The twelfth meeting of the 1999-2000 year was called to order at 12:20 pm
Members
Present: R. Jirsa, T.
W. Carr, A. Rao, C. Wieder,
S. Martinelli, G. Puerschner, T. Sherman, J. Coburn-Engquist, J. DaPonte,
R. Landino, J. Fullmer, R. Eldridge, K. Corbett, D. Cairns, P. Petrie,
B. Gustafson, D. Kemler, P. Sakalowsky, S. Judd, C. Petto, J. Dunklee,
N. Disbrow, C. Schofield-Bodt, V. Mick, D. Prasad, T. Bennett, K. Grant,
S. Bochain, A. Vicenzi, L. Prince, L. Matthews, A. Paulson, , J. Hurlbut,
P.Kahlbaugh, R. Luquis, E. Haymes, B. Worden. M. Ryan, P. Brucker,
A. M. Watts
Visitors: Camille Serchuk (UCF)
Not
Present: Athletics, Couns/Sch
Psych, Exercise Science (Misasi), Foreign Language (Palma), Marketing,
Music, Part-Time Faculty (Berman, McCormack, Young) Philosophy, Rec/Leisure,
Science Ed/Env,
Minutes of the Faculty
Senate Meeting of March 8th , 2000 were approved
with
minor corrections.
Announcements:
Patrick Dilger will speak to the Senate at the meeting of April 26th.
New Part-time faculty Senators are:
Elizabeth McCormack, Lee
Berman, and John Young
Standing Committee Reports
Student
Policy : Distribution
of the results of the Academic Advisement Survey will be made to all senators. The
Disabilities Resource Office may be the next subject of survey.
Rules
: Report
& recommendation for action will be presented under New Business.
Technology The CITO Search committee has been meeting actively, with several strong candidates.
Finance: Ellen
Beatty will be transferring $2500 from Faculty Retraining to Full-Time
Travel account. Still, not
all travel requests will be funded.
Personnel Policy: Faculty Evaluation of Administration Survey has 138 responses to date, with deadline being 3/31. A matrix is being developed for tabulation of results. Suggestions for change in Hardship DEC document will be forthcoming.
Academic
Policy: (concurrently meeting
– no report)
Elections: Self-nomination forms have been submitted for University-Wide Committee elections.
UCF
Update: none.
Old Business:
Whereas the
Faculty Senate was charged to review the status of the Undergraduate Curriculum
Forum during its third year of operation, and
whereas
the Faculty Senate is responsible to authorize or discontinue the UCF,
and
whereas
failure to authorize the UCF as a permanent body would revert curriculum
governance to the previous system of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
(UCC) and the
University Curriculum and Instruction Committee (UCIC), and
whereas
a unified voice for faculty curriculum governance is desirable, and
Therefore,
be it resolved that the Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF) be granted
permanent status as an independent/autonomous standing committee of the
SCSU Faculty Senate.
Discussion:
Opposed: There remain fundamental problems with UCF, many faculty have
had problems with the process, and School Committees have complicated the
process. With existing problems,
it seems premature to make UCF permanent.
MOTION was made as follows:
REMOVE “whereas failure to authorize the UCF as a permanent body would revert curriculum governance to the previous system of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) and the University Curriculum and Instruction Committee (UCIC), and”
And ADD the following to the resolution:
Therefore be it resolved that the trial period be extended
for two years, and
Therefore be it further resolved that the UCF be asked to address the following concerns during the extended trial period:
1)
issues of communication and timely review between the UCF and faculty.
2) Question of the function and purview of UCF Standing Committees
with specific concerns re” redundancy, and
3) Question of interaction between the UCF and School Curriculum Committees.
Therefore, that following the extended trial period the Faculty
Senate will review the UCF for permanent status.
MOTION was seconded.
Discussion: Those
in favor of the MOTION expressed agreement that these are real and legitimate
concerns. Those opposed stated
that these concerns can be addressed without an amendment to the original
motion.
MOTION was defeated
(11 yes – 27 no)
Original question was called. Motion to call the question failed (18-19).
Discussion: As with other autonomous Committees of the Faculty Senate, the Constitution and processes of the UCF will be subject to review of the Faculty Senate as spelled out in the Senate Constitution and By-Laws.
Question was called on entire MOTION. Question was called by majority voice vote.
Final MOTION was presented
as follows:
(Final) Resolution: 29
March 2000
Whereas the
Faculty Senate was charged to review the status of the Undergraduate Curriculum
Forum during its third year of operation, and
whereas the Faculty Senate is responsible to authorize or discontinue the UCF, and
whereas failure to authorize the UCF as a permanent body would revert curriculum governance to the previous system of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) and the University Curriculum and Instruction Committee (UCIC), and
whereas a unified voice for faculty curriculum governance is desirable, and
whereas the Faculty Senate will continue to review the constitution and processes of UCF as provided for in the constitution of the Faculty Senate,
Therefore, be it resolved that the Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF) be granted permanent status as an autonomous standing committee of the SCSU Faculty Senate.
New Business:
MOTION was made by Rules Committee to make the ad hoc Technology Committee a Standing Committee of the Senate as follows:
Technology Committee:
Purview: All matters dealing with technology as it impacts on faculty in their teaching and research: e.g., hardware/software acquisition, technical support, ongoing communication with other committees and offices involved with technology and long range planning relative to academic technology.
MOTION was passed UNANIMOUSLY.
T. Wiley Carr
Secretary of the Senate-