February 21, 2006
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) Monica Devers; (ART) Nancy Weston; (CDSI) Rebecca Crowell; (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, vacant; (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) vacant; (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) Chris Jazwinski; (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
GUESTS: John Palmer; Marla Kanengieter-Wildeson
1. Call to order at 3:25 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of February 7, 2006 (FS 022106 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of February 7, 2006—(Hoover/Roth). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of January 31, 2006 (FS 022106 2.b.1); February 14, 2006 (FS 022106 2.b.2)
Motion to approve EC minutes of January 31, 2006—(Schoenberger/Onyiah). Passed
Motion to approve EC minutes of February 14, 2006—(Schoenberger/Murphy). Passed
c. University Curriculum Minutes of February 2, 2006 (FS 022106 2.c.1); February 9, 2006 (FS 022106 2.c.2)—filed.
Motion to approve UC minutes of February 2, 2006—(Dorn/Roth). Passed
d. General Education Committee Minutes of February 3, 2006 (FS 022106 2.d.)—filed; February 10, 2006 (FS 022106 2.d.2)—filed.
e. Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of February 15, 2006 (FS 022106 2.e.1, 2.e.2, 2.e.3)
Motion to approve Academic Affairs Committee minutes of February 15, 2006—(Williams/Murphy). Passed
One of the committee members explained the Assessment of Prior Leaning Policy and Procedures motion, and there was discussion about the proposed changes in the policy.
f. Professional Development Committee Minutes of February 15, 2006 (FS 022106 2.f.)
Motion to approve Professional Development Committee minutes of February 15, 2006—(Schoenberger/Dorn). Passed
Motion to ask Professional Development Committee to review their grant application rules and instructions given to faculty and bring back to Senate recommendations—(Schoenberger/Hergert).
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first meeting of the month.
4. Consent Agenda—ballots were passed out, and votes will be tallied later in the meeting.
7. Unfinished Business
c. Rights and Responsibilities under the Grade Appeal Policy (FS 022106 7.c)—Kilborn pointed out changes in the policy from Meet and Confer.
Motion to approved changes to the Grade Appeal Policy—(Hornstein/Motin). Passed
4. Consent Agenda—those elected are underlined below:
Service Learning Committee (two from each college):
COB: Brad Sleeper (Marketing/Business Law)
COE: Rod Dobey (HPERSS); Leeann Jorgensen (EDAD); Tonya Huber (HURL)
COFAH: Keith Christensen (Art); Maria Mikolchak (Foreign Languages); Pam Secklin (CMST)
COSE: Tara Harl (Aviation)
COSS: Michelle Hammes (Political Science); Rona Karasik (Community Studies)
Special Services: Vacant
Motion to approve Consent Agenda—(Schoenberger/Onyiah). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items
· Ombudsperson (Steve Frank)
· COSS Search (Robert Johnson)
6. Announcements
a. Sabbaticals (FS 022106 6.a.)—Kilborn pointed out the information she received from the Provost at Meet and Confer in the packet.
Motion to ask for names of people who applied for promotions, tenures, sabbaticals; the years since their last promotion or sabbatical; and whether or not they received what they applied for, on an annual basis—(Frank/Motin). Passed
b. Request to Hire Form (FS 022106 6.b)—Kilborn pointed out this handout for information only.
c. Reporting Last Date of Attendance—Kilborn stressed the importance of providing this information to Administration because it affects whether or not SCSU has to return financial aid funds to the federal government. There was discussion about determining the last day of attendance. Kilborn thanked the faculty who have sent in information already.
d. Higher Education Research Institute Faculty Survey Results (FS 022106 6.d)—discussed below.
e. COSS Search—Kilborn explained that John Palmer, FA Grievance Officer, was a guest in Senate to discuss this item, which may be a step three grievance if Administration does not decide to revoke their committee appointee of Kathy Uradnik to the COSS Search Committee as EC discussed with Administration in Meet and Confer last Thursday. This item was added to the agenda under New Business below.
d. Higher Education Research Institute Faculty Survey Results (FS 022106 6.d)—Kilborn pointed out the handout, which is information that Senate requested previously.
8. New Business
h. COSS Search (Johnson)—there was discussion about how this item came to EC’s attention at Meet and Confer. John Palmer discussed the background to this item.
Motion to request permission from the Provost for an extension in the filing timeline, and if not granted the FA will file a grievance immediately—(Roth/Tabakin). Failed
Motion for the Faculty Senate to ask the IFO to file a step-three grievance on this violation of the contract (Art. 6, Sec. B, Subd. 2; Art. 3, Sec. B)—(Jazwinski/Langen). Passed
Motion to note that there was no dissenting votes on the motion above—(Frank/Motin). Passed
Motion to close debate—(Onyiah/Schoenberger). Passed
7. Unfinished Business
a. Academic Freedom Report (FS 020706 7.a.)—not discussed.
b. Doctorates (FS 020706 7.b.; FS 022106 7.b.)—not discussed.
c. Rights and Responsibilities under the Grade Appeal Policy (FS 022106 7.c.)—discussed above.
8. New Business
a. Summer Session (FS 092705 8.e.1; FS 092705 8.e.2)—not discussed.
b. Space Assignment Policy (FS 092705 8.f)—not discussed.
c. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of September 13, 2005 (FS 101105 2.d)—not discussed.
d. Meeting Rooms for Senate (Williams)—not discussed.
e. Placement Tests (Dorn) (FS 020706 8.g.)—not discussed.
f. Proposed BPAC Policy Dropping Students for Non-payment—not discussed.
g. Ombudsperson (Frank)—not discussed.
h. COSS Search (Johnson)—discussed above.
9. Adjournment at 5:05 p.m.