2004 – 2005 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Colorado State University - Pueblo
October 25, 2004

 

The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate was held on Monday, October 25, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ethel Arthur Conference Room – Library 106.

 Members Present: Eleni Adrian, Janet Barnett, Ian Brennan, Sandra Bonetti,  Collette Carter, Jude DePalma, Carol Foust, Neb Jaksic , David Keplinger, Carol Loats, Tim McGettigan, Janet Nichols, John Ryan, Wolfgang Sauer, Paul Sefcovic, Roy Sonnema, Bea Spade, Dan Sullivan, Ted Taylor, Michael Wakefield, Karen Yescavage

 Members Absent:  Ahmad Ahmadian , Moussa Diawara, Marilyn Lucero

 Guest Present:  Renee Drabier

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 3:03 pm.

 

II.            APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA      

Without objection the agenda for the 10-25-04 Faculty Senate meeting was approved.

 

III.           APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Minutes for the 8-30-04 Faculty Senate meeting were approved with a change suggested by the Provost.

 

IV.           INFORMATION, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS

 A.                  Director of Human Resources – Ken Nufer

·         Mr. Nufer circulated a document with the Human Resources Mission Statement, Strategic Focus and Guiding Principles.

·         Faculty Input Regarding Human Resources – comments and/or suggestions were requested. 

B.                   Faculty Senate President – Dr. Carol Foust

Dr. Foust’s report discussed the following topics:

·         A report on the First Year Experience was emailed to senators.  Please review the document.

·         Faculty Survey: Encouraged the faculty to participate and remind others to participate in the faculty survey that was delivered last week.

·         The rest of the report will be addressed in unfinished business.

 

C.                   CSU-Pueblo President – Dr. Ronald Applbaum

Dr. Applbaum’s report discussed the following topics:

·          New Executive Director of the Foundation: Dr. Applbaum announced that Scott Shrode has accepted the position.

·          Athletic Director Position: A search will begin this spring for a new permanent athletic director position.

·          Student Grades Reporting: CCHE wants all grades for all courses from all Colorado colleges and universities to be reported to them as part of the Performance Contract required for the College Opportunity Fund. They have not shared how this data will be used, but it is assumed that they have concern with grade inflation.

·         General Education Transfer Credits: CCHE may mandate a state-wide general education that would also require that all general education courses be approved through the CCHE Guaranteed Transfer Process.

·         Colorado Opportunity Fund: The Web site is available so students can apply for funding. 

D.                  CSU-Pueblo Provost – Dr. Barbara Montgomery

Dr. Montgomery’s report discussed the following topics:

·          Retention Rates: Retention rates from 1^st to 2^nd year dropped from 65% last year to 62% (59% if international students are included in the study) this year.  This could be random variation or the beginning of a trend. Faculty input justifying this data or suggesting a course of action is sought.

E.                   COC – Dr. Janet Barnett

Barnett’s report discussed the following topics:

·         Committee and Board Membership:  A complete listing of the committee and board membership was distributed.

F.                   CAPB – Janet Nichols

·         Programs Listed in Alphabetical Order: This was the first reading of a motion to allow programs to be listed in the catalog in alphabetical order. The motion was made by J. Nichols and seconded by N. Jaksic. A suggestion was made to simply list the program in alphabetical order in a detailed index to be located in the front and back of the catalog.  Another comment suggested listed other common key words that might be used for different program areas.

·         Request that CAPB fall semester report be consider on the 1^st reading at the November meeting so that changes can be reflected in the new catalog.  No objections were made to this request so the report will be considered on the first reading at the November meeting.

·         Program Reviews:  Mechanical Engineering Technology, Music, and Physics have all been voted to continue as programs.

G.                   APSB  - Paul Sefcovic

Mr. Sefcovic’s report discussed the following topic:

·         Grade Change Policy: First reading of a motion for changes to the Grade Change Policy was delayed until next month.

·         APSB continues to review and discuss the Graduate Faculty Criteria.

H.                  Faculty Compensation Committee – Dr. Moussa Diawara

Dr. Diawara was not present: - no report.

I.                     Faculty Handbook Committee – Dr. John Ryan

·         Dr. Ryan discussed Chapter II revisions. BOG reports for the past 4 years have been reviewed.  Chapter 2 seems to be up-to-date. 

·         The language regarding APR is being reviewed.

·         The language regarding intellectual property in chapter 2 will be compared with the most current policy on intellectual property.

J.                    Gen Ed Board – Dr. Wolfgang Sauer

Dr. Sauer’s report discussed the following topics:

·         General Education Guidelines. This was the first reading of a motion to accept General Education Course Guidelines.  Discussion took place and will be considered.

 
K.                  Information Technology Board – Dr. Neb Jaksic

Dr. Jaksic’s report discussed the following topics:

·         Use of Spam Filters on Campus: Dr. Drabier presented two possible commercial solutions at $10,000 each and $1,000 per year thereafter (Barracuda and Mail Frontier). Outlook does this but only on the client side. After a discussion it was decided to use an e-mail survey to measure how much of a problem the spam actually presents. 

·         Audit Recommendation/President’s Council Approval of Strong Passwords: This will become effective July 1, 2005.

·         Faculty/Staff Access to AIS Reporting Feature: The first training session took place this month. Jennifer Cornelison is the contact for future training.

·         Need for Student A/V Workstations: While there are some movie-editing stations for students in mass communications there are none for the student community. A feasibility study will be performed to price four such stations and their locations.

·         Use and Hosting of Blogs and Wikis: Blog is a binary log – like a digital diary while a Wiki is a Web page that can be modified by everyone. Sam Ebersole used these in his courses and suggested that other instructors may want to do the same.

·         Area Technology Vision Statements/Plans: Each area should formulate their own vision statements for instructional technology.

 
L.                   Board of Governors Rep – Dr. Roy Sonnema

Dr. Sonnema’s report contained the following topics:

·         Chancellor’s priorities: The chancellor’s priorities include: more institutional flexibility in legislative issues and operational budget, better protection for CSU agencies, and the ability to hire more legal staff.

·         Tuition Increase Proposal:  CSU-Pueblo asked for 10% increase in tuition for undergraduate and 15% increase for graduate students.

 
M.                 CFAC – Dr. Jude DePalma

Dr. Depalma’s report discussed the following topics:

·         No report

 

V.                  UNFINISHED BUSINESS

·         Salary Study and New Peers:   Dr. Montgomery reported that there has been a delay on obtaining the cost of living data set.  As soon as it arrives the study will be completed.  An early November date is expected for the report.

·         HERI Faculty Survey was delivered last week.  Please encourage faculty peers to complete the survey.

 

VI.                NEW BUSINESS

·         None

 

VII.              ADJOURNMENT

Without objection, the meeting was adjourned at 4:44 p.m.  

 

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Nebojsa Jaksic                                                                                              

Faculty Senate Secretary