FACULTY SENATE meeting MINUTES
February 22, 2005
March 1, 2005
Officers: Schoenberger, Fisher, Kilborn, Motin, Gasparino
IFO Board: Kilborn, Fisher, Hill, Negotiator: Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) SubbaNarasimha, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) Herath, Song, (FIRE) Hudson, (MGMT) Roth, vacant, (MKGB) Gulati, Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Hornstein, (CFS) Gilman, (LDR) Kayona, Merchant (CEEP) Kuhlman, Murphy, (HRESS) Moore, Martin, (HURL) Benjamin, (SPED) Hoover, Beutel, (TDEV) Heine, Beniek, Serrano, (IM) Theis
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Condon (ENGL) (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL) Dorn, Inkster, Robinson, Vacant (FORL), Boyer, Triana-Echevema, (COMM) vacant, vacant (MUSIC) Fuller, Springer, (PHIL) Zheng, (CMST) Wells, Wildeson, Ringer, (THFD) Leigh
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Akubue, (AVIA) Anderson, (BIOL) Julius, Gazal, Schoenfuss, (CHEM) Sadrai, Mahroof-Tahir, (CSCI) Fisher, (EAS) Hansen, (EE) Thamvichai, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Covey (MATH) Buske, Walk, Branson, (NURS) Herm, (PHYS) Haglin, (STAT) Onyiah, Gammell
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Ore, (CMTY) Karasik, (CJUS) Clifford, Vacant (ECON) Banaian, Lo, (ES) Lacourt (GEOG) Wong, (HIST) Jaede, (POL) vacant, (PSYC) Jazwinski, (SW) Chesborough, (SAN) Gold, Lavenda, (WS) Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Vacant, (COUN) Gasparino, (LR&TS) Inkster, Williams, Hergert, (MEN’S ATHL) vacant, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Odette, (OAA) vacant
1. Call to order at 3:30 PM.
FA President Schoenberger announced there will be two Senate meetings in a row since there will be another Faculty Senate meeting next Tuesday, March 1.
There are two New Business items -- one is an Association grievance on Supervision, Item 8.f. (Senate will probably discuss this topic next week; therefore, FA President Schoenberger will forward background information via e-mail to Senators prior to Senate next Tuesday, 3/1); and Ward Churchill (University of Colorado), Item 8.g. (background information on this topic will also be forthcoming to Senators).
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of February 8, 2005 (FS 022205 2.a)
Motion to approve the Faculty Senate Minutes of February 8, 2005 (Whites/Roth). Passed
Larry Roth requested inserting “IFO” next to “Board” under 6.a. to read “FA President Schoenberger stated the IFO Board discussed Minnesota Online…” before these minutes are distributed to the faculty.
b. Executive Committee Minutes – There are no minutes
c. TPR minutes January 26, 2005 (FS 022205 2.c) – File
d. Enrollment Management Committee Minutes December 1, 2004 (FA 022205 2.d) – File
e. DGS Advisory Committee Minutes January 25, 2005 (FS 022205 2.e) – File
f. UCC Minutes of 12/09/04, 1/20/05, 1/27/05 2/10/05 (FS 022205 2.f.1, 2.f.2, 2.f.3, 2.f.4)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the UCC Minutes of 12/9/04, 1/20/05, 1/27/05, and 2/10/05 (Roth/Condon). Passed
g. Faculty Research Grants Minutes of February 11, 2005 (FS 022205 2.g)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the Faculty Research Grants minutes of February 11, 2005 (Fisher/Jazwinski). Passed
h. Professional Development Committee (FS 022205 2.h)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the Professional Development Committee meeting (Roth/Fisher). Passed
FA President Schoenberger requested Senators take these minutes back to their departments for their information.
i. General Education Committee (FS 022205 2.i) – File
3. Treasurer’s Report – No report made
The agenda was moved to 6. Announcements while an election was held.
6. Announcements
a. Failed Searches. Comments from meet and confer. - Discussed
The agenda was moved to the Consent Agenda.
7. Consent Agenda
a. Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Board
COB: vacant, COE: vacant, CFAH: Gretchen Tiberghien, Christie Gordon ELECTION, COSS: John Harvey, COSE: vacant, SPC: vacant, JFA: vacant, Area k-12, Central Minnesota Community: vacant, LR&TS: Keith Ewing,
b. Upper Division Writing Requirement Assessment Committee
Philip Keith (ENGL), Paula Tompkins (COMS)
c. Statewide Nursing Education Council: Susan Warner
*The faculty member whose name is in bold was elected.
Motion to accept the Consent Agenda (Fisher/Onyiah). Passed
8. Call for new agenda items – None
The agenda was returned to 6. Announcements
6. b. Centers of Excellence (FS 022205 6.b) – Discussed
FA President Schoenberger told Senate it was discovered we were missing a duty day; therefore, it was agreed to add Friday, September 2, as an in-office day (roll will not be taken).
Motion to approve the Budget Review Committee minutes of December 13, 2004 (Jazwinski/Langen).
*This motion did not need to be passed since there were no motions in the committee’s minutes.
Larry Roth stated attachment 6.d.2 needs to be sent to the membership indicating what the specific changes are (i.e., striking over what has been changed).
e. Faculty Research Grants memo regarding funding initiatives (FS 022205 6.e) – Discussed
Motion we support this letter (Fisher/Dorn).
Motion to postpone definitely until next week when we resume this Senate meeting in order to invite a member of the Faculty Research Grants Committee to Senate to discuss their memo (Fisher/Condon). Passed
Randy Kolb is the person to contact for questions regarding students’ e-mails. TLTR is looking for a group to work with. Please let FA President Schoenberger know if you’re interested, and she’ll send this information to Kristi Tornquist.
7. Unfinished Business
a. MnSCU Innovative Course Redesign Initiative (FS 012505 8.c.1, 8.c.2) – Discussed
Senators took this back to their departments. It was stated there is suspicion regarding this initiative; and there may be a problem if this is perceived as a way to save money. However, if this is being considered a resource, then it is fine.
8. New Business
This issue will be taken to Meet and Confer. FA President Schoenberger requested Senators give her specific examples in order to discuss this at Meet and Confer (currently, the only one we have is from Biology).
Tony Akubue, Zoa Rockenstein, Olechukwu F. Onah, Kathryn Gainey
FA Past President Fisher stated the people listed above volunteered to be a Local Equity Advocate and will go through the training process determined by Pat Arseneault (as she has done at Mankato). She stated this issue has already gone to the IFO Board, and Pat Arseneault is agreeable to whatever we’d like here at SCSU.
Motion to refer back to FIC and Pat Arseneault to come up with some options for us to consider (Lacourt/Dorn).
Motion to substitute that Pat Arseneault schedule Local Equity Advocate training for an open call of participants and that slate of people who go through the training successfully, as determined by Pat, be presented to Faculty Senate for approval (Ore/Fisher). Passed
The agenda was moved to 8.e.
Motion that the issue of using any sorts of forms for the Short Term Study Abroad program forms that have not been through senate be taken to Meet and Confer, and the FA take the position they be rescinded immediately until formally approved forms go through the governance process (Fisher/Langen). Passed
Motion to refer the issue back to the International Studies Committee (Hoover/Dorn). Passed
c. Scheduling for Fall 2005/2006 at the same time (Karasik FA 022205 8.c) – Not discussed
d. GECs request that Senate clarifies the role of GEC in curriculum approval process for general education courses. (GEC) – Not discussed
9. Recessed at 5:15 PM to continue on March 1.
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Call to order at 3:33 PM on March 1, 2005
6.
Announcements
d. Budget Committee December 13, 2004 (FS 022205 6.d.1, 6.9.2)
Motion to propose the bylaws change (Condon/Fisher). Passed
e. Faculty Research Grants memo regarding funding initiatives (FS 022205 6.e)
Motion we support this letter (and take this letter to the Provost for consideration) (Fisher/Dorn). Passed
f. NCA Committee: The Steering Committee and the Self Study Committee have been combined. The chairs of the other committees will meet with the Steering Committee as needed. Because of concerns expressed by faculty and others about the absence of a committee directly concerned with Research we have split the Program Review Committee into a Program Review Committee and a Research Committee. Kurt Helgeson will remain on the Program Review Committee and Judy Dorn will be on the Research Committee. We are looking for two more faculty for the Program Review Committee and two more for the Research Committee.- Discussed
8. New Business
We talked about this at Meet and Confer. Some changes of the reasons grades are changed to W cannot be made public. Academic Affairs is looking at creating a summary of grade changes. When a letter grade is changed the faculty member is informed. This doesn’t happen often but should be included on the summary.
Motion: Academic integrity requires faculty be notified whenever a grade change is processed (i.e., the grade was changed to blank and by whom) (Roth/Hornstein). Passed
I talked to Pat Arseneault about our motion. She will send me some information on what she is able to do for us. - Discussed
FA President Schoenberger clarified Pat Arseneault is a lawyer; however, she is not the IFO’s lawyer and confirmed Pat cannot be the attorney for any faculty member.
c. Scheduling for Fall 2005/2006 at the same time (Karasik FA 022205 8.c) – Discussed.
d. GECs request that Senate clarifies the role of GEC in curriculum approval process for general education courses. (GEC) – Discussed
f. Association Grievance on Supervision of IFO members. (Hornstein) – Discussed
Motion to proceed with the association grievance by the deadline of March 14 and also talk with other unions and mediate as soon as possible (Hornstein/Fisher). Passed
g. Ward Churchill at the University of Colorado (Condon) – Not discussed
h. New Constitution with 1 year presidency (Schoenberger, will do this after break) – Not discussed.
9. Adjournment at 4:45 PM.