December 5, 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 3:25 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of November 21, 2006 (FS 120506 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of November 21, 2006—(Karasik/Lavenda). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of November 28, 2006 (FS 120506 2.b)
Motion to approve EC minutes of November 28, 2006—(Gasparino/Palmer). Passed
c. FA International Studies Committee Minutes of November 21, 2006 (FS 120506 2.c.1); Minutes of November 28, 2006 (FS 120506 2.c.2)—postponed at the request of the committee. International Studies Committee will be meeting a week from today at noon, and they will get back to Schoenberger after that.
d. FA Budget Advisory Committee Minutes of November 22, 2006 (FS 120506 2.d)—filed.
e. SCSU International Student Services Committee Minutes of November 9, 2006 (FS120506 2.e)
Motion to approve SCSU International Student Services Committee minutes of November 9, 2006—(Robinson/Lavenda). Passed
f. SCSU Budget Advisory Group Minutes of November 21, 2006 (FS 120506 2.f)—filed.
g. FA Professional Development Committee Minutes of November 13, 2006( FS 120506 2.g)
Motion to approve FA Professional Development Committee minutes of November 13, 2006—(Lindsey/Lavenda). Passed
h. FA General Education Committee Minutes of November 17, 2006 (FS 120506 2.h)—filed.
i. Upper Division Writing Requirement Ad Hoc Committee Minutes of November 16, 2006 (FS 120506 2.i)—filed.
j. FA University Curriculum Committee Minutes of November 16, 2006 (FS 120506 2.j)
Motion to approve FA University Curriculum Committee minutes of November 16, 2006—(Kasi/Lavenda). Passed
k. TLTR Meeting Notes for December 1, 2006 (FS 120506 2.k)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first EC meeting of the month and read into the minutes.
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, and we are still looking for volunteers from HCOB, COFAH, COSE, and SPEC.
b. International Student Services Committee: SPEC Anchelee Joy Roberts
c. Center for Holocaust Education: COSS Elizabeth Talbot; COFAH Daniel Wildeson (CMST), Gretchen Tiberghien (COMM)
Motion to put forward all three names above for Center for Holocaust Education Committee—(Palmer/Lavenda). Passed
Motion to approve consent agenda—(Palmer/Lavenda). Passed
5. Call for new agenda items—none.
6. Announcements
a. VOTE on December 5, 2006, FA Constitution Revision (FS 102406 6.e) (FS 110706 6.a). This also needs to be sent to members to vote on the constitution change.
Motion to approve revisions to the bylaws—(Larkin/Nastrom). Passed
Motion to recommend the changes of the constitution—(Larkin/Lavenda). Passed
A ballot will be sent out and 60% of those who vote need to vote for the changes for them to be made.
b. The President’s office is planning on having two graduation ceremonies this spring. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. Currently the plan is for Education, Business, and Elective Studies at one; and Science and Engineering, Fine Arts and Humanities, and Social Science at the other. They are doing this because there is not enough room for all the guests and each ceremony is expected to be shorter. There was a question about those who are double majors.
It was noted that there was discussion about SCSU moving to Division I. At this time there are no plans to move to Division I, and SCSU will stay in Division II.
c. One time Professional Development Funds announcement (FS 120706 6.c)—announcement in packet.
d. IPESL Awards approved by MnSCU (FS 120506 6.c)—announcement has gone out.
e. New Student Orientation Task Force (FS 120506 6.e)—committee member spoke to this item. Mark Nook has been functioning as a chair. If the Task Force would like subordinate groups they need to take this request to Meet and Confer. The consensus was Curriculum Proposals come from IFO Faculty and go to ORPHANS.
7. Unfinished Business
a. Ombuds (Frank)—Frank and Hornstein will meet this winter to work on this.
8. New Business
a. Center for Regulatory Affairs (FS 091206 8.f)—waiting for response from Meet and Confer; on agenda December 7, 2006.
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)—referred to EC (see EC minutes November 28, 2006).
c. Online Policies and Procedures (FS 110706 8.e)—see EC minutes November 28, 2006.
d. Continuation of the Zmora Agreement (FS 120506 8.d)—see EC minutes November 28, 2006.
9. Adjournment at 4:30 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant