Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting
May 5, 2004
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The fourteenth meeting of the 2003-2004 year was called to order at 12:15 PM.
The minutes of April 21st, 2004 were approved.
Members Present:
Rogers (Anthropology), Vu (Art), Lerud (Biology), Pang (Chemistry), Jirsa (Com Disorders/MFT), DaPonte (Computer Science), Lawler (Counseling), De Barbieri (Couns/Sch Psych), Fullmer (Earth Science), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Diffley (Ed Leadership), Heidmann (English), Blackmer (English), Johnson (English), Mee (Exercise Science), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Hernandez (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Petto (History), Dunklee (Journalism), Bielefield (Library Science), Klassen (Library Services), Wu (Library Services), Hopkins (Management), Prince (Marketing), D’Amour (Mathematics), 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), Smith (Recreation/Leisure), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Stud), Dripchak (Social Work), Keenan (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Tait (UCF).
Members Absent:
(Accounting), Lavin (Art), (Athletics), Ullian (Communication), Xie (Econ/Finance), Pennisi (Foreign Language), (3 Part-Time Faculty), Alfano (Special Ed/Reading), Braudt (Theater).
Election of Faculty Senate President and Treasurer for the 2004-2005 Academic Year. Senator Kay Corbett, Chair of the Elections Committee, presided for these elections.
Senate President:
§ Senator Rinehardt nominated Senator John DaPonte for the position of President of the Faculty Senate. Senator DaPonte accepted nomination.
§ Senator Pettigrew nominated Senator James Fullmer for the position of President of Faculty Senate. Senator Fullmer respectfully declined.
§ There being no further nominations, a motion to close the nominations was made, seconded and the vote was unanimous to close nominations.
§ Senator Corbett entertained a motion for the Secretary of the Senate to cast one vote for the nominee.
§ Thus, President of the Faculty Senate for the 2004-2005 Academic Year is John DaPonte.
Senate Treasurer:
§ Senator Dunklee nominated Senator Rogers for the position of Treasurer of the Faculty Senate. Senator Rogers accepted the nomination.
§ Senator Young nominated Senator Brin for the position of Treasurer of the Faculty Senate. Senator Brin accepted the nomination.
§ There being no further nominations, a motion to close the nominations was made, seconded and the vote was unanimous to close nominations.
§ Elections by secret ballot were held. The ballots were counted by the Elections Committee and the results declared Senator Brin the Treasurer of the Faculty Senate for the 2004-05 Academic Year.
New Business:
1. Travel Funds Resolution:
Ø The resolution for Travel Funds was presented and lengthy discussion followed. Since no amendment was accepted, motion to call the question on the main motion was accepted unanimously. The resolution was accepted as proposed unanimously.
Ø Senator Brucker will draft a letter on the travel funds issue for the budget.
2. UCF Constitutional Amendments:
a) Term of office and election of members
Ø The resolution for the term of office and election of members (already approved by UCF) was presented and lengthy discussion followed.
Ø The resolution can’t be amended, thus, motion to call the question was made and approved.
Ø Motion to accept the UCF Constitutional Amendment was made and the votes were 39 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstention. Motion carried.
b) Term of office of Chair
Ø The resolution for the term of office of Chair was presented.
Ø Motion to accept this amendment was made and the vote was 40 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions. Motion carried.
3. Support of the Buley Library budget and Spending Plan Request Resolution
Ø The resolution was presented and after lengthy discussion two friendly amendments were accepted.
Ø Motion to call the question on amended resolution was unanimously accepted.
Ø Motion to accept the amended resolution was also unanimously accepted.
President’s Report:
§ President Paulson reminded all Senators that will start at 12:30 pm on May 12th. President Cheryl Norton will join the Senate at 12:45 pm.
§ The next presidential dialogue will be with Interim President Smith and President Norton on Monday, May 10th at 1 pm in the Faculty Dining Room of the Student Center. Please attend and encourage all faculty to attend.
§ The Faculty Executive Committee will be having breakfast with the President on Monday May 10th. Other invited members will be Ginny Metaxas (president of SCSU-AAUP), Jim Tait (Chair of UCF), and Susan Killion (Chair of Graduate Council).
§ Update on Faculty Senate Resolutions for 2003-2004:
F-03-01: Ethics Commission Policy 10/29/03 Disapproved
F-03-02: Proficiency 12/10/04 Information
S-04-01: Minor Program Approval Procedure 3/17/04 Approved
S-04-02: Anti-Merger of Higher Education Boards 4/7/04 Information
S-04-03: Sabbatical Leave Amendment, Paragraph II 4/7/04 Approved
S-04-04: Sabbatical Leave Amendment, Paragraph IIIC 4/7/04 Approved
S-04-05: Technology Resolution 4/21/04 Presented
UCF:
¨ The Senate recognized Jim Tait for his work as Chair of the UCF.
¨ Jim Tait announced that UCF has elected Joe Fields (Mathematics Department) as the Chair of UCF.
¨ Senators discussed in length the need for faculty to know and understand the responsibilities of UCF and other faculty committees, thus, it was recommended that all committees should have their description of responsibilities posted for all faculty to know.
Announcements:
v Senator Fullmer announced that there will be two observable comets on the sky – one in May and the other in June.
v Senate Fullmer recognized President Paulson for his commitment and degree of professionalism during his presidency. President Paulson was applauded and thanked by the whole Senate.
Motion to adjourn at 1:55 pm was unanimously approved!