FACULTY SENATE meeting MINUTES
March 15, 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 3:22 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of February 22/March 1, 2005 (FS 031505 2.a)
Motion to approve the Faculty Senate Minutes of February 22/March 1, 2005 (Whites/Clifford). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of March 3, 2005 (FS 031505 2.b)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the Executive Committee Minutes of
March 3, 2005 (Jazwinski/Condon). Passed
c. DGS Advisory Committee Minutes of February 8, 2005 (FS 031505 2.c) – File
d. Faculty Research Grants Committee Minutes of February 11, 2005 (FS 031505 2.d)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the Faculty Research Grants Committee Minutes of February 11, 2005 (Jazwinski/Gasparino). Passed
e. General Education Committee Minutes of Feb. 18, 2005, Feb. 25, 2005(FS 031505 2.e.1, 2.e.2)
Motion to approve the actions taken in the GEC Committee Minutes of February 18 and February 25, 2005 (Jazwinski/Condon). Passed
f. International Studies Committee Minutes of Feb. 4, 2005 and Feb. 22, 2005 (FS 031505 2.f)
International Studies Committee Minutes of February 4, 2005 – File
Motion to approve the actions taken in the International Studies Committee of February 22, 2005, with the exception of the motion to strongly endorse the proposal for Proposed Discretionary, Program-Specific Budget Enhancement for British Studies Programs and to take it directly to Dr. Zhang for implementation (Hergert/Whites). Passed
Motion that Faculty Senate endorse the International Studies Committee’s decision to endorse the proposal for Proposed Discretionary, Program-Specific Budget Enhancement for British Studies Programs made by Ken Schneider (Hergert/Whites). Passed
g. Budget Review Committee Minutes of February 8, 2005 (FS 031505 2.g) – File
h. Minutes from the Audience Response System Task Force (FS 031505 2.h) - File
3. Treasurer’s Report – No report until the next Faculty Senate meeting.
The agenda was moved to 6. Announcements while elections were held.
6. Announcements
b. Budget Committee December 13, 2004 (FS 022205 6.b)
Senate will vote on this at the next Faculty Senate meeting.
c. Class Schedule with meeting times (FS 031505 6.c)
FA President Schoenberger asked Senators to please send her an e-mail if they have any other recommendations prior to the next Faculty Senate meeting. It was agreed Senators may discuss this schedule with their departments.
The agenda was returned to the Consent Agenda.
4. Consent Agenda
a. NCA Committees:
Program Review Committee: ELECTION Joyce Simones, John Hoover, Marcelyn Smale, Mark Petzold,
Research Committee: ELECTION Lakshmaiah Sreerama, King Banaian, Maria Mikolchak, Michner Bender, Mark Petzold
*The faculty members whose names are in bold were elected.
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda (Kilborn/Gasparino). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items – None.
6. Announcements
a. 4:40 Student Government Academic Affairs Committee, Grade Appeal Policy – (Did not show.)
d. IFO State Meetings 05-06 (FS 031505 6.d) – Discussed
e. Summer School Low Enrollment Classes Report – It was not necessary to discuss this, since it was discussed at the last Faculty Senate meeting.
f. Student Program Completion, John Gardner, Is any committee working on this? Strategic Planning, Enrollment Management?
John Gardner is an expert on student learning in the first two years, and he’ll be giving a series of interactive workshops. Frankie Condon asked for Senators to please advocate Faculty Forum Day. Invitations were sent to faculty teaching 100 and 200-level courses.
g. Proposed Changes to Faculty Association Constitution and Bylaws (FS 031505 6.g)
Motion to ask FA President Schoenberger to submit to the Senate another version of her proposal for a two-year term for the FA President as well as a two-year term for the FA Vice President with the FA Vice President serving on the IFO Board (Roth/Jaede). Passed
FA President Schoenberger will bring the two-year President/Vice President proposal to the Constitution back to Faculty Senate to review.
Motion that Faculty Senate submit three names for the NCA Research Committee (Roth/Seconded). Passed
7. Unfinished Business
a. Ward Churchill at the University of Colorado (Condon)
Frankie Condon asked for Senators to please review the handout distributed on this subject and to come back to Senate with a time definite of the next Senate meeting to discuss drafting a resolution for academic freedom for faculty at SCSU.
b. New Constitution with one year president (Schoenberger) – Discussed
8. New Business
a. Mandatory Diversity Training (Fisher) – Not discussed
b. Educational Reforms (FS 031505 8.b)(Hornstein) – Not discussed
9. Adjourned at 5:07 PM.