Unapproved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting
November 20, 2002
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The sixth meeting of the 2002-2003 year was called to order at 12:15 PM.
The minutes of November 6, 2002 were approved.
Members Present:
Rogers (Anthropology), Brownell (Art), Lavin (Art), Puerschner (Chemistry), Ullian (Communication), DaPonte (Computer Science), Lawler (Counseling), De Barbieri (Counseling/School Psychology), Fullmer (Earth Science), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Diffley (Educational Leadership), Hood (English), Johnson (English), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Verplaetse (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Petto (History), Dunklee (Jounalism), Bielefield (Library Science), Klasen (Library Services), Wu (Library Services), Oppedisano (Management), Prince (Marketing), Bennett (Math), Brin (Math), O’Brien (Media Studies), Kuss (Music), Wagner (Nursing), Young (Part-time), Pettigrew (Philosophy), Broadbridge (Physics), Paulson (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Kahlbaugh (Psychology), Bulmer (Public Health), MacGregor (Recreation/Leisure), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Studies), Dripchak (Social Work), Keenan (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Major (Special Ed/Reading), Watts (Theatre)
Members Absent:
(Accounting), Maloney (Athletics), Lavin (Art), Martinelli (Biology), Jirsa (Com Disorders/MFT), Lawler (Counseling), Thorson (Econ/Finance), Mee (Exercise Science), Hernandez (Foreign Language), Dobbins (Part-time Faculty), Prince (Part-time Faculty), Jexey Jack (Part-time faculty), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading)
President’s Report
· Two of our resolutions have been disapproved by President Adanti. FSR-F-02-03, Academic Standing, was disapproved because it was deemed unnecessary as it addresses an issue already explored by IT, Phil Smith and the Counseling Office. FSR-F-02-05, Updated CPR, was disapproved on the grounds that it technically cannot be done since CSUSIS generated the CPR forms. In the future, Banner will run program audits. During discussion, Senators noted that students will need the code at the bottom of the CPR form to know what program to apply under, that both faculty and students use printed CPR forms for advisement and planning and that updates are usually needed for advisement purposes before the new catalog is published.
· Information from Noreen DeCrosta—when a student changes a major, that information does not appear on the student’s transcript until grades are rolled at the end of a semester. This is why alternate PIN numbers are not always sent to the correct department.
· The Administrative Faculty Senate is meeting again after a lapse of a few years under Interim President Jack Mordente. A. Paulson plans to meet with him to discern the intent and purpose of this committee as well as to clarify the method by which representatives to the committee are chosen.
· A coordinating subcommittee of the Faculty Academic Strategic Planning Committee (FASP) has been chosen to represent FASP on the University Academic Strategic Planning Committee. The members of this committee are Karl Rhinehardt, Cindy Schofield-Bodt, John DaPonte, David Pettigrew, Steve Larocco, Troy Paddock, and Mark Watts.
· There is some misunderstanding about how travel money is allocated and distributed to faculty. The total amount allocated for faculty travel is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and each year, the Senate determines the maximum allowable amount for each member. Currently that is set at $1000 for full-time and $600 for part-time, with no restrictions on who can get the money. Since the money runs out every year, there is currently some discussion among Senators about whether priority should be given to faculty who are presenting over faculty who are attending only for professional development purposes. Senators are requested to get input from their colleagues on this issue. The President transferred $25,000 into the account which funded about 25 travel requests. Currently, there are $4500 in unencumbered funds for FT travel with about 9 requests waiting in line. Faculty who are planning to travel should still submit a travel request as it will be put into a waiting list. There is a policy requiring receipts to be filed for reimbursement within 30-days of travel. Accounts payable has been asked by the Senate to unencumber money periodically if receipts have not been filed.
UCF Update:
Details of the proposal for the writing program are now on the UCF webpage in PDF format. Any questions or concerns can be e-mailed to departmental UCF representatives or to Jim Tait.
Standing Committee
Reports:
1. Rules:
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The committee met with J. Tait to discuss the proposed
UCF Constitution and is now waiting for more information from the UCF.
2. Student Policy:
· The committee met with Noreen DeCrosta to discuss recent problems with registration. Her explanations are summarized below.
· Junior/senior audits cannot be done right now in Banner and so are being done manually. Due to staff cutbacks, the office can only do manual audits for those students that applied for graduation in May. The CAP program in Banner is the eventual solution for this problem.
· Due to problems with the credit card system in the Bursar’s office, they are promising not to drop student schedules for nonpayment until after Dec. 20. The committee is meeting with Jim Hamill to try to find out more about this process.
· All students who registered during the first two weeks of registration had their schedules accidentally dropped. These schedules were manually reentered into Banner, but you may wish to tell your advisees to double-check their schedules.
· Add/drop will not be turned off over the winter break. In the summer, registration will be reopened on Aug. 11 for continuing students, hopefully alleviating the course cancellation problems. All registration dates are posted on the web page for students.
· There is still no prerequisite checking being done. The updated Banner program is supposed to solve this problem.
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The committee also met with Dave Denino, head of the
Counseling Office. The administration
has added a part-time counselor to the office.
The committee is working on a resolution to address the staffing
shortages in the Counseling Office and will be sending a letter to D. Pederson.
3. Technology:
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Computer upgrade letters have been sent out.
· Department chairs are being requested to indicate course sections that require technology and to also indicate the type of technology needed on submitted schedules.
4. Academic Policy:
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The committee continues to work on a course withdrawal
survey.
5. Elections:
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An election is coming up. The committee still needs lists of full and part-time faculty
from some departments.
6. Finance:
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Report given under President’s report.
7. Personnel Policy:
· The committee continues to work on the Faculty Satisfaction Survey.
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Proper
Presidential Response to Senate Resolutions
After discussion, the Senate agreed with the Academic Policy Committee’s recommendation that the only Presidential response to a Senate resolution submitted for approval should be approve or disapprove with comments. This is consistent with past practice. Thus resolution FSR F-02-01 is considered to still be on the President’s desk, requiring either approval or disapproval.
· “Friendly Amendment” discussion
There was a discussion about how to make the friendly amendment process more efficient with the overall goal of keeping to the time agenda while still maintaining clarity in Senate resolutions. Several suggestions for expediting the process were made.
· Come to meeting prepared so that any amendments can be presented without being made up on the spot.
· Write up any substantive amendments and bring copies to the meeting.
· If the discussion centers only on clearing up “fuzzy wording” and the main issue is not really being debated, send the resolution back to committee for clarification of the wording.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Terri Bennett