March 28, 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/John Palmer, 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) Emily Schultz, Robert Lavenda; (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: Lisa Foss, Mark Nook, Theresa Sheehan
1. Call to order at 3:29 p.m.
8. New Business
h. Time Definite – 3:30 p.m., Guests: Lisa Foss and Mark Nook – Plan for Enhancing Student Success at SCSU 2006-2011 (FS 032806 8.h.)—Foss and Nook were invited in at 3:30 p.m., and they spoke about this item. Nook asked for faculty to look it over, share it with their colleagues, and bring back feedback to Senate to discuss with Administration. It will be pointed out at Meet and Confer this Thursday. There are eight recommendations and 27 action items in the plan. Nook pointed out four of the most critical components: student orientation plan for students fall 2007, university-wide tutoring center for fall of 2008, development of one-stop student services program for fall of 2007, and a new faculty orientation program. It was noted that many of the Committee on Student Success members were faculty. Nook and Foss answered faculty questions. Workload was a concern expressed by faculty. Kilborn will send out electronic copies to faculty, and it will be posted on the FA website. It will be discussed in two weeks at Senate. It will also be sent out by Administration through “ANNOUNCE.”
4. Consent Agenda—ballots were passed out, and results will be voted on later in the meeting.
6. Announcements
a. Kilborn announced that Senate will meet for the next three weeks.
7. Unfinished Business
b. Time Definite – 4:00 p.m., Guest: Theresa Sheehan: Doctorates (FS 020706 7.b)—Sheehan, chair of UCC, spoke about this item. UCC has some concerns, which they feel might be more appropriate for Senate to address, such as: resources, guidelines from MnSCU for split-level classes, and sending quality proposals to MnSCU. Sheehan asked Senate: what is the direction that FS would like UCC to go? Sheehan discussed UCC’s current role in this process. There was discussion about the item.
Motion for EC to put together an ad hoc committee composed of relevant aspects of FA structure to report in three weeks when they meet—(Frank/Hornstein). Passed
Motion for UCC to hold all applied doctorate approvals and recommendations for one month until they get some feedback from Senate—(Frank/Palmer). Failed
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of March 14, 2006 (FS 032806 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of March 14, 2006—(Schoenberger/Roth). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of March 21, 2006 (FS 032806 2.b)
Motion to approve EC minutes of March 21, 2006—(Onyiah/Gasparino). Passed
Kilborn pointed out the grievance motion in the EC minutes that EC supported.
c. University Curriculum Minutes of March 2, 2006, 2006 (FS 032806 2.c.); March 16, 2006 (FS 032806 2.c.2)
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of March 2, 2006—(Schoenberger/Jazwinski). Passed
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of March 16, 2006—(Schoenberger/Gasparino). Passed
d. International Studies Committee Minutes of March 13, 2006 (FS 032806 2.d.1; 2.d.2); February 13, 2006 (FS 032806 2.d.3.)—filed.
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of March 13, 2006—(Schoenberger/Gasparino). Passed
Kilborn pointed out the form that was negotiated between Administration and the International Studies Committee in the minutes. A committee member spoke about the form. Senate asked that the fees be added to the form, and the committee member will take this back to the committee. Another committee member spoke about the separate subcommittee called the British Studies Committee.
e. Budget Committee Minutes of February 15, 2006 (FS 032806 2.e)—filed.
f. DGS (Division of General Studies) Minutes of February 28, 2006 (FS 032806 2.f)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first meeting of the month.
4. Consent Agenda
FA
Positions
Secretary: JoAnn Gasparino
Treasurer: John Palmer
Minnesota Online Council (one person)
Brad Isberner (COE)
Matthew Julius (COSE)
James Robinson (COFAH)
Lakshmaiah (Ram) Sreerama (COSE)
Search Committee for Director for Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Education (Fixed Term) – five faculty, one from each college outside of
LR&TS
COB: Vacant
COE: Vacant
COFAH: Joseph Edelheit (Director of Jewish Studies, Philosophy)
COSE: Tara Harl (Aviation)
COSS: Barry Schreiber (Criminal Justice)
International Student Services Committee
COE: Dan Macari
Motion to approve consent agenda (those elected are underlined above)—(Schoenberger/Onyiah). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items—none.
6. Announcements
b. Constitutional Review Committee Report (FS 032806 6.a.)—Larkin spoke to this item in the packet.
c. FA Grievance—Kilborn gave an update. Chris Dale has denied step III, and Pat Arsenault is bringing it to arbitration.
d. Delegate Assembly—Kilborn asked for reimbursement forms to be turned into the FA office as soon as possible.
e. IFO Lobbying—Kilborn announced that the bonding bill passed. The Dream Act bill passed. On Lobby Day, the Clear Language bill was discussed. The IFO Board and Delegate Assembly voted to oppose this bill. By Easter/Passover Break, the IFO/MnSCU contract will go forward. The Alternative Licensure bill failed in either the House or Senate, but it is still going forward.
f. SCSU Self-Study Campus Feedback -- http://www.stcloudstate.edu/nca/default.asp-- please visit this site. They are looking for faculty response.
g. Calendar Task Force (FS 032806 6.d.)—Committee on the Institution would be part of this committee in the future. This will be on the agenda for Meet and Confer.
9. Recess at 5:01 p.m. Meeting will reconvene April 4, 2006.
April 4, 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/John Palmer, 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) Emily Schultz, Robert Lavenda; (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
6. Announcements
g. Contracts have arrived. Please check to make sure that your contact is complete with no missing pages, no errors, etc.
h. DA checks will be signed today, and sent out tomorrow through campus mail.
i. Next Tuesday, April 11, 2006, there will be a new Senate meeting. Please note it will be in a different location: CH 202.
j. The deadline for the local and IFO Board positions and the standing committee calls that Monica emailed is this Friday. Please contact Monica if you are interested.
10. Reconvene at 3:28 p.m.
7. Unfinished Business
d. COSS Dean Search—we’ve been given an offer from Administration, which is on the blue handout. President Saigo has said that we can have unlimited faculty representation and that this would not be precedent setting.
Motion:
1. The FA requests that President Saigo withdraw his appointment of a faculty member to the COSS Dean Search Committee.
2. Then the FA will return its members to the search committee—(Larkin/Gasparino).
Motion to substitute—(Jaede/Hornstein). Passed
Motion that the Faculty Association accepts President Saigo’s proposal to resolve the grievance over the appointment of Dr. Kathleen Uradnik to the COSS Dean Search Committee in the following manner:
1. Dr. Uradnik shall serve as a voting Presidential Appointee on this committee and for this search only, and
2. All previous named faculty representatives shall return to the committee as full voting members, and
3. Two additional voting faculty representatives shall be chosen by the FA to serve on the COSS Dean Search Committee,
PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT
None of the above shall be effective unless and until the President of the University and the President of the Faculty Association sign a Memorandum of Agreement that this resolution is undertaken solely for the purpose of resolving this particular issue in a timely manner so that the search for a new COSS dean may proceed, and that this resolution shall not be construed in any manner as a precedent for future interpretation or application of Article 6 of the IFO-MnSCU Master Agreement—Passed
Motion to amend part three as written below—(Schoenberger/Onyiah). Withdrawn
3. An additional voting faculty representative in each college department shall be chosen by the FA to serve on the COSS Dean Search Committee,
Motion to amend by striking section below—(Roth/Schoenberger). Failed
“PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT
None of the above shall be effective unless and until the President of the University and the President of the Faculty Association sign a Memorandum of Agreement that this resolution is undertaken solely for the purpose of resolving this particular issue in a timely manner so that the search for a new COSS dean may proceed, and that this resolution shall not be construed in any manner as a precedent for future interpretation or application of Article 6 of the IFO-MnSCU Master Agreement”
Motion to close debate—(Onyiah/Jaede). Passed
Motion to amend by adding at the end of the above motion: “Further, the document will reaffirm the exclusive right of the FA to appoint its own members to committees formed through the Meet and Confer process as indicated in Article 6 of the IFO-MnSCU Master Agreement”—(Hornstein/Larkin). Failed
Motion to close debate—(Onyiah/Jazwinski). Passed
Motion that the two additional faculty members will be from the COSS departments that did not have anyone on the original committee—(Frank/Lavenda). Passed
It was suggested that Senate vote on the two additional members on the Consent Agenda next Tuesday at Senate. Kilborn will put out a call tomorrow, and the people from the COSS will vote next week. Kilborn will notify Senate when there is a signed Memorandum of Agreement and then notify the original committee members that they can return to the search committee.
a. Academic Freedom Report (FS 020706 7.a.)
Motion from Andy Anda: “A committee will be convened to act upon the third and final enumerated recommendation of the Ad-Hoc Faculty Association-Administration Committee on Academic Freedom, passed as a motion on December 20, 2005. The committee shall comprise the membership of the recommending committee as well as an elected member of each college. A member of the recommending committee may represent their college or be replaced by a member of their college.”
Motion to amend by striking the last sentence: “A member of the recommending committee may represent their college or be replaced by a member of their college”—(Larkin/Schoenberger). Passed
Final Motion: A committee will be convened to act upon the third and final enumerated recommendation of the Ad-Hoc Faculty Association-Administration Committee on Academic Freedom, passed as a motion on December 20, 2005. The committee shall comprise the membership of the recommending committee as well as an elected member of each college—(Anda/Roth). Passed
c. Rights and Responsibilities under the Grade Appeal Policy (FS 031406 7.c.)—Kilborn pointed to the handout and discussed the marked changes.
Motion to approve the Rights and Responsibilities under the Grade Appeal Policy as amended—(Dorn/Kasi). Passed
e. SPC: Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Process (FS 031406 2.e.1.)—Kilborn pointed out the handout and read the text that was not clear on the copies. There was discussion about the item. Kilborn will invite Lisa Foss to come to Senate next week to discuss. Senate will take this back to departments for input.
8. New Business
e. Placement Tests (Dorn) (FS 020706 8.g.)
Motion: The SCSU Faculty Association supports implementing a pilot program of placement tests in reading and writing skills for all new entering first-year students, and urges administration to allocate sufficient funds to institute this program in 2006—(Dorn/Kasi). Passed
Motion to close debate—(Schoenberger/Larkin). Passed
Quorum called at 5:07 p.m.
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.
f. Ombudsperson (Frank)—not discussed.
g. UDWR request from Neal Voeltz—not discussed.
“As chair of the Upper Division Writing Requirement (UDWR) Assessment Committee and as University Assessment Director, I am formally requesting that the faculty senate approve the UDWR Assessment Committee as a standing faculty committee that will work closely with University Assessment and UCC, and that the previous members be reappointed to serve on the committee. I would also like this to be on the consent agenda in order that we may resume our work as soon as is possible. In addition I believe it is important to retain the original structure of this committee: One member from each college, University Assessment Director, General Education Committee liaison and two composition experts. ....Our specific charge, as we understand it, is to continue our work looking at criteria departments have provided us for assessing the UDWR and provide meaningful feedback. Ultimately we see this as an ongoing committee charged with examining the UDWR component of departmental (program) assessment plans.”
i. PDPs and PDRs—not discussed.
11. Adjourn at 5:07 p.m.