Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

January 24, 2001

The ninth meeting of the 2000-2001 year was called to order at 12:10 PM.

Members Present:

Jirsa, Rao, Brownell, Lavin, Puerschner, Sherman, Coburn-Enquist, DaPonte, Landino, Fullmer, Thorson, Corbett, Petrie, Hood, Johnson, Mee, Kemler, Palma, Verplaetse, Judd, Petto, Dunklee, Bielefield, Schofield-Boyd, Mick, Laird, Bennett, Bochain, Wallace, Young, Prince, Volkman, Bidarian, Paulson, Sherman, Kahlbaugh, Bulmer, MacGregor, Hagemen, Dripchak, Haymes, Major

Visitors:

Tait

Members Absent:

Maloney (Athletics), Martinelli (Biology), - (Couns/School Psych), Carins (Ed Leadership), Sakalowsky (Geography), Nodoushani (Management), Grant (Math), Moss (Music), Berman (Part-time faculty), McCormack (Part-time faculty), Ryan (Soc/Anthropology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Watts (Theatre)

President Michael Adanti:

• SCSU is exempt from the hiring freeze announced by the state.

• SCSU’s proposed EdD program is supported by the Governor and 60+ legislators. However, the Department of Higher Education tabled the motion and asked us to work co-operatively with UConn. SCSU is not in favor of a joint program with UConn.

• The legislative change will still go forward. A hearing before the Department of Higher Education is scheduled for February 13, 2000.

• Renovation update: New bids are out; five contractors have been pre-selected; bonded money is still available. Expected start dates: Engelman Hall – March or April 2001 and Student Center – next year.

• Disregard the computer replacement policy you received via email from Brignola.

Minutes of the Faculty Meeting of December 13, 2000 were approved as presented.

Announcements:

• Presidential Dialogues will take place on:

· Monday, February 12, 2000 at 1:00 PM

· Thursday, March 15, 2000 at 1:00 PM

· Tuesday, May 1, 2000 at 1:00 PM

• President Adanti has signed the Faculty Senate Resolution relating to High Tech Classrooms – Dual Platforms (F-00-06).

• Part-time and Full-time travel funds are fully allocated. No additional monies are available from the Faculty Development or Faculty Retraining budgets. Travel requests are still being accepted for administrative purposes (e.g., insurance, class cancellations, etc.) A waiting list is also maintained in the event some monies become available in the future.

· The Banner Student Module’s Faculty Advisory Committee will reconvene within the next few weeks.

• Welcome to Terrence Lavin, Art department representative to the Faculty Senate. Terry will serve on the Personnel Policy Committee.

• CSU Research Grants due date is extended to February 15, 2000, 5:00 PM

UCF Update:

• The Strategic Plan was discussed at the last UCF meeting.

• Email any concerns about the UCF to Jim Tait (email address: TAIT)

• Tait suggested that the Faculty Senate invite Mark Heidmann to explain and review the status of the Writing Program.

• The handout (Pilot Program Charter) distributed today is for information only.

Standing Committee Reports:

1. Rules: No report

2. Student Policy: No report

3. Technology:
• The computer replacement policy will be addressed by the Technology Committee this semester.
• Ignore the email from Joe Brignola about the computer replacement policy. Advice your department about the same.
• Contact Al Chai or John Pappy if you need training to use the new high tech classrooms.

4. Academic Policy: No report

5. Elections: No report

6. Finance: No report

7. Personnel Policy: No report

Old Business:

AV/TV/Multi-Media Resolution originally proposed on December 4, 2000 by Richard Volkman was revisited:

Whereas educational technology is integral to the educational ends of Southern’s faculty and students all across campus, but only if it can be accessed by faculty and students all across campus,

Whereas reasonable protection of such equipment against the elements can be cheaply effected by covering the equipment during transport, and

Whereas there is no value to having educational technology that cannot be used because it is under lock and key,

We resolve that those in charge of such equipment (e.g., The Office of AV/TV/Multi-Media) must make the equipment available to faculty who request it, without regard to location on campus or time of class/university sanctioned event or weather conditions. There shall be no policy barring the transport of this equipment to wherever on campus it is needed.

The motion passed by unanimous voice vote.

New Business: None.

Meeting was adjourned at 1:40 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Arundhati S. Rao

Secretary of the Senate