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April 26, 2011
OFFICERS: Thomas Hergert, Mark Jaede, David Switzer, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Susan Motin, Debra Leigh
NEGOTIATOR: Roland Specht-Jarvis
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, vacant; (FIRE) Li Zhang; (MGMT) Larry Roth, Orn Bodvarsson; (MKGB) Jim Johnson, Debra Kellerman
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) JoAnn Johnson; (CEHEEP) Trae Downing, Nona Wilson; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, vacant; (HURL) vacant; (ELCP) John Rapp, Tina Livingston; (IM) Fred Hill; (SPED) Michael Pickle, Janet Salk; (TDEV) Ramon Serrano, Steve Hornstein, vacant
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Judy Kilborn; (ART) Julie Baugnet, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Margery Whites; (CMST) Diana Rehling, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, Marla Kanengieter; (ENGL) vacant, Jamie Heiman, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Bill Langen, Luz Trianna-Echevarria; (COMM) Niaz Ahmed, 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, Mahin Sadrai; (CSCI) Jayantha Herath; (EAS) Jean Hoff; (EE) Aiping Yao; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, Keith Agre, Ravi Kalia, Stephanie Houdek; (NURS) Darlene Copley, Patricia Bresser; (PHYS) John Liu; (STAT) Amos Olagunju
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Jeanne Lacourt; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Dick Andzenge, Mary Clifford; (ECON) Eungmin Kang, Mana Komia; (ES) Kyoko Kishimoto; (GEOG) Gareth John; (HIST) Jeff Mullins, Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Morgan Nyendu, Shoua Yang; (PSYC) Leslie Valdes, Jody Illies; (SW) Cathy Stilwill, Lake Dziengel; (SAN) Matthew Tornow, Robert Lavenda, Ann Finan; (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) Jeff Hegle; (WOMEN’S ATHL) vacant
GUEST: Brenda Wentworth
1) Call to order at 3:23 p.m.
2) Approval of Minutes
a) Senate Minutes of March 29, 2011 (FS042611 2.a.1); and April 12, 2011 (FS042611 2.a.2)
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes from March 29, 2011, and actions included—(Hoff/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes from April 12, 2011, and all actions included—(Hill/Tripp). Passed
b) Executive Committee Minutes of March 22, 2011—filed; April 5, 2011—filed; and April 19—filed (FS042611 2.b.1-2.b.3)
c) International Studies Committee Minutes of April 15, 2009; December 8, 2010; March 29, 2011; and April 12, 2011—filed (FS042611 2.c.1-2.c.4)
Motion to approve International Studies Committee Minutes of April 15, 2009, and all actions included—(Valdes/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve International Studies Committee Minutes of December 8, 2010, and all actions included—(Hoff/Bleam). Passed
Motion to approve International Studies Committee Minutes of March 29, 2011, and all actions included—(J. Herath/Gasparino). Passed
d) Technology and Pedagogical Resources Committee Minutes of October 27, 2010 and November 3, 2010 (FS042611 2.d.1-2.d.2)—filed.
e) University Curriculum Committee (UCC) Minutes of April 14, 2011; and April 21, 2011 (FS042611 2.e.1-2.e.2)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 14, 2011, and all actions included except for items not pulled—(Valdes/Hill). Passed
Motion to separate items to be discussed under 9.b—(Hornstein/Hill). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 21, 2011, and all actions included—(Bleam/Hornstein). Passed
f) Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of March 16, 2011; April 13, 2011; and Position paper on rewards for assessment work (FS042611 2.f.1-2.f.3)
Motion to approve Assessment Steering Committee minutes of March 16, 2011, and all actions included—(Hoff/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve Assessment Steering Committee minutes of April 13, 2011, and all actions included except position paper which was separated out for later consideration—(S. Herath/Hill). Passed
Motion to separate position paper for later consideration—(Mullins/seconded). Passed
Motion to take the position paper back to departments for feedback to report to Senate next fall—(Mullins/Motin). Passed
g) Veterans Program Advisory Board Minutes of March 18, 2011 (FS042611 2.g)—filed.
h) Professional Development Committee Minutes of April 21, 2011; and two attachments (FS042611 2.h.1-2.h.3)
Motion to approve Professional Development Committee minutes of April 21, 2011, and all actions included—(Gasparino/seconded). Passed
Motion to separate out the revisions from the minutes for Senators to review—(Hoff/seconded). Passed
Motion to review the revisions in Senate at the first meeting in September 2011—(Motin/Kasi). Failed
Motion to accept the revisions provisionally so the committee can move forward in their work, the document can be revisited by Senate in the fall—(Lacourt/seconded). Passed
i) Constitutional Review Committee Minutes of April 21, 2011; and attachment (FS042611 2.i.1-2.i.2)—Jaede explained the procedure of changing the constitution. There was discussion.
Motion to approve Constitutional Review Committee minutes of April 21, 2011, and all actions included with the changes to the constitution postponed until fall 2011—(Hoff/Bleam). Passed
Motion to separate changes to the Constitution—(Roth/seconded). Passed
Motion to postpone approval of the constitutional changes until the first Senate meeting of the fall—(Jaede/Roth). Passed
3) Treasurer’s Report (FS042611 3)
Motion to approve the quarterly report—(Motin/Karasik). Passed
4) Consent Agenda
a) SCSU Athletics Gender Equity: Jerrill Anderson (CCS)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda—(Karasik/Gasparino). Passed
5) Special Elections—none.
6) Call for New Agenda
Items—Motions that went to M&C (John).
7) Announcements/Status Reports
a) Election results
Campus
Wide Elections:
President-elect/VP: Susan Motin
IFO Board of Directors: Jack
McKenna
College/Unit Elections:
College of Business:
Delegate Assembly Resolutions: Dien Phan (IS/2014)
Professional Development: Susantha Herath
(IS/2014)
College
of Education:
Academic Affairs: Hector Antunez
(HPERSS/2014)
Admission and Retention: Daniel Macari
(CEHEEP/2013); and
Semya
Hakim (HURL/2012)
Committee on the Institution: Gabriela Silvestre
(CEEP/2013)
Delegate Assembly Resolutions: Michael Tripp (HURL/2014)
Faculty Research Grants: Frances Kayona
(ELCP/2014) and
Martin
Lo (TDEV/2014)
Graduate Committee: Chaturi Edrisinha
(ELCP/2014)
International Studies: Merton Thompson
(IM/2014)
Liberal Education: Jeanne Anderson
(IM/2012)
Professional Development: Jennifer Connor
(ELCP/2014)
Technology and Pedagogical Res.: Yun Jeong (IM/2014)
College
of Fine Arts and Humanities
Academic Affairs: Phyllis VanBuren
(FORL/2013)
Admission and Retention: Gloria Melgarejo
(FORL/2014)
Graduate Committee: James Robinson
(ENGL/20140
International Studies: Lisa Heinrich
(MASS/2014)
Professional Development: Maria Mikolchak
(FORL/2014)
College
of Science and Engineering
Academic Affairs: Robert Weisman
(EAS/2014)
Admission and Retention: Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir
(CHEM/2014)
Committee on the Institution: Dale Buske (MATH/2014);
and
Anthony
Hansen (EAS/2013)
Faculty Research Grants: Pranava Jha (CSCI/2013)
International Studies: Jeff Chen
(MATH/2014)
Professional Development: Amos Olagunju
(STAT/2014)
College
of Social Sciences
Admission and Retention: Chukwunyere Ugochukwu
(CMTY/2014)
Budget Review (UE): Leslie Valdes
(PSYC/2013)
Constitutional Review: Mark Jaede
(HIST/2014)
Delegate Assembly Resolution: Gary Whitford
(SW/2014)
International Studies: Gareth John
(GEOG/2014)
Professional Development: Jan Kircher (SW/2013)
Technology & Pedagogical Res.: David Switzer (ECON/2014)
Special
Services
Admission and Retention: Olivia Olivares
(LR&TS/2012); and
Victoria
Williams (ALC/2014)
Elections Committee: Michael Gorman
(LR&TS/2014)
Graduate Committee: Rose Stark
(COUNS/2014)
Technology & Pedagogical Res.: Melissa Prescott
(LR&TS/2014)
b) Honoring faculty retirees – Time definite 4:30 p.m.
|
Braith |
Wayne |
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Mathematics |
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Carr |
Ralph |
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Mathematics |
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Connaughton |
Michael |
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English |
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Davison |
Leslie |
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Teacher Development |
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Edwards |
Mary |
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Economics |
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Frank |
Jan |
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Teacher Development |
|
Gordon |
Christie |
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English |
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Grossman |
Philip |
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Economics |
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Hotz |
John |
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CEHEEP |
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Jensen |
Marilyn |
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CEHEEP |
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Kellogg |
Polly |
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Human Relations |
|
Langen |
William |
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FORL |
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Lewis |
Richard |
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History |
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Lofton |
Cynthia |
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Comm Disorders |
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Mason |
John |
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ELCP |
|
Miller |
Terry |
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TDEV |
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Mills-Novoa |
Avelino |
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ELCP |
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Moore |
Albert |
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Music |
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Nastrom |
Gregory |
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EAS |
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Ofstedal |
Kathleen |
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CFS |
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Pekarek |
Alfred |
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EAS |
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Pucel |
Joanna |
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Comm Studies |
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Risk |
Harold |
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HPERSS |
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Robin |
Sandra |
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Social Work |
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Sadri |
Mahin |
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Chemistry |
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Salzer |
Cheri |
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Continuing Studies |
|
Schrank |
Gordon |
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Biology |
|
Schwieger |
Bradley |
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Accounting |
|
Scott-Halverson |
Linda |
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Teacher Development |
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Sebastian |
Richard |
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Management |
|
Steffens |
Kathleen |
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Special Education |
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Teutsch-Dwyer |
Marya |
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English |
|
Thompson |
Karen |
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HURL |
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Tiberghien |
Gretchen |
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Mass Comm |
|
Tsai |
Jui-Ming |
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Info Systems |
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Twiname-Dungan |
Margaret |
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Social Work |
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Vora |
Erika |
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Comm Studies |
|
Williams |
Sandra |
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LRTS |
|
Worner |
Kay |
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ELCP |
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Yoshimoto |
Gary |
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Info Systems |
|
Yu |
Warren |
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MME |
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Zezoney |
Frank |
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HPERSS |
8) Unfinished Business
a) Transition process—newsletter published this week. Pushing for more faculty involvement.
b) Professional development funds and travel requirements/authorization form—Hergert gave an update.
9) New Business
a) Appointment of FA Secretary: Michael Tripp; and FA Treasurer:
Motion to approve Michael Tripp for FA Secretary—(Gasparino/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve David Switzer for FA Treasurer—(Tripp/seconded). Passed
b) UCC Lean process – Stephen Hornstein and Brenda Wentworth – time definite 4:00p.m.—Wentworth spoke to Senate regarding moving their process electronically.
Motion to approve UCC Motion 1: Passed
Motion to approve UCC Motion 2 (amended): Passed
Motion to amend by substitution—(Roth/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve UCC Motion 3: Passed
c) Executive Committee Summer Authorization
Motion that the Senate Authorizes the Executive Committee to act with the authority of the Senate between the last Senate meeting of AY 2011 and the first Senate meeting of AY 2012.—(Jaede/Tripp). Passed
Motion that a super majority of the EC act as a whole (2/3)—(Roth/Whites). Passed
d) Summer Continuance –
Motion that in the event that no constitutional amendment providing otherwise shall be passed by the Faculty Association prior to the end of spring term 2011, all members of the Executive Committee and other FA committees shall continue to serve until September 30, 2011, or until their successors are chosen, whichever comes first.—(Jaede/Hornstein). Passed
10) Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant