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University Faculty Senate

Approved

 September 21 2006 Minutes
 
	

Indiana State University
Faculty Senate 2005-06

GC#2

 

      Present:  M. Boyer, H. Chait, A. Gilberti, M. Haque, C. MacDonald, C. Mayer, L. O’Laughlin

            Absent:  W. Barratt, B. Corcoran

            Ex Officio:  J. Kuhlman (Interim Graduate Dean), T. Siefert (SOGS), S. Powers (COE), G. Maughan    (COT), B. Frank (Senate Liaison)

Guests:  No one

 

1.       Call to Order:  C. MacDonald called the meeting to order at 9:05.

2.       Agenda was adopted by consensus.

3.       Minutes unanimously accepted with minor adjustments.

4.       Unfinished/Ongoing Business – none

5.       New Business: Three charges from Faculty Senate were reviewed.

            a.   Regarding Program Prioritization – Council began discussion regarding its

                  involvement in reacting to the recommendations that will be coming

                  forward. Dr. MacDonald will consult the projected calendar of

                  prioritization activities in order to plan the Council’s work on the

                  recommendations when they become available.

                  Dr. Kuhlman noted that department restructuring typically has

                  had minimal effect on graduate degree programs. She has greater concern

                  about the impact of the prioritization recommendations – proportionally,

                  there appear to be a large number of graduate programs on the elimination

                  list. Dr. Powers reported that in discussions with the registrar’s office, she

                  learned that ISU is not currently using the concentration code feature of

                  BANNER. This feature would allow a number of specializations within a

                  major to appear as one major rather than a number of different majors.

                  Using this code would help adjust what appears to be many majors in

                  certain  areas.

            b.   Regarding Ongoing Program Reviews in the context of reorganization and

                  elimination recommendations – Council will examine modifications,

                  eliminations, and reorganizations with the assistance of its Program

                  Development Committee.

            c.   Regarding selecting the Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Research and

                  Creativity Award Committee representative – a discussion was held on the

                  currency of the published criteria and the lack of representation of faculty

                  from the arts in the applications. Arts faculty see a focus on ‘hard

                  science research’ in the application material and have not applied for this

                  award.

 

                  Motion: (A. Gilberti/C. Mayer) That the Faculty Affairs Committee

                  examine the campus-wide faculty awards (e.g., Dreiser, Caleb Mills,

                  Distinguished Service) criteria and applications for currency,

                  appropriateness, and disciplinary inclusivity. (Passed 7-0-0).

 

                  Dr. Mayer will contact colleagues regarding a representative from the arts

                  areas who would be willing to serve on this award committee – Council

                  will revisit the  matter of selecting a representative at its next meeting.

                 

6.       Reports:

a.       Chairperson (C. MacDonald):

             i.   The call for service on Graduate Council committees is out – due

                  date for responding is 9/22/06. Faculty can fax (x7613) or email

                  (cmacdonald@isugw.indstate.edu) their desire to serve.

            ii.   Faculty Senators (H. Chait & L. O’Laughlin) were asked to

                  provide a brief report on Graduate Council activities at each

                  Faculty Senate meeting.

b.       Senate Liaison’s Report (B. Frank):

                                                               i.      Pay stubs will only be issued electronically beginning in December. They will be archived and readily available through the portal.

                                                             ii.      D. McKee provided an informative report on ISU funding sources.

                                                            iii.      E. Kinley provided a Technology update. GroupWise is rapidly approaching it limits – plans are in progress to address this issue. The Help Desk service is again located on the ISU campus – the trade off for local control is the loss of 24-hour service.

ISU now has significant computing capacity in the sciences areas.

c.       Administrative Report (Interim Dean Kuhlman):

                                                               i.      The SOGS collaborative update meeting for Administrative Assistants was yesterday. The collaborative meeting with Chairs and Program Directors will be held today.

                                                             ii.      The new Assistantship/Fee Waiver Guidelines need to be examined to address possible loop holes. Council members are asked to secure a copy from the SOGS website and review it for discussion next week.

                                                            iii.      A listing of “Requests for Assistance/Issues of Concern” from the Dean will be presented to Council next week. Dr. Kulhman indicated that this year will be one of solidification – no additional major changes in SOGS organization or function are planned at this time.

7.       Upcoming Business – The Graduate Student Organization meets on 9/25. It is expected that our graduate student representatives (one master’s and one doctoral) will be identified at that time.

8.       Adjournment – 9:35am

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Michele Boyer

Vice-Chair for

Brendan Corcoran

Secretary

 

 

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