skip to main content Indiana State University University Faculty Senate EC#3 Approved September 11, Minutes Indiana State University Faculty Senate 2007-08 Time: 3:15 p.m. Place: HMSU, Room 227 Present: Chairperson V. Sheets, Vice Chair A. Halpern, Secretary Sister A. M. Anderson J. Fine, J. Hughes, M. Miller, S. Pontius, T. Sawyer, D. Worley Ex-Officio: J. Maynard Guests: R. Perrin, English;_E. Tuttle, life sciences I. Administrative Report: (1) Thanks were expressed to the many who attended the reception yesterday. (2) request for reactions to waiving the 10% fee for faculty and staff. (3) noted President’s address on Thursday the 13th. (4) moving forward quickly toward hiring the new Deans of CHNNS Twenty-eight to twenty-nine applications were reduced to ten last week. Reference checks are being done. Airport Interviews are planned for October. Hoping for January start. II. Chair Report: None III. Approval of minutes as amended. (D. Worley, T. Sawyer) 8-0-0 IV. Fifteen Minutes (1) The Cabinet decided ISU would support the Air Fair. (a) Kevin Snyder is organizing ISU’s presence. (b) 3 years per the President, Cabinet, and Foundation - $50,000 for 1 year or $30,000 per year for 3 year commitment (c) foundation to pay ˝ (d) would like the Air Fair to be a 2nd Homecoming for ISU. (e) $15,000 to $20,000 in additional expenses expected for things like Sodexho and buses. (f) Terre Haute Air Authority and D. Dunbar will run the Air Fair (g) expecting about 3 bus loads of high school students to tour the campus then take the ISU shuttle to the Air Fair. (h) questions raised regarding how to assess the pay-off from supporting the Air Fair. A request was made for follow-up. (i) John Beacon and Gene Crume are on top of creating a system of assessing pay-offs. (2) Hispanic Festival will be held in Indianapolis on Saturday. (a) ISU continues a small sponsorship (b) A small group from ISU will help man a booth. V. Charges to Standing Committees approved. (D. Worley, T. Sawyer) 9-0-0 VI. Curriculum Proposals – all are eliminations except Spanish M.A., which is a suspension. Motion to consider all together. (D. Worely/T. Sawyer 9-0-0) (1) Ph.D. Life Sciences – Systematics (2) Ph.D. Life Sciences – Sports Medicine (3) MA English Theater (4) MA/MS English Teaching (5) Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate (6) MA Spanish a) Savings from cutting the Ph.D. in Sports Medicine was questioned. A reduction in additional staff used to train 1-3 Ph.D. students will reduce expenses. b) Provost Maynard encouraged everyone to go to the Indiana Commission of Higher Education website to read the “time to degree” statement. c) English – Theater: The only reason for elimination is that there is no one left at the University who is available to teach the course. Motion to accept. (Sr. Anderson/T. Sawyer 9-0-0) VII. Old Business - None VIII. New Business 1. Tenure Appointments Executive Session (Sr. Anderson/S. Pontius 9-0-0) 4:17 PM Out of Executive Session 4:32 PM (a) Dr. William Redmond, College of Business (D. Worley/M. Miller 8-1-0) (b) Dr. Nancy Merritt, Dean, College of Business (T. Sawyer/D. Worley 9-0-0) Meeting adjourned 4:55 PM Last modified: September 09, 2008 Copyright © 2007 by Indiana State University.