Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

September 22, 2004

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The second meeting of the 2004-2005 year was called to order at 12:10 PM.

The minutes of September 8, 2004 were approved.

Members Present:

Emenyonu (Accounting); Rogers (Anthropology), Vu (Art), Slomba (Art), Lerud (Biology), Pang (Chemistry), Ullian (Communication), Jirsa (Com Disorder/MFT), DaPonte (Computer Science), Lawler (Counseling), De Barbieri (Counseling/School Psychology), Fullmer (Earth Science), Mills (Econ/Finance), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Madonia (Ed Leadership),  Heidmann (English); Blackmer (English), Johnson (English), Yang (Exercise Science), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Pennisi (Foreign Language),  Piemontese (Foreign Language), Amerman (History), Madison (History), Dunklee (Jounalism), Bielefield (Library Science),  Stepanovich (Management), Prince (Marketing), Bennett (Math), O’Brien (Media Studies), Wagner (Nursing), Aronson (Nursing), Young (Part-time faculty), Pettigrew (Philosophy), Broadbridge (Physics), Paulson (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Brancazio (Psychology), Bulmer (Public Health), MacGregor (Recreation/Leisure), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Stud), Dripchak (Social Work), Keenan (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Major (Special Ed/Reading), Nye (Theatre)

Members Absent:

Maloney (Athletics), Sakalowsky (Geography), Klassen (Library Services), Reynaga (Library Services), Brin (Mathematics), Kuss (Music),  Anderson, E. (Part-time faculty), Anderson, J. (Part-time faculty), Capone (Part-time faculty)

Visitors

President Cheryl Norton

Executive Vice President Jim Blake

Joe Fields, UCF

Guest Speakers

• President Cheryl Norton addressed the senate and provided an update on the inaugural activities, construction timelines, and planned improvements for the campus including better entry access with information booths.  President Norton also responded to senators’ questions ranging from problems with student services to Banner potentialities.
• Executive Vice-President Jim Blake addressed the senate and provided budgetary information.  For FY 04 there is a surplus of about 1.5 million and for FY 05 there is a projected surplus of 1.5 million as well.  This assumes, of course, that there will be no unexpected economic problems occurring.

Announcements:

• President DaPonte asked any new senators not present at the previous meeting to introduce themselves.

President’s Report:

The president’s report was distributed.  President DaPonte highlighted the following:

• President DaPonte reported on the Breakfast meeting with the President and her Cabinet and members of the Executive Committee.  One of the primary issues discussed concerned student service problems in the Records’ Office.
•  President DaPonte reported that the search for the Vice President for Institutional Advancement is underway and that he has forwarded the names of six faculty members to President Norton based on nominations from the Executive
  Committee.

· For the other two vice-presidential searches, The Vice President/Provost for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Student and University Affairs, the Senate will solicit nominations from the academic faculty for faculty members to serve on these two committees.

 UCF Update – Joe Fields

• The UCF needs a high tech meeting room in order to view proposals.  They requested the use of the new Board Room but were denied its use.
• The Notification Management Committee has just approved over 50 proposals.
• At the last meeting most time was devoted to discussion of the recommendations from the General Education Taskforce.
• The UCF discussed enfranchising programs that currently do not have representation on the UCF.

Standing Committee Reports:

1. Elections:

· The committee will be meeting electronically this coming week.

2. Finance:

· No Report

3. Personnel Policy:

· No Report

4. Rules:

· The committee has finished its review of the UCF constitution and it will be on the agenda for the next senate meeting

5. Student Policy:

· The committee will focus on a draft statement regarding plagiarism

· The committee would like some more information on the search for the new Vice President for Student and University Affairs.

· The committee will also work on a policy to notify students regarding the course cancellation policies.

6. Technology:

· No Report

7. Academic Policy:

· The committee has two resolutions to be debated under New  Business

Old Business:

· There was no old business

New Business:

Ø The APC presented its first resolution:  In Support of the Faculty Academic Strategic Plan

o The resolution was debated at length.

o Since the debate lasted beyond 1:45, the cut-off time for voting on a resolution, a motion to suspend senate rules was made.  It passed by a vote of 36 yes, 0 no, and 1 abstain.

o Following debate, a motion to table the resolution was made.  The motion passed unanimously.

Ø Since time for debate had expired, the APC presented its second resolution concerning grade change procedures for discussion only.

o To facilitate discussion, the senate voted unanimously to go into forum mode.

o Following discussion, the senate voted unanimously to reconvene.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:59 PM

Respectively submitted,

Robert E. Jirsa, Ph.D.

Secretary of the Senate