May 8, 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) Hector Antunez, 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/David Sebberson (alt), 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; (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) vacant, vacant, William Branson; (NURS) Sue Herm; (PHYS) Kevin Haglin; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah, vacant
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; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin; (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 3:24 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of April 24, 2007 (FS 050807 2.a)
Motion to approve FS minutes of April 24, 2007—(Karasik/Inkster). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of May 1, 2007 (FS 050807 2.b)
Motion to approve EC minutes of May 1, 2007—(Palmer/Gasparino). Passed
c. FA University Curriculum Committee Minutes of April 19, 2007 (FS 050807 2.c); Minutes of May 3, 2007 (2.c.2) Draft Process for Curriculum Approval (FS 032707 2.c.3)—we are waiting for the legislative version of the document (maybe fall).
Motion to approve FA UCC minutes of April 19 and May 3, 2007—(Larkin/Jaede). Passed
Motion to refer using email for approval of committee minutes to the Constitutional Review Committee—(Kilborn/Hill). Passed
Schoenberger recognized the Senators who attended at least 15 out of 16 Senate meetings with $25 gift certificates to Ciatti’s:
· Andrew Larkin
· Fred Hill
· Bill Langen
· Larry Roth
· Michael Tripp
· Frances Kayona
· Judy Dorn (Perfect Attendance!)
· Andy Anda
· Rona Karasik
· Sandra Chesborough
Kilborn thanked Schoenberger for being FA President and presented her with a $50 gift certificate to Ciatti’s. Retired faculty were announced: Nancy Brennan, John Cronn, Pamm Minden, Jana Preble, Michael White, James Anderson, and W. Edward Garrett.
d. FA International Studies Committee Minutes of April 30, 2007 (FS 050807 2.d)—it was noted that there wasn’t a quorum at the meeting.
Motion to approve FA International Studies Committee two motions even without the quorum in minutes of April 30, 2007—(Larkin/Murphy). Passed
e. FA General Education Committee Minutes of April 20, 2007 (FS 050807 2.e.1)—filed; Revisions of the Global Initiative Report from Strategic Planning (FS 050807 2.e.2)—Senate requested committee to review.
Motion to refer to University Strategic Planning Committee: Revisions of the Global Initiative Report—(Palmer/Tripp). Moved to New Business
Pulled and put on the New Business agenda—(Kilborn).
f. FA Committee on the Institution minutes of April 27, 2007 (FS 050807 2.f)
Motion to approve FA Committee on the Institution minutes of April 27, 2007—(Larkin/Lavenda). Passed
g. FA Constitutional Review Committee Recommendations from March 12, 2007 (FS 032707 2.m); Responses to Referred Questions (FS 050807 2.g.1); Proposed changes to the constitution for next fall (FS 050807 2.g.2)
Motion to approve FA Constitutional Review Committee Recommendation and the principles on which they are based (FA committee membership item) from March 12, 2007—(Killborn/Nastrom). Passed
VOTE: to approve FA Constitutional Review Committee Recommendation (Articles VI, IX, and XIII) from March 12, 2007. Passed
h. FA Academic Affairs Committee Minutes of May 2, 2007 and accompanying documents (FS 050807 2.h.1, 2.h.2)—Schoenberger pointed out the change on the military withdrawal proposal discussed at Meet and Confer.
Motion to approve FA Academic Affairs Committee minutes of May 2, 2007, and accompanying documents—(Kilborn/Lavenda). Separated
Separated:
Military Withdrawal—Passed with deletion below
Delete: “The provisions of this policy do not apply to 14-day annual active duty training requirements.” In the Military Withdrawal policy—(Roth/Langen). Passed
Inset in Residence Requirement—tabled
Changes: add “or director of interdisciplinary program(s)” and “or programs” to policy—(Jaede/Larkin). Tabled
Motion to table “Inset in Residence Requirement” until we get a list of programs and departments—(Roth/Tabakin). Passed
Graduate Student Satisfactory Academic Progress—tabled
Motion to refer to Academic Affairs for doctoral programs language—(Branson/no second). Failed
Motion to table Graduate Student Satisfactory Academic Progress to the second Senate meeting in the fall—(Langen/Tabakin). Division: in favor: 22, opposed: 7. Passed
Probation/Suspension Policy – Undergraduate—Passed
Revised Prerequisites Policy—Passed
i. Ad Hoc Committee for Online Policies and Procedures minutes of April 6, 2007 (FS 050807 2.i)—filed.
j. UDWR Ad Hoc Committee Minutes from April 3, 2007; April 24, 2007; May 1, 2007; and accompanying documents (FS 050807 2.j.1, 2.j.2, 2.j.3, 2.j.4)
Motion to refer UDWR Ad Hoc Committee minutes of April 3, April 24, and May 1, 2007 minutes and accompanying documents back to the departments and bring back to second Senate meeting in the fall—(Tabakin/Palmer). Passed
k. SCSU Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of April 25, 2007 (FS 050807 2.k)—filed.
l. TLTR minutes of April 20, 2007 (FS 050807 2.l)—filed.
m. SCSU Budget Advisory Group Minutes of April, 24 2007 (FS 050807 2.m)—filed.
n. FA Budget Advisory Committee Minutes of May 3, 2007 (FS 050807 2.n)—filed.
o. New Student Orientation Task Force Minutes of April 27, 2007 (FS 050807 2.o)—filed.
p. SCSU Safety Committee Meeting of April 25, 2007 (FS 050807 2.p)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—read into EC minutes.
4. Consent Agenda
a. Committee on Placement Testing Policy: Sandra Johnson, Choonkyong Kim, Gretchen Starks-Martin
Motion to approve Consent Agenda (those approved, underlined above)—(Palmer/Larkin). Passed
Motion to Unfinished Business d. Discussion of 1B.1 and 1B.1.1—Palmer.
8. Unfinished Business
d. Discussion of 1B.1 and 1B.1.1 (FS 022007 7.b); response from Meet and Confer (FS 041007 8.e)
Motion: The Faculty Association strongly encourages faculty to no longer participate in the 1B.1 process. We request a complete external review of 1B.1 processes and procedures.—(Tripp/Casanova). Passed
5. Special Elections—none.
6. Call for new agenda items—none.
7. Announcements
a. Report from University Counsel
· They are hiring a commencement coordinator for next year
· CARE has completed this year’s workshops. The team is looking at the systemic problems with 1B.1. It is expected that the new president and all the MnSCU administrators will complete the 3-day CARE training. The team is part of the HEART collaborative.
· Student Life and Development has an $11,000 grant for face-to-face and phone consultation with psychiatrists.
· Affirmative action has an online training on preventing employment discrimination. It will be available to all employees. All supervisors will be required to take it. It is recommended that all faculty take it.
· The current number of students this year is 14,101. This is at prediction. Fall applications are up. Expect small enrollment growth.
· Strategic Planning: There is a need to link map to strategic investments. COE and LR&TS still need to schedule visits with the strategic planning team. COE had to cancel but LR&TS has not scheduled.
· MUSUAF is working on graduation and advising. This is a really busy time for them.
· Students passed the late buss. Now they have to figure out how to do it.
· HR has a position tracking system up on its website.
· There is discussion of a student welfare taskforce to help students at or close to crisis.
· Read the newspaper to see how our budget is doing and how the bonding is going. The boiler for the heating plant is really important.
b. Searches (FS 050807 7.b.1 Closed, 7.b.2 Open)—for your information.
c. Letters from Mary Leary and Nancy Black (FS 050807 7.c.1, 7.c.2)—for your information.
8. Unfinished Business
a. Motions from Graduate Committee Minutes of April 27, 2006 (FS 112106 8.b) (FS 101006 8.e) (FS 042407 8.b)—sent to FA Graduate Committee and departments; there has been no response from FA Graduate Committee yet.
Motion to amend Graduate subcommittee standards by adding “at least” to Doctoral Committee Composition—(Larkin/Tripp). Passed
Motion to amend Graduate subcommittee standards “within nine years prior” to Time Limits for Doctoral Course Work—Branson. Passed.
VOTE on Graduate subcommittee standards with amendment above: Passed
b. Associate Deans in Learning Resources (FS 032707 7.c.1, 7.c.2, 7.c.3) (FS 041007 8.c.1, 8.c.2, 8.c.3)—not discussed.
c. Campus Master Plan (Larkin)—sent to the Committee on the Institution April 4, 2007, for recommendations on moving departments; Senate is waiting for response. This is in the Committee on the institution minutes above. Not discussed.
d. Discussion of 1B.1 and 1B.1.1 (FS 022007 7.b); response from Meet and Confer (FS 041007 8.e)—discussed above.
9. New Business
a. Campus Closing (Kilborn): We would like to ask for a review of the criteria and the protocol for making the decision (FS 032707 9.c)—not discussed.
b. Center for International Studies report on Fees (FS 032707 9.d)—not discussed.
c. Email Monitoring (Langen)—not discussed.
d. Draft Email Policy (FS 042407 9.e)—not discussed.
e. Motion referring Revisions of the Global Initiative Report back to Strategic Planning (Kilborn)—not discussed.
10. Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant
To: SCSU Faculty Association
From: Nominations and Elections Committee (Ralph Carr, Judith Dorn, Eungmin Kang, Melissa Prescott, Emily Schultz, Ray Tsai, Nathan Winter)
Tellers’ Report on the Faculty Association Spring 2007 Elections
Ballots counted: 264
Ballots uncounted*: 9
Ballots received: 273
*Uncounted ballots: 7 unsigned on outer envelope
2 received after submission deadline
Faculty Association President-elect:
John Palmer 206 [Elected]
Write-ins:
Jay Herath 3
Andy Larkin 1
Bob Murphy 1
Spoiled 1
Blank 52
IFO Board of Directors
Jayantha Herath 105
Robert Reff 33
David Warne 110 [Elected]
Blank 16
College Committees: All volunteers who were uncontested are elected.
College of Education :
Elections Committee
Karen Thoms [Elected]
Professional Development Committee
Ming-Chi Own [Elected]
Technology and Pedagogical Resources Committee
Kathleen Ofstedal [Elected]
Graduate Committee
Christine Imbra 16
Kimberly Schulze 25 [Elected]
International Studies Committee
Avelino Mills-Nova 19 [Elected]
Merton Thompson 18
Kathryn Johnson 14
College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Academic Affairs Committee
Chonkyong Kim [Elected]
Admissions and Retention Committee
Maria Mikolchak [Elected]
General Education Committee
Paula Tompkins [Elected]
Government Relations Committee
David Warne [Elected]
Professional Development Committee
Gloria Melgarejo [Elected]
Graduate Committee
Rebecca Crowell 13
Chun Kyong Kim 23
Lisa Heinrich 26 [Elected]
International Studies Committee
Kathryn Gainey 13
James Robinson 23 [Elected]
Suzanne Ross 11
Maria Mikolchak 14
Roseanne Ross 13
Gretchen Tiberghien 7
Faculty Research Grants Committee
Rebecca Crowell 13
Kathryn Gainey 25 [Elected]
Maria Mikolchak 17
Teri Estrem 13
Debra Japp 30 [Elected]
College of Social Sciences
Executive Committee
[Write-ins only]
Andy Larkin 1
Robert Johnson 1
Admissions and Retention
Mary Glade 29 [Elected]
Hari Luitel 13
Faculty Research Grants
Philip Grossman 15
Stephen Philion 27 [Elected]
Graduate Committee
Phyllis Greenberg 29 [Elected]
Elizabeth Talbon 16
International Studies Committee
Robert Lavenda 29 [Elected]
Lewis Wixon 20
Committee on the Institution
Stephen Frank [Elected]
General Eduction Committee
Mark Jaede [Elected]
Professional Development Committee
Debra Gold [Elected]
Technology and Pedagogical Resources Committee
Marlene DeVoe [Elected]
College of Science and Engineering
FA Unit Representative
Anthony Akubue 8
Dale Buske 19
Balsy Kasi 30 [Elected]
Admissions and Retention Committee
Robert Weisman [Elected]
Committee on the Institution
Maria Womack [Elected]
General Education Committee
Jean Hoff [Elected]
Government Relations Committee
Jeffrey Johnson [Elected]
Annette Schoenberger [Elected]
Graduate Studies Committee
Bantwal Baliga 20
Kurt Helgeson 35 [Elected]
International Studies Committee
Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje 21
Jack McKenna 27 [Elected]
Beverly Kochmann 16
College of Business
Academic Affairs Committee
Susantha Herath [Elected]
Admission and Retention Committee
William Hudson [Elected]
Budget Review Committee
Susantha Herath [Elected]
Faculty Research Grants Committee
Susantha Herath [Elected]
Graduate Committee
Rajash Gulati [Elected]
International Committee
Drue Schuler [Elected]
Professional Developments Committee
Susantha Herath [Elected]
Technology and Pedagogical Resourcess Committee
Doug Polley [Elected]
Special Services:
FA Unit Representative
JoAnn Gasparino [Elected]
Admission and Retention Committee
Cari Kenner [Elected]
Faculty Research Grants Committee
Robert Reff [Elected]
Graduate Committee
Rose Stark [Elected]
Professional Development Committee
Christine Inkster [Elected]