April 22, 2008
OFFICERS: Judy Kilborn, Annette Schoenberger, Michael Connaughton, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Fred Hill, David Warne, John Palmer
NEGOTIATOR: Bill Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) vacant; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Bill Lepkowski, Robert Murphy; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, Caryl Martin; (HURL) vacant; (LDR) John Rapp, Michael Mills; (IM) Darlene St. Clair; (SPED) Kathy Johnson, Janet Salk (TDEV) vacant, Steve Hornstein, Ramon Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) vacant; (ART) Nancy Levy, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Rebecca Crowell; (CMST) Traci Anderson, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, Bruce Hyde; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, vacant, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Bill Langen, Luz Triana-Echeverria, vacant; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Marion Judish, vacant; (PHIL) Susana Nuccetelli, Andy Platt; (THFD) Debra Leigh
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) vacant, vacant, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Nathan Winter, Becky Krystyniak; (CSCI) Andrew Anda, Donald Hamnes; (EAS) Bob Weisman; (EE) Sura Lekhakul, Tim Vogt; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, Janis Cimperman, Carol Theisen; (NURS) Patty Bresser; (PHYS) John Liu; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah, vacant
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Robert Johnson; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, Richard Lawrence; (ECON) David Switzer; Mana Komai; (ES) Kyoko Kishimoto; (GEOG) Ken Wong; (HIST) Mark Jaede; Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Edward Greaves; (PSYC) Marlene Devoe, Jody Illies; (SW) Elizabeth Talbot; (SAN) Mark Muniz, Robert Lavenda; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) JoAnn Gasparino; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin; (COUN) Steve Jenkins; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Tom Steman, Tom Hergert; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) vacant
1. Call to order: 3:25 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of April 1, 2008 and April 8, 2008 (FS 042208 2.a.) (Roth/Tabakin) Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of April 15, 2008 (FS 042208 2.b.) (Palmer/Hill) Passed
Separated: Disband current On-line Taskforce and reconstitute a new taskforce that will reexamine the role of the Center for Continuing Studies.
Divided:
Disband on-line taskforce. Failed
Constitute a new taskforce that will reexamine the role of the Center for Continuing Studies. Passed
Motion: The FA Senate authorizes an ad hoc working group to draft a position paper addressing issues and challenges in the areas of e-learning and on-line education. The group will be created from volunteers and by invitation, with the final make-up to be approved by the EC. Senator Tom Hergert will convene the group. Contact him to volunteer or to recommend members. (Hergert/Hill) Passed
Motion: This position paper should be completed and brought to Senate for feedback and revision in Sept. 2008 (Kilborn/Hill) passed
c. University Curriculum Minutes. Draft Process for Curriculum Approval (FS 091107 2.c.2.) – awaiting legislative version for action. Minutes of March 27, 2008 (FS 042208 2.c.1.) (Hill/Jaede) Passed; Minutes of April 3, 2008 (FS 042208 2.c.2.) (Herath/Hergert) Passed
d. Placement Testing Task Force Minutes of March 12, 2008 (FS 031808 2.j.) – postponed awaiting recommendation concerning membership and mission. Minutes of March 26, 2008 (FS 042208 2.d.1.)—Filed; Minutes of April 9, 2008 (FS 042208 2.d.2) Motion: Return these minutes to the committee to align with DGS program and talk to the members of the DGS committee. (Tabakin/Palmer)
Motion: Postpone action on these minutes until the next Senate meeting. (Palmer/Roth) passed
e. Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of March 24, 2008, with relevant documents (FS 040108 2.i.3.-2.i.6.) - postponed until April 22nd Senate—
2.i.4. separate changes:
considered routinely accepted failed;
Credits from non-regionally accredited institutions will be evaluated for transfer, but additional documentation may be required. (See Admission into a Major Program for additional information) Passed
Motion to Amend: replace evaluated with considered (Roth/Jaede) Failed
Minutes of March 31, 2008, with relevant documents (FS 042208 2.e.1.-2.e.5.) (Herath/Palmer) Passed;
Minutes of April 14, 2008, with relevant documents (FS 042208 2.e.6.-2.e.8.) (Herath/Inkster) Passed;
f. Division of General Studies (DGS) Minutes of March 25, 2008 (FS 042208 2.f.1.) – to file
g. TLTR Notes of April 4, 2008 (FS 042208 2.g.1.) – to file; TLTR Notes of April 11, 2008 (FS 042208 2.g.2.) – to file; TLTR Notes of April 18, 2008 (FS 042208 2.g.3.) – to file
h. General Education Committee Minutes of October 19, 2007 (FS 042208 2.h.1.) – to file; Minutes of October 26, 2007 (FS 042208 2.h.2.) – to file; Minutes of November 30, 2007 (FS 042208 2.h.3.) – to file; Minutes of February 1, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.4.) – to file; Minutes of February 8, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.5.) – to file; Minutes of February 15, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.6.) – to file; Minutes of February 22, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.7.) – to file; Minutes of March 14, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.8.) – to file; Minutes of March 21, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.9.) – to file because the only motion was reconsidered in the March 28th meeting; Minutes of March 28, 2008 (FS 042208 2.h.10.) (Karasik/Cimperman) Passed
i. Budget Advisory Group Minutes of April 1, 2008 (FS 042208 2.i.1.); Minutes of April 15, 2008 (FS 042208 2.i.2.a. and 2.1.2.b.) – to file
j. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of March 19, 2008 (FS 042208 2.j.1.) (Inkster/Jaede) Passed; Minutes of March 26, 2008 (FS 042208 2.j.2.) – to file; Minutes of April 9, 2008 (FS 042208 2.j.3.) – to file
k. Orientation Task Force Minutes for December 19, 2007 (FS 042208 2.k.1.) – to file; Minutes for January 22, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.2.) – to file; Minutes for January 30, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.3.) – to file; Minutes for February 13, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.4.) – to file; Minutes for February 20, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.5.) – to file; Minutes for February 26, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.6.) – to file; Minutes for March 12, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.7.) – to file; Minutes for March 26, 2008 (FS 042208 2.k.8.) – to file
3. Treasurer’s Report
4. Consent Agenda (Schoenberger/Gasparino) Passed
International Studies Committee
Former Overseas Center Directors (2): Jo Ann Asquith (MKGB)
5. Special Elections
Strategic Planning Committee
HCOB (2) – no volunteer
COE (2) – Kay Worner (EDAD)
COFAH (1) – Monica Devers (CDIS) and Eddah Mutua-Kombo (CMST)
COSE (1) - Daniel Gregory (CHEM); Amos Olagunju (STAT); Lakshmaiah Sreerama (CHEM); Annette Schoenberger (CSCI); and Timothy Vogt (ECE)
COSS (1) – Mark Jaede (HIST); Chukwunyere Ugochukwu (CMTY)
6. Call for New Agenda Items
7. Announcements
a. Location for next Senate meeting: Cascade on May 6th
b. The Status of the Contract—Governor signed the contract the salary changes should be in the May 23 pay check.
c. Statewide Meet and Confer
· Report of the Task Force on Degree Credit Caps — This report will be available on www.scsufa.org when the Provost sends an electronic copy.
· FY 08 IT Allocation (FS 042208 7.c.1.) — Handout received at statewide M&C distributed for information.
· $5 million allocated to campuses for ITS (FS 042208 7.c.2.) — Handout received at statewide M&C distributed for information.
· Amendment to Policy 2.2 State Residency Requirements (FS 042208 7.c.3.) — Handout received at statewide M&C distributed for information.
· Proposed Procedure 3.35 Credit for Prior Learning (FS 042208 7.c.4.) — Handout received at statewide M&C distributed for information. Note information on credit based upon portfolio assessment.
· D2L — If you are teaching SSI, upload your materials early. The upgrade may not be completed when SSI begins. Also, they will probably delete discussion forum postings prior to December 2006, so if you need to keep them for research, assessment, or other purposes, be sure to copy the information yourself. You can contact D2L@stcloudstate.edu for information or assistance.
d. Notification of Tenure/Promotion Decisions — The tenure and promotion letters were late this year. Most letters were delivered on April 16, and the date for notification was April 11th for tenure and April 14th for promotion. The Provost is willing to meet after the deadline of April 18th with those who wish to meet with him.
e. Based upon the IFO/MnSCU Master Agreement ‑ Article 6: Association Rights, In-house flowcharts about the processes for appointing faculty to college and university-level committees & to ex officio appointments (FS 042208 7.e.) — handout distributed for information.
f. Academic Action Plan (FS 042208 7.f.) and Planning Survey: Deadline of April 24th
g. Local Meet and Confer
· IRS Code §409A (FS 042208 7.g.1.) — Starting this summer, faculty will need to elect 9-month or 12-month pay calendar and stay with that choice. The IRS penalty is 20% for those who do not. The choice will be made as usual when we are asked to sign our yearly form.
· Proposed Policies on D and R grades (FS 042208 7.g.2.) — The Administration said that MnSCU policy prevents them from accepting our recommendation concerning D grades and distributed the relevant MnSCU document. The Administration indicated that it will incorporate our ideas about R grades into the definition of IP grades and will bring us a revised document for review.
· Recommendation concerning Foundation of Excellence (see New Business, FS 042208 9.e.) — Academic Planning work group recommended the Foundation of Excellence, and the Administration would like our response to that recommendation.
· Request for six faculty to serve on national search for AVP for faculty relations — The FA office will put out a call. The Administration explained that the national search will not exclude internal candidates and that such a search would raise the bar for candidates.
· Information concerning Sponsored Programs (FS 042208 7.g.3.)
8. Unfinished Business
9. New Business
10. Adjournment: 5:17 pm
Submitted by Annette Schoenberger