutes of January 25, 2010, and all actions included—(Gasparino/Langen). Passed

 

h.    General Education Committee Minutes January 15, 2010; January 22, 2010 (FS020210 2.h.1-2.h.2)—filed.

i.      Faculty Research Grant Committee Minutes of January 29, 2010, and recommendations for long-term and research grants (FS020210 2.i)

Motion to approve Faculty Research Grant Committee minutes of January 29, 2010, and recommendations for long-term and research grants—(Weisman/Gasparino). Passed

 

j.     International Studies Committee Minutes January 25, 2010 (FS020210 2.j)—filed.

3.    Treasurer’s Report—no report.

4.    Consent Agenda
General Education :                                  - Anthony Hansen (EAS)
Enrollment Management:                          - Rose Stark (COUNS)
Strategic Planning Committee:                  - Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher (CMTY)

Motion to approve Consent Agenda—(Weisman/Tabakin). Passed

5.  Special Elections—none.
    

6.  Call for New Agenda Items—none.
   

7.  Announcements

a.            Officers for 2010-11—Jaede asked for volunteers to come forward.

b.  Status of Strategic Program Appraisal—Kilborn provided a new timeline below:

February 12:               University-wide recommendations distributed to campus

February 17-18:          SPC open meetings to discuss recommendations

February 26:               SPC feedback and recommendations to Provost and President

March 15:                   President reports final recommendations to campus

Jaede noted that the President is aware of the March 1st re-rostering deadline.

c.  Delegate Assembly—Jaede asked for volunteers.

    

8.  Unfinished Business

a.  Pictures on Class Lists (FS 040108 9.g.)—sent to Meet and Confer—Student Government and President Potter have agreed to get pictures on the class lists and they are working on it through meetings.  

b.  Electronic Voting (FS112508 9.d.1) (Dorn)—motion referred to IFO—there was a demo at the last IFO meeting. Dorn gave an update.  

c.  Resource Allocation information request (Kalia)—College-wide expenses available on SCSU website; HCOB grant allocations are at the discretion of the Dean; Jaede is trying to establish the other figures with Kalia and Steve Ludwig. CIS information is accessible.

 

9.  New Business

a.  Program review (FS FS020210 9.a.1., 9.a.2., 9.a.3.)—Jaede provided information regarding the fairly large attachment for this item. There was discussion.

Motion to consult with all departments, especially the departments that have had external reviews this year on trial runs, regarding the advantages and disadvantages for following the procedure without going into what the broader issues are—(Weisman/Tabakin). Passed

 

Motion to refer the Program Review to Academic Affairs for their recommendation to Faculty Senate—(Dorn/Langen). Passed

 

10. Adjournment at 4:20 p.m.

Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant