9 March 2009

Updates:§  Our next Campus Open Forum with President Miller will be held tomorrow, Tuesday morning, 10 March, from 9:30 to 11:30, in the Connecticut Dining Room of Memorial Hall.  This Forum is intended to follow up on the February 4 discussion about the Center for Student Success, to address the budget situation facing the University and the State, and as an opportunity for informal communication and conversation between the members of the campus community.  Please join us, and bring your questions, concerns, and suggestions.  §  CSUS Email Policy.  Last Thursday, the Senate sponsored a forum with George Kahkedjian from the CSU Central office and Bob Cernock, CCSU’s CIO.  There will be a link from these announcements to the notes I took.

                 Ad Hoc  Committee CSS

§  Jim Mulrooney, chair

§  Joe Paige

§  Chris Doyle

§  Steven Adair

§  Sharon Braverman

§  Chris Pudlinski

§  Ramon Hernandez

§  Nancy Hoffman

§  Justine Gamache

§  Linda Sershen

§  Janice Reska

The Committee had its first meeting last week, and Jim will be providing regular updates.§  I have asked Paul Karpuk, chair of the Curriculum Committee to investigate whether a Liberal or General Studies Major is warranted by changes in admission requirements for some programs and majors.  Paul, in turn, is turning the question over to the chairs of the five subcommittees concerned with Central’s undergraduate curriculum:

§  Shelley Bochain, from the School of Education and Professional Studies subcommittee

§  Peter Baumann, from the School of Engineering and Technology subcommittee

§  Dan Miller, from the School of Business subcommittee

§  Don Adams, from the School of Arts & Sciences subcommittee

§  Jan Bishop, from the General Education subcommittee

Additionally, we’ve asked Robert Wolff, the Special Studies coordinator, to participate in these discussions. 

 Finishing out the Semester§  Elections Committee will be sending out calls for nominations.  Please encourage colleagues to review the Senate Committee Website (http://www.ccsu.edu/facsenate/senatecommitteewebsite/CommitteeList.html ) to learn more about each committee AND to nominate themselves for committee positions.§  Elections Committee, Committee on Committees, and Promotion & Tenure Committee will examine current selection method, determine if we need to change it, and, if so, how.  Please forward your concerns and suggestions to the chairs of these three committees: Phil Halloran, Steve Cohen, and Neil Glagovich. §  After a brief hiatus, the Senate will return to its examination of the role of Peer Evaluations and Mentoring in P&T process.