Unapproved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

March 17, 2004

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The eleventh meeting of the 2003-2004 year was called to order at 12:15 PM.

The minutes of March 3^rd, 2004 were approved as amended.

Members Present:

Vu (Art), Pang (Chemistry), Ullian (Communication), DaPonte (Computer Science), Lawler (Counseling), Fullmer (Earth Science), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Johnson (English), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Pennisi (Foreign Language), Hernandez (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Dunklee (Journalism), Bielefield (Library Science), Hopkins (Management), Prince (Marketing), Brin (Mathematics), O’Brien (Media Studies), Kuss (Music), Wagner (Nursing), Young (Part-Time), Pettigrew (Philosophy), Broadbridge (Physics), Paulson (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Brancazio (Psychology), Bulmer (Public Health), Cusato (Sci. Ed/Env. St.), Dripchak (Social Work), Keenan (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Alfano (Special Ed/Reading),

Braudt (Theater), Tait (UCF)

Members Absent:

(Accounting), Rogers (Anthropology), Lavin (Art), (Athletics), Lerud (Biology), Jirsa (Com. Disorders/MFT), DeBarbieri (Couns/School Psych), Xie (Econ/Finance), Diffley (Ed Leadership), Blackmer (English), Mee (Exercise Science), Petto (History), Klassen (Library Services), Wu (Library Services), D’Amour (Mathematics), (3 Part-Time Faculty), Panza (Recreation/Leisure), Smith (Recreation/Leisure).

Announcements:

There were none

At this point, President Paulson asked for unanimous consent to move the agenda to UCF Update. There was no objection

UCF – Jim Tait

Dr. Tait reported that UCF is addressing Constitution changes. Discussion followed on the need to have student outcomes, thus, student evaluation requirements on the course proposals.

President’s Report:

President Paulson distributed his report. He highlighted the “crowded” agenda for the balance of the academic year and underlined the importance of attending all of the remaining Faculty Senate meetings.

The agenda is as follows:

¨ March 17: Minor Program Approval process (Academic Policy) and Sabbatical Leave Document (Personnel Policy)

¨ April 7: Anti-Merger Resolution (Academic Policy) and

UCF Constitution (Rules)

¨ April 21: P and T Document (Personnel Policy)

¨ May 5: Faculty Senate Elections and

Travel Fund (Finance)

¨ May 12: President Cheryl Norton

President Paulson reminded the Senators of the process and the deadlines that departments need to adhere to, in order to either re-elect Senators or elect new ones for the next term. Department elections need to take place prior to April 30, so that notification to the Senate Secretary be made by April 30, 2004.
Seats on the senate that are up for elections, are:

¨ Terrance Lavin, Art

¨ Jiondong Pang, Chemistry

¨ Robert Jirsa, Communications Disorders

¨ John DaPonte, Computer Science

¨ Michelle Lawler, Counseling

¨ James Fullmer, Earth Science

¨ Karl Reinhardt, Exercise Science

¨ Rafael Hernardez, Foreign Languages

¨ Christine Petto, History

¨ Jerry Dunklee, Journalism

¨ Pam Hopkins, Management

¨ John Young, Part-time

¨ Christine Broadbridge, Physics

¨ Arthur Paulson, Political Science

¨ Lawrence Brancazio, Psychology

¨ Deborah Smith, Rec/Leisure

¨ Pamela Brucker, Special Education

President Paulson reported that Ginny Metaxas, Susan Killion and Jim Tait are working diligently to define credit loads and to define offer to trade overloads for research time on a systematic time (overload needs to be used in 3 semester). Loss of overload credits has not been enforced so far, yet under-load credits have. More updates on this issue will be forthcoming.

Standing Committee Reports:

1. Elections - - Senator Corbett reported that the committee has mailed out the ballots and urged the Senators to remind their colleagues to vote and send in their ballots.

2. Finance - - Senator Brucker reported that full time faculty funds have been exhausted and 26 faculty members are waiting in line for funds to be unencumbered. Part time faculty funds have some money left in the account.

3. Personnel - - Senator Bielefield reported that the committee is working on the P & T document revisions.

4. Rules - - Senator Rinehardt reported that the committee completed and delivered the UCF constitution revisions to UCF and are awaiting for UCF’s reply.

5. Student Policy - - Senator Bulmer reported that the committee is still working on the plagiarism issue.

6. Technology - - Senator Brin reported that the problem calls from the Davis high-tech classrooms were low, in fact during one week, there were only five calls made to the help desk personnel.

7. Academic policy - - Senator Fullmer reported that the committee begun discussions on the BOT merger issue.

Old Business:

Academic Policy Resolution: Minor Program Approval

· The committee presented the Minor Program Approval resolution to the Faculty Senate. After a brief discussion on the proposed resolution, a motion to call the question was made. A motion to accept the resolution as proposed was unanimously approved.

· President Paulson will present the resolution to President Smith for his approval.

New Business:

1. Personnel Policy Resolution: Sabbatical Leave Document

· The committee presented a three-part proposal: two sabbatical leave revisions and one addition to the Sabbatical Leave document. It was decided to vote on individual parts by voice and to vote on the whole proposal by count.

v The proposed language for the Eligibility revision reads as:

“ Upon completion of six years of full-time service, a tenured faculty member is eligible to take sabbatical leave. Untenured members may neither apply for nor be granted sabbatical leave prior to an affirmative tenure decision. After a sabbatical leave, a person cannot take another sabbatical leave until the completion of an additional six years of full-time service.”

After brief discussion on the proposed revision, a motion was made to accept the resolution as proposed, it was unanimously accepted.

v The proposed language for the Rotation of Sabbaticals revision, reads as:

“Departments of ten or fewer members shall send no more than one on sabbatical at one time. A department with 11-20 shall send no more than two on sabbatical at one time. A department with 21-30 or more shall send no more than three on sabbatical at one time.”

After a long discussion on the proposed language, a motion was made to accept the resolution as proposed. The motion was defeated, by voice vote.

v The third proposal is an additional subsection of the P & T document and the subsection reads:

“III. C. Deferral of Sabbaticals

Once granted, sabbatical leave can only be deferred one time, for not more than one year, under special circumstances. A faculty member’s request for deferral must be made in writing to the chair of the department sabbatical leave committee. It must specify the circumstances that gave rise to the request as well as propose a new time frame for the sabbatical leave. Prior to approving the deferral, the chair of the departmental sabbatical leave committee and the department chair will consult with the administration. Once a deferral is approved, the University Sabbatical Committee must be notified in writing by the faculty member.”

After a lengthy discussion a motion to accept the amended resolution was made and the resolution was defeated by voice vote.

Due to time, it was agreed to entertain a motion to call the question at the outset of old business at the April 7 meeting.

The motion passed unanimously, thus, the resolution will be the first item of old business at the next meeting, on April 7.

Motion to adjourn at 1:47 pm

Respectively submitted,

Maria Diamantis

Acting Secretary of the Senate