Unapproved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting
May 9, 2007
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The sixteenth meeting of the 2006-2007 year was called to order at 12:10 PM.
Members Present: Guagliumi (Art), Slomba (Art), Pang (Chemistry), Petroski (Communication), DaPonte (Computer Science), Smith (Cons/Sch Psych), Fullmer (Earth Science), Mills (Econ/Finance), Diamantis (Education), Madonia (Ed Leadership), Larocco (English), Swartz (Exercise Science), Pelayo (Foreign Language), Piemontese (Foreign Language), Sakalowsky (Geography), Amerman (History), Madison (History), Dunklee (Journalism), McGinn (Information/Library Science), Clerc (Library Services), Reynaga (Library Services), Stepanovich (Management), Prince (Marketing), Bennett (Mathematics), Aronson (Nursing), Gilliland (Philosophy), Enjalran (Physics), Buterbaugh (Political Science), Sherman (Psychology), Faraclas (Public Health), Panza (Recreation/Leisure), Cusato (Science Ed/Env Stud), Keenan (Social Work), Bloch (Sociology), Brucker (Special Ed/Reading), Nye (Theatre), Nicaise (FASP). Faculty Guests: R. Jirsa, M. Shea.
Members Absent: Emenyonu (Accounting), Skoczen (Anthropology), Maloney (Athletics), Lerud (Biology), Paul (Com Dissorders/Sch Psych), Lawler (Counseling), Blackmer (English), Johnson (English), Rinehardt (Exercise Science), Dennis (Mathematics), O’Brien (Media Studies), Kuss (Music), Wagner (Nursing), Anderson (Part-Time Faculty), Roman (Part-Time Faculty), Young (Part-Time Faculty), Capone (Part-time Faculty), Mackey (Psychology), Cameron (Social Work), Tamura (Special Ed/Reading), Joe Fields (UCF).
The minutes of May 2, were approved as amended.
Announcements:
¨ Senator Brucker requested that senators ask their department colleagues to unencumber their approved but not used travel money so that others can be approved.
¨ Senator Brucker also reported that the limit for each faculty is $1000.
President’s Report
President DaPonte distributed his report and highlighted the following:
v The executive committee met with President Norton and Provost Williams last Friday for breakfast and discussed the upcoming resolutions.
v President DaPonte entertained a motion to withdraw resolution F06-07 for some minor word editing. The motion was seconded and it was accepted with only 1 abstention.
v President DaPonte reported from the Enrollment Management Committee that there was a policy change for the date of acceptance of new freshmen. The new date is June 1, 2007. As of today, the number of accepted new freshmen is 1291.
UCF Update
No report. The new UCF chairperson is Debb Weiss who is replacing Joe Fields.
Graduate Council Update ~~ Jon Bloch ~~ no report
FASP Update ~ ~ Olivier Nicaise ~~ FASP committee has not met since the faculty referendum on the strategic plan has been postponed for fall 2007.
At this time President DaPonte entertained a motion to move to #2 item of the Old Business. Hearing no objections, the Senate started discussion for action on item #2: Strategic Plan.
Senator Gilliland’s motion with one accepted friendly amendment now reads as:
The University’s faculty-wide referendum on the Strategic Plan will be postponed until the Fall semester elections. No part of the Strategic Plan will be implemented until the faculty have had an opportunity to vote on it. The Faculty Senate will discuss the plan and vote on it as a recommendation to the entire faculty prior to the referendum.
After lengthy discussion, the question was called and with no objections to calling the question, the resolution was voted upon, with 27 senators in favor, 6 senators opposed, and 3 senators abstained. Motion passed.
Item #1: P & T document revisions.
Senator Cusato presented the revised document and lengthy discussion followed and a motion was presented by senator Faraclas:
If there are no substantive objections, the Senate accepts the P & T and Renewal document as presented, with an opportunity to introduce substantive changes during the remainder of the meeting. The revised document will be implemented for a year.
After lengthy discussion, the question was called but defeated. Discussion continued.
Finally the question was called and passed. The Motion was considered as presented by Senator Faraclas and voted upon. It passed by majority with 3 senators opposed and no abstentions.
President DaPonte will recommend to the incoming President Johnson that the P & T document will be included in the Old Business in the fall. A second recommendation will be that once the Personnel Policy committee has been formed, they will meet with the P & T committee on the working document, including the Renewal document. Recommendation was made to include the revised date at the bottom of all P & T documents. The Personnel Policy Committee was thanked for their hard work.
Senator Sherman expressed his appreciation and thanked President DaPonte for all his work the past three years as President.
Due to time limitation, there were no Standing Committee Reports.
Next semester’s date: September 12, 2007.
The Senate adjourned at 1:50 pm.
Dr. Maria Diamantis
Secretary of the Senate