09/08/99 Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting

Approved Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting
8 September 1999

The first meeting of the 1999-2000 year was called to order at 12:12 pm

Members Present: R. Jirsa (Presiding), T. W. Carr, A. Rao, C. Wieder, J. Maloney, S. Martinelli, G. Puerschner, T. Sherman, M. Orner, J. DaPonte, R. Landino, M. Shapiro, J. Fullmer, R. Eldridge, J. Ensign, C. Dickinson, D. Cairns, P. Petrie, B. Gustafson, S. Misasi, D. Kemler, P. Palma, P. Sakalowsky, S. Judd, C. Petto, J. Manzella, N. Disbrow,
C. Schofield-Bodt, V. Mick, D. Prasad, K. Laird, T. Bennett, K. Grant, S. Bochain, A. Vicenzi, L. Prince, R. Volkman, D. Pettigrew, A. Paulson, J. Hurlbut, P. Kahlbaugh, R. Luquis, J. MacGregor, S. Hageman, E. Haymes, B. Worden. M. Ryan, P. Brucker, P. Major, A. M. Watts

Visitor: Camille Serchuk (UCF)

Not Present: Music, Part-time faculty (Fontana, Mack), Physics

President Michael Adanti & Vice-President J. Philip Smith:

Initial enrollment is up 3.5%. Official enrollment is determined after the third week of classes.
Construction on the new parking garage should begin in January and will be completed by August. It will provide 600 new parking spaces. John Prokop will address concerns about contingency parking during construction.
Engleman Hall construction is still in design phase and should go to bid in March of 2000. The architects will be meeting with faculty to discuss their needs for the building.
The Buley Library addition will double the current size of the library.
Jennings Hall construction must be re-bid, which will push construction back to January.
Everyone should make an effort to let legislators know that we need to continue ALL of our Master Plan projects.

Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting of May 12,1999 were approved with corrections. Approval of the Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting of May 17,1999 was postponed.

Announcements:

Beginning with the Senate meeting of 9/22/99, the Senate President Report will be distributed in writing.
Beginning with the Senate meeting of 9/22/99, the Executive Committee Report will be replaced with Executive Committee Meeting Minutes also distributed in writing.

Executive Committee Members:

The following Senators make up the constituency of the Executive Committee for 1999-2000:

Robert Jirsa, President
T. Wiley Carr, Secretary
Robert Eldridge, Treasurer &Finance
Jim Fullmer, Academic Policy
Aru Rao, Elections
Cindy Schofield-Bodt, Student Policy
Patricia Major, Rules
Tony Sherman, Technology (Ad hoc)

Ex-Officio non-voting participants:

Art Paulson, Parliamentarian
George Puerschner, Past-President
Camille Serchuk, UCF
Angela Vicenzi, AAUP

UCF Update: (Camille Serchuk)

UCF’s first plan for 1999-2000 is to renew its charge, look for areas of possible improvement, and bring a renewal proposal to the Senate as appropriate.
We need to find a way to have remedial English and Math courses taken as soon as possible after students arrive at SCSU.
New programs and revised programs continue to be reviewed. Six new faculty in the English Department are on the newly established Writing Board. Mark Heideman, Chair, maybe invited to the Senate to answer in-depth questions regarding the Writing Board. The Writing Board is comprised of twelve faculty and three students.
Representatives from many disciplines are slated to examine and revise the "L"–course requirement.
A web-site will be developed for the UCF soon.

Standing Committee Reports

Academic Policy: Continues to review EdD Proposal; an outside consultant will be hired to look at feasibility. A recommendation should be submitted to President Adanti by the end of the semester. Distance Learning Resolutions will be revised and resubmitted to the President for approval.

Elections: No report

Finance: Proposed travel regulations have been sent to the Senate President and AAUP for review. There remains a large build-up of part-time faculty travel funds, with currently no way of transferring the excess to the depleted full-time faculty account.

Personnel Policy: Continues to review P & T document, including the provision for Hardship DEC, and will initiate Administration Evaluation
Rules : No report

Ad hoc Technology. Ed Harris has arranged for the University to have a site license for MicroSoft Office. Fragmentation of Technology continues to be a concern. AV will be invited to meet with the Technology Committee.

Student Policy : Results are in from survey of Academic Advisement. They will be forthcoming.

Old Business: Guidelines for Community Hour need to be reviewed
New Business: Dean of Admissions should be invited to review admissions data, and to discuss new programs directed at new students (First Year Experience and New Student Orientation.)

Meeting was adjourned at 1:50 PM

Respectfully submitted,

T. Wiley Carr
Secretary of the Senate