Faculty Senate

Next meeting of the Faculty Senate will be at 3 p.m on September 12, 2005 in Vance 105

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Present:  Al-Masoud, Austad, Barrington, Bello, Braverman, Button, Callery, Cohen, Craine, Crundwell, Dowty, Foster, Fried, Garcia-Bowen, Gilmore, Halloran, Hedlund, Kurkjian, Leake, Lee-Partridge, Lisi, Ljugholm, Mahony, Marlor, Martin-Troy, Miller, Mulcahy, Murphy, Odesina, Osterreich, Passaro, Pevac,  Pirog, Rivera,  Sadanand, Sevitch, Spector, Terezakis, Thornton, Tracey, Walo, Warshauer, Williams, Wolff

 

 Ex-Officio:  Kremens, Pease,  Sakofs, Whitford

 

Guests: Antar, Blitz , Bonnici, Burkholder, Calvert,  Evon, Nunn, Pudlinksi, Shine, Westcott 

 

Meeting called to order by President Craine at 1.03 p.m

 

1. Approval of Minutes of May 2, 2005 with corrections on  attendance and roll call vote

(Wolff/Osterreich) : passed unanimously

 

 2.Announcements: President Craine

 

1. Requested that senators and guests keep their comments pertinent and succinct because of a long agenda.
2. Apologized for the slight delay in the balloting for the Constitution revision because ballots were inadvertently not sent to adjunct and administrative faculty. The deadline for return of ballots to the President's Office (c/o Wendy Wilton) has been extended to May 27.

President White (CCSU-AAUP): Sen. Austad from the AAUP Council substituted for President White and reminded everyone that run-off election ballots for the AAUP Council had been sent by campus mail. They were due back in the AAUP office in Marcus White by May 20.
 

Motion requesting that Agenda item (k) under New Business be brought ahead to be considered after Agenda item (c)  under under New Business: (Crundwell/Wolff): passed unanimously

 3. Unfinished business: Marketing Department request for exception to DEC

Sen. Bonnici (Marketing) provided an explanation for this request.
Motion to approve (Martin-Troy/Osterreich): passed unanimously

4. New Business:

1. Motion to approve  list for May and August 2005 Graduate Student Candidates:
   M.A.,M.S.,M.B.A. Degrees and Sixth Year Certificates in Reading and Educational Leadership  subject to their satisfactory completion of all requirements(Graduate Studies) (Lemma/Fried): passed unanimously
    

2. Motion to approve Baccalaureate degree candidates for May and August 2005 subject to their satisfactory completion of all requirements

 

           (School of Arts & Sciences) (Pease/Wolff): passed unanimously

           (School of Business) (Galligan/Terezakis): passed unanimously

           (School of Education & Professional Studies) (Sakofs/Halloran):passed

           unanimously        

           (School of Technology) (Kremens/Leake): passed unanimously

 

11. Request from President Aebersold for Senate advice on Department of Chemistry letter seeking approval to move from School of Arts & Sciences to School of Technology

Motion asking Senate to give positive advice to President Aebersold to allow the Department of Chemistry to move from the School of Arts & Sciences to the School of Technology. 

 

 

 Motion to table the request from the Department of Chemistry to the Senate to give President Aebersold positive advice on its requested move: (Austad/Terezakis)

Failed - 15 For, 20 Against

 

Motion to amend the request from the Department of Chemistry to give President Aebersold positive advice on its requested move to add

The move was not indicative of  any large scale re-organization

(Martin-Troy/Fried) was withdrawn

Motion to Call the Question (Warshauer/Foster): passed unanimously

 

A roll call vote was requested on the main motion.

Passed with a vote 25  for, 13  against, 9  abstentions, 23 absent

For: Al-Moussad, Barrington, Braverman, Crundwell, Foster, Fried, Hedlund, Kurkjian, Leake, Lee-Partridge, Lisi, Ljugholm, Mahony, Martin-Troy, Moran, Odesina, Osterreich, Petrosino, Pirog, Sevitch, Thornton, Tracey, Walo, Warshauer, Williams

 

Against: Austad, Bello, Button, Craine, Halloran, Mulcahy, Miller, Murphy, Passaro, Pevac, Sadanand, Spector, Terezakis,

 

Abstain: Brann, Cohen, Dowty, Garcia-Bowen, Gilmore, Marlor, Rivera, Salinas, Wolff

 

Absent: Abadiano, Adams, Best, Borst, Callery, Candales, Casella, D'Addio, Deloy, Greenebaum, Hentschel, Machuga, Meyer, Morales, Oliva, Orloske, Park, Poirier, Salerno, Sweeney, Talit, Walker, Zottola

 

Since an examination was scheduled in Vance 105 just after 2 p.m., President Craine entertained a motion to reconvene in 10 minutes in Founders Hall

(Spector/Fried): passed unanimously

 

3. Election of Senate Secretary : Since the revised Constitution was not yet formally approved by majority of the faculty voting or the President, the election of the Secretary was postponed to the first meeting of the Senate in Fall 2005.
    
4. Motion to approve request from President Aebersold for the following exceptions to Department Evaluation Committees for the 2005-06 Academic Year: (Terezakis/Foster) - passed unanimously

 

Design (Graphic/Info):  Professor Lani Johnson (Theatre) will serve as a member of this DEC as well as her home DEC.

 

Nursing:  Professor Karen Beyard (Educational Leadership) and Professor James Malley (Counseling & Family Therapy) will serve as members of this DEC.

 

Philosophy:  Professor Brian O'Connell (Computer Science) will serve as a member of this DEC as well as his home DEC.

 

Special Education:  Dr. Karen Beyard (Educational Leadership) will serve as a member of this DEC.

 

Technology Education:  Professor Alfred Gates (Engineering Technology) will serve as a member of this DEC as well as his home DEC.

 

5. Curriculum Committee Report (Chair Pudlinksi)  

(i)     Thanked the UPBC for their report including the General Education proposals.

(ii)    Motion to approve a revised definition of "Link" and "Bridge" courses

(Wolff/Terezakis): passed unanimously

Approval of this motion resulted in deletion of graduate credit from the following courses: ACTL 465, ART 408, ART 411, ART 412, ART 414, ART 420, GEOG 471, GEOG 472, and GEOG 483.

(iii)  Motion to approve addition and revision to Computer Electronics and Graphics Technology ( as it pertained to GRT 132, GRT 232, GRT 302, GRT 322, GRT 332, DES 100 under Item 3 of the Curriculum Committee report)(Wolff/Al-Massoud) :

In the discussion, there were questions raised related to overlap of suggested courses to those offered in Graphic/Information Design and Computer Science and with availability of resources.

Motion to table the request from CEGT (Thornton/Halloran): passed with

15 in favor and 9 against.

(iv)  Motions to approve course revision, addition or deletion requests, as in the Curriculum report, from the following departments

Mathematical Sciences, Management Information Systems, Biology, Computer Electronics and Graphic Technology (as it pertained to CET 223, GRT 352, TE 411, TE 412, under Item 8 of the Curriculum Committee report), Chemistry, Communication, Physics-Earth Sciences, Engineering Technology, Educational Leadership, Music, Nursing, Psychology, and the

Peace Studies program: (Foster/Halloran), (Fried/Murphy), (Foster/Fried), (Foster/Fried), (Spector/Foster), (Halloran/Murphy), (Spector/Terezakis), (Terezakis/Tracey), (Leake/Terezakis), (Halloran/Mahony), (Halloran/Fried), (Terezakis/Halloran)- approved unanimously

 f.Academic Standards Committee report (Chair Warshauer) (see AcadStd1 and AcadStd2 attached) 
 

Motion to change Requirements for Admission into the Athletic Training Education Program, Athletic Training Education Program Transfer Policy, Professional Program in the School of Education and to require a grade of "C" or better

 

- in  all Athletic Training courses needed for the Athletic Training Professional Program

 

- in all Exercise Science courses needed for the Exercise Science Professional Program

 

( Halloran/Terezakis): passed unanimously

 

Motion to  have letters from the Registrar's office to students who have failed to meet the minimum GPA to remain in Good Academic Standing state: "This letter is notification that you have been academically dismissed from Central Connecticut State University..."  rather than as previously: "This letter is notification that you are subject to academic dismissal from Central Connecticut State University..."  Corresponding changes will also be made in the undergraduate catalogue.

(Terezakis/Mahony): passed unanimously

 

Motion to change standards of admission to Athletic Training Education program

(Halloran/Tracey): passed unanimously

 

Motion to change Athletic Training Education Program Transfer Policy

(Fried/Terezakis): passed unanimously

 

Motion to change standards  of admission to Communication Department

(Marlor/Halloran): passed unanimously

 

Motion to approve Common Professional Program Application/Admission Requirements for all schools : (Halloran/Terezakis) - passed unanimously

 

Motion to approve Professional Program for Teacher Certification

Application/Admission Requirements in

 

Art Education, Secondary Science Education, Business Education, Elementary Education, Secondary English Education, Secondary History/Social Studies Education, Secondary Mathematics Education, Secondary French, German, Italian, or Spanish Education, Music Education, Physical Education, Special Education, Technology Education, TESOL (Teaching English to Spakers of Other Languages)

 

(Halloran/Fried): passed by a vote, 10 for 1 against

 

7. Graduate Studies Committee report (Chair Nunn)

The complete GSC report listing award recipients and various informational items, is attached (GSC Year End Report)

 

Motion to approve changes in admission requirements to following departments:

 

Music : (Halkin/Leake) - passed unanimously

 

Business Education : ( Salinas/Mahony) - passed unanimously

 

Motion to approve a new Certificate Program: 

 

·           Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Public Relations /Promotions in the department of Communication : (Leake/Mahony) - passed unanimously

 

Motion to add to MS in Elementary Education and MS in Early Childhood Education Programs the requirement that applicants must submit GRE scores that include all three subtests (analytical writing, verbal, and quantitative) : (Spector/Mahony):

Failed by a vote of 2 for and 16 against

 

8. University Planning & Budget Committee report (Chair Blitz)

The full report with the Strategic Plan and Objectives is attached (see UPBCAnnualReport)

 

Motion to approve Goal 13 - To strengthen and Develop Information Technology for use by faculty, staff and students: (Salinas/Halloran) - passed unanimously

 

9. University Athletic Board committee report (Chair Osei) -see attached UABreport 

The committee is charged with oversight of athletics as a whole but has no authority to make any budgetary changes. It approved some eligibility waivers for athletes on request. The standards of student athletes at CCSU are higher than the NCAA in general.

 

j . Motion to approve resolution from several departments reaffirming desire to remain in Arts & Sciences school  (see attached Science resolution )(Spector/Mahony)

In a short discussion, one senator mentioned that this motion seemed at odds with the earlier motion giving positive recommendation to the President on the Chemistry department's request to move from Arts & Sciences to Technology because it would result in the inconsistent situation (from the perspective of strategic planning)  with two science departments in A & S and two in Technology. It was also pointed out that the departments proposing this resolution unanimously included Physics-Earth Sciences, Biology, Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science.

 

Passed with 15 for and 1 against

 

l . Motion to support the resolution from Department of Nursing

(Williams/Osterreich): that read

 

"After a year of trying to negotiate with the CCSU administration for the release of the Department of Nursing's three vacant tenure track lines for the purpose of conducting a national search, the Department of Nursing is now left with one tenured faculty and a tenure track chairperson to teach 30 credits a semester and fulfill the full faculty role of scholarship, service, and recruitment.

 

Given the nursing shortage and nursing faculty shortage, locally and nationally, be it resolved that the Faculty Senate urges the administration to release a minimum of two tenure track lines immediately.  Without these positions the Department of Nursing will not be able to offer its program and will lose its accreditation for lack of University support."

 

 

In the discussion questions were asked relating to program's viability, the number of students enrolling in it and the number who graduate. There was a serious threat of the Department of Nursing losing its accreditation next year without the recruitment of full-time faculty quickly. It was mentioned that efforts to resolve the problems within the School of Education & Professional Studies had led to nought and the department was looking for peer support.

Question was called: (Osterreich/Halloran) - passed with a vote 15 for, 3 against

 

Main motion passed with a vote 17 for, 1 against, 4 abstentions

 

6.      Motion to adjourn, 3.45 pm (Halloran/Gilmore): passed unanimously

 

Respectfully submitted

 

Nanjundiah Sadanand

Secretary

Faculty Senate