November 21, 2006
OFFICERS: Annette Schoenberger, Judy Kilborn, JoAnn Gasparino, John Palmer
IFO BOARD: Jayantha Herath, Andrew Larkin, Fred Hill; Negotiator: Bill Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) vacant; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) William Hudson; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Trae Downing, Robert Murphy/Bill Lepkowski (alt); (HPERSS) vacant, Caryl Martin; (HURL) Michael Tripp; (LDR) John Rapp, vacant; (IM) John Theis; (SPED) Kathy Johnson, Dory Beutel; (TDEV) David Heine, Steve Hornstein, Ramon Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Robert Inkster; (ART) Nancy Weston, vacant; (CDSI) Rebecca Crowell; (CMST) Scott Wells, David Warne, Bruce Hyde; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, Suzanne Ross, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Maria Melgarejo, Bill Langen; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Marion Judish/Al Moore (alt), Mark Springer; (PHIL) Allen Habib, Carla Johnson; (THFD) Debra Leigh/Kate Sinnett (alt)
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) Oladele Gazal, John Cronn, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Daniel Gregory, Lakshmaiah Sreerama; (CSCI) Andrew Anda; (EAS) Greg Nastrom; (EE) Aiping Yao; (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) Jason Lindsey; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, vacant; (ECON) Eungmin Kang; Orn Bodvarsson; (ES) Stephen Casanova; (GEOG) Ken Wong; (HIST) Mark Jaede; (POL) Steve Frank; (PSYC) Chris Jazwinski; (SW) Sandra Chesborough, Elizabeth Talbot; (SAN) Lindah Mhando, 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
1. Call to order at 3:30 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of November 7, 2006 (FS 112106 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of November 7, 2006—(Karasik/Lavenda). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of November 9, 2006 (FS 112106 2.b)—file.
c. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board Meeting Minutes of October 19, 2006 (FS 112106 2.c.1, 2.c.2, 2.c.3)
Motion to approve CETL Advisory Board Meeting Minutes of October 19, 2006—(Jazwinski/Jaede). Passed
d. Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of October 24, 2006 (FS 112106 2.d)—filed.
e. FA General Education Committee Minutes of October 20, 2006 (FS 112106 2.e)—filed; Minutes of November 10, 2006 (FS 112106 2.e.2, 2.e.3)
Motion to approve FA General Education Committee minutes of November 10, 2006—(Lavenda/Jazwinski). Passed
f. FA International Studies Committee Minutes of October 31, 2006 (FS 112106 2.f)—filed.
g. Upper Division Writing Requirement (UDWR) Ad Hoc Committee Minutes of October 19, 2006; November 2, 2006; November 9, 2006 (FS 112106 2.g.1, 2.g.2, 2.g.3)—filed.
h. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of November 1, 2006 (FS 112106 2.h.1); November 8, 2006 (FS 112106 2.h.2)—filed.
i. FA University Graduate Committee Minute of October 4, 2006 (FS 110706 2.n)—postponed until after discussion at Meet and Confer December 7, 2006.
j. TLTR meeting notes of November 17, 2006 (FS 112106 2.j)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—included in the November 9, 2006, EC minutes.
4. Consent Agenda—ballots were passed out and election results will be approved later in the agenda.
6. Announcements
a. FA Constitution Revision (FS 102406 6.e) (FS 110706 6.a)—will vote on December 5, 2006.
b. Documents from the Budget Meetings (FS 112106 6.b)—provided in the agenda packet.
Negotiations Report (Langen): the team met Thursday and Friday. Russ Stanton gave a presentation on healthcare. We have a new member Donna Bauer (Nursing) from Mankato—she is replacing someone on sabbatical. They had a meeting with the salary review committee. There will be a permanent member from Negotiations on the salary review committee. The rumors about the “son of IPESL” are false. He asked for volunteers to help the negotiations with reviewing the contract for upcoming negotiations.
4. Consent Agenda
a. The Senate needs to elect four members from the Senate to the Budget Committee. We need one person from each Unit. We are still looking for volunteers from HCOB, COFAH, COSE, SPEC.
b. Neighborhood University Council: (ELECT ONE) Chukwunyere C. Ugochukwu (CMST), Robert Reff (CPS)
c. IFO/MnSCU Assessment for Course Placement Committee: Carol Mohrbacher (ENGL)
d. Intercollegiate Athletic Committee: COSE: (ELECT ONE) Jack McKenna (CHEM), Patricia Bresser (NURS), SPEC: Brad Isberner, COE: Harold Risk
e. COSS Dean Search: (ELECT ONE) Leslie Valdes (PSYCH), Chris Jazwinski (PSYCH)
f. Service Learning Committee: COSS: Elizabeth Scheel-Keita (SOC/ANTH)
g. Council on Professional Education (COPE): Ilene Rutten (TDEV)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda (those elected underlined above)—(Lavenda/Larkin). Passed
5. Call for New Agenda Items—none.
6. Announcements
c. With last week’s Senate report on Doctoral Degree Programs, I assume Ed. Ad. is approved. Schoenberger spoke to the item.
d. Board of Trustees’ Award for Excellence in Teaching (FS 112106 6.d)
Motion to approve the Board of Trustees’ Award for Excellence in Teaching—(Jaede/Lavenda). Amended
Motion to amend by adding “Provided that the faculty members represent at least four colleges or units”—(Hergert/Larkin). Passed
Motion to approve the Board of Trustees’ Award for Excellence in Teaching by adding “Provided that the faculty members represent at least four colleges or units” to the motion. Passed
e. Historical Summer Session Special Project Funding (FS 112106 6.e)—Schoenberger has sent this on to the committee that requested it.
f. Biennial budget and allocation information web address (for your information):
http://www.budget.mnscu.edu/Institution/boardreports/2006/NOV06/NOV06index.html
7. Unfinished Business
a. Time Definite: SPC: Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Process (FS 031406 2.e.1; FS 042506 7.c)—postponed to October 10, 2006, Senate meeting. Schoenberger visited with Foss and spoke to the item. The document in question is no longer being used.
b. Ombuds (Frank)—not discussed.
8. New Business
a. Center for Regulatory Affairs (FS 091206 8.f)—waiting response from the Graduate Committee; see 2.i—to be removed from agenda.
b. Motions from Graduate Committee Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 112106 8.b)—postponed to October 10, 2006, Senate meeting (FS 101006 8.e)
Motion to recommend that the FA Graduate Committee change “guidelines” to “standards” regarding their motion on applied doctoral programs—(Palmer/Larkin). Amended
Motion to amend by file the minutes and to ask the Graduate Committee exactly what is needed/wanted—(Roth/no second). No second
Motion to table the motion from April 27, 2006, Graduate Committee minutes indefinitely—(Roth/Larkin). Passed
Motion to ask Senators to take the Graduate Committee motion back to their departments and those departments who really conceivably want doctorate programs should comment. Senators should bring comments back to the next Senate meeting—(Langen/Larkin). Amended
In addition to the above motion, this should be referred to the Executive Committee—(Larkin/Sinnett). Passed
Final motion: ask Senators to take the Graduate Committee motion back to their departments and those departments who really conceivably want doctorate programs should comment. Senators should bring comments back to the next Senate meeting. In addition, this should be referred to the Executive Committee. Passed
c. Online Policies and Procedures (FS 110706 8.e)—waiting for a response from EC.
9. Adjournment at 4:19 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant