MINUTES

Faculty Senate Meeting
April 8, 2003

On April 8, 2003, the SPSU Faculty Senate met in M100 Auditorium, at noon. Professor Tom Currin, Moderator of the Faculty presided.

Senators: Ex Officio / Visitors

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Patrick Bobbie (CSE)

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Richard Aynsley (ETM)

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Bill Burnett (PCB)

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Bill Barnes (ACC)

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L Dollar for Dave Caudill (IET)

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Alan Gabrielli (AS)

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C. Richard Cole (ARCH)

  

Mike Murphy (CSE)

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Tom Currin [Moderator](CET)

  

Sandy Pfeiffer (VPAA)

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Robert N Dreyer (ECET)

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David Hornbeck

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Steve Edwards (Math)

    

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Steve Vincent for Leigh Hall (Lib)

    

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Don Horton (MET)

    

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Zuhair Itr (CNST)

    

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Susan Morrow (HTC)

    

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Al Churella for Bernice Nuhfer-Halten (SIS)

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Pat Carden (IET)
 

Hassan Pournaghshband (CSE)

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John Sweigart (MET)

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Ronny Richardson (Mgt)

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Walt Thomas

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Mark Stevens (HTC)

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Curtis Sartor (Arch)

Barbara Thomas (CSE)

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Joel Fowler (Math)
 

Scott Tippens (ECET)

    

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Matt Wilson (CET)

    

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Don Young (MATH)

    

1. Moderator Comments

1.1 Moderator started the meeting at 12:00

2.0 Report of the Elections Committee (Mark Stevens, Scott Tippens, Leigh Hall)

2.1 Committee has determined all the committee memberships and rules and is continuing researching the terms of each member, in order to determine the number of vacancies.

2.2 The above committee membership and nominated candidate information will be e-mailed a week before the next faculty meeting. (April 24)

3.0 Report of the Academic Plan Committee (Rich Cole, Leigh Hall, and Steve Edwards)

Ref. Rev. 3 dated 04/07/2003

3.1 Motion made to amend draft, seconded, and APPROVED: (ref. page 1 Executive Summary)- modify item 11 to state "Hire new faculty who hold a doctorate or have the equivalent [replace with "an acceptable alternative"] in training, ability, and/or experience and who will engage in research, scholarship, or creative activity"

3.2 Motion made to amend draft, seconded, and APPROVED: (ref. page 6 and 7 :Near-Term Goals: FY04, 05, and 06)- Add item 24: "Seek approval for the B.S. in Aviation Transportation Technology".

3.3 Motion made to amend draft, seconded, and APPROVED: (ref. page 4 header "SPSU's Continued Growth...")- Replace "Earth Sciences" with "Natural Sciences".

3.4 Motion made, seconded, and APPROVED: Accept the Academic Plan Committee's Revision 3 with the above three amendments.

4.0 Continuation of the Promotion P&P Discussion

4.1 Motion made, seconded, and APPROVED: Mark Stevens and Leigh Hall's recommendations:

Faculty P&P Amendment
On pg. 10, cut items 8 and 9.
We agreed earlier to cut the campus peer committee, so we're recommending that these two campus peer committee items be cut also.
On pg. 10, item 10 (which will now become item 8)
Add the following bracketed clauses so that the VPAA is not the only one to have a vote that counts on promotion:
--[If the package has received no more than one no vote and] if the VPAA supports [it], he or she submits a letter recommending the candidate to the president. . . .
--[If the package has received at least one previous no vote and] if the VPAA does not support the package, he or she sends the candidate a letter that documents areas where the faculty member meets and does not meet criteria for promotion. . . .
--[If the package has received all yes votes before reaching the VPAA but he or she does not support the package, the VPAA sends the package on to the president with a letter that documents areas where the faculty member does not meet criteria for promotion. A copy of the letter goes to the faculty member.]


On pg. 10, item 11 (which will now become item 9)
Add the following bracketed clauses:
--[If the package has received no more than one no vote and] if the president supports [it], he or she signs the cover sheet and returns the package to the VPAA. . . .
--[If the package has received at least one previous no vote and] if the president does not support the [it], he or she sends the candidate a letter that documents areas where the faculty member meets and does not meet criteria for promotion. . . .

4.2 Motion made, seconded, and APPROVED: (Ref. page 9, item 7) Add statement in brackets: "The school dean conducts his or her review and [,only if there are less than two no votes,] submits a letter concerning the case to the vice president for academic affairs.

4.3 Motion made, seconded, and APPROVED: (Ref. page 4, item 1. Time in Rank) Add sentence: "Faculty hired prior to July 1, 2003 may go up for promotion during their fifth year."

5.0 Meeting Agenda for Summer Faculty Meeting

5.1 Motion made, seconded, and APPROVED: The only summer semester faculty meeting agenda items that will be allowed are:

(1) Approval of Graduates, and (2) Announcements

6.0 Other Business

6.1 Moderator stated his appreciation of the work of the senators: they worked way beyond the normal requirements, and made his job much easier.

6.2 Senators stated their appreciation of the efforts of the faculty moderator.

6.3 Senators also stated their appreciation of the efforts of the faculty secretary.

6. Adjournment

6.1 Meeting was adjourned at 12:50

6.2 No more senate meetings are scheduled for this term.

6.3 Faculty meeting will be on April 24, 2003.


_________________ (Faculty Secretary)
Robert Dreyer

_________________(Faculty Moderator)
Thomas Currin