Faculty Senate Minutes
April 5, 2012
Call to Order: Chair Sharp called the meeting to order at 4:16 pm; Riggle Room; ADUC
Senators Absent: Ritta Abell, J.T. Blackledge, Vincent Cesaro, John Hennen, Lesia Lennex, Gilbert Remillard, Sandra Riegle, Yuqiu You
Minutes: The minutes of March 15, 2012 were approved as submitted.
Committee Reports:
Academic Issues: No Report
Evaluation: Student Course Evaluation Instrument to 2nd reading
Faculty Welfare and Concerns: PAc 29 1st reading
Governance: Governance committee has a slate of nominees for Standing Committees for next year and two elections for the Planning Committee
Senate Committee on Issues: No Report
Reports:
Chair’s Report:
• Thanked the Senators for attending the special called meeting to complete PAc 27
• Talked about the revision of policies and faculty salaries
Provost’s Report:
• Met with EC and Phil Gniot regarding the Faculty Salary Model and afterwards presented it to the Cabinet
• CPE will meet April 20 to set guidelines for tuition increases for next year
• MSU will present its budget proposal to the CPE in June
• Academic Affairs’ only Strategic Budget Initiative will be the Salary Compensation Model
• Discussed progress of APNA
• Discussed Classification of Institutional Programs (CIP) codes; Will send a link for CIP codes to Chair Sharp for distribution to Senators
Regent’s Report:
• Will serve as the faculty representative at the staff regent forum next week; Staff Regent election will be on 23rd and 24th of April
• BOR work session on May 3rd
Senate Actions:
Governance:
Senator Royar presented a slate of nominations for Standing Committee membership for next year. Senator McMichael moved to divide the issue by removing the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) from the slate and voting on that committee by itself. Senator Bessette seconded the motion. Senator McMichael explained the rationale for the motion. The motion to divide the issue passed.
The Senate approved the slate of nominees for Standing Committees as changed by the above approved motion. The approved nominees are:
Academic Appeals
Sara Lindsey At-large 2012 - 14
Lloyd Jaisingh At-large 2012 - 14
Scott Wymer BUS 2012 - 14
John Modaff HUM 2012 - 14
David Butz S&T 2012 – 14
Academic Program Review
Ilsun White At-large 2012 - 14
Paul Taylor HUM 2012 - 14
Eric Jerde S&T 2012 – 14
Campus Environment Team/Affirmative Action
Roosevelt Escalante, Jr. Faculty 2012 - 14
Employee Benefits
Janet Ratliff BUS 2012 - 16
Faculty Promotion
Sylvia Henneberg At-Large 2012 - 15
April Miller At-Large 2012 - 15
Rebecca Katz HUM 2012 - 15
Faculty Rights & Responsibilities
Teame Ghirmay At-large 2012 - 14
Kim Sharp At-large 2012 - 14
Marcia Cooper At-large 2012 - 14
Judith Stafford At-large 2012 - 14
Robert Royar At-large 2012 - 14
Graduate Curriculum Committee
Murray Bessette BUS 2012 - 14
Kitty Hazler EDU 2012 - 14
Annie Adams HUM 2012 - 14
Joyce Stubbs S&T 2012 - 14
Library
Melissa Brooks Librarian 2012 - 14
Lola Aagaard-Boram EDU 2012 - 14
Jennifer Birriel S&T 2012 - 14
Professional Development
Timothy Miller EDU 2012 - 14
Janelle Hare S&T 2012 - 14
Sandy Sumner Librarian 2012 - 14
Registration Advisory
Barbara Lewis S&T 2012 - 14
Ron Morrison HUM 2012 - 14
Research & Creative Productions
Rajeev Madvannair S&T 2012 - 14
Paul Steele HUM 2012 - 14
Murray Bessette BUS 2012 - 14
Marjorie Shavers EDU 2012 - 14
Scholarship Appeals and Advisory
Ladonna McClave S&T 2012 - 14
Johnathan Nelson BUS 2012 - 14
Service
Christie Perry S&T 2012 - 14
Mee-Ryoung Shon EDU 2012 - 14
Pamela Colyer Librarian 2011 - 13
Student Disciplinary
Tammy Platt S&T 2012 - 14
Randall McCoy BUS 2012 - 14
Student Life
Terry Elliott BUS 2012 - 14
Ron Skidmore EDU 2012 – 14
Student Media Board
President selects one of the following three candidates who are Faculty Senators:
Vanessa Sammons, Ann Rathbun, or Nilesh Joshi Faculty 2012 – 14
President selects one of the following three candidates who are faculty not in Communication:
Jennifer Brimson, Masahito Sugihara, or Christopher Schroeder Faculty 2012 - 14
Tenure
Katy Carlson HUM 2012 - 15
Beverly Klecker EDU 2012 - 15
Brent Rogers At-Large 2012 - 15
Wellness
Itza Zaval-Garrett HUM 2012 - 14
Mark Deaton S&T 2012 - 14
Following a statement by Senator Royar regarding the UCC discussion and the election to be held, Senator Chatham moved to suspend the rules to conduct the election for the Planning Committee prior to continuing discussion on the UCC. Senator Berglee seconded the motion. Motion to suspend the rules passed.
Senator Royar and members of Governance distributed ballots for the election to the Planning Committee from the CBPA. Senator McMichael removed herself from the CBPA ballot. Senator Ali Ahmadi was elected to the Planning Committee from CBPA.
Governance distributed ballots for the election to the Planning Committee from the CAHSS. Shondrah Nash was elected to serve on the Planning Committee from CAHSS.
There was considerable discussion regarding the makeup of the UCC. After much discussion, Senator Wymer called the question. Motion seconded and passed to call the question. Chair Sharp asked for a vote on the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee nominees as submitted by the Governance Committee. The nominees to the Undergraduate Committee were approved as submitted. They are:
Janet Rice McCoy HUM 2012 - 14
Ann Macintosh S&T 2012 - 14
John Curry EDU 2012 - 14
Julia Ann Hypes BUS 2012 - 14
Evaluation:
There was considerable discussion on the 2nd reading of the Student Course Evaluation Instrument. Several friendly amendments were made. Some passed and some did not. After much discussion and concerns about the Instrument, Senator Chatham moved to recommit the Student Course Evaluation Instrument to the Evaluation Committee. Senator Hypes seconded the motion. Discussion regarding the motion to recommit continued. After much discussion, Senator Hypes moved to call the question to end debate and vote on the motion to recommit. Motion seconded and passed. Chair Sharp asked for a vote on recommitting the Student Course Evaluation to the Evaluation Committee. Motion to recommit passed. The Evaluation Committee asked that the Senators provide, in writing, their friendly amendments, suggestions and comments to them prior to the next meeting.
Faculty Welfare and Concerns:
Senator Rathbun presented PAc 29 for 1st reading and explained the major changes. A question and answer session followed. A Senator asked about the outcome of work done by a Faculty Workload Committee from a few years ago, possibly chaired by Dr. Eric Jerde. Senator Rathbun will check into the existence or not of this committee and report back to the Senate.
New Business:
A Senator asked for an update on the status of “Computer Competency?” Chair Sharp asked the representative from the GE Council to provide an update during the Gen Ed Report at the next Senate meeting.
Adjournment: 6:00 p.m.
