October 9, 2007
OFFICERS: Judy Kilborn, Annette Schoenberger, Michael Connaughton, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Fred Hill, David Warne, John Palmer
NEGOTIATOR: Bill Langen
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, Ray Tsai; (FIRE) vacant; (MGMT) Larry Roth, vacant; (MKGB) Rajesh Gulati, James C. Johnson
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEEP) Bill Lepkowski, Robert Murphy, Susan Parault; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, Caryl Martin; (HURL) vacant; (LDR) John Rapp, Michael Mills; (IM) John Theis; (SPED) Kathy Johnson, Janet Salk (TDEV) vacant, Steve Hornstein, Ramon Serrano
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) vacant; (ART) Nancy Levy, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Rebecca Crowell; (CMST) Traci Anderson, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, David Tschida; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, vacant, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Bill Langen, Shawn C. Jarvis, vacant; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Marion Judish, vacant; (PHIL) Susana Nuccetelli, Andy Platt; (THFD) Debra Leigh, Eve Honegger (alt)
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIOL) vacant, vacant, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Nathan Winter, Becky Krystyniak; (CSCI) Andrew Anda, Donald Hamnes; (EAS) Jean Hoff; (EE) Sura Lekhakul, Tim Vogt; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, Janis Cimperman, Carol Theisen, Wayne Braith (alt); (NURS) Patty Bresser; (PHYS) John Liu; (STAT) Leonard Onyiah, vacant
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Robert Johnson; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, Richard Lawrence; (ECON) David Switzer; Mana Komai; (ES) Kyoko Kishimoto, Dia Cha; (GEOG) Ken Wong; (HIST) Mark Jaede; Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Edward Greaves; (PSYC) Marlene Devoe, Jody Illies; (SW) Elizabeth Talbot; (SAN) Mark Muniz, Robert Lavenda; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) JoAnn Gasparino; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin; (COUN) Steve Jenkins; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Sandra Q. Williams, Tom Hergert; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) Jenifer Odette
GUESTS: Lisa Foss and Provost Spitzer
1. Call to order at 3:19 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of September 25, 2007 (FS 100907 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of September 25, 2007—(Tabakin/Herath). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of October 2, 2007 (FS 100907 2.b.)
Motion to approve EC Minutes of October 2, 2007—(Dorn/Kayona). Passed
c. Division of General Students (DGS) Advisory Committee Minutes of June 22, 2007 (FS 100907 2.c.)—filed.
d. FA University Curriculum Minutes of September 20, 2007 (FS 100907 2.d.). Draft Process for Curriculum Approval (FS 091107 2.c.2)—awaiting legislative version for action.
e. Strategic Planning Committee Minutes of September 13, 2007 (FS 100907 2.e.)—filed.
f. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of September 19, 2007 (FS 100907 2.f.1)—filed. October 1, 2007 (FS 100907 2.f.2) and documents concerning motions in the October 1st minutes (FS 100907 2.f.3. through FS 100907 2.f.10)
Motion to approve Assessment Steering Committee minutes of October 1, 2007, and documents concerning motions—(Palmer/seconded). Tabled
Motion to table Assessment Steering Committee minutes of October 1, 2007, and documents concerning motions until the next Senate meeting to take back to departments for feedback—(Karasik/Lavenda). Passed
g. General Education Committee Minutes of September 7, 2007 (FS 100907 2.g)—filed.
h. TLTR Notes for October 5, 2007 (FS 100907 2.h.1-2.h.3.)—filed.
i. Task Force on Placement Testing Minutes of October 3, 2007 (FS 100907 2.i)
Motion to approve Taskforce on Placement Testing minutes of October 3, 2007—(Palmer/Lavenda). Passed
j. University Curriculum Committee Minutes of September 27, 2007 (FS 100907 2.j.)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of September 27, 2007—(Palmer/Mohrbacher). Separated
Motion to separate motion (GE0751) for committee clarification—(Palmer/Buske). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes (except for GE0751 for committee clarification) of September 27, 2007. Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes September 27, 2007: item GE0751. Passed
3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first EC meeting of the month and read into the minutes.
4. Consent Agenda
a. Academic Affairs Committee
· COB (1): Alex Polacco (MGMT)
· COE (1): Kathryn Johnson (SPED)
· COFAH (1): Bassey Eyo (CMST)
· COSS (2): Elizabeth Talbot (SW)
b. Academic Freedom Taskforce (1 from SPEC): Tina Gross (LR&TS)
c. Applied Research Committee (College Research Director from COSS): Mary Edwards
d. Budget Review Committee
· COFAH (1): Debra Japp (CMST)
e. Committee on the Institution
· COB (2): Alex Polacco (MGMT)
· COFAH (1): Christopher Jordan (FS)
· COSE (1): Amos Olagunju (STAT)
f. Delegate Assembly Resolutions
· COSS (2): Gary Whitford (SW)
· SPEC (2): Robert Reff (COUNS)
a. First Year Experience Advisory Board
· COE (1): Ilene Rutten (COE)
c. Institutional Review Board (1 from PHIL): Carla Johnson
d. Professional Development
· COB (1): Dien Phan (BCIS)
· SPEC (1): JoAnn Gasparino (COUNS)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda (those appointed are underlined above)—(Dorn/Herath). Passed
5. Special Elections—ballots were passed around and results will be announced later in the meeting.
a. COSE Association Dean Screening Committee (3)
· Robert Aceves (AVIT)
· Anthony Akubue (ETS)
· Steve Covey (MME)
· Jeffrey Johnson (AVIT)
· Tamara Leenay (CHEM)
· Sura Lekhakul (ECE)
· Mark Petzold (ECE)
· Ramnath Sarnath (CSCI)
b. International Student Services Committee
· COSS (1): Belkis Kambach (GEOG); Thomas O'Toole (SOC/ANTH)
· SPEC (1): Jan Gembol (COUNS); Gretchen Starks-Martin (ACAD SUPPORT)
c. IFO Salary Equity Committee (1 for IFO Standing Committee)
· Maria Mikolchak (FORL)
· Annette Schoenberger (CSCI)
d. MnSCU Transfer Oversight Committee (1 for at-large state university position on MnSCU Committee)
· Leeann Jorgensen (EDAD)
· Amos Olagunju (STAT)
e. Technology Pedagogical Resources
· COSE (1): Georgia Dinndorf-Hogenson (NURS); Christopher Kvaal (BIOL)
Those appointed are underlined above.
6. Call for New Agenda Items—none.
7. Announcements
a. Location for next Senate: Cascade. Senate cannot run over next time because the room is reserved right afterwards.
b. Negotiations Report—Langen gave a Negotiations Report.
c. Action Report—Palmer gave an Action Report.
d. Winona Flood Donation (FS 100907 7.d.)—a check was sent, and we received a thank you today.
e. Updates from October 4th Meet and Confer
· Veterans Taskforce—they took our suggestion and there are three students who are veterans on the taskforce, including one student of color.
· Guest parking fees—Kilborn informed Senate that there will no longer be parking fees for faculty guest parking, and fees paid will be reimbursed. There was applause.
· Article 22/25 Taskforce (FS 100907 7.e.3.a-7.e.3.c.)—Kilborn explained what was discussed in Meet and Confer. She asked Senators to read the information and said that Administration will respond to the document including the taskforce change and configuration at the next Meet and Confer. There was discussion.
· Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Review (Office of Academic Affairs) (FS 100907 7.e.4)—these are department materials that are still needed. Please get these in as soon as possible.
· COSS Dean Search—at Meet and Confer, the Provost announced they are going ahead with the search. He suggested that they use the same committee from last year, and EC said at Meet and Confer that Senate would take this under advisement.
f. Report from Enrollment Management (FS 100907 7.f.)—for your information.
g. IFO/MnSCU Meet and Confer—for your information.
· Changes in web registration and web course schedule (FS 100907 7.g.1.)
· Selected System Resources for Faculty (FS 100907 7.g.2.)
· System Development Steering Committee (SDSC) regional meetings (FS 100907 7.g.3.)
8. Unfinished Business
a. Associate Deans in LR&TS (FS 091107 8.a.1, 8.a.2., 8.a.3, 8.a.4, 8.a.5., 8.a.6.)—not discussed.
b. Draft Prerequisites Policy (FS 091107 9.h.) – tabled time definite for 8 weeks (November 20th) or until the Academic Policy Working Group (whichever is first) gives a recommendation—not discussed.
9. New Business
a. Strategic Planning Committee Global Initiative Sub-committee Recommendation Report – Revisions from General Education Committee (submitted April 22, 2007): Pulled from minutes at 5/08/07 Senate to appear under New Business in first Senate meeting of fall (FS 091107 9.a.)—not discussed.
b. Campus Closing (Kilborn). We would like to ask for a review of the criteria and the protocol for making the decision (FS 091107 9.b.)—not discussed.
c. Center for International Studies Report on Fees (FS 091107 9.c.)—not discussed.
d. Email monitoring (Langen) (FS 091107 7.e.1., 7.e.2, and 7.e.3)—not discussed.
e. Electronic voting (Dorn) (FS 100907 9.e.)
Motion that the IFO Board form a taskforce to implement electronic voting at the statewide level in time for the election for IFO President. This includes purchase of any necessary voting software to be made accessible via a union-run website—(Dorn/Karasik). Passed
f. TIME DEFINITE: 3:30 – Provost Spitzer and Lisa Foss: the Academic Planning Process/Strategic Planning—Provost Spitzer and Lisa Foss spoke to the item. They provided Senators with a draft handout about the planning process that will go to Strategic Planning on October 11, 2007, and Meet and Confer on October 18, 2007. There was a question and answer session.
g. COSS Dean Search—there was discussion.
Motion to re-constitute the COSS Dean Search Committee from last year and ask them if they want to continue their participation—(Connaughton/Palmer). Substituted
Substituted Motion to re-appoint FA faculty to the COSS Dean Search Committee from last year, ask them if they want to continue their participation, and if not, continue with our normal election process—(Connaughton/Palmer). Passed
h. Request for Representation on Campus Parking and Transportation Task Force (FS 100907 9.h.)
Motion that FS elects a representative from each college and special services, plus one at-large, for a total of seven faculty, to the Campus Parking and Transportation Task Force—(Palmer/Connaughton). Passed
Motion that FA President provide a refresher course/reminder to Meet and Confer concerning the appointment process for FA representation, and if this happens again we will take further action—(Dorn/Hudson). Amended
Motion to amend by adding “In the spirit of cooperation…”—(Roth/Seconded). Passed
Amended Motion: In the spirit of cooperation that FA President provide a refresher course/reminder to Meet and Confer concerning the appointment process for FA representation, and if this happens again we will take further action. Passed
10. Adjournment at 5:03 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU Faculty Association Administrative Assistant