May 9, 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: Mitch Rubinstein, Kristine Imbra, James Pehler
1. Call to order at 3:25 p.m.
6. Announcements
a. Senate Meeting Schedule for Next Year (color copy included in agenda packet)—rooms will be available at a later date.
b. Center for Regulatory Affairs and Services (RAS) (FS 050906 6.b.1; FS 050906 6.b.2.)—COSS informational packet enclosed.
c. Online Salaries (FS 050906 6.c.)—informational packet for the last years from Meet and Confer.
d. Maintaining Class Records (FS 050906 6.d.)—draft was modified slightly in Meet and Confer: policy was renamed and TAs were added to the policy.
e. Rights and Responsibilities under the Grade Appeal Policy (FS 050906 6.e.)—this is a cleaned up copy of the same policy seen before.
f. Negotiations Report (FS 050906 6.f.)—Langen gave a brief update on IPESL meetings between MnSCU, the Negotiating Team, and IFO leadership. The entire FA team met, and now the matter is at the IFO EC level. They will meet tomorrow and Thursday to decide what to do with this.
g. Election Results—for your information below:
College of Business
Unit (or College) Standing Committees:
Admission and Retention: Rajesh Gulati
Faculty Research Grants: Sohel Ahmad
General Education: Susantha Herath
Graduate: Rajesh Gulati, Susantha Herath
International Studies: Janikan Supanvanij
Professional Development: Paula Weber
College of Education
Faculty Association Executive Committee:
COE Unit Representative: Mark Moore
Unit (or College) Standing Committees:
Admission and Retention: Daniel Macari
Budget Review: John Palmer
General Education: Luther Rotto
Government Relations: John Palmer
International Studies Committee: Fatemeh Zarghami
Professional Development: Elaine Ackerman
Technology and Pedagogical Resources: Kathleen Ofstedal
College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Faculty Association Executive Committee:
COFAH Unit Representative: Robert Inkster
Unit (or College) Standing Committees:
Admission and Retention: Carol Mohrbacher
Committee on the Institution: Diana Rehling
Constitutional Review Committee: Jeffrey Ringer
Election Committee: Judy Dorn
General Education: Carolyn Hartz
Graduate Committee: Monica Devers
Technology and Pedagogical Resources: Scott Miller
College of Science and Engineering
Unit (or College) Standing Committees:
Academic Affairs: Patricia Bresser
Election Committee: Nathan Winter
Faculty Research Grants: Jie Hu, Matthew Julius
General Education: Maureen Tubbiola
Master Agreement: Ravindra Kalia
Professional Development: Darlene Copley
Technology and Pedagogical Resources: Mark Petzold, Kate Pound
College of Social Sciences
Faculty Association Executive Committee:
COSS Unit Representative: Jason Lindsey
Unit (or College) Standing Committees:
Faculty Research Grants: Jiping Zuo
General Education: Margaret Villenueva
International Studies: Abbas Mehdi, Chuck Ugochuckwu
Professional Development: Jason Lindsey
Special Services
Unit (or College) Standing Committees:
Admission and Retention: Stephen Jenkins
Elections: Melissa Prescott
General Education: Jennifer (Kate) Peterson
International Studies: Thomas Hergert, Sandra Williams
Technology and Pedagogical Resources: Thomas Hergert
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of April 25, 2006 (FS 050906 2.a.)
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes of April 25, 2006—(Karasik/Dorn). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of May 2, 2006 (FS 050906 2.b.)
Motion to approve EC minutes of May 2, 2006—(Schoenberger/Jaede). Passed
c. University Curriculum Minutes of April 20, 2006 (FS 050906 2.c.); April 27, 2006 (FS 050906 2.c.1); May 4, 2006 (FS 050906 2.c.2)—Administrator Mitch Rubinstein was a guest to speak to the item separated from the May 4th minutes.
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of April 20, 2006—(Motin/Schoenberger). Passed
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of April 27, 2006—(Schoenberger/Dorn). Passed
Motion to approve University Curriculum minutes of May 4, 2006, with item below separated—(Schoenberger/Chesborough). Passed
Separated item: Hoover/Sherarts motion regarding EDAD Doctorate Program—(Branson)
Motion to substitute—(Frank/Schoenberger). Passed
Substitution: approve the item separated (the Hoover/Sherarts motion regarding EDAD Doctorate Program) as part of the curriculum process and to have the Meet and Confer team discuss the related issues through the Meet and Confer process.
Motion to amend—(Jaede/Schoenberger). Passed
Amendment: the above motion by adding after current language “curriculum process” to “as to curriculum only and not to compensation, salary, or budgetary matters”—(Jaede/Schoenberger).
Final motion: Motion to approve the item separated (the Hoover/Sherarts motion regarding EDAD Doctorate Program) as part of the curriculum process, as to curriculum only and not to compensation, salary, or budgetary matters, and to have the Meet and Confer team discuss the related issues through the Meet and Confer process and bring back to Faculty Senate in the fall. Passed
d. DGS (Division of General Studies) Minutes of April 11, 2006 (FS 050906 2.d.)—filed.
e. Strategic Planning Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 050906 2.e.1.; FS 050906 2.e.2.)
Motion to approve Strategic Planning minutes of April 27, 2006—(Schoenberger/Motin). Passed
f. International Studies Committee Minutes of April 17, 2006 (FS 050906 2.f.); May 1, 2006 (FS 050906 2.f.2)
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of April 17, 2006—(Palmer/Hoover). Passed
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of May 1, 2006—(Schoenberger/Hergert). Passed
g. International Student Services Committee Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 050906 2.g.)
Motion to approve International Student Services Committee minutes of April 27, 2006—(Lavenda/Robinson).
Motion to postpone this item and consider this time definite at the first Senate meeting in the fall—(Schoenberger/Johnson). Passed
h. General Education Committee Minutes of April 21, 2006 (FS 050906 2.h.)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report (FS 050906 3)—Johnson gave a brief report. IFO Board might reimburse the severance pay that they deducted this past year for Donna West last summer.
4. Consent Agenda—ballots were passed out, and results will be announced and voted on later in the meeting.
5. Call for new agenda items—none.
7. Unfinished Business
a. COSS Dean Search (FS 042506 7.a.)—the search is being extended to next fall. Sharon Cogdill has been appointed for one more year as Interim Dean of COSS. If the FA’s search committee is not functioning in the fall, Administration will go on with the search without faculty.
b. Placement Tests (FS 020706 8.g.); (FS 041106 7.b.)
Motion to rescind Placement Tests motion from April 4, 2006, and to consider the replacement motion below—(Dorn/Schoenberger). Passed
Replacement Motion: That the SCSU Faculty Association supports the formation of a task force to consider creating a pilot program of placement tests in reading comprehension and writing. The task force should include representation from the Academic Learning Center, the English Department, the office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and other relevant groups on campus.
Motion to amend—(Dorn/Jaede). Passed
Amendment: Refer this to EC for them to recommend the make up of the task force.
Final Motion: That the SCSU Faculty Association supports the formation of a task force to consider creating a pilot program of placement tests in reading comprehension and writing. The task force should include representation from the Academic Learning Center, the English Department, the office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and other relevant groups on campus, which will be referred to EC for them to recommend the makeup of the task force. Passed
4. Consent Agenda
a.
Election of two
COSS Dean Search Committee members (from two different departments)—item pulled
from agenda.
Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher (Community Development Program)
Arta Ratha (Economics)
Thomas O’Toole (Sociology/Anthropology); Emily Schultz
(Sociology/Anthropology)
b. Standing Committees
COSS:
a. Academic Affairs: Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher
b. Admission and Retention: Betsy Glade, Debra Gold
c. Master Agreement Goals: Andrew Larkin
COSE:
a. Master
Agreement Goals: Sura Lekhakul
Special
Services:
a. Professional
Development Committee: Chris lnkster
Advisory
Search Committee for the COE Interim Associate Dean:
a. Rod Dobey
(HPERSS)
b. John Palmer (HPERSS)
c. Kay Worner (EDAD)
c. Academic Data Advisory Committee
COB: vacant
COE: John Hoover, John Palmer
COFAH: David Sebberson—withdrew name, Paula Tompkins
COSE: David Robinson
COSS: King Banaian, Steve Frank
Special Services: vacant
Motion to approve consent agenda (those elected for Academic Data Advisory Committee are underlined above), with item 4.a above pulled—(Schoenberger/Karasik). Passed
7. Unfinished Business
d. Class Attendance Policy (FS 050906 7.d.)
Motion to support Class Attendance Policy amendments in Senate packet—(Schoenberger/Jaede). Passed
Motion to amend—(Johnson/Larkin). Failed
Amendment: delete the added sentence “lack of sufficient…” and “for these reasons”
e. Contact Hours Template (FS 050906 7.e.)—this draft was handed out in Meet and Confer with Administration’s changes to a draft document. There was some confusion about where the drafts came from and if they came from the entire committee. There was discussion about the draft.
Motion to not support this document—(Johnson/Larkin).
Quorum called at 4:51 p.m.
Schoenberger presented Judy Kilborn with a plaque, and Senate gave her a round of applause.
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.
c. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of September 13, 2005 (FS 101105 2.d)—not discussed.
d. Ombuds (Frank)—not discussed.
e. Resolution of Support for Aramark Employees (FS 042506 8.g.)—not discussed.
f. Time Definite at 4:45 – FA Reception Celebrating the Retirement of these honored guests:
Richard Gleisner – Economics
Richard Heath – BCIS
Harold Lofgreen – Economics
Kathleen Maloney – Criminal Justice
Patrick Mattson – Aviation
Charles Nelson – Earth/Atmospheric Science
James Pehler – LRTS—Kilborn presented Pehler with a plaque in appreciation.
Anthony Schwaller – ETS
James Wilmesmeier – Mathematics
Janet Woodard – Biological Sciences
9. Adjournment at 4:52 p.m.