Minutes

Faculty Senate Meeting

21 September 2004

 

On 21 September 2004, the SPSU Faculty Senate met in J-152, at noon. Prof. Becky Rutherfoord, Moderator of the Faculty, presided.

 

 

Senators

 

Ex-Officio

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Tony Rizzuto, ARCH

 

Dave Hornbeck (Int. VPAA)

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Jack Duff, BCP

 

Bill Barnes (Dean-ACC)

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Matt Wilson, CET

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Alan Gabrielli (Dean-AS)

 

CNST

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Mike Murphy (Dean-CSE)

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John Rupf, CS

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Wayne Unsell (Dean ETM)

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Lance Crimm, ECET

 

 

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Walt Thain, ECET

 

Visitors

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Betty Oliver, HTC

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Lisa Rossbacher, President

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Lester Dollar, IET

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Joel Fowler, Math

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Fred Hartfield, IT

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John Sweigart, MET

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Steven Vincent, LIB

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Dave Caudill, IET

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Steven Edwards, MATH

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Charles Bachman, ECET

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Jennie Conn, MGNT

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Mohammed Obeidat, MGNT

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Britt Pearce, MET

 

 

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Tom Rotnem, SIS

 

 

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Andy Wang, SWE

 

 

 

 

1. President Rossbacher’s Comments

 

1.1 Budget: Due to state budget cuts, SPSU has $769,000 less than we had budgeted for the year.  The President hopes to make up for the cuts through an anticipated 10% raise in spring tuition, redirection of equipment funds, and unfilled vacancies.  The President requested that senators who have anecdotal evidence of ways that budget cuts have affected their students send their stories to her today.

 

1.2 Mission: The BoR has permitted universities to review their missions and mission statements.  The President would like to see some areas of engineering added to SPSU’s mission.

 

2. Approval of Minutes

 

2.1 The minutes to the 18 August 2004 meeting were approved.

 

2.2 The minutes to the 7 September 2004 meeting were approved.

 

3.  Discussion of P&P 803.09 Faculty Promotion and Tenure

 

3.1 The Senate agreed to send P&P 803.09 to subcommittee 1 for revision.  Some of the revisions suggested had to do with the promotion of lecturers and with a grandfather clause.

                                                                       

3.2 The Moderator will reassign P&P 803.0701 Student Evaluation of Faculty to subcommittee 2 or 3.

 

3.3 The Senate recommended that subcommittee changes be italicized and that an executive summary of the changes be provided when a P&P comes up for a vote.

 

4.  Discussion of P&P 203.04 Academic Computer Committee

 

4.1 The Senate voted to send P&P 203.04 back to the Academic Computer Committee for revision.  Senators who believe revision is needed were advised to contact committee chair Rich Cole.

 

5.  Discussion of Extra Compensation P&P (no number)

 

5.1 The Senate voted to table the Extra Compensation P&P.

 

6. Assignment of Additional P&P Reviews

 

6.1 The Moderator assigned P&P 715.0 Cancellation of Registration for Not Paying was assigned to subcommittee 2 for review.

 

6.2 The Moderator assigned P&P 803.0202 Graduate Assistantship Administration to subcommittee 3 for review.

 

The meeting adjourned at 12:54.

 

The next Senate meeting will be Tuesday 5 October 2004 in J152.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                       

Mark Stevens, Secretary                  Becky Rutherfoord, Moderator