November 13, 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; (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
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; (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; (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
1. Call to order at 3:19 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Faculty Senate Minutes of October 23 and 30, 2007 (FS 111307 2.a.)
Motion to approve FS minutes of October 23-30, 2007—(Mohrbacher/Murphy). Passed
b. Executive Committee Minutes of November 6, 2007 (FS 111307 2.b.)
Motion to approve EC minutes of November 6, 2007—(Gasparino/Schoenberger). Passed
c. University Curriculum Minutes. Draft Process for Curriculum Approval (FS 091107 2.c.2.)—awaiting legislative version for action. Minutes of October 4, 2007 (FS 111307 2.c.1.); Minutes of October 11, 2007 (FS 111307 2.c.2.); Minutes of October 25, 2007 (FS 111307 2.c.3.); Minutes of November 1, 2007 (FS 111307 2.c.4.)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of October 4, 2007—(Jaede/Kasi). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of October 11, 2007—(Schoenberger/seconded). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of October 25, 2007 (two motions pulled: BA in General Business and BCIS 450/550 Information Technology Strategy and Management)—(Schoenberger/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of November 1, 2007—(Schoenberger/Gasparino). Passed
d. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of October 17, 2007 (FS 111307 2.d.1); Minutes of October 24, 2007 (FS 111307 2.d.2)—filed; October 31, 2007 (FS 111307 2.d.3)—filed.
Motion to approve Assessment Steering Committee minutes of October 17, 2007—(Inkster/Hergert). Passed
Note: “trainees’” and “their” need clarification in the motion.
e. Professional Development Committee Minutes of October 19, 2007 (FS 111307 2.e.); Minutes of November 9, 2007 (FS 111307 2.e.2)
Motion to approve Professional Development Committee minutes of October 19, 2007—(Schoenberger/Inkster). Passed
Motion to approve Professional Development Committee minutes of November 9, 2007—(Gasparino/Kasi). Postponed
Motion to postpone Professional Development Committee minutes of November 9, 2007, until the committee has a chance to review the sabbatical ranking and come back with another proposal—(Schoenberger/Kasi). Passed
There was discussion about mandatory sabbaticals after ten years, and the use of “shall” in the contract.
f. Division of General Studies Minutes of September 11, 2007 (FS 111307 2.f.1.)—filed; Minutes of October 10, 2007 (FS 111307 2.f.2.)—filed.
g. TLTR Notes for October 19, 2007 (FS 111307 2.g.)—filed.
h. Service-Learning Advisory Committee Agenda and Minutes for September 25, 2007 (FS 111307 2.h.1. and 2.h.2.)—filed; Executive Summary of CETL Service-Learning Small Grants Recipients for 2006-2007 (FS 111307 2.h.3.)—filed; Service-Learning Faculty Reassignment Information and Application (FS 111307 2.h.4.)—filed.
i. Task Force on Placement Testing Minutes of October 10, 2007 (FS 111307 2.i.1.); Minutes of October 23, 2007 (FS 111307 2.i.2.)—filed.
j. International Studies Committee Minutes of November 9, 2007 (FS 111307 2.j.1.; 2.j.2; 2.j.3; 2.j.4)
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of November 9, 2007—(Hergert/Tripp). Substituted
Substitute motion to pull the approval of the short-term study abroad proposals to be reviewed by affected departments and to be discussed in the Senate meeting on November 27, 2007—(R. Johnson/Schoenberger). Passed
Motion to approve International Studies Committee minutes of November 9, 2007, with the item above pulled. Passed
k. Strategic Planning Committee Minutes of October 25, 2007 (FS 111307 2.k.1)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—read into the EC minutes.
4. Consent Agenda
· Search Committee for Associate Dean of COB (5 faculty):
o Bradley Sleeper (Marketing/Business Law)
· Search Committee for MSUAAF to assist COB Dean (1 faculty): Bradley Sleeper (Marketing/Business Law)
· Screening Committee for Service Learning Liaison Position with reassigned time (3 faculty):
o Darlene Copley (Nursing)
o Maria Mikolchak (Foreign Languages)
o Bradley Sleeper (Marketing/Business Law)
· Search Committee for Admissions Representative for Underrepresented and Student of Color (2 faculty):
o Gregory Martin (Mass Communications)
Motion to approve Consent Agenda (those appointed are underlined above)—(R. Johnson/Warne). Passed
5. Special Elections
· Search Committee for COSS (replacing 2 faculty)
o Debra Gold (Sociology/Anthropology)
o Philip Grossman (Economics)
o Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher (Community Studies)
· Search Committee for American Indian Center Student Service Coordinator (MSUAASF search: 1 faculty)
o Tara Harl (Aviation) David Rogers (Special Education)
o Darlene St. Clair (Multicultural Resource Center) Matthew Julius (Biology)
o Rose Stark (Counseling) Nona Wilson (CEEP)
Those appointed are underlined above.
6. Call for New Agenda Items—none.
7. Announcements
a. Location for next Senate meeting: Cascade on November 27th
b. Negotiations Report—There have been no negotiations meetings since Senate last met.
c. Action Report—Palmer gave an update. Buttons and posters were distributed.
d. Report about November 1st Meet and Confer
1. Academic Planning Process—Palmer, Kilborn, and the Provost are meeting as the steering committee.
2. Budget Report (FS 111307 7.d.2.a. - 7.d.2.d.)—these items are from Meet and Confer for your information.
3. Diversity Taskforce—the President is writing a charge for the task force, and will bring this to Meet and Confer.
4. COE Climate Taskforce—Kilborn is meeting with the taskforce on Monday. The external co-chair plans to be back after Thanksgiving.
5. Center for International Studies Report on Fees (FS 091107 9.c.)—reports distributed at Meet and Confer, and afterwards, for your information.
e. Report from November 8-9 IFO Board Meeting
1. Senate Motion regarding Electronic Voting (FS 111307 7.e.1.)—the motion was changed at the IFO Board, and Kilborn pointed out the modifications.
2. Academic Affairs Report regarding COPE and PSEO (FS 111307 7.e.2.)—for your information.
f. Delegate Assembly (FS 111307 7.f.)—SCSU gets 47 total delegates. The deadline for resolutions is March 14, 2008.
g. Valhalla Morning Coffee—coffee will be served in the morning as long as people continue to show up.
h. New Information on Current Administrative Searches
· Faculty elected to Search Committee for AVP for International Studies:
o COB : Susantha Herath COE: Kathryn Johnson
o SPEC: Tom Hergert COSE: Mark Petzold
o COFAH: Margaret Teutsch-Dwyer COSS: Tom O'Toole
· COSS Dean Search and Search Firm—the Provost is undecided about whether to use a search firm or not. He will schedule a meeting with the search committee.
· COB Associate Dean Search and Search Firm—this is a National Search, but the Provost does not know if there will be a search firm. COB representatives spoke in favor of a search firm to get better and more candidates.
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.)—Palmer gave an update. There are a few active grievances.
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. Email monitoring (Langen) (FS 091107 7.e.1., 7.e.2, and 7.e.3)
Motion to negotiate an agreement that when faculty email is monitored, that the faculty member receives written notification—(Roth/Schoenberger). Passed
c. Early Notification System (FS 102307 9.g.1. - 9.g.3.)
Motion to ask at Meet and Confer: What is the effect of the system on student performance? What is the effect on student retention? After students are identified and notified, did it change student behavior? Are they able to identify students at risk? Can the system identify students having difficulty in more than one course to ascertain a pattern? What is the intervention to help these students identified by the Early Notification System? The purpose of the system is to reduce attrition and increase retention. Were these purposes served? What is the evidence?—(R. Johnson/Schoenberger). Passed
d. Draft Policy for E-mail as a Means of Communication for Employees (FS 111307 9.d.)—there was discussion about the draft policy.
e. New Student Orientation Budget and Revenue Stream (FS 111307 9.e.1. and 9.e.2.)—not discussed.
f. Intellectual Property and Releases from PR (FS 111307 9.f.)—Kilborn explained the changes in the form presented at Meet and Confer. There was discussion for and against PR releases.
Motion to submit the PR Release and Authorization form to the IFO for review—(R. Johnson/Hergert). Passed
10. Adjournment at 5:14 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU Faculty Association Administrative Assistant