April 25, 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: Tracy Ore,
1. Call to order at 3:26 p.m.
6. Announcements—Kilborn pointed out the campus-wide election results, which is the first item under the Consent Agenda.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of March 28th & April 4, 2006 (FS 041106 2.a.); April 11, 2006 (FS 042506 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of March 28 & April 4 and 11, 2006—(Schoenberger/Motin). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of April 18, 2006 (FS 042506 2.b.)
Motion to approve EC minutes of April 18, 2006—(Schoenberger/Gasparino). Passed
c. University Curriculum Minutes of March 23, 2006 (FS 041106 2.b.); March 30, 2006 (FS 041106 2.b.2); April 6, 2006 (FS 042506 2.c.); April 13, 2006 (FS 042506 2.c.2)
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of March 23, 2006—(Dorn/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of March 30, 2006—(Akubue/Motin). Passed
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of April 6 & 13, 2006—(Schoenberger/Motin). Passed
d. International Student Services Committee Minutes of March 23, 2006 (FS 041106 2.c.1; FS 041106 2.c.2)
Motion to approve International Student Services Committee minutes of March 23, 2006—(Roth/Murphy). Passed
Motion to amend terms to the following: “…the committee will serve two-year terms with the exception of the initial committee, of which half of the members will serve for one-year terms…” (Roth/Schoenberger). Passed
e. General Education Committee Minutes of March 3, 2006 (FS 041106 2.d.1)—filed; March 24, 2006 (FS 041106 2.d.2)—filed; March 31, 2006 (FS 041106 2.d.3)—filed; April 7, 2006 (FS 042506 2.e.)—filed; April 14, 2006 (FS 042506 2.e.2)—filed.
f. Budget Committee Minutes of March 15, 2006 (FS 041106 2.e.)
Motion to approve Budget Committee minutes of March 15, 2006—(Dorn/Buske). Passed
g. DGS (Division of General Studies) Minutes of March 14, 2006 (FS 041106 2.f.)—filed; March 28, 2006 (FS 042506 2.g.)—filed.
h. Strategic Planning Minutes of March 23, 2006 (FS 041106 2.g.1)—filed; 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)
Motion to approve Strategic Planning minutes of March 30, 2006—(Schoenberger/Motin). Passed
i. International Studies Committee Minutes of March 27, 2006 (FS 041106 2.h.)—filed.
j. Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of March 19, 2006 (FS 042506 2.j.1; FS 042506 2.j.2); April 19, 2006 (FS 042506 2.j.3; FS 042506 2.j.4)
Motion to approve Academic Affairs Committee minutes of March 19, 2006—(Gasparino/Kasi). Passed
Motion to approve Academic Affairs Committee minutes of April 19, 2006—(Schoenberger/Motin). Passed
Motion to add this as a last sentence to the Policy on Maintaining Class Records: “As an alternative faculty may leave grade records with their department”—(Hergert/Murphy). Passed
k. Professional Development Committee Minutes of April 14, 2006 (FS 042506 2.k)
Motion to approve Professional Development Committee minutes of April 14, 2006—(Motin/Roth). Passed
For the record: this is a special case; we do not typically approve late sabbaticals.
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first meeting of the month.
4. Consent Agenda—Kilborn pulled item 4.b from the Consent Agenda to discuss with item 7.a. COSS later.
a. Election Results
IFO President Elect: Judy Kilborn (184); Amos Olagunju (53)
IFO Board of Directors: Fred Hill (158); Ravi Kalia (79)
SCSU Negotiator: Bill Langen (215)
b.
Election of two
COSS Dean Search Committee members (from two different departments)—pulled from
Consent Agenda
Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher (Community Development Program)
Arta Ratha (Economics)
Thomas O’Toole (Sociology/Anthropology); Emily Schultz (Sociology/Anthropology)
c. 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.
d. Search committee for the Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education – two LR&TS faculty: Darlene St. Clair and John Theis
e. Search committee for the Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies (6 members)—Judy Dorn pulled her name.
David Boyer (Honors)
Michael Connaughton (English)
Judy Dorn (English)—Dorn pulled her name from the ballot
Sura Lekhakul (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department)
Susan Schleper (LR&TS)
Geoffrey Tabakkin (Undergraduate Studies)
Victoria Williams (Academic Learning Center, Undergraduate Studies)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda as amended above—(Motin/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to move the agenda to item 8.f. CETL Director Reporting Structure—(Jaede/Karasik). Passed
8. New Business
f. CETL Director Reporting Structure (FS 042506 8.f.)—Tracy Ore spoke to the item.
Motion to approve the recommendation from the CETL Advisory Board regarding the CETL Director Reporting Structure—(Karasik/Jaede). Passed
Motion to close debate—(Jaede/Motin). Passed
Motion to move the agenda to item 7.d. Plan for Student Success—(Schoenberger/Hergert). Passed
7. Unfinished Business
d. Plan for Student Success (FS 032806 8.h.)
Motion to support this plan in principle—(Schoenberger/Motin). Passed.
Call for division—in favor: 25; opposed: 4
e. Class Attendance/Participation Policy (FS 041106 8.j.1; FS 041106 8.j.2; FS 042506 7.e)
Motion for Faculty Senate to support the Class Attendance/Participation Policy with amendment below—(Schoenberger/Onyiah). Passed
It was suggested that SCSU ID cards could be used to “swipe” attendance, which would relieve faculty of taking attendance because it would go directly to Records and Registration. Dorn spoke to the policy since she was on the ad hoc committee. There was discussion about the motion.
Motion to close debate—(Onyiah/Schoenberger). Passed
Motion to amend the sentence in the policy: “For these reasons, faculty members are required to keep attendance/participation records* on all students registered in their classes” by changing “required” to “encouraged”—(Johnson/Langen). Passed
Call for division—in favor: 22; opposed: 14
Motion to close debate—(Weston/Schoenberger). Passed
8. New Business
e. UDWR request from Neal Voeltz
“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.”
Motion to refer to the Constitutional Review Committee to make a recommendation to Senate—(Branson/Schoenberger). Passed
7. Unfinished Business
a. COSS Dean Search (FS 042506 7.a.)—Kilborn gave an update. She referred to the letter from President Saigo and summarized her discussions with Pat Arsenault about meetings with Chris Dale regarding the FA grievances.
AND
4. Consent Agenda
b. Election of two COSS Dean Search Committee members (from two
different departments)—not discussed.
Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher (Community Development Program)
Arta Ratha (Economics)
Thomas O’Toole (Sociology/Anthropology); Emily Schultz
(Sociology/Anthropology)
Motion on the floor from last Senate:
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 postpone the motion indefinitely—(Jaede/Schoenberger). Passed
Motion to postpone action—(Onyiah/no second for lack of quorum).
Quorum called at 5:04 p.m.
5. Call for new agenda items—none.
7. Unfinished Business
b. Placement Tests (FS 020706 8.g.); (FS 041106 7.b.)—not discussed.
c. SPC: Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Process (FS 031406 2.e.1.; FS 042506 7.c.)—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.
a. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of September 13, 2005 (FS 101105 2.d)—not discussed.
b. Ombuds (Frank)—not discussed.
g. Resolution of Support for Aramark Employees (FS 042506 8.g.)—not discussed.
9. Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.