February 6, 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 3:25 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of January 23, 2007 (FS 020607 2.a.)
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes of January 23, 2007—(Dorn/Jaswinski). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of January 30, 2007 (FS 020607 2.b)
Motion to approve EC minutes of January 30, 2007—(Gasparino/Hudson). Passed
c. FA University Curriculum Committee Minutes of November 30, 2006 and December 7, 2006 (FS 020607 2.c.1, 2.c.2)
Motion to approve FA University Curriculum Committee minutes of November 30, 2006, and December 7, 2006—(Branson/Dorn). Passed
d. FA Research Grants Committee Minutes of January 19, 2007 (FS 020607 2.d)
Motion to approve FA Research Grants Committee minutes of January 19, 2007—(Larkin/Warne). Passed
e. FA Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of November 28, 2006 (FS 020607 2.e.1, 2.e.2, 2.e.3, 2.e.4, 2.e.5, 2.e.6)
Motion to approve FA Academic Affairs Committee minutes of November 28, 2006—(Inkster/Murphy). Passed
f. FA International Studies Committee Minutes of January 29, 2007; British Studies Subcommittee Minutes of January 25, 2007 (FS 020607 2.f.1, 2.f.2, 2.f.3, 2.f.4, 2.f.5, 2.f.6, 2.f.7, 2.f.8, 2.f.9, 2.f.10)
Motion to approve FA International Studies Committee minutes of January 29, 2007 and British Studies Subcommittee minutes of January 25, 2007—(Gaparino/Lavenda). Passed
g. FA General Education Committee Minutes of December 8, 2006 and January 19, 2007 (FS 020607 2.g.1, 2.g.2)—filed.
h. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of November 15, 2006 and December 6, 2006 (FS 020607 2.h.1, 2.h.2)
i. SCSU Budget Advisory Group Minutes of January 23, 2007 (FS 020607 2.i)—filed. www.stcloudstate.edu/budget/advisoryboard/default.asp
j. Upper Division Writing Requirement Ad Hoc Committee Minutes of November 30, 2006 (FS 121906 2.e)—filed. No action required at this time as per committee chair.
k. Safety Committee Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2007 (FS 020607 2.k)—filed.
l. TLTR notes of February 2, 2007 (FS 020607 2.l)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be read into first EC meeting minutes of the month.
Negotiations Report—Langen gave a report. He discussed Early Separation Incentive MOA. Chris Dales’ supervisor, Mary Leary attended Saturday’s meeting, which turned into negotiations. Starting with a clean copy of the contract was discussed to ease negotiations. Schedules were exchanged for future meetings. MnSCU provided faculty with a “Rules of Engagement” draft, which was negotiated. Faculty were disappointed that MnSCU did not agree to exchange all proposals by the end of March.
4. Consent Agenda—ballots were passed out.
a. On Line Policies and Procedures Committee: AAC: Bob Murphy. Volunteers needed from UCC and GC. Requests have been sent to the committee chairs, but there has been no response. UCC appointed someone at their last meeting. Branson will provide the name to Schoenberger.
b. Search Associate Dean COE: Special Education: Julie Wilkins
c. Search Committee for Director of Division of General Studies: SPEC: Victoria Williams; COE: Daniel Macari; COFAH: Joanna Pucel
d. Search Committee for Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies: COFAH: Michael Connaughton; SPEC: Cari Kenner; COSE: Chris Kvaal; COE: Daniel Macari
Motion to approve the consent agenda (underlined representatives above)—(Larkin/Jazwinski). 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, SPEC
b. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Institutional Self Review: Volunteers still needed from COSE, HCOB, SPEC, COFAH, and COE.
c. Search Committee for Associate Dean HCOB—no volunteers.
d. Search Committee for Director of Financial Aids—no volunteers.
e. Search Committee for Associate Dean COSE: Electrical Engineering: Kay Thamvichai; Biology: Chris Kvaal; Chemistry: Tamara Leenay; Manufacturing Engineering: Steve Covey; Earth Science: Tony Hansen
Motion to approve Special Elections agenda (underline representatives above)—(Larkin/Warne). Passed
6. Call for new agenda items—none.
7. Announcements
a. Voting Schedule for Elections (FS 020607 7.a)—Monica Nayenga and the Elections Committee have provided a draft.
b. National Health Assessment Survey (Balsy Kasi) http://www.acha.org/projects_programs/assessment.cfm
c. Spring Commencement (FS 020607 7.c)
d. University Council Notes:
i. Affirmative Action says Hiring Manuals have been scanned and are available on the SCSU Web Site.
ii. FYE for this year is 13,982; last year same time was 13,818; not done counting yet.
iii. HR says they will have digital position descriptions for all but Faculty Positions soon. This should make finding current position descriptions easier.
iv. Fact book for the University is online: www.stcloudstate.edu/oie/research/factbook.asp
v. Faculty Staff Survey Responses (FS 020607 7.d.v)
vi. Strategic Planning is waiting to be invited by colleges and departments this spring
vii. Watch for upcoming CARE workshops. Call Debra Leigh for more information
viii. Check out the Race Exhibit at the Science Museum if you get a chance—CARE is working on getting discounted tickets and bus service for faculty, staff, and students at SCSU. There will be discussions on campus after this.
ix. All extra budget proposed for MnSCU by the governor is one-time or fenced
x. We might get money for Brown Hall, Hockey Center, and Science Labs
e. Calendars for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Still no word from MnSCU on the start date for Fall 09.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Continuation of the Zmora Agreement (FS 120506 8.d)—Senate approved a draft to the continuation of the Zmora Agreement. It went to Meet and Confer and they would like some changes and a possible subcommittee to look over the draft. Refer to Meet and Confer Notes for comments from Administration.
Motion that the Faculty Association’s position change to be like the Provost’s position where the members of the Peer Review Committee be tenured, full professors—(Larkin/Lavenda). Passed
9. New Business
a. Motions from Graduate Committee Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 112106 8.b)—postponed to October 10, 2006 Senate. (FS 101006 8.e) Referred to EC, and EC formed a subcommittee meeting and working on this item.
b. Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching: FA AAC: Susantha Herath, FA Research Grants: Robert Reff. (There were no volunteers from the CETL Advisory Board or FA Professional Development Committee. It is unknown who the student or administrator will be.) (FS 020607 9.b). None of the other campuses are participating in this.
Motion to suspend the Faculty Association’s participation and further involvement in the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching—(Larkin/Kilborn). Postponed
Motion to postpone the motion to suspend to time certain until a full slate of candidates is available for the committee—(Palmer/Hill). Passed
Motion to postpone Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching vote until the slate of candidates is filled—(Larkin/Lavenda). Passed
c. Campus Lighting Motion (Judy Dorn) (FS 020607 9.c)—Dorn spoke to the item.
Motion to send to Meet and Confer: Campus Lighting Policy Resolution. All outdoor campus path lighting fixtures to be replaced with energy-efficient downward reflecting lamps as campus renovations continue.
* lampposts that embed bulbs in downward-facing fixtures with reflective surfaces can save up to 50 percent of each lamp¹s energy use, soon paying for the cost of the renovation.
* Many campus buildings are undergoing renovation now and in the near future. Renovation of lampposts can occur during the same phases.
* Renovation of Wick building must replace globe lampposts with downward-facing fixtures, because of light-interference with astronomy education. All regular campus lampposts also interfere with astronomy nights and need to be replaced over time.
* Many designs are available, so that these lamps can be equally attractive as current.
* The City of St. Cloud has a severe problem with waste of light at night; SCSU should do its share to direct light back to where it is used—(Dorn/Jazwinski). Passed
d. 1B.1 Discussion (Debra Leigh)—not discussed.
10. Adjournment at 4:34 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant