Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

April 18, 2007

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The fourteenth meeting of the 2006-2007 year was called to order at 12:10 PM.

 

Members Present: Guagliumi (Art), Slomba (Art), Lerud (Biology), Pang (Chemistry), Petroski (Communication), Paul (Com Disorders/MFT), DaPonte (Computer Science), Smith (Cons/Sch Psych), Fullmer (Earth Science), Mills (Econ/Finance), Diamantis (Education), Madonia (Ed Leadership), Larocco (English), Pelayo (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Dunklee (Journalism), McGinn (Library Science), Reynaga (Library Services), Prince (Marketing), Bennett (Mathematics), O’Brien (Media Studies), Aronson (Nursing), Roman (Part-Time Faculty), Young (Part-Time), Gilliland (Philosophy), Enjalran (Physics), Buterbaugh (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Mackey (Psychology), Faraclas (Public Health), Panza (Recreation/Leisure), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Stud), Bloch (Sociology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Nye (Theatre), Fields (UCF).

 

Members Absent:

Emenyonu (Accounting), Skoczen (Anthropology), Guagliumi (Art), Maloney (Athletics), Lawler (Counseling), Blackmer (English), Johnson (English), Swartz (Exercise Science), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Piemontese (Foreign Language), Madison (History), Clerck (Library Services), Stepanovich (Management), Dennis (Mathematics), Kuss (Music), Wagner (Nursing), Anderson (Part-time faculty), Capone (Part-Time Faculty), Cameron (Social Work), Keenan (Social Work), Tamura (Special Ed/Reading), Joe Fields (UCF).

 

The minutes of April 4, were approved.

 

Announcements:

 

Ø            Senator O’Brien announced that the Media Studies department is hosting Dr. Sharon Lamb on April 27th,

3-5 pm at the Theater of the Adanti Student Center.

Ø            Senator Bennett reminded all of the reception for the Faculty and Staff Campaign, scheduled for April

27th, 3-5 pm at the Ballroom of the Adanti Student Center.  RSVP to Judy Fernandez.

Ø            Coach Frager has accepted the coaching position at Fairfield.

Ø            Senators observed a moment of silence for the victims of the Virginia Tech event.

Ø            Our colleague Patricia Olney has been released from Hospice and is at her home recuperating. 

Ø            Our colleague Bob Jirsa is also home recuperating.

 

President’s Report

 

President DaPonte distributed his report and highlighted the following:

v      The remaining full senate meetings are May 2 and May 9.  On the 2nd the election for President and Treasurer will take place and on the 9th the Personnel Policy Committee will be bringing up the revised P and T document for discussion and approval.

v      The Personnel Policy committee will be meeting with the P and T committee, the new President and the past President of the Senate, at the beginning of the next academic year.

v      The Enrollment management committee reported that the number of accepted freshmen has increased from last year.

v      The University Dialogue is rescheduled for Wednesday, April 25th, at 1 pm at the Adanti Student Center.

v      The Senate Executive committee will be meeting with President Norton over breakfast on Thursday, April 19. Topics of discussion will include the FYE program.

 

 

UCF Update

 

Joe Fields reported that UCF will be discussing and voting on the proposed FYE program.  Lively discussion followed on issues such as:

n       how can all freshmen be included in this program?

n       what time would all of these sections be offered?  Could it be the community hour?

n       will the course be part of the general education?

n       how will the course fold in the general education program?

n       how will it be evaluated?  Are there specific outcomes?  Will retention increase?

n       how will the advising of the full time faculty (who teaches FYE) be impacted, if the department has to hire an adjunct to teach the full timer’s course and advising is not the responsibility of the part timer?

 

Graduate Council Update ~~ Jon Bloch

 

Graduate Open House is scheduled for April 19th from 3-7 pm at the Adanti Ballroom of the Student Center.

 

FASP Update ~ ~  no report.

 

 

Standing Committee Reports

 

Ø      Elections ~~ Senator Swartz

The ballots should be out by April 16th.  There will be two ballots, one for the all university committees and the other for the Strategic Plan.

 

Ø      Finance ~~ Senator Brucker

      There are no full time faculty waiting in the queue for TA approvals and if we remind everyone to unencumber their unused funds, it will create more available funds.  It was recommended that a list of names that have not unencumbered their funds and remind them that there is a deadline of submitting receipts after travel, which is 90 days.

      At the next senate meeting there will be a resolution and discussion on the limit amount per faculty which is different for full time vs part time.

 

Ø      Personnel Policy ~~ Senator Cusato

      The committee is finishing the Senate’s P & T document.  They will be presenting the revised document at the next full Senate meeting.  Senators should review the 4.11.4 article of the contract for discussions on the suggested revisions of the P & T document for congruency. 

 

Ø      Rules ~~ Senator O’Brien

The committee finished reviewing the graduate council’s rules of order and they will be presenting them to the full senate. 

 

Ø      Student Policy ~~ Senator Madonia

      The committee is discussing the possibility of extending hours of service after normal hours for the staff in the areas of counseling, food services, bursar’s office, registrar’s office, financial aid, etc.

 

Ø      Technology ~~ Senator Bennett

Ø      The IT consultants met with the committee and discussed the committee’s concerns on the faculty

needs from the report.  They also discussed the process of decision making and the need to have forums with the IT department to communicate events prior to their implementation.  The need of training programs should be scheduled and budgeted for the next academic year.

 

Ø      Academic Policy ~~ Senator Bloch

The committee has two resolutions for presentation under old business.

 

 

Old Business

¨       Senator Bloch presented the first resolution: The Resolution to Accelerate the Process of

Approving Faculty Searches.

After short discussion the question was called.  Since there were no objections the resolution was voted upon.  It passed by majority with only one abstention. 

 

¨       Senator Bloch presented the second resolution: Appointment of Faculty to Administrative Tasks. 

Lengthy discussion followed and when the question was called, there was objection.  Continued discussion offered a friendly amendment to the resolution for adding advising in the fifth whereas sentence.  The friendly amendment was accepted and the question was called.  The resolution was voted upon and 24 senators voted yes, 4 no, and 2 abstentions.  The resolution carried.

 

¨       The Faculty Senate Survey discussion is tabled for the next meeting after elections.

 

  

New Business:  Discussion of need to have emergency warnings and communication system.  Chief Dooley will be invited to visit the Senate to discuss this issue.

 

 

Senate adjourned at 1:55 pm.

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dr. Maria Diamantis

Secretary of the Senate