Faculty Senate
Minutes: 4
February 2005
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Present:, S. Beck, R. Berry, D. Board, C. Cornforth, C. Dale,
T. Danford, F. DeCaria, C. Eastham, D. Folger, M. Goldstein, D. Goeddel, M.
Grubor, D. Hans, C. Harbert, K. Herrington, S. Hooff, S. Huggins, L. Ingram, C.
Kefauver, J. Keyser, N. Krupinski, R. Lucki (presiding), R. Malek, M. Marlin,
M. O’Brien, R. Pusz, T. Ramsey, C. Riter, , S. Rychlicki, V. Slider, C. Stokes,
C. Teaff, J. Tully, A. Vavra, M. Watson, G. Winland
Excused: M. Davis, H.
Papeika, L. Shelek, J. VanFossan
Absent: K. Atkins, D.
Bartley, F. Binkley, T. Craig, J. Daley, K. Freeman, B. Gast, D. Jones, L.
Miller, D. Poffenberger, J. Remias, C. Rogerson, D. Roth, P. Sharma
The meeting was called to
order by President Ralph Lucki at 2:00 pm in the Telecom Room on each campus.
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Minutes: The
minutes from the January 2004 Faculty Senate meeting were approved as posted on
the web page. (Watson/Grubor)
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Committees
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Report |
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Assessment Team |
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ACF |
No Report. |
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BOG |
T. Danford reported that the Board Retreat was held
on 1/20/05. The President announced
his resignation at this time.
Parameters for the Presidential Search were established by a
subcommittee. Ad will be placed in the
Chronicle. There will be a website on the BOG site for the Presidential
Search. The Board would like the input of faculty, staff,
and students concerning the desired characteristics of the new
President. Comments can be sent to T.
Danford. We will need two faculty
for the Presidential Search committee.
All applications will be reviewed and 5-7 will be selected for phone
interviews. The BOG will make the
final decision. One name will be
submitted to the Chancellor. |
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Budget |
A letter was received from L. Bandi, stating a need
for $92,000 for faculty increases to minimum base and $169,373 for staff
increases to fully meet the Mercer Scale. Faculty request excess funds to be used for salary
increase to place all faculty at the appropriate base salary. (Grubor/Goldstein) |
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Curriculum |
K. Herrington reported no proposals at last months
meeting. Janet Fike is to attend the February meeting to
discuss the Standard of Progress.
Please send comments to Kathy concerning the number of Standards of Progress waivers a student
should receive. T. Vavra questioned
the number of students impacted by this. M. Koon to discuss bringing Sign Language to an
Associate Program, and the possible addition of a Broadcast Journalism
Specialty. |
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Enrollments Management |
M. Watson reported that the retention was greater
with students receiving less than a 2.0 GPA and least for those above a 3.0
GPA. |
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FERC |
No meeting. |
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General Education |
No meeting. |
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Institutional Technology |
The enhanced classrooms have been installed. T. Vavra questioned when the wires on the
floor would be secured, as they are a tripping hazard. M.
Koon to be speaking with J. Jones concerning this. |
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Liberal Arts Task Force |
K. Herrington reported that C. Swanson recommended a
Microsoft Application course be added to almost all programs. Employers are looking for these
skills. She also suggested areas of
concentration in the AA and AS program, in order to increase enrollment in
these areas. The committee has discussed the possibility of
adding a full time instrucor for Speech/Journalism/Communication. |
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Professional Development |
M. Goldstein reported that all who applied had been
approved. The maximum award remains at
$750. |
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Promotion |
The promotion committee met previously with Dr.
Hunter to receive their charge. |
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Scheduling |
Please respond to T. Danford’s e-mail concerning
the “rules” for scheduling with the
new software. The software will do the
program sheets (Academic Blocks). The
fall schedule will be done by the old method, but with new times. Saturdays are not being included in the
scheduling software. Faculty continue
to question the change in times for the software. Faculty want the Fall 2005 times returned to the
original start times as soon as possible, in order to meet the publication
deadlines.. (Vavra/Watson) Letter to be drafted to Dr. Good and R. Yeager and
delivered after the senate meeting. |
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Old Business
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Academic
Organization
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Program directors
and interested parties met this morning with Dr. Good and R. Yeager. At this point, they will be approaching Dr.
Hunter to obtain contracts for the five program directors currently without a
contract for the spring semester.
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Faculty
Evaluations
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R. Yeager has
started on some faculty evaluations (those never evaluated, new faculty, and those
applying for promotion are at the highest priority).
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New Business
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Grievance
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The notice has
been sent to Dr. Hunter concerning advancement to the Level III Grievance.
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Leave Policy
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The current leave
policies that are in the personnel handbook were shared. Faculty are concerned with their options
concerning a necessitated leave. Past
practice has been inconsistent.
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Request Peggy Carmichael to address the faculty leave
policy.
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Presidential
Search
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The faculty
nominate Rita Berry and Dave Goeddel to serve on the presidential search
committee. (Krupinski/Watson)
Adjournment: With no further business, the faculty senate
meeting was adjourned at 3:15 pm.
(Danford/Berry)
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa
A. Ingram, Secretary