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2004
– 2005 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate was held on Monday, September 27, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ethel Arthur Conference Room – Library 106. Members Present: Eleni Adrian, Ahmad Ahmadian, Janet Barnett, Ian Brennan, Sandra Bonetti, Jude DePalma, Moussa Diawara, Carol Foust, Neb Jaksic , David Keplinger, Carol Loats, Tim McGettigan, Janet Nichols, John Ryan, Wolfgang Sauer, Paul Sefcovic, Bea Spade, Dan Sullivan, Ted Taylor, Michael Wakefield, Karen Yescavage Members Absent: Collette Carter. Marilyn Lucero Guest Present: Renee Drabier, Richard Hill, Michal Hughes, Arrow Kennedy, Scott Robertshaw, Justine Stigers and numerous other students representing Student Life Ex-Officio Member: Barbara Montgomery Parliamentarian: Keith Sinkhorn I. CALL TO ORDER President of Faculty Senate Dr. Carol Foust called the meeting to order at 3:04 pm. II. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Without objection the 9-27-04 agenda was approved. III. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Minutes for the 8-30-04 Faculty Senate meeting were approved without changes. IV. INFORMATION, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS A. Faculty Senate President – Dr. Carol Foust Dr. Foust’s report discussed the following topics: · Reminder to review the Enrollment Management Goals and Strategies and respond with any comment and/or suggestions. · A report on the First Year Experience should be available by next month’s Faculty Senate Meeting. · Encouraged Faculty to get involved in Student Activities on campus. – The theme this year is Participate. · The rest of the report will be addressed in unfinished business. B. CSU-Pueblo President – Dr. Ronald Applbaum Dr. Applbaum’s report discussed the following topics: · General Funding. It appears that the General Fund for this year (as of September 04) will end in the black. · Enrollment. Enrollment increased 1.8% across all Colorado institutions. CSU-Pueblo enrollment increased 2.8% which is above the state average and CSU-Fort Collins average. · TABOR. It appears that the whole state will be in deficit due to increased revenues. There is hope that our representatives in the legislature will help reduce this deficit. · Grievance Policy. At the last week’s BOG retreat there was a discussion about our grievance policy, the BOG’s role in it and what authority the campus has in regard to grievance. · Approval of all Senior VP Positions. Currently BOG approves all senior VP positions and designees. BOG discussion dealt with the president’s power to appoint certain senior VPs. · Performance Contracts. BOG provided a template for the performance contracts. There will be a whole-day meeting on Nov. 11 with CCHE to create a first draft on performance contracts. · Fee for Service. Fee for service is the difference between the state stipend (COF: $2400) and the current tuition. CCHE didn’t want to tackle this until the next spring. So, our budget planning will be delayed. For CSU-Pueblo this difference is about $4.2 million. · Student Fee Committee. A Student Fee Committee has been created. ASG President Valenzuela will lead the committee. We are in the process of waiting for appointments to this committee. · Ad Hoc FY06 Budget Committee. This committee will look the budget with respect to College Opportunity Fund (COF). · Institute for Effective Governance. Representatives of the Institute for Effective Governance gave a presentation to BOG (more information concerning the Institute is given in Sonnema’s report later in the minutes). C. CSU-Pueblo Provost – Dr. Barbara Montgomery Dr. Montgomery’s report discussed the following topics: · New Academic Affairs Policy. A new policy on funding Academic Affairs positions has been adopted by the University. Salary savings and salary vacancy dollars will now be retained in Academic Affairs to be allocated to the highest priorities for replacing faculty and staff who have left the University and for creating new position lines in high demand programs.
· Library Recommendations. The Provost and Rhonda Gonzales are asking for recommendations about library role on campus, individual departmental needs, desires and views. The provost encourages all to come to the unit meetings and participate in the discussions. · Salary Report Updates. The Provost met with FCC. There were a number of suggestions dealing with changes in methodology. Some of the recommendations will be implemented. Using median salary instead of average was one example. The cost-of-living index suggested by a business faculty will be implemented. D. Report from Student Life - Justine Stigers Stigers Power Point report presented some aspects of student life at CSU-Pueblo to the senators. To increase student retention an action plan initiating new activities was presented. The goal was to solicit higher faculty participation in these activities. · Faculty Stipends. There were two faculty stipends offered by the Student Life representative; one for their data base development and another for bus scheduling, planning and monitoring for WinterFest activities. E. COC – Dr. Janet Barnett · Confirmation of Dennis Madrid as Appointed FCC Member. Dr. Dennis Madrid was confirmed as an FCC member by Faculty Senate. · Ad Hoc Handbook Committee. This committee is formed with the following members: Jen Mullen, Sue Hanks, John Borton, Janet Barnett and Gail Abrahamson. · Future Plans. COC will investigate the effectiveness of the Budget Board. It will also review the Graduate Studies Board. F. CAPB – Janet Nichols · Program Reviews. Three programs were reviewed: Art, Foreign Languages and FMTS. Art and Foreign Languages are recommended to continue while FMTS is recommended for discontinuation. The End-of-Semester Review will be presented to Faculty Senate and posted on the Web. · Catalog Change. Programs will be listed alphabetically rather than embedded under colleges or departments. G. APSB - Paul Sefcovic Mr. Sefcovic’s report discussed the following topic: · Chair of the Board. Pat Levy was chosen as the chair of SAAB. · Grade Change Policy. CSU-Pueblo Grade Change Policy and Academic Appeal Procedure was approved by BOG with minor changes. · Graduate Faculty Criteria. The board is looking at proposed Graduate Faculty Criteria submitted to the board by Graduate Study Board. Even though the motion was not on the table, discussion followed. A motion will be brought forward next meeting. H. Faculty Compensation Committee – Dr. Moussa Diawara Dr. Diawara’s report contained the following topics: · FCC Chair. Dr. Roger Soul was elected as a chair of FCC. · APR Use to Compensate Faculty. This question was discussed at the FCC meeting without conclusion due to time limitations. FCC believes that there is a need for data from both new and old peers as well as a survey of faculty concerning how APR should be used in faculty salary study. Carol raised a concern that this may cause unnecessary delays with the Salary Report by the Provost. Ahmad urged the Senate to set some deadlines for FCC’s and Provost’s report since HSB may lose faculty unless salary adjustments are enacted quickly. I. Faculty Handbook Committee – Dr. John Ryan · Dr. Ryan discussed Chapter II revisions. Since BOG decisions did not affect Chapter II much, the revisions are under way as planned. Language changes will be submitted to the Senate. J. Gen Ed Board – Dr. Wolfgang Sauer Dr. Sauer’s report discussed the following topics: · Gen Ed Board Chair. Dr. Paul Chacon was elected as the chair of Gen Ed Board. · Guidelines. The board will ensure that the proposed Gen Ed guidelines are in line with the guidelines of CCHE. A new draft will be discussed next month. · Ethics in Education. Wolfgang asked if ethics should be included as a requirement in General Education, similar to what we currently do with cross cultural education. A discussion took place and no specific recommendations were made. K. Information Technology Board. Information Technology Board will meet on October 1. · No report L. Board of Governors Rep – Dr. Roy Sonnema Dr. Sonnema’s report contained the following topics: · Course Transfers. CCHE has a matrix for evaluation of courses when a student is transferring from one institution to another. There is a web site with the course listing and transfer guides. At this time CSU-Pueblo is not on this web site. Provost’s response was that we are working on it and are expecting results shortly. · The BOG retreat discussed the supervision of optional retirement programs. The Association of College Trustees and Alumni will hear presentations from the Institute for Effective Governance. Some concern was raised as this institute has a conservative perspective and excluded faculty, and students. M. CFAC – Dr. Jude DePalma Dr. Depalma’s report discussed the following topics: · Accreditation at Community Colleges. Some community colleges will use a new accreditation process. · State University News. CU-Boulder increased tuition 40% and restructured athletics in such a way to directly report to academics. Over the summer, Mesa State revised their handbook with limited faculty input. Metro State has experienced recent changes that seemed to destroy some of the essence of tenure. · New Director of CCHE. Rick O’Donnell became the new director of CCHE. He wants to establish a dialog with CFAC. · Colorado Opportunity Fund. Students will have to apply to obtain the funds, but the procedure is not yet in place. · Graduate Studies Funding. Under COF, MS and PhD programs will be funded through Fees for Service. V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS · Call for an Ad Hoc Committee to clarify language concerning APR, Tenure and Promotion will meet ASAP. · Salary Study and new peers. FCC will provide information concerning how APR will be used. A survey of Faculty Senators will take place ASAP. · Work Environment Survey. New questions are needed by October 1. We can add up to 21 additional questions. Carol will be asking faculty to contribute, especially questions about faculty morale. There was a discussion about question #33 concerning faculty political views. If the question can be deleted, a vote via e-mail will be established for this question’s removal. If the questions cannot be removed, the faculty will be reminded that they have control over which questions they answer. VI. NEW BUSINESS · None VII. ADJOURNMENT Without objection, the meeting was adjourned at 5:01 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dr. Nebojsa Jaksic Faculty Senate Secretary |
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