January 23, 2007
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, Debra Japp; (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)/Brad Chisholm (sub)
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
GUESTS: Beth Knutson-Kolodzne
1. Call to order at 3:28 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of December 19, 2006 (FS 012307 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of December 19, 2006—(Hudson/Kasi). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of January 16, 2007 (FS 012307 2.b)
Motion to approve EC minutes of January 16, 2007—(Gasparino/Kasi). Passed
c. FA International Studies Committee Minutes of December 5, 2006 (FS 012307 2.c.1)—filed; Minutes of December 12, 2006 (FS 012307 2.c.2)—filed; Minutes of December 19, 2006 (FS 012307 2.c.3)—filed; correspondence from Ethnic Studies (FS 012307 2.c.4). Larkin spoke to the item. This went to Meet and Confer. Administration did not accept the idea of an audit. Administration will report back at the next Meet and Confer.
d. FA General Education Committee Minutes of December 1, 2006 (FS 012307 2.d)—filed.
e. Upper Division Writing Requirement Ad Hoc Committee Minutes of November 30, 2006 (FS 121906 2.e)—postponed to first Meeting in January. Schoenberger spoke to Mitch Rubinstein regarding this; however he was not at this meeting. Schoenberger will continue to research this and update Senate on her findings.
f. SCSU Budget Advisory Group Minutes of December 19, 2006 and Budget Planning Principles (FS 012307 2.f.1, 2.f.2, 2.f.3)—filed. Schoenberger attended a meeting today. You can send your comments to Schoenberger or Palmer. Web address www.stcloudstate.edu/budget/advisoryboard/default.asp
g. International Student Services Committee Minutes of November 27, 2006 (FS 012307 2.g.1)—filed; Minutes of December 7, 2006 (FS 012307 2.g.2)—filed.
h. Service Learning Advisory Board Minutes of November 29, 2006, and Record of Electronic Vote on Proposal for Permanent Service-Learning Coordinator Position, Rational, Position Description, Student Participation, Community Partners (FS 012307 2.h.1, 2.h.2, 2.h.3, 2.h.4, 2.h.5, 2.h.6)—Karasik spoke to this item. There is a request for a full-time Service-Learning position. This will go to Administration and Senate. Schoenberger asked for cost information. Beth Knutson-Kolodzne, guest, spoke to the item. She estimated that the position would be in the $50,000 range. There have been questions about where it would be housed and who would fund it. She mentioned a good partnership now in Academic Affairs and Student Life and Development. Right now there is no revenue generated from this.
Motion to support the full-time Service-Learning position—(Roth/Kasi). Passed
i. PIF-II Ad Hoc Committee minutes January 19, 2007 (FS 012307 2.i)
Motion to approve PIF-II Ad Hoc Committee minutes of January 19, 2007, with changes to the recommendations: Subtotal for Davis Pinker $22,000; bringing bottom Subtotal to $143,350—(Japp/Johnson). Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report—included in the January 16, 2007, EC minutes.
4. Consent Agenda
a. Online Policies and Procedures Committee: Senate John Rapp; TPR John Theis. We still need volunteers from UCC, AAC and GC. Requests have been sent to the committee chairs but there has been no response. John Palmer is the Executive Committee representative.
b. CETL Directors Search: HCOB Brad Sleeper, SPEC Victoria Williams, COSS Mark Jaede. There are no volunteers from COSE, COE, and COFAH.
c. Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching: FA AAC Susantha Herath, FA Research Grants Robert Reff. Elizabeth Talbot volunteered to be FA President designee. There were no volunteers from the CETL Advisory Board or FA Professional Development Committee. It is unknown who the student and administrative reps will be. This will go on the agenda under New Business for next Senate.
d. Strategic Planning: COB Ken Schneider
e. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Institutional Self Review: COSS Linda Butenhoff. No volunteers from COSE HCOB, SPEC, COFAH, and COE.
Motion to approve the Consent agenda (those approved underlined above), except for item Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching—(Larkin). Passed
5. Special Elections
a. The Senate needs to elect four members from the Senate to the Budget Committee. We need one person from each unit. Still looking for volunteers from HCOB, COFAH, and SPEC—not discussed.
6. Call for new agenda items—none.
7. Announcements
a. FA Constitution Revision: 131 Ballots, 5 void, 117 Yes, 9 No; the new constitution is on the FA website: www.scsufa.org. We will make copies for Senate.
b. History of SCSU Workforce Demographics, 1996-2006 (FS 012307 7.b)—Schoenberger spoke to the item.
c. Information from David Boyer on the Honors Program and the Director (FS 012307 7.c)—Boyer will be going on phased retirement and will resign as director. More information will be coming.
d. Communications will be coming soon regarding a Microsoft Office Conversion tool, which will allow Office 2003 users to open all files created in Office 2007—Schoenberger spoke to the item.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Ombuds (Frank)—remove from agenda.
b. Continuation of the Zmora Agreement (FS 120506 8.d)—Schoenberger spoke to this item. This went to Meet and Confer, and Senate is waiting for a response.
9. New Business
a. Center for Regulatory Affairs (FS 091206 8.f). This was on the Meet and Confer agenda for 12/7. (FS 121906 8.a)—for your information.
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)—see the EC minutes. A subcommittee was formed in EC and they are working on this item.
c. Academic Calendar (color copies attached)—Schoenberger projected the calendar options. She noted that at Meet and Confer it was discovered that MnSCU hadn’t taken into consideration that Labor Day is a holiday that floats—the first Monday of September. This will go back to the faculty on the committee, along with the rest of the committee, to look at any new options. There was discussion about night classes.
Motion to support Academic Calendar Option 2—(Anderson/Larkin). Amended
Motion to amend by supporting Academic Calendar Option 2, but change Faculty Forum Day to one of the Convocation days in January—(Karasik/Anderson). Passed
Motion to postpone this definitely to the next Senate meeting—(Johnson). Failed
Motion to close debate—(Lavenda/Gasparino). Passed
10. Adjournment at 5:00 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant