Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

November 2, 2005

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The fifth meeting of the 2005-2006 year was called to order at 12:10 PM.

Members Present:

Emenyonu (Accounting), LaDousa (Anthropology), Vu (Art), Maloney (Athletics), Lerud (Biology), Pang (Chemistry), Petroski (Communication), Jirsa (Com Disorders/MFT), DaPonte (Computer Science), Lawler (Counseling), De Barbieri (Couns/Sch Psych),

Fullmer (Earth Science), Mills (Econ/Finance), Corbett (Education), Diamantis (Education), Madonia (Ed Leadership), Larocco (English), Johnson (English), Blackmer (English), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Pennisi (Foreign Language), Piemontese (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Madison (History), Dunklee (Journalism), McGinn (Library Science), Clerc (Library Services), Prince (Marketing), Dennis (Math), Brin (Math),  O’Brien), Wagner (Nursing), Aronson (Nursing), Gilliand (Philosophy), Enjalran (Physics), Paulson (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Brancazio (Psychology), Bulmer (Public Health), Smith (Recreation/Leisure), Dripchak (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Major (Special Ed/Reading), Nye (Theatre)

Members Absent:

Slomba (Art), Yang (Exercise Science), Reynaga (Library Services), Oppedisano (Management), Kuss (Music), Vacant (Part-time), Anderson (Part-time), Young (Part-time), Capone (Part-time), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Stud), Keenan (Social Work)

The minutes of October 19th, 2005 were approved.

Announcements:

• Senator Dunklee’s entrance into the 7^th decade of life was celebrated in song.
• Senator Brucker announced that two candidates for the Alumni Director Position were forwarded. 
• Senator Fullmer announced that he will present a lecture and slide presentation on the world’s deepest canyon on November 14^th during the Community Hour in Morrill 209.
• Senator De Barbieri thanked the search committee for the Vice President for Student and University Affairs for their excellent work.
• Senator Bulmer thanked Senator De Barbieri for her outstanding leadership of the search committee.

President’s Report:

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

• The Senate Executive met with the candidates for the Vice President for Student and University Affairs and President DaPonte thanked the search committee for their excellent work.
• President DaPonte reported on the meeting with the Academic Policy Committee of the BOT on 10/26/05.
•  President DaPonte met separately with Provost Williams and President Norton and they discussed, among other things, late course withdrawals, travel funds, and the recent senate resolutions.

At this point, President DaPonte entertained a motion to alter the agenda to permit President Walsh of the AAUP to address the senate.  The motion was approved unanimously.

Guest Speaker:  Professor David Walsh, President, CSU AAUP

• Dr. Walsh discussed the rationale for the proposed dues increase to 1%.
• There is an increase in legal costs, especially with negations upcoming and the intent to use lawyers in the negotiating process.
• There is a need for more funding for lobbying efforts in light of the decline in state support partially as a result of the state budget cap.
• There is a need for the AAUP to increase its efforts to obtain resources for CSU in light of the competition for funds from other agencies.
• Following his presentation, Dr. Walsh answered questions from the senators over a variety of issues related to the above points.

Following Dr. Walsh’s presentation, the senate returned to the regular agenda

UCF Update – Joe Fields

• The UCF website is being updated and reorganized.
• The UCF has approved a new timeline for curricular proposals to meet the deadline for including new courses in the catalog.  Under the new guidelines, proposals must be forwarded to the appropriate School Curriculum Committee between November 16^th and December 15^th
• The UCF also approved a new schedule designed to make sure Special Topics courses make it into the appropriate bulletin.

Graduate Council Update – Jon Bloch

• Senator Bloch had no report.

Standing Committee Reports

• Rules Committee
• Senator O’Brien indicated that the committee has been working on issues related to the General Education Taskforce including, should the committee be elected or should it continue as it is with staggered elections when terms expire, and should the taskforce be required to report to either the senate or UCF.
• Senators were asked to email Senator O’Brien with their thoughts on these issues.

• Student Policy
• Senator Bulmer reported that the committee had met with Rose Cretella, Director of Academic Advising, and Joanne Mielczarski, Associate Director of Academic Advising, to assess their needs and to determine how the senate may help facilitate in addressing these needs..
• Ms. Cretella and Ms Mielczarski indicated the following needs and desires:
• Appropriate facilities for advising.  Currently much advising takes place in the lobby of Wintergreen with a total lack privacy for students and family.
• To not be required to advise transfer students.  This should be done by the individual departments.  Over this past summer, the understaffed advising staff advised 796 transfer students.
• Dialogue is needed regarding the development of Advising Transfer Stations.
• The department needs more technology and assistance
• The department has been asked to not only advise, but to register students.  This increases an already heavy workload and places a significant strain on the advising staff.  The problem is exacerbated because for the students registered after July, the availability of required courses is drastically reduced or non-existent and, as a result, these students can only take electives.

• Technology
• There was no report

• Academic Policy Committee
• Senator Bloch reported that President DaPonte visited at the last meeting.
• The committee is also looking at student evaluations and the late withdrawal policy

• Elections Committee
• Senator Corbett reported that the P&T election was completed and results reported to the faculty.  There were a total of 115 ballots received out of over 400 sent out

• Finance Committee
• There was no report

• Personnel Policy Committee
• There was no report

Old Business

• Senator O’Brien presented a motion for the faculty senate to authorize the UCF to extend representation to Women’s Studies and Liberal Studies.  The motion was seconded by Senator Paulson.
• The motion generated much discussion and a number of issues were brought forth including:
• Dual representation for a faculty member representing his/her department plus either Women’s Studies or Liberal Studies.  Would that member have one or two votes?
• How many other programs would want to have UCF representation?
• Would specific language be needed in the resolution to define voting limitations?
• Will the additional programs change UCF quorum requirements?

o With the time approaching the 1:45 pm deadline for voting, and considering the number of questions brought forth, President DaPonte asked the Rules Committee to take up the issue at their next meeting and to prepare a resolution for presentation to the senate.

New Business

o There was no new business.

The senate adjourned at 1:57 PM.

Respectively Submitted,

Robert E. Jirsa, Ph.D.

Secretary of the Senate