skip to main content ISU bar 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 Last modified: March 03, 2009  Copyright © 2009 by Indiana State University.