13 September 2000
The first 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. Coburn-Engquist, J. DaPonte, R. Landino, M. Shapiro, J. Fullmer, K. Corbett, D. Cairns, P. Petrie, C. Hood, B. Johnson, J. Mee, D. Kemler, P. Palma, P. Sakalowsky, S. Judd, C. Petto, C. Schofield-Bodt, V. Mick, D. Prasad, M. Prince, T. Bennett, K. Grant, S. Bochain, M. Wallace, L. Prince, J. Young, R. Volkman, A. Paulson, W. Sherman, P. Kahlbaugh, S. Bulmer, S. Hageman, E. Haymes, V. Dripchak. M. Ryan, P. Brucker, P. Major, A. M. Watts
Visitor: Jim Tait (UCF)
Not Present: Athletics, Journalism, Library Science, Music, Part-time faculty (Berman, McCormack), Physics, Rec/Leisure
President Michael Adanti &
Vice-President J. Philip Smith:
All new faculty should now have computers.
Please report if this is not the case.
Initial enrollment is up 4.5%. Official enrollment is determined after the third week of classes.
Construction on the new parking garage is complete. It provides 600 new parking spaces
Engleman Hall construction delayed slightly pending bond money.
Al Chai has been appointed as the new CITO.
Approval of
the Minutes of the Faculty Senate
Meeting of May 10, 2000 was postponed.
Executive Committee Members:
The following Senators make up the constituency of the Executive Committee
for 2000-2001:
Robert Jirsa, President
T. Wiley Carr, Secretary
Marla Shapiro, Treasurer &
Finance Committee
Jim Fullmer, Academic Policy
Vickie Mick, Personnel Policy
Shelley Bochain, Student Policy
Patricia Major, Rules
Christine Petto, Technology
(TBA), Elections
Ex-Officio non-voting participants:
Art Paulson, Parliamentarian
George Puerschner, Past-President
Jim Tait, UCF
Standing Committee Reports
Academic Policy: Will be meeting with President Adanti regarding the EdD
resolution
Elections: No report
Finance: (report on file)
Personnel Policy: No report
Rules : No report
Technology. Will revisit the high tech classroom issue.
Student Policy : No report.
New Business: Senator David Kemler was nominated and elected as the SCSU representative to the CSU Foundation.
Old Business: We
will need to re-vote on the issue of the faculty referendum re: part-time
faculty percentage. The first vote was
called by majority voice vote, but should have been determined by 2/3rds
majority vote of the full Senate
Respectfully submitted,
T. Wiley Carr
Secretary of the Senate