Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

13 December 2000

 

The eighth meeting of the 2000-2001 year was called to order at 12:10 pm

 

Members Present:  R. Jirsa (Presiding), T. W. Carr, A. Rao, M. Brownell, S. Martinelli, G. Puerschner, J. DaPonte, M. Shapiro, J. Fullmer, J. Thorson, K. Corbett, C. Hood, B. Johnson, J. Mee, D. Kemler, P. Palma, P. Sakalowsky, S. Judd, J. Dunklee, A. Bielefield, C. Schofield-Bodt, V. Mick, T. Bennett, K. Grant, M. Wallace, L. Prince, R. Volkman,  A. Paulson, W. Sherman, P. Kahlbaugh, S. Bulmer, J. MacGregor, S. Hageman, V. Dripchak, M. Ryan, P. Major, A. M. Watts 

 

Visitors:  Hugh Davis, Clyde Weed

 

Not Present:  Athletics, Communication, Counseling, Ed. Leadership, Foreign Language (Verplaetse), History (Petto), Management, Marketing, Music, Nursing (Bochain), Part-time faculty (3), Physics, Social Work (Haymes), Special Ed.(Brucker)

 

Vice President J. Phil Smith:  

J.P. Thompson, Dean of Extended Learning, died December 12th at her home in Michigan.

Bids will be solicited from architectural firms to flesh out the 2nd 5-years of our Master Facilities Plan.  Three finalists will be invited to campus in January.

An EdD proposal has been submitted by UConn.  Their proposal will be challenged by CSU.

NEASC is proceeding on pace, and many drafts are approaching final stages.

Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting of November 29, 2000 , were approved as presented.

Announcements: The first Senate meeting of next semester will be January 24th

 

Standing Committee Reports

Personnel Policy:       DEC  Hardship revisions should be complete by the     next Senate meeting.

 

Rules :                        No report.

 

Student Policy :         No report.

 

Technology.               ETAC Faculty Technology survey has been distributed, please urge all constituents to participate.


High Tech classrooms are to be ready by spring semester, one classroom will be dual platform.

MacIntosh users need to be vocal about support from Al Chai and J. P. Smith


ETAC will seek clarification of the new “flexible” computer replacement policy

 

Elections:        Larry Prince was elected as part-time faculty Senator.

 

Finance:         Any travel money requests should be submitted promptly.

 

Academic Policy:       Proposed Constitution of Library Committee will be discussed again under Old Business.

 

Old Business:  Regarding the Proposed Faculty Senate Library Committee (FSULAC), a comparison was distributed for the current committee versus the proposed new committee.

 

       Discussion was opened for pros and cons;

                  MOTION was made to removed item 2D from proposed constitution, as it seems to imply micro-management (Committee to advise the Library Director)

 

                       Those opposed felt that the purpose of the committee is to advise; 2D should remain;

                  Question was called; Item 2D was deleted by majority vote (24-10).

                  Question was called on ORIGINAL MOTION to approve the Proposed Faculty Senate Library Committee (FSULAC), replacing the existing Library Committee.

 

                  MOTION PASSED by majority vote (20-13)

 

Meeting was adjourned at 1:45PM

Respectfully submitted,

 

T. Wiley Carr

Secretary of the Senate