November 22, 2005
OFFICERS: Judy Kilborn, Annette Schoenberger, JoAnn Gasparino, Robert Johnson
IFO BOARD: Jayantha Herath, Andrew Larkin, Annette Schoenberger; Negotiator: Bill Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) P.N. SubbaNarasimha; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) William Hudson; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Stephen Hornstein; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Nona Wilson, Robert Murphy; (HRESS) Mark Moore, Caryl Martin; (HURL) Michael Tripp; (LDR) John Rapp, Frances Kayona; (IM) John Theis; (SPED) John Hoover, Dory Beutel; (TDEV) David Heine, Geoffrey Tabakin, Ramon Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Frances Condon; (ART) Nancy Weston; (CDSI) Margery Whites; (CMST) Scott Wells, Dan Wildeson, David Warne; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, Suzanne Ross, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Gloria Melgarejo, Bill Langen; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Marion Judish, Mark Springer; (PHIL) Yiwei Zheng, Carla Johnson; (THFD) Debra Leigh
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) Oladele Gazal, Heiko Schoenfuss, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Mahin Sadrai, Becky Krystyniak; (CSCI) Andrew Anda; (EAS) Tony Hansen; (EE) Ling Hou; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, vacant, William Branson; (NURS) Sue Herm; (PHYS) Kevin Haglin; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah, John Gammell
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Mary Clifford; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJUS) vacant, vacant; (ECON) Ming Chien Lo; Orn Bodvarsson; (ES) Dia Cha; (GEOG) Ken Wong; (HIST) Mark Jaede; (POL) Steve Frank; (PSYC) Leslie Valdes; (SW) Sandra Chesborough; (SAN) Tracy Ore, John Alessio; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Susan Motin; (OAA) vacant; (COUN) JoAnn Gasparino; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Sandra Q. Williams, Tom Hergert; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) Jenifer Odette
1. Call to order at 3:25 p.m.
Kilborn briefly discussed new configuration of the room and the microphones.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of November 8, 2005 (FS 112205 2.a)—not in packet.
b. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of October 25, 2005 (FS 112205 2.b)—filed.
c. Budget Review Committee Minutes of October 26, 2005 (FS 112205 2.c.1)—filed; November 1, 2005 (FS 112205 2.c.2)—filed.
d. International Studies Committee Minutes of November 4, 2005 (FS 112205 2.d)
Motion to approve ISC minutes of November 4, 2005—(Dorn/Gasparino). Passed
There was discussion about student return date for summer.
e. General Education Committee Minutes of November 7, 2005 (FS 112205 2.e)—filed.
f. University Curriculum Committee Minutes of November 3, 2005 (FS 112205 2.f.1); November 10 , 2005 (FS 112205 2.f.2.a-2.f.2.m)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of November 3, 2005—(Dorn/Condon). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of November 10, 2005—(Dorn/Condon).
Kilborn directed Senate to the forms in the packet. There was discussion about the forms.
Separate the motion concerning the curriculum forms, so we can take them back to the departments for review, feedback, and comments, and come back with those by the first Senate meeting in the spring —(Johnson).
Motion to send documents (curriculum forms) and take them back to the departments for review, feedback, and bring comments to the first Senate meeting in the spring—(Johnson/ Schoenberger). Passed
g. Strategic Planning Committee Minutes of November 3, 2005 (FS 112205 2.g.1 and 2.6.2; also see FS 110805 8.k)
Kilborn explained handouts to Senate and pointed out motions. There was some discussion about the impact of the changes. There were two problems apparent this fall: 1. we couldn’t find the document that explained the committee; 2. a lot of people weren’t showing up for the meetings even though they were on the committee. Schoenberger explained the documentation showing who was on the committee and who is showing up so that those not showing up can be replaced. Another issue was who people were representing: their union or their supervisors. This new membership and guidelines will regularize what happens.
Motion to approve SPC minutes of November 3, 2005—(Schoenberger/Ore). Passed
Separate Membership and Terms—(Johnson)
Motion to send the SPC Membership and Terms Proposal to departments for comment and bring comments to Senate on December 6, 2005—(Schoenberger/Hergert). Passed
There was discussion about hearing from the other unions.
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first meeting of the month.
4. Consent Agenda
NCA Research Committee: Tirthankar Ghosh (Statistics)
Motion to approve the consent agenda—(Johnson/Condon). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items
· There was a request that an email from Ravi Kalia that was circulating on campus regarding Frank Conroy be added to the agenda (Sadrai). Kilborn made a statement that Wil Harri and Frank Conroy are no longer employed by the IFO and that she and the IFO Board members were bound not to discuss this item due to its personnel nature.
· Dean Search for the VP of Student Life and Development (Ore): added to 6.e
· Fox 9 News report disparaging fellow colleague (Hansen): added to 8.m
6. Announcements
a. Update on COE (a.k.a. Motion from Teacher Development)—the new name of the taskforce is COE Taskforce. Nancy Jessee has been added to the taskforce, and mediators recommended by the Mediation Coordination Committee will facilitate the taskforce. Taskforce on Diversity Education: Condon gave a brief update that the major stumbling block of the committee is the size of the taskforce. She has had a couple of meetings with Rex Veeder regarding the managing of the taskforce and it has been decided to have subcommittees. Rex Veeder is writing up the recommendations (he’s been out of town) to manage the taskforce appropriately.
b. 1B1 Equity Officer Training—Pat Arsenault came to campus and trained 8 people to serve as equity officers (helping people filing 1B1 complaints go through the process). The process of appointing the officers needs to be discussed by EC. Senate will get an update from EC.
c. CLEP (FS 112205 6.c.1-6.c.)—Schoenberger explained that she wrote as a recommendation to the Board, included in Senate materials. At the last legislature, three pieces were passed that require that we accept AP and CLEP credits as college credit, and they also provide money for the exams. Setting the CLEP cut scores is being done by the governor’s office. NOTE: People who take the tests do better than those who do not take the tests. High school students are not taking the tests. She discussed the cut scores and the slide show in the packet. There was some discussion about the tests. Schoenberger answered some questions from Senate and discussed credits, Cs, and Ss. CLEP uses Cs, and SCSU uses Ss.
d. Request to Hire Form (FS 112205 6.d)—Kilborn said that this was on Meet and Confer but it wasn’t discussed. The Provost has asked for feedback on the draft in the packet and the EC will bring faculty concerns to Meet and Confer. The draft document is not set in stone. Kilborn discussed why the Provost would like the form. There was discussion about the form and whether it is for new positions. Schoenberger noted that all vacant positions go back to Academic Affairs and are considered as new positions.
Kilborn discussed early, active participation with Administration by moving to a model that allows faculty to give feedback before it goes to a more final phase. Senate discussed their past problems with forms. There was discussion about when new forms are being drafted the old forms need to be status quo so that business can go on as usual while the draft is being considered.
Motion for the Meet and Confer Team to take this form to Meet and Confer with the sense of the FS and statement that no hires for next fall will be held up while this form is being drafted—(Hergert/ Schoenberger). Passed
There was discussion for and against the motion. Kilborn discussed the new Data Book that came out yesterday and the relation to the forms. She discussed that the Provost would like to move toward a more data driven decision-making process.
e. Dean Searches (COE, COSS, COB, VP of SLD)—Kilborn stated that all of these searches are going forward. There are ten names on the ballot for the COE, which will go out tomorrow. COB has four people on the ballot. There is already a COSS search committee. The Provost will send out a clarifying email about the searches.
There was discussion about the number of people in the COB. Currently there is one at-large candidate for the COB. Kilborn was asked to delay the COB until after they met today, which may or may not get more people to come forward.
There was discussion about why Administration has delayed the process of the search committees. Kilborn stated part of the delay was that Administration was trying to figure out if they should go ahead with all the searches at one time.
Search firms have been chosen, including for Affirmative Action Search. We found out that what was promised in Meet and Confer regarding this search isn’t happening for Affirmative Action. The contract for the search firm follows a different pattern than what was discussed last year in Meet and Confer. The search firm will conduct “airport interviews” and will bring forward ten candidates for the committee to review.
Student Life and Development committee member discussed that the same thing is happening for them, and what was agreed to isn’t happening. She discussed that Marty Cizek will pick ten candidates to bring forward to the committee. She didn’t know where to go from there, she didn’t want to slow down the process, but she questioned why have the committee if they aren’t doing the work.
There was some discussion about using search firms. It was noted that although they may work faster than the faculty search committees, Administration makes the choice in the end. There was discussion for the need of clarification in faculty roles. Kilborn said that the problem is with conferring, and she asked committee members to keep Senate posted.
f. CARE Training—the schedule with dates and times will be sent out via email. There has been some concern that there will not be enough training sessions for FS. Senate discussed conflicts of attending that need to be resolved. CARE committee member stated that the trainers are already paid for and the Provost has stated in the past that it is okay for faculty members to assign out-of-class assignments to enable faculty to attend workshops.
g. Delegate Assembly – March 24-25, 2005—Reminder: soon we will be asking for names. We have 44 places available.
7. Unfinished Business
a. Academic Freedom Committee Report (Condon)—to be discussed at next Senate meeting.
b. Student Pictures on Roster (FS 102505 8.j)
Motion that the FS support a program to pilot having access to student pictures who are in their courses (after the first day of class with student consent) to see if faculty find it helps in making a connection with the students more quickly, and in the process enhances student retention—(Chesborough/ Johnson). Withdrawn.
There was discussion about a “Face Book” that is already available on HuskyNet.
Motion to have student pictures on the roster—(Hansen/Roth). Passed
There was discussion for and against the motion. Invasion of privacy issues were raised, and it was recommended that students should have the option of whether or not they wanted their pictures used, similar to email on Huskynet.
Motion to close debate—(Schoenberger/Gasparino). Passed
8. New Business—agenda moved to item 8.d, Early Notification System for Students
a. Recruitment and Retention—not discussed.
b. Summer Session (FS 092705 8.e.1; FS 092705 8.e.2)—not discussed.
c. Space Assignment Policy (FS 092705 8.f)—not discussed.
d. Early Notification System for Students (a.k.a. Early Warning Notice) (FS 102505 8.e)
Motion to endorse the Early Notification System for Students pilot project—(Johnson/Schoenberger). Passed
e. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of September 13, 2005 (FS 101105 2.d)—not discussed.
f. Meeting Rooms for Senate (Williams)—not discussed.
g. Rights and Responsibilities under the Grade Appeal Policy (FS 102505 6.e.1 and 6.e.2)—not discussed.
h. Academic Freedom and Responsibility (a.k.a. Academic Bill of Rights) (FS 110805 8.j)—not discussed.
i. Strategic Planning: Academic Distinction Draft Performance Indicators (FS 110805 8.k)—not discussed.
j. Diversity and Public Celebrations of Religious/Cultural Differences (FS 112205 8.k)—Passed in minutes for November 3, 2005.
k. Doctorates—not discussed.
l. University College—not discussed.
m. Fox 9 News Report (Hansen)—not discussed.
9. Adjournment at 5:00 p.m.