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UFS
Meeting Minutes 2002-2003
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MINUTES
University
Faculty Senate
May
8, 2003 4:00pm
Call to Order – The meeting was called to
order at 4:10pm
I.
Taking of the Roll –
Members Present - Beth Bullock, Orville Ferguson, David Finlow,
Ginnie Hamilton, Sibylle Herrmann, John Kelley, Barbara Kunkle,
Shannon Lawson, Nicholas Meriwether, James Miller, Nancy Murray,
Steven Rader, Vivian Robson, Jerry Ruby, Sharon Scott, John
Valentine, Marsha Walker, Ken Warfield
Ex Officio – Michael Field, Jerry Holt, Martha
Rader
Members Absent - Trudy Bostick, Loretta Jenkins, Gail
Massie, Scott Oliver,
Visitors – Carlson Yost, Steve Doster
II.
Approval of Agenda – John Valentine motioned that we
approve the agenda with the following change: Deal with Amendment to
the Bylaw before Approval of Minutes, seconded by Ginnie Hamilton,
no discussion, motion carried unanimously.
III.
Amendment to the Bylaws – UFS was asked to consider the
addition of a
bylaw covering the election of Senators that reads as
follows:
SECTION
7.4 VOTING FOR SENATORS
Not more than 10 working days nor less than 5 working days
before a vote
is taken to fill a Senate position, the Chair of the
Committee on Committees will
electronically solicit the faculty for nominations.
The faculty will then have 5
working
days to vote by secret ballot for the nominee of their
choice.
Steve Doster requested that we allow ten working days for
nomination and ten working days for voting. Barbara
Kunkle made a motion that we
approve the amendment to the
Bylaws with the friendly
amendment
changing the period for nominations to ten days and the period for
voting to ten days.
Nick Meriwether seconded, motion carried unanimously.
IV.
Approval of Minutes – Remove Jim Miller from
“present”. Ginnie
Hamilton moved that the minutes be approved, seconded by Steve
Rader, motion carried unanimously.
V.
Treasurer’s Report – No treasurer’ report.
VI. Announcements
and Remarks from the President
A.
Read ballot and reminded all to vote for UFS representatives.
B.
Remarks from Dr. Field – Announced that Jerry Holt’s play
about Branch Rickey is currently running in Columbus with rave
reviews and has received national attention.
C.
Elinda Boyles has indicated that all SSU sponsored trips to
areas under a SARS travel advisory will be cancelled. Currently those places are China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
D.
Executive Board of Trustees will meet at 4pm on Monday, May
12, 2003
E.
A reception for Dr. Morris will be held on May 27, 2003.
VII. Old
Business – None
VI.
New Business –
A. Amendments to the Annual
Administrative Review –
Discussion occurred regarding the
need for a summative question to indicate whether or not the
administrator had performed satisfactorily.
Nick Meriwether expressed concern over whether or not
question 20 would simply be taken as a vote of confidence or no
confidence. Jim Miller
felt that the last question should have lines for written commentary
and not use a Lickert Scale that is insulting.
Barbara Kunkle felt that a summative question was unnecessary
in view of all the questions and commentary on the rest of the
review. Nick moved that
there be no Administrative Review of the Interim President or
Provost, Vivian Robson seconded, motion carried unanimously.
Nick moved that we add question 20 as a summative question,
Butch Ferguson seconded.
For: 11
Against: 1
Abstained : 3
Nick motioned that question 20 be presented without the Lickert
Scale, Barbara Kunkle seconded.
For: 13
Against: 0 Abstained:
2
In view of the fact that the sample of the Administrative
Review in some
of the packets was
missing questions from page 2, Nick motioned that we
conduct an email discussion of the proposed revisions, seconded
by
Barbara Kunkle.
For: 14
Against: 0 Abstained:
1
B. New
Restricted Access to SSC for Proctoring Make-up Tests – Nick
opened the discussion indicating that requiring individual
departments to handle make-up exams is extremely difficult because
there is no place for students to take make-up exams in the English
& Humanities office area. Barbara
Kunkle asked why the SSC had changed the policy in the first place.
John Kelly indicated that the SSC has never proctored exams
or made an effort to ensure security of the exams.
It was explained that Dennis Congos changed the proctoring
system because the previous procedure used space needed for Special
needs students and there was no guarantee of security of exams. Nick
expressed concern over the increased volume of students that will
occur if the Excused Absence Policy should pass. Jim Miller indicated that he felt that the Dept Chairs should
worry about the problem rather than UFS.
Barbara Kunkle suggested that the Excused Absence Policy
might actually decrease the number of students who take make-up
exams because of the documentation requirement.
C. Academic Policy regarding Student Excused Absences -
Marsha Walker indicated that she felt that since the official
electronic discussion begins today that it would be inappropriate
for UFS to discuss this issue in UFS. Nick Meriwether explained that EPCC needed to hear as many
opinions and as much discussion as possible before they vote on this
issue. Barbara Kunkle
asked why UFS would discuss the issue if we were not voting on it.
Nick explained that if EPCC were to vote against this proposal, then
the UFS would never have a chance to discuss the proposal and he was
interested in hearing senator’s thoughts before the EPCC voted.
Jerry Ruby expressed concern that groups might form
coalitions around the issue. Carlson
Yost reiterated Nick’s plea that EPCC needs to have more
understanding about how faculty feel before the meeting.
Discussion regarding the proposed policy proceeded.
Two types of objections occurred.
Some faculty did not like the idea of a policy of any kind
because it would erode faculty autonomy to determine when individual
students’ absences become excessive.
Others indicated concerns regarding the vague language
especially in trying to define a legitimate vs. an illegitimate
excuse. The question
was also asked regarding the appeals process – who would evaluate
students’ appeals? It
was suggested that the Academic Appeals Committee could handle
appeals from students. However,
Martha Rader indicated that the AAC deals with suspensions, and
withdrawals rather than specific individual grades. Jerry Ruby said AAC does not change grades.
VII.
Announcements from the Senate Floor – None
VIII.
Committee Reports – EPCC – No report
Athletic and Intramural – Nancy Murray reported that
the committe reviewed the budget for next year and hope
to provide more scholarships scholarships and more preseason and
postseason activities.
Facilities – No report
Faculty Development – Barbara
Kunkle directed our attention to the attached report.
Highlights include: Dr. Darren Harris-Fain has been granted a
request for scholarly leave with pay to write a chapter in an
American literature series for spring 2004.
Celeste Karr is the recipient of the Faculty Scholarship for
2003-2004. SSU has two
FLCs – OTEP Early Service Faculty jointly facilitated by Tim
Scheurer and Shannon Lawson and OTEP Learning Centered Teaching
facilitated by Barbara Kunkle.
Student Affairs – No report
Economic Development Committee –
No report
Food Service – No report
IX.
Adjournment
- A motion to adjourn made by Nick Meriwether, seconded by
Vivian Robson, vote was unanimous.
Respectfully submitted by Shannon Lawson
MINUTES
University
Faculty Senate
March
13, 2003 4:00pm
Call
to Order – The meeting was called to order at 4:10pm
I.
Taking of the Roll –
Members
Present - Beth Bullock, Orville Ferguson, David Finlow, Ginnie
Hamilton, Sibylle Herrmann, Loretta
Jenkins, John Kelley, Shannon Lawson, Gail Massie,
Nicholas Meriwether, Nancy
Murray, Scott Oliver, Steven Rader, Vivian Robson,
Jerry Ruby, Sharon Scott, John Valentine, Marsha Walker, Ken
Warfield
Ex
Officio – Michael Field, Jerry Holt, Martha Rader
Members
Absent - Trudy Bostick, Barbara Kunkle, James Miller
II.
Approval of Agenda – Steve Rader motioned that we
approve,
seconded by Ginnie Hamilton,
no discussion, motion carried unanimously.
III.
Approval of Minutes – Add David Finlow, Jerry Ruby
to Members
Present.
Ken Warfield moved that the minutes be
approved, seconded by Loretta
Jenkins, motion
carried unanimously.
III.
Treasurer’s Report – Loretta Jenkins reported that
the Regular
Operating Acct balance as of Feb 28, 2003 is $964 and the Carry
forward Acct balance is $14,267.
After travel paid to Sam Coppeletti, $1,057, Carry forward
Acct balance as of March 10, 2003 $13,210. Nick moved that the
Treasurer’s Report be accepted,
seconded by Gail Massie, motion carried unanimously.
IV.
Announcements and Remarks from the President – Mike
Powell, Patric Leedom, Trudy Bostick and Becky Thiel have
volunteered to serve on the ad hoc committee to review scholarship
applications.
UFS will pay to send Julia Coll (CAS) and Sam
Coppeletti (CPS) to AAHE Conference in March.
They will be invited to speak to UFS when they return.
Tony Ward will fill the opening on the ADA
V.
Old Business – None
VI.
New Business – Performance
of the Registrar’s Office in Putting Out Course Schedules:
Steve Midkiff acknowledged that there appeared to be more errors
than usual last quarter. Courses have been listed at the wrong time or in the wrong
department. He
indicated that they were in the process of changing the schedule to
an EXCEL spreadsheet that would eliminate one opportunity for human
error. He also
indicated that some departments were responsible for errors because
they consistently return schedule drafts late.
Nick Meriwether drew our attention to the fact
that the omission of the HONORS label on the
schedule in Spring Quarter resulted in one class that did not make.
Steve informed us that he has figured out a way to label the HONORS
courses for next fall. As
a result of discussion, Steve agreed to send a digital copy of the
draft for Summer to faculty so that they could proofread the draft.
OFC – Ginnie Hamilton reported
that no one attended the meeting in February but the minutes from
the meeting indicate that it was dedicated to financial issues.
There will be a Conference on General Education in Columbus
on June 6th. Also
the next meeting will be held March 14 and contract negotiations
will be the topic. Gayle
Massie will attend to represent SEA.
SEA – Gayle Massie indicated that SEA
members, Gary Gemmer, Chip Poirot, Larry Essman, Barbara Duncan and
she will be surveying members for what issues are most important for
bargaining. The
committee will meet next week to develop the survey.
She encouraged us to read the Seaview’s article on concerns
with part-time faculty. She
also indicated that they had identified Budget, Health Insurance
& Pensions, Salaries, Money for Promotion and Tenure &
University Governance as issues they plan to address at contract
negotiations. Nick
Meriwether encouraged the SEAVIEW to exhibit more discretion.
Gayle responded that with new officers hopefully some changes
could be made.
VII.
Announcements from the Senate Floor – None
VIII.
Committee Reports – EPCC
Read only items
1.
Steve Rader from Sports Studies submitted a proposal to
change course number from SSPE 191 to 200 and to increase hours from
1 to 2 because the diving certification requires more hours of
instruction.
2.
Steve Rader from Sports Studies submitted a proposal to
change course number, description and increase hours from 1 to 4 for
SSPE 154 because it culminates in CPR certification and Red Cross
requires 32 hours of instruction.
3.
Scott Oliver from Natural Science submitted a proposal to
change pre req from add BIOL 131 as an “optional” pre req to
BIOL 311, & 314.
4.
EPCC passed a GEAC proposal from Darren Harris-Fein and Rob
Mauldin for a policy to include a statement on the syllabus
informing students that the course counts toward a requirement of
the GEP. However the
EPCC did not accept the use of a boilerplate statement, preferring
instead to allow individual professors to write in their own
statements regarding the goals of the GEP program.
The rationale is that syllabi are used to determine transfer
credit and “good” syllabi help with accreditation and
assessment. Nick made a
motion that we accept the proposal, Ginnie Hamilton seconded it. For 14, Opposed 0 Abstentions 1
5.
EPCC rejected the electronic drop option because they feel
that it is in the best interest of students to preserve student interaction with
professors. Personal contact with the prof will help students who
may actually be able to
complete the course they are contemplating dropping.
It is important to build on our strength as small university,
which enables increased student/prof interaction.
Athletic and Intramural – Nancy Murray
reported that the
committee is busy gathering
the past policy and guidelines for hiring so they can make recommendations for the future.
Facilities – No report
Faculty Development – No report
Student Affairs – Marsha Walker reported
that they had “lit up the airwaves” with the email discussion of a
Student Excused Absence Policy. They will report on their findings next month.
Economic Development Committee – No report
Food Service – Gene Burns asked for clarification
regarding Barbara Duncan’s explanation of the SODEXO food and drink monopoly on campus. John
Valentine spoke with Larry Mangus who wished to make a
distinction between large groups and small groups.
It is fine for small
student groups such as clubs to order food from others
outside of SODEXO. Small
faculty groups are not even bound by the SODEXO agreement.
IX.
Adjournment
- A motion to adjourn made by Nick Meriwether, seconded by
Ken Warfield, vote was unanimous.
Respectfully submitted by Shannon Lawson
MINUTES
University
Faculty Senate
February
13, 2003 4:00pm
Call to Order – The meeting was called to
order at 4:08pm
I.
Taking of the Roll –
Members Present -, Beth Bullock, Orville Ferguson,
Ginnie Hamilton, Sibylle Herrmann, John Kelley, Barbara Kunkle,
Shannon Lawson, Nicholas Meriwether, James Miller, Nancy Murray,
Scott Oliver, Steven Rader, John Valentine, Marsha Walker, Ken
Warfield, David Finlow, Jerry Ruby
Guests – Cheryl Boyd, Leann Denning,
Adair Mize, Anna Gaamp, Barbara Kohn, Patric Leedom, Rose Roach
Members Absent
- Trudy
Bostick, Loretta Jenkins, Vivian Robson
II.
Approval of Agenda – Ginnie Hamilton motioned that
we approve,
seconded by Nick Meriwether, no discussion, motion carried
unanimously.
II.
Approval of Minutes – John Valentine moved that the
minutes be approved, seconded by Steve Rader, motion carried
unanimously.
III.
Treasurer’s Report – due to the absence of Loretta
Jenkins, no report submitted.
IV.
Announcements and Remarks from the President – Once
again, John Valentine congratulated Senators on their attendance at
the December meeting. He
also announced that the Ombuds Office exists to assist faculty
especially those with office politics type problems.
He also reminded and encouraged Senators to attend the Board
of Trustees meetings on Friday.
V.
Old Business – Dept of Nursing items
Nick Meriwether announced that he had
two proposals plus a third group of items that bypass EPCC.
He proposed that the Senate approve all three. Each proposal should be considered on separate votes but are
closely related. At the
last meeting, two ADNR proposals were returned to EPCC by the
Senate. The EPCC voted four in favor of the proposals with five
abstentions. According
to Robert’s Rules of Order, abstentions do not count against the
vote; therefore the vote was essentially four in favor and zero
against. Nick moved
that the nursing proposals be approved.
Steve Rader seconded. Discussion:
Jim Miller asked why there were so many abstentions.
Nick responded that EPCC members were concerned over the
hardship such changes would cause for students.
There was also concern among some Nursing faculty over the
manner in which the proposals occurred.
It was quite rare that so many students attended the meeting.
Gayle Massie indicated that the changes were discussed and
voted on in two Nursing dept meetings.
Barb Kunkle indicated that she had followed the email
discussions and wondered if the problems in the Nursing Dept had
been resolved. Gayle Massie indicated that the two proposals had received a
unanimous vote. Scott
Oliver expressed concern over whether students know enough to make
curriculum decisions. Jim
Miller indicated that where disagreement exists, faculty opinion
should take precedence over student opinion.
Ken Warfield called for a vote on the major course changes.
It was unanimous (18 for – 0 against).
Vote to pass minor course changes was also unanimous.
VI.
New Business
Kris Liles made request to John Valentine that
UFS contribute to the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner that was held last
November. Barb Kunkle
made a motion that we contribute $100, seconded by Gayle Massie,
motion carried unanimously.
VII.
Announcements from the Senate Floor - Ginnie Hamilton
expressed the need to have someone attend the OFC meeting.
No volunteer was forthcoming.
John indicated that UFS pays for trip to Columbus and that
the volunteer need not be a Senator.
VIII.
Committee Reports – EPCC
1.
Pam Scheurer from Teacher Education submitted a proposal to
reduce hours required for the Early Childhood degree by no longer
requiring SSPE 203. Material
required by NAEYC will be covered in SSPE 202 and removing SSPE 203
will make way for the addition of a required reading course.
Nick Meriwether moved that we accept the proposal, seconded
by Barb Kunkle, motion carried unanimously.
2.
Julia Basham from Natural Sciences submitted a proposal to
change the mathematics requirement for BS in Biology from MATH 130
and 131 to MATH 131 and 132. Nick
Meriwether moved that we accept the proposal, seconded by Barb
Kunkle, motion carried unanimously.
3.
Barb Kunkle submitted a read aloud item to add Theory and
Methods of Cultural Practice to the curriculum.
Athletic and Intramural - Nancy Murray reported need
to review
coach hiring policy and
practice.
Facilities –
Patric Leedom announced that plans for a Health Center are nearly
complete. A temporary
2-room location in Rhodes Athletic Center has been identified with
Dr. Pettit serving as the doctor.
Space utilization is under examination by the facilities
committee. Some funding
is contingent upon space utilization.
SSU has lowest rate of utilization – most classes are
taught between 10-2pm. Need
to rethink specialized rooms that are not used for general
classrooms. For example 34 computer labs with a 4 to 1 ratio.
To save money, may need to shut buildings down in evenings
and run all night classes in one building. Identified air quality
issues that compound the problem as well as faculty contract right
to use office 24 hours a day. Ginnie
Hamilton stated that UTAC is also looking at Comp Lab issue. Some rooms are labeled as Comp Lab but are not labs.
Faculty
Development – Barbara Kunkle announced that a Brainstorming
Session was held on Oct. 31st.
New members, George Trampe and Gayle Massie were introduced
at the Jan. 23rd meeting. She announced a new initiative working with the
university-wide development committee to assess Faculty Development
needs. She also
announced that SSU will continue to participate in the Ohio Teaching
Enhancement Program with two Learning Communities.
Shannon Lawson and Tim Scheurer will facilitate the Early
Service Faculty LC. Kunkle
reiterated her desire for a space to house the Faculty Development
Center. John Valentine
suggested that Kunkle put together a resolution to present to UFS.
Kunkle also announced plans for three brownbag lunch
roundtable events in Spring Quarter.
She indicated the need for SEA to make in house faculty
development funded by the university and supported by the contract.
She made a motion that UFS pay to send two faculty members to
the AAHE conference March 14-17 for four nights, registration,
travel expenses, and food. Seconded by Ken Warfield, motion carried unanimously.
Student
Affairs – Marsha Walker motioned that the inclement weather
policy actually be used when necessary.
Ginnie Hamilton seconded.
John Kelley asked for clarification as to the policy that she
was referring to. The
policy is the Inclement Weather Policy for delaying classes at SSU
that is found in the Student Handbook and on the university website.
Vote was unanimous. Walker also indicated that SSU needs an
excused absence policy to allow students who have excused absences
to be allowed to make-up work.
Walker was advised to write it up as an academic policy and
submit it to EPCC.
Economic
Development Committee – The committee is working on creating a
legal contract to use when working with community efforts.
IX.
Adjournment
- motion to adjourn made by Nick Meriwether, seconded by
Nancy Walker, vote unanimous.
Respectfully submitted by Shannon Lawson
MINUTES
University
Faculty Senate
December
5, 2002 4:00pm
Call to Order –
John Valentine called the meeting to order at 4:09pm.
I.
Taking of the Roll
Members Present - Trudy Bostick, Beth Bullock,
Orville Ferguson, Ginnie Hamilton, Sibylle Herrmann, Loretta
Jenkins, Barbara Kunkle, Shannon Lawson, Nicholas Meriwether, James
Miller, Nancy Murray, Scott Oliver, Steven Rader, John Valentine,
Marsha Walker, Ken Warfield
Ex Officio – Michael Field, Martha Rader,
John Kelley
Guests –Rob Mauldin, Steve Midkiff, Timothy
Scheurer, Deborah Scurlock, Tom Stead
Absent – David Finlow, Gayle Massie, Vivian
Robson, Jerry Ruby, Jerry Holt
II.
Approval of Agenda – Nick Meriwether moved that the Agenda
be approved, seconded by Ginnie Hamilton, motion carried
unanimously.
III.
Approval of Minutes
– Under item III, Steve Radar should read Rader
and under item IV, Lorreta Jenkins should read Loretta.
Ginnie Hamilton moved that Minutes, as amended be approved, seconded
by Nick Meriwether, motion carried unanimously.
IV.
Treasurer’s Report – Spent $157.50 for photo copies. Paid
$150 for student help. Bills for catering have not been received.
Account shows a balance of $2812.50. Ginny Hamilton moved that the
Treasurer’s report be approved, seconded by Barb Kunkle, motion
carried unanimously.
V.
Announcements and Remarks from Senate President – UFS funds
cannot be used for Christmas Party.
Dr. Kelly found $400 available through SSU Development
Foundation to help fund the Christmas Party.
UFS will send Thank You note to SSU Development Foundation.
VI.
Old Business - None
VII.
New Business- None
VIII.
Announcements from the Senate Floor - None
IX.
Committee Reports – EPPC
1. Dept of Natural Science – Proposal submitted by George
Trampe to add BIOL 411 to electives for Chemistry minor.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No
discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
2. Dept of Natural Science - Proposal submitted by Julia Basham
to require C- or better in each of biology courses that make up the
60 hours of the major. Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be
approve; seconded by Shannon Lawson.
No discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
3. Honors Program – Proposal submitted by Clifford Poirot to
delete the Senior Honors Project, to change GPA required for
continuing in Honors program from 3.0 to 3.25, and change required
to GPA to enter Honors program from 3.8 to 3.5.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No
discussion. Motion carried unanimously.
4. Dept. of English & Humanities – Proposal submitted by
Francis Byrne to require AYAL majors to take ENGL 362 Patterns of English rather than the current option of selecting one
course from three linguistically-related courses. Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No
discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
5. Dept. of Business Administration – Proposal submitted by
Janice Johnson to change requirements for BSBA with a Concentration
in Management Information Systems.
New sequence offers choices among two elective paths in
addition to core requirements. Nick Meriwether moved that the
proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon Lawson.
No discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
6. Dept. of Business Administration – Proposal submitted by
Larry Estepp to create a Minor in Business Administration. Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No
discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
7. Dept. of Business Administration – Proposal submitted by
Janice Johnson to change required courses for the Associate in
Business Information Systems to decrease core requirements by 4
hours and to increase electives by 4 hours.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
8. GEAC Proposal to
designate GEP Engl. Comp, Fine and Performing Arts, Quantitative
Reasoning, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences as lower-level
“Foundational” requirements.
The categories of Cultural Perspectives, Ethics, and Senior
Seminar will constitute the upper-level “Integrative” portion of
the program. Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon
Lawson. No discussion. Motion carried unanimously.
9. “Freshstart” -
Nick Meriwether made the motion for approval of the following
language: If a student
applying for Freshstart had already been accepted into an academic
program at SSU, his or her application must be sent to same for
review or comment to be weighed by its Academic Appeals Committee.
Re-admission to be made at the discretion of the program’s
faculty; seconded by Shannon Lawson. Motion carried unanimously.
10. Sports Studies/Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by
Steven Rader to delete BUIS 101 as and option in SM Concentration;
and to reflect title change in BUAI 101.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Steven Rader. Motion carried unanimously.
11. Dept. of Sports Studies/Teacher Education – Proposal
submitted by Steven Rader to remove SSAT 227 as a program
requirement. Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon
Lawson. Motion carried unanimously.
12. Dept of Sports Studies/Teacher Education – Proposal
submitted by Steven Rader to delete BIOL 151 from program
requirements. Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon
Lawson. Motion carried unanimously.
13. Dept of Sports Studies/Teacher Education – Proposal
submitted by Steven Rader to replace BUMG 350 with BUMG 305. Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. Motion carried unanimously.
14. Dept. of Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by Xiaodan
Huang outlining several changes to Middle Childhood Licensure major
to meet new State of Ohio requirements.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. Motion carried unanimously.
15. Dept of Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by David
Todt to offer M.Ed. Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon
Lawson.
Tom Stead asked
whether this would require professors to develop coursework in
content areas at 500 level. Nick
indicated that the EPCC had not discussed that issue.
Trudy Bostick asked if the degree would be 48 hours.
Answer: yes. John
Valentine stated that this is just a vote to determine our support
for a M.Ed. program and that the Senate will vote in the future on
the specifics of the program. Ginnie Hamilton asked in reference to
item 9, where the initial $350,000 would come from to pay for
projected costs associated with the program before the subsidies
come rolling in? Barbara
Kunkle made a motion that we accept the proposal, seconded by Scott
Oliver. Motion carried
unanimously.
16. GEAC re: GEP – Proposal submitted by Styllianos Hadjiyannis
and Rob Mauldin to delete GOVT 350 and replace it with GOVT 250 as a
GEP Social Science elective. Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon
Lawson. No discussion. Motion carried unanimously.
17. Dept. of Natural Sciences – Proposal submitted by Eugene
Burns to add BIOL 440 Molecular Biology to the BS in Biology degree
requirements while reducing the general electives by 5 hours.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal approved; seconded by
Shannon Lawson. Concern
was expressed over the use of Dr. Burns’ name in item 9 “Effects
on Teaching Load.” Motion
carried unanimously as amended, replacing the words “Dr. Burns”
with the words “a faculty member”.
18. Dept. of Occupational Therapy – Proposal submitted by Debra
Scurlock to offer a MOT (Master’s in Occupational Therapy). Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be placed on the floor for
discussion, seconded by Shannon Lawson.
Barbara Kunkle indicated her approval for the program as she
has observed the development of the OT program over the past several
years into a very strong program.
Scott Oliver voiced his support for the program as it would
attract high quality students to the program.
Motion carried unanimously.
19. Dept. of Business Administration – Proposal submitted by
Steve Doster to change the eight hours of required courses to
elective hours for BSBA Accounting Concentration.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No
discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
20. PT Assistant – Proposal submitted by Sam Coppoletti to
replace AHNR 103 with a new AHNR 104 course to meet accreditation
requirements. Nick
Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by Shannon
Lawson. No discussion.
Motion carried unanimously.
Nick Meriwether
made a motion that Senate discharge the last two items in the EPCC
packet from the EPCC Committee; seconded by Shannon Lawson.
When the EPCC met to discuss the items, they did not have a
quorum due to a misunderstanding regarding the meeting time.
Due to this being the last UFS meeting before the new SSU
catalog comes out, Nick proposed that the UFS vote on the items in
order to get proposed changes into the new catalog.
Ken Warfield questioned why we should bypass the EPCC, and
asked whether these items shouldn’t wait until the January meeting
to be considered. Could
we delay catalog deadlines? Nick
replied that we could not extend the catalogue deadline. Barbara
Kunkle asked if the EPCC had discussed the items in the EPCC meeting
despite the lack of a quorum. A
vote was taken to determine whether or not to discharge the last two
items from the EPCC. Nine
voted in favor, eight voted against. The items were discharged.
21. Dept. of Nursing – Proposal submitted by Cheryl Boyd to
re-distribute hours for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
BSNR 492 and BSNR 493 have been reduced from 9 hours to 6 and
5 respectively. BSNR
401 has been increased from a 1hour course to two five hour courses.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded by
Shannon Lawson.
Beth Bullock indicated that she and other nursing faculty had
not seen these proposals and had not voted on them before they were
sent to EPCC. She felt
that before the UFS should vote on them they should be returned to
the nursing department for further discussion.
Beth Bullock moved that the suspension of the rules should
not apply to the two nursing proposals – motion withdrawn.
Beth Bullock then moved that the UFS return the proposals to
EPCC with instructions that the EPCC return the proposals to the
Nursing Dept. Barb
Kunkle questioned whether the UFS should be voting to tell EPCC what
to do. John Valentine
indicated that the EPCC is a sub-committee of the UFS and Senate can
tell it what to entertain. Steven
Rader questioned whether the UFS should dictate what the chair and
dept. faculty should do. Beth
Bullock made a motion that all items regarding ADNR and BSNR be
tabled and returned to the EPCC.
Seconded by Sharon Scott.
Those in favor: 16, against: 0, abstentions: 1.
22.
Dept of Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by Kathryn
Locke to Remove EDIS 284, EDIS 392 and EDIS 410. Increase EDIS 252, EDIS 311 and EDIS 390 from 4 hours to 5
hours to include necessary material from deleted courses. Add new course EDRE 302 to meet new Ohio Dept of Education
requirements for BS Ed with licensure in Mild/Moderate Intervention
Specialist. Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved;
seconded by Shannon Lawson. No
discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
23.
Dept. of Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by Kathryn
Locke to remove SSPE 203, EDIS 284 and EDIS 340 and increase EDIS
252, EDIS 311 and EDIS 390 from 4 to 5 hours to include necessary
material from deleted courses.
Add new course EDRE 302 Literacy Foundations to meet new Ohio
Dept. of Education requirements for BS Ed with licensure in Early
Childhood Intervention Specialist.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. No discussion. Motion
carried unanimously.
24.
Dept. of Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by Kathryn
Locke to add EDRE 305 to course requirements for Bachelor of Fine
Arts with Multiage Visual Arts licensure.
Nick Meriwether moved that the proposal be approved; seconded
by Shannon Lawson. Nick
then proposed an amendment to the effect that the course addition be
approved on the condition that an additional 4 hours be removed from
the degree program. Seconded
by Shannon Lawson. Vote In favor:15, against:0, abstentions:2.
25.
Dept. of Teacher Education – Proposal submitted by Pam
Scheurer to add new course EDRE 302 to Early Childhood Education
degree. Nick motioned
that the proposal be approved; seconded by Barbara Kunkle, motioned
carried unanimously.
26.
Proposal submitted by Steve Rader, Steve Midkiff, and Rob
Mauldin for Catalog Rights for Students.
Nick Meriwether made a motion to suspend the rules for
reading aloud and asked individuals to take a moment to read over
the new policy proposal. Steve
Rader seconded the motion. Motion
carried unanimously. Ginny
Hamilton asked whether EDUC 101 would be required of all students,
regardless of when they first enrolled. Nick indicated that it was
not required. According
to Steve Midkiff, currently there is no policy as to which catalog
year students must use. They
simply pick and choose the one they want.
He felt that
students should be using the catalog year in which they
matriculated and that exceptions should be approved by the dept.
chair of their majors.
Michael Field indicated that the proposal is sensible
because of the disclaimer allowing students the option to go to
the dept to request an exception in certain instances.
Sharon Scott wondered if the wording allowed students to
follow the year in which they entered the university or the year
in which they entered the degree program.
Steven Rader indicated that students should follow the year
in which they entered the degree program because of certification
requirements. Barb
Kunkle felt the language is tortured and should be revised.
Vote: In favor 10, opposed 3, abstentions 4.
John Valentine thanked everyone for
attending and wanted it noted that despite school no longer being in
session, and a snow storm, we had seventeen Senators in the house!
X.
Adjournment -
5:50pm
MINUTES
University Faculty Senate
November 12, 2002 4:00pm
Call to Order – John Valentine called the meeting to order at 4:00pm.
I. Taking of the Roll
Members Present - Trudy Bostick, Beth Bullock, Orville Ferguson, David
Finlow, Ginnie Hamilton, Sibylle Herrmann, Loretta Jenkins, John Kelley, Barbara Kunkle, Shannon Lawson, Vivian Robson, Nancy Murray, Scott Oliver, Steven Rader, Jerry Ruby, John Valentine, Marsha Walker, Ken Warfield
Ex Officio – Martha Rader
Guests – Dr. Rita Morris, Jeff Bauer, Gary Gemmer, Robbie Burke, David Fiske, Barbara Duncan, Larry Estepp, Xiaodan Huang, Kitty Linde, Hagop Pambookian, Pamela Scheurer, Timothy Scheurer
Absent – Gayle Massie, Nicholas Meriwether
II. Presidential Candidate – Rita Morris Question & Answer Period
A. Introduced herself as one who is familiar with working with a rural student
population and first generation college students in Lewiston, Idaho at an “urban institution”.
B. Pambookian asked What are two or three things that make a president effective?
Answer: President needs to understand how the university works, make herself available to constituents, possess good communication skills, and be consistent even during disagreements. President should support Academic Freedom and be an advocate for what is “unique about our institution” and “tell our story everywhere there is to tell it”.
C. Burke asked What have you done to secure additional funding in times of
budget cuts?
Answer: Receive TRIO & Opportunity Development Grants, established a good working relationship with State Senators who take university proposals to Washington which resulted in funding for a Fine Arts program, Technology Program, Native American Program and Small Business Incubator. Created a new initiative: “executive loan”.
D. Valentine asked What led you to make the move from associate professor
to administrator?
Answer: My field is organizational communications so administrative position is a matter of “practicing what you preach”.
The decision to make the move was prompted by an aggressive dean who suggested that the university needed her problem-solving skills, listening skills and ability to work with faculty and students.
E. Duncan asked What do you do for fun?
Answer: Canoe and spoil our grandchildren.
Linde asked Being close to a land grant university, what efforts have you made toward recruiting from the same population?
F Answer: Our institution has different specialties than the land grant
university so we are not necessarily recruiting from the same population;
however, we have been successful at sharing faculty with University of
Idaho.
G. Scheurer asked What do you see as the role of Shawnee State in the
revitalization of the Portsmouth Community?
Answer: Confirmed her commitment to playing that role. Also suggested that the phrase “SSU is our future,” means different things to different people. From her perspective, SSU should continue to accommodate as many education needs of the city through non-credit programs while maintaining high academic standards for its baccalaureate degrees.
H. Coppoletti asked What initiatives have you been involved in with regard to
retention and remediation?
Answer: Created student-learning labs to provide remediation. We provide developmental courses for nearby land grand university students. We have also been involved in a Math/Science initiative, and an intervention activity for local fourth graders.
III. Approval of Minutes – Steve Rader moved that Minutes be approved, seconded by Beth Bullock, motion carried unanimously.
IV. Treasurer’s Report – Loretta Jenkins reported that there are no changes since last month’s meeting.
V. Announcements and Remarks from Senate President
John Valentine passed out a Course Cancellation Checklist for consideration when determining whether or not to remove classes from the schedule based upon low enrollments. The University-wide Budget, Finance and Strategic Planning Committee has approved the checklist.
VI. Old Business - None
VII. New Business
A. John Valentine encouraged all UFS members to attend the meetings with the other Presidential Candidates from 3:45 to 4:15 next Tuesday and Thursday.
B. John Valentine suggested that we have a USF/SEA Holiday party on Dec. 7th and offered his home as the location. He requested that UFS provide $450 to the $250 pledged by SEA to pay for refreshments. Scott Oliver moved that the UFS provide $450 for the party. John Kelley indicated that he would need to check with the Business Office to see if they would approve using UFS funds for a party before UFS could proceed with the plans. Motion was amended to be contingent upon approval from the Business Office. Barbara Kunkle seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
VIII. Announcements from the Senate Floor - None
IX. Committee Reports
A. Faculty Affairs and Development – None
B. EPCC – Kitty Linde, representing the EPCC for Nick Meriwether, reported that EPCC had passed the proposal to reduce by 12, the number of hours required for the Business Core. She indicated that a great deal of discussion was devoted to the recommendation to drop Math 190 from the required Business Core. She directed our attention to letters from Krista Taylor, Michael Field, and Nick Meriwether.
The letters raised the following objections: Namely, the proposal will affect the Math Dept. and that the manner in which the proposal was put through the channels without consultation with the Math Dept is “evasive and contrary to due process”. Math 190 should be required because it is required for Business majors at the majority of universities in Ohio and it is needed for entrance into graduate school. Furthermore, the course was originally created to meet the needs of the business department. Fiske also questioned whether the needs of SSU students will be met by the proposed change.
As Kitty was not a Senator, John Valentine made a motion to approve the proposal as approved by EPPC to reduce by 12, the number of hours required for the Business Core.
Larry Estep indicated that this recommendation was made after careful consideration of the need to reduce the Core courses and reiterated that 8 of the hours cut were from their own department. He also indicated that the Business Dept. will continue to advise students, especially those interested in going on to graduate school, to take Math 190. He also indicated that the lack of communication with the Math Dept. was the fault of the previous dept. chair and his lack of familiarity with the process. Martha Radar indicated the proposal was not made with “criminal intent” it was simply due to a lack of knowledge of the process. It is the opinion of Jack Ruby and Larry Estep that Calculus is not used in the kinds of occupations that students with an undergraduate Business degree would be likely to seek.
Ginnie Hamilton said she does not share the belief that the numbers in MATH 190 will continue to be maintained.
Vivan Robson (Mason) called the question. Orville Ferguson seconded the call, the vote to call the question was unanimous.
The vote on the original motion was ten in favor, two against, and two abstained.
Kitty Linde also announced that EPCC approved a change from the Department of Natural Sciences to require at least 16 hrs. of upper division courses in the BS Biology, Chemistry, and Natural Sciences majors. Jerry Ruby moved to entertain the proposal, Barbara Kunkle seconded the motion, motion carried unanimously.
C. Faculty Affairs and Development – None
D. Fiscal Affairs and Development – None
E. Student Affairs – None
F. Facilities Planning Committee – None
G. Athletic and Intramural Committee – None
X. Adjournment - Motion to adjourn made by Steve Radar, seconded by Orville Ferguson, motion carried unanimously. John Valentine adjourned the meeting at 5:15.
Minutes
University Faculty Senate
October 3, 2002 4:00pm
Call to Order John Valentine called the meeting to order at or around 4:05p.m.
I. Taking of the
Roll
Members Present – Beth Bullock, Orville
Ferguson, David Finlow, Ginnie Hamilton, Sibylle
Herrmann, Loretta Jenkins, John Kelley, Barbara Kunkle, Shannon
Lawson, Nicholas Meriwether, Vivian Mason, Gayle Massie, Nancy
Murray, Steven Rader, Jerry Ruby, John Valentine, Marsha Walker, Ken
Warfield
Ex Officio – Michael Field, Martha Rader
Guests – Jeff Bauer, Elinda Boyle, Karen Crummie, Megan Horne,
Patric Leedom, Roger Murphy
Absent – Trudy Bostick, Scott Oliver, Sharon Scott
II. Approval of Agenda
John Valentine requested that the Agenda be amended to include interim President Field’s
State of the University Address within Announcements and Remarks from the Senate President. He also requested that Old Business be taken care of before Remarks from Senate President to allow Elinda Boyles and Karen Crummie to share highlights of changes to the Sexual Harassment Policy.
Nick Meriwether moved that Agenda be approved, seconded by Ken Warfield, motion carried unanimously.
III. Approval of Minutes
Corrections: Steven Rader was present. Marsha Walker replaced Larry Estepp for the 2002-2003 term.
Steven Rader moved that Minutes be approved, seconded by Barbara Kunkle, motion carried unanimously.
IV. Treasurer’s Report
Lorreta Jenkins reported that UFS has two accounts with $3,100 in one and $15,000 marked as “carryover”. John Valentine indicated that the expense for speaker needed to be deducted from the carryover.
V. Old Business - Sexual Harassment Policy (Unlawful and Prohibited Discrimination and Harassment Policy)
Nick Meriwether reported that EPCC met on Oct. 1, 2002 and passed the revised Unlawful and Prohibited Discrimination and Harassment Policy unanimously and moved that it be approved, seconded by Lorreta Jenkins.
Barbara Kunkle requested a brief history. Elinda Boyles indicated that the major changes to the policy involved expanding the policy to include all groups protected by Title VII and streamlining the investigation procedure to ensure confidentiality. She also indicated that SSU legal counsel had approved the revised policy. The motion carried unanimously.
VI. Announcements and Remarks from Senate President
Remarks from the Interim President – Dr. Field thanked Susan Warsaw for fundraising that made the new marquee possible. He announced that two new housing units with 98 beds would be completed by next fall by a private contractor with whom “we have an understanding”. He indicated that FTE enrollment is up 8.3% and subsidy eligible FTEs are up 9.9%. He also reported that SSU had a $700,000 deficit two years ago, and a $2.4 million expected deficit for last year with an actual deficit of only $215,000. He indicated that we would add faculty positions as a result of increased enrollment demands. Dr. Field that the reciprocity agreement with Kentucky to offer in-state tuition rates to students from Kentucky will be finalized on Nov. 14, 2002.
John Valentine announced that there will be a Dec. 5th UFS meeting to vote on all academic changes that will need to be put into the new catalog.
He announced that due to Barbara Trube’s resignation and the lack of a clear-cut procedure for such a case in the UFS constitution, he appointed Shannon Lawson to fill her position as secretary until the Committee on Committees can hold elections to select a permanent replacement next week. Sharon Scott is on temporary leave and John asked for a Senator from Professional Studies to volunteer to replace her on the Committee on Committees.
VII. New Business
A. Faculty Evaluations of Administrators – copies of numerical results and written comments were issued to Senate members. Bob Forrey received copies of written comments requested under the Freedom for Information Act. Jim Miller indicated that this has opened a Pandora’s box because students could also request faculty evaluations under the Freedom for Information Act. He indicated that copies of faculty evaluations should not be given out until the faculty member has been notified.
B. University Charge-Back Policy - Roger Murphy reported that the Plant will complete all work requested by departments and that the conflict centers upon “who will pay” for those items that Plant deems repetitive or unnecessary. Such decisions are required because Plant has a limited budget. Nick Meriwether asked whether Roger Murphy could provide a dollar amount for work that Plant has deemed repetitive or unnecessary. Murphy gave two examples – moving the “uninterrupted power supply” for the Science Dept. and reconfiguring a computer lab layout but could not supply a specific dollar amount. He suggested that in such cases where Plant did not feel they should pay, that funds be sought from the provost. Michael Field suggested that SSU suffers from an “institutional culture problem” regarding how to deal with a conflict. He indicated that whenever a conflict over “who should pay” arises, faculty should go to the dept chair, the dean, then the provost rather than engage in an eruption of emails. Jeff Bauer indicated that such a chain of command procedure is followed with academic conflict but that no such procedure exists for facilities problems. John Valentine indicated this issue would be forwarded to the UFS Finance Committee. He also indicated that Gary Gemmer had sent emails to the university hierarchy prior to sending the email to faculty.
VIII. Announcements from the Senate Floor – Megan Horne/Judy Meeker: Summer
Honors Institute and School-to-Work Teaching Opportunities – Megan Horne shared information about faculty opportunities in the Summer Honors Institute. She suggested that participation in the Institute is a good way to showcase your departments. She is also in the process of applying for Winter School-to-Work fellowships for faculty.
IX. Committee Reports
A. Committee on Committees – None
B. EPCC – Nick Meriwether reported that EPCC had approved the addition of a
lab to the BIOL450 Immunology course, the change in course title from SSAT 222 Athletic Training Lab to Taping and Strapping Lab, the addition of SSAT 224: Bracing and Splinting. He requested UFS vote on the following items: Correction of new policy: new degree programs are not to exceed 200 hrs. Nick Meriwether moved to accept, seconded by Beth Bullock, motion carried unanimously. Dept. of Natural Science: Degree enhancement requiring 16 hours of upper division courses. Nick Meriwether moved to accept, seconded by Ginne Hamilton, motion carried unanimously. The request to change the wording of SSU’s mission statement from “to providing undergraduate education that fosters…” to “is committed to providing higher education that fosters…” was discussed. Nick Meriwether moved to accept, seconded by Jerry Ruby, motion carried unanimously.
C. Faculty Affairs and Development – None
D. Fiscal Affairs – Economic Performance Evaluation Committee Report
E. Student Affairs - None
F. Facilities Planning Committee – Patric Leedom reported that they are working
on the following projects: renovation of Health Sciences Building, Location of Student Health Clinic, Space Utilization and Energy Conservation.
G. Athletic and Intramural Committee – Jerry Ruby reported that SSU’s baseball
team will play Ohio State sometime in April 2003. Steven Rader asked if AIC could question legitimacy of disproportionate budget increases and cuts in various athletic programs. Michael Field indicated that the matter was worth looking into.
H. Jeff Bauer reported that the Presidential Search Committee had received 53
applications and with the assistance of consultant Elaine Hairston, the committee had pared them down to 15 candidates. Over the next few weeks, references will be contacted and a short list of 6-8 candidates will be interviewed at the Columbus Airport. After that, three candidates will be invited to campus in November. The board will select our new president from those three candidates.
X. Adjournment- motion by Steven Rader, seconded by Barbara Kunkle. John
Valentine adjourned the meeting at 4:45 p.m.
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