April 11, 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
6. Announcements
a. Town Hall Meeting on Doctorates, April 25, 1:30, Cascade Room—this meeting is right before our next Senate meeting. Kilborn noted that the Provost told her that doctorates will go forward one at a time.
b. Request Concerning Elections—this election will be closing today at 4:00 p.m. There were several ballots that were not signed, which do not count. Please go back to your departments and ask faculty to sign their ballots in the future.
c. IFO Board
1. Uniform Start Date implementation—this will start in the metro area, and they will see how it goes. There are concerns about IT.
2. Joanne Chabot, Deputy CIO at MnSCU: Meeting about ISRS/Desire to Learn, Wednesday, April 12, 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Ballroom B, Atwood—she is specifically coming to hear about IT issues (ISRS and D2L) in regard to uniform start date, as well as IT issues in general. Refreshments will be served. Times are floating, so please come if you have some concerns.
3. MnSCU Strategic Plan (FS 041106 6.c.)—copies are available for information only.
8. New Business
g. PDPs and PDRs—Schoenberger spoke to this item. She explained that once a document is created, it is available for anyone in the department 1) to sign, 2) or not sign, 3) or to create their own document, but this must be given to the faculty to respond to, 4) or do nothing at all. The department does not need to vote; however, if they do vote, which is not recommended, the person is not required to sign it, and they can create their own. Note: Arbitrators tend to assume that if you don’t sign the document, that you agree. Suggestion: If you do not agree, write a document and give it to the faculty member. There was discussion about the item, and Schoenberger answered questions. If someone receives something they don’t like, they don’t have to send it to the chair or dean. Langen clarified contract language, and it was pointed out that sometimes the contract is “silent” and determined only when arbitrated. The SCSU website has more information on this: http://www.stcloudstate.edu/documents/ept/default.asp.
1. Call to order at 3:30 p.m.
6. Announcements
d. COSS Dean Search—Kilborn pointed out the unnumbered, blue email copy that lists two suggestions. Kilborn spoke to Arsenault today to get her opinion. Note: both sides have to agree to “expedited” arbitration, which isn’t necessarily fast. Kilborn discussed the options.
7. Unfinished Business
a. COSS Dean Search—Senate discussed the information they’ve been given and their strategy. The agenda moved to time definite items, and will return back to this item afterwards.
c. 4:00 p.m. Time Definite, Guest: Lisa Foss -- SPC: Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Process (FS 031406 2.e.1.)—Foss spoke to the draft handout. She also handed out an article “Closing the Accountability Gap for Public Universities” for Senate to review. There were comments/questions from Senate, and Foss commented back to/answered Senate. Foss’s final comments pointed out that this is new, it is still in the draft process, and this is truly not punitive. It was noted that faculty want to be part of the budgeting, yet the budget process has not been opened to faculty at this point. Kilborn suggested having a future discussion forum.
8. New Business
j. 4:15 p.m. Time Definite, Guest: Mark Nook -- Class Attendance/Participation Policy (FS 041106 8.j.1; FS 041106 8.j.2)—Nook presented and spoke to the item: the statement from the faculty. He pointed out that the record-keeping methods were not new, and that committee members agreed that about 90% the faculty are doing this already, so this would not increase workload. There was discussion.
7. Unfinished Business
a. COSS Dean Search
Motion that because the Administration has declined the terms of settlement of the grievance regarding the COSS Dean Search approved in the FS motion of April 4, 2006, and because the entire purpose of that motion was to allow the search to proceed in a timely manner—a goal which can no longer be met—the FS now rescinds its approval of the proposal settlement with regret—(Jaede/Frank).
Motion to close debate—(Larkin/Frank). Passed
Quorum called
2. Approval of Minutes—not discussed.
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of March 28th & April 4, 2006 (FS 041106 2.a.)
b. University Curriculum Minutes of March 23, 2006 (FS 041106 2.b.); March 30, 2006 (FS 041106 2.b.2)
c. International Student Services Committee Minutes of March 23, 2006 (FS 041106 2.c.1; FS 041106 2.c.2)
d. General Education Committee Minutes of March 3, 2006 (FS 041106 2.d.1) – for filing; March 24, 2006 (FS 041106 2.d.2) – for filing; March 31, 2006 (FS 041106 2.d.3) – for filing
e. Budget Committee Minutes of March 15, 2006 (FS 041106 2.e.)
f. DGS (Division of General Studies) Minutes of March 14, 2006 (FS 041106 2.f.) – for filing
g. Strategic Planning Minutes of March 23, 2006 (FS 041106 2.g.1) – for filing; March 30, 2006 (FS 041106 2.g.2.; FS 041106 2.g.2.a; FS 041106 2.g.2.b; FS 041106 2.g.2.c)
h. International Studies Committee Minutes of March 27, 2006 (FS 041106 2.h.) – for filing
3. Treasurer’s Report (FS 041106 3); (FS 041106 3.b)—not discussed.
4. Consent Agenda—not discussed.
· Constitutional Review Items
· Request for referral of the FA Bylaw Change to the Constitutional Review Committee
· Constitutional Review Committee: Jeff Ringer (COFAH)
· Election of two COSS Dean Search Committee members (from two different departments):
· Arta Ratha (Economics)
· Thomas O’Toole (Sociology/Anthropology); Emily Schultz (Sociology/Anthropology)
· Ad Hoc Committee on DAs: Chair of the Budget Committee, Chair of the Graduate Committee, Chair of UCC, chairs of curriculum committees of colleges proposing doctorates, PLUS Dennis Nunes, Michael Spitzer, and Mitch Rubenstein. [If this item is passed, we would take it as a request to form an ad hoc committee to Meet and Confer on Thursday.]
5. Call for new agenda items—not discussed.
7. Unfinished Business
b. Placement Tests (FS 020706 8.g.); (FS 041106 7.b.)—not discussed.
d. Plan for Student Success (FS 032806 8.h.)—not discussed.
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. Ombuds (Frank)—not discussed.
f. 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.”
h. Calendar Task Force (FS 032806 6.d.)—not discussed.
i. Academic Policy Working Group—not discussed.
k. SGA and Financial Aid (FS 041106 8.k.)—not discussed
9. Adjourn at 5:00 p.m.