Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

October 1, 2003

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The second meeting of the 2003-2004 year was called to order at 12:15 PM.

The minutes of September 10, 2003 were approved.

Members Present:

Rogers (Anthropology), Vu (Art), Lavin (Art), Lerud (Biology), Pang(Chemistry), Ullian (Communication), Jirsa (Com Disorder/MFT), DaPonte (Computer Science), Lawler (Counseling), De Barbieri (Counseling/School Psychology), Fullmer (Earth Science), Xie (Econ/Finance), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Diffley (Ed Leadership), Johnson (English), Mee (Exercise Science), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Hernandez (Foreign Language), Pennisi (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Petto (History), Dunklee (Jounalism), Bielefield (Library Science), Wu (Library Services), Hopkins (Management), Prince (Marketing), D’Amour (Math), Brin (Math), O’Brien (Media Studies), Kuss (Music), Aronson (Nursing), Young (Part-time faculty), Pettigrew (Philosophy), Broadbridge (Physics), Paulson (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Brancazio (Psychology), Bulmer (Public Health), Panza (Recreation/Leisure), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Stud), Keenan (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Alfano (Special Ed/Reading), Braudt (Theatre)

Members Absent:

(Accounting), (Athletics), Hood (English), (3 Part-Time Faculty), Klassen (Library Services), Dripchak (Social Work), Brucker (Special Education/Reading)

Visitors

• Interim President, J. Philip Smith
• Executive Vice President, Jim Blake
• Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ellen Beatty
• Lynn Kohrn, Registrar
• Richard Riccardi, Banner Project Office

Guest Speakers

• President Smith updated the Senate on activities concurrent with the beginning of the new semester
• Registration and Financial Aid Issues
• NCATE – the visit will be in February, 2004
• The SCSU Foundation
• Vice President Beatty greeted the Senate and provided an update from Academic Affairs
• Vice President Blake updated the Senate on the latest budgetary information
• Lynn Kohrn distributed information regarding prerequisite checking and discussed issues related to registration matters in general. She and Rick Riccardi then answered Senators’ questions regarding various registration and prerequisite issues. She also discussed the expanded advisement period to go along with a shorter registration period made possible by the use of the Banner on-line registration protocols.
• Regarding waiting lists for closed courses, Ms. Kohrn indicated that Banner does not permit wait listing.
• Regarding graduate students, graduate students enrolling in undergraduate courses are subject to prerequisite checking. Departments need to understand this and provide electronic permission
• Regarding senior citizens, Ms. Kohrn indicated that she has asked departments to give her office a list of courses that may be taken by senior citizens. The registrar’s office will then develop a senior citizen permission slip

Announcements:

• Senator Jirsa asked the senators to inform their departmental DECs that they should follow the calendar in Part V of the Promotion and Tenure Document.
• Senator Lavin announced that the City Wide Open Studios event will begin on Friday October 10^th and run for three weeks. The even will be held at Art Space in New Haven (Crown and Chamberlain Streets).

President’s Report:

The president’s report was distributed. President Paulson highlighted the following:

• Senator Michelle Lawler will serve as the representative of the Faculty Senate on the BEAR committee
• President Smith approved FSR S-03-07, the Faculty Senate approved policy to meet Ethics Commission Requirement on the assignment of literature by the assigning professor
• That the New York Yankees have clinched the American League East Championship and will face the Minnesota Twins. It was pointed out to President Paulson that the Yankees did indeed loose the first game of the series and President Paulson indicated he understood. President Paulson also acknowledged that Senator Rogers endorsed the Minnesota Twins, and that Senator Jirsa was deeply disappointed that the Chicago White Sox were eliminated the final two weeks of the season; however Senator Jirsa noted that there is a “next year,” and that this is probably the final year for the NY team in the post-season.

Standing Committee Reports:

1. Elections:

· Senator Corbett reported that the ballots for the special P&T election have been sent to faculty.

2. Finance:

· Senator Jirsa, reporting for Senator Brucker, reported that $8,000 remains in the part-time travel fund and $109,000 in the full-time travel fund.

3. Personnel Policy:

· Senator Bielefield indicated that there was no report.

4. Rules:

· Senator Rinehardt reported that the committee is reviewing the UCF constitution “article by article.”

5. Student Policy:

· Senator Bulmer reported that the committee has been focusing on prerequisite checking and working with Lynn Kohrn.

· Senator Bulmer also reported on the BAER meeting and President Paulson thanked Senators Bulmer, Rogers, and Lawler for their work on this committee

6. Technology:

· Senator Brin noted the recent email from Mr. Brignola regarding the Macromedia update for the student computer labs and extended a thanks to Mr. Brignola for his efforts in notifying faculty and staff of pending software upgrades.

7. Academic Policy:

· Senator Bloch, speaking for the committee, indicated that the committee is working on the ethics resolution.

Old Business:

There was no old business

New Business:

There was no new business

The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 PM

Respectively submitted,

Robert E. Jirsa

Secretary of the Senate