Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

April 20, 2005

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

The minutes of April 6th, 2005 were approved.

Members Present:

Emenyonu (Accounting); Rogers (Anthropology), Vu (Art), Slomba (Art), Lerud (Biology), Pang (Chemistry), Jirsa (Com Disorders/MFT), DaPonte (Computer Science),  Lawler (Counseling), Fullmer (Earth Science), Mills (Econ/Finance), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Madonia (Ed Leadership), Johnson (English), Yang (Exercise Science), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Olson (Foreign Language), Piemontese (Foreign language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Klassen (Library Services), Stepanovich (Management),  Prince (Marketing), Bennett (Math), Brin (Math),  Young (Part-time Faculty), Capone (Part-time Faculty), Pettigrew (Philosophy), Broadbridge (Physics), Paulson (Political Science), Abe (Psychology), Bulmer (Public Health), 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), Ullian (Communication), De Barbieri (Couns/Sch Psych), Heidmann (English), Blackmer (English), Madison (History), Dunklee (Journalism), Bielefield (Library Sciences), Reynaga (Library Services), O’Brien (Media Studies), Kuss (Music), Wagner (Nursing), Aronson (Nursing), Anderson, E. (Part-time Faculty), Anderson, J (Part-time Faculty), Brancazio (Psychology), MacGregor (Recreation/Leisure)

Announcements:

• Senator Vu has a showing at the Kehler Liddell Gallery opening on May 6^th

President’s Report:

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

• President DaPonte met with the Chair of the Graduate Council to discuss the changes to the Rules of Order.
• President DaPonte reported on the breakfast meeting that the Executive Committee had with President Norton.

UCF Update – Joe Fields

• UCF has a new University Assistant, Suzanne Jensen

Graduate Council Update -- Jon Bloch

• NR

Standing Committee Reports

• Rules Committee
• NR

• Student Policy Committee
• The committee has been examining the section in the Student Handbook on academic honesty and will meet with Dean Holley to discuss academic honesty policies for graduate students.

• Technology Committee
• The committee is revisiting the resolution on I.T. Competencies

• Academic Policy Committee
• The Resolution on Assessment is under Old Business

• Elections Committee
• The Referendum ballots will be counted on 4/22

• Finance Committee
• In preparation for the vote on travel funds scheduled for the 5/4/05 meeting, Senator Brin asked for a Sense of the Senate on the amount for both full-time and part-time faculty for the next academic year.  The consensus was to maintain the current amounts.

• Personal Policy
• The Renewal Document has been completed and will be brought to the Senate in the fall.

Old Business: 

• Academic Policy introduced their revised Resolution on Assessment
• Following discussion, and a number of friendly and hostile amendments, the resolution passed unanimously as amended.

New Business:

• University Calendar:  Senator Diamantis reported on a meeting she attended on the University Calendar.  She noted that faculty were not informed of the meeting or included in the meeting and that she attended as a member of the Enrollment Management Committee.  During the meeting, dates were discussed affecting academic issues including the Promotion and Tenure calendar.  During discussion in the senate, it was duly noted that the Promotion and Tenure Dates could not be set by this ad hoc calendar committee and, further, that any dates affecting academic issues would not be valid without faculty senate approval.

• Undergraduate Commencement Date:  President DaPonte indicated that he had been approached by the UG Commencement Committee regarding changing the commencement date for the next year.  Following discussion in the senate, that included concern about the use of the Tennis Center for Commencement and the lack of a “Rain Policy”, this was referred to the Student Policy Committee.

The senate adjourned at 1:55 PM.

Respectively submitted,

Robert E. Jirsa, Ph.D.

Secretary of the Senate