Faculty Senate

CCSU Faculty Senate

Minutes—October 4, 2004

VAC 105  3:00 PM

Present: Abadiano, Adams, Al-Masoud, Austad, Barrington, Bello, Benfield, Best, Brann, Braverman, Casella, Craine, Crundwell, Cohen, D'Addio, Dowty, Erdmans, Fried, Gilmore, Gould, Halkin, Hedlund, LeePartridge, Lisi, Ljungholm, Machuga, Mahony, Marlor, Martin-Troy, Meyer, Miller, Morales, Moran, Murphy, Sevitch, Odesina, Oliva, Park, Pevac, Pirog, Rivera, Sadanand, Salerno, Salinas, Terezakis, Tracey, Walker, Warshauer, Williams

Ex-Officio: Kremens, Lemma, Pease, Read, Sakofs, Whitford, 

Guests : Altieri

 

Called to order by President Craine  at 3.05  pm

 

  1. Approval of Minutes of Sep. 20 and Sep. 27 (both with corrections). Passed unanimously 

 

  1. Announcements

a.       President Craine appointed Prof. Brian O'Connell (Computer Science) as the Senate parliamentarian for 2004-05

b.      President Craine will solicit the advice of Senate officers from 2003-04 (Best, Abadiano, Austad) as needed on specific issues

c.       Sen. Austad reported on behalf of President White of CCSU-AAUP that the Union was hosting a "Welcome Back" luncheon for members on October 20, 11.30 - 1.30, Memorial Hall. Also, faculty interested in "Taking a legislator to work" are requested to attend a planning meeting on October 11 at 3 pm in the Blue/White room, Student Center.

 

  1. Senate Steering Committee

members recommended by President Craine are

    Penny Lisi (Educational Leadership)

Kevin Oliva (Recruitment and Admissions)

Olusegun Odesina (Computer Electronics and Graphics Technology)

Mike Terezakis ( Counseling and Wellness )

Judith Walo (Accounting)
Unanimously approved 

 

  1. Senate Elections conducted by Sen Braverman

The following were duly nominated and elected

    1. Committee on Committees (3 members): George Murphy (Mathematical Sciences), Daniel Salerno (Sociology), Steve Cohen (English)
    2. b. Bylaws Committee (2 members) : Guy Crundwell (Chemistry), Michael Terezakis (Counseling  andWellness )

 

  1. Reappointment of the ad hoc committee on Academic Integrity

Sen. Antonia Moran (Political Science) asked for Senate approval for the re-appointment of the Ad-hoc Committee on Academic Integrity (not a committee of the Senate). Members include Moran (chair), Jane Fried, Emily Chasse, John Harmon, Jane Hikel, David Blitz, Vivian Martin, Paul Petterson, John Conway. Motion to approve passed with 1 opposed

 

  1. School of Business reorganization plan - resolution submitted by the school for senate endorsement, via President Aebersold 

 

Sen. Judith Walo (Chair, Accounting) provided a detailed background and context to the request from the Dean, School of Business, for the reorganization plan. The primary impetus is accreditation. Several senators had comments on the plan and raised questions, such as:

 

    1. What are the concerns of School of Business faculty who did not support the reorganization plan?
    2. What criteria will be used to determine the "2-track" teaching appointments?
    3. The reorganization structure seems "top-down".
    4. What are the implications of the reorganization for the rest of the University?
    5. Will Department chairs in the School of Business be required to teach/interact with students in the classroom?
    6. Will release time to Chairs violate BOT-AAUP, CSU contract?
    7. Will the faculty evaluation criteria violate BOT-AAUP, CSU contract?

 

Senators felt that the proposal should be discussed with the University Planning and Budget Committee (UPBC) and Connecticut State University-American Association of University Professors (CSU-AAUP), to get clarification on questions related resource allocation, contractual issues, workload issues.

 

Motion made by Sen. Austad, with amendements offered by Sen. Moran and Sen. Martin-Troy,  asking President Craine to appoint an Ad-hoc committee of the Senate to consult with the UPBC, CSU-AAUP and School of Business and report back to the Senate as soon as possible on the issues raised on the floor regarding the reorganization proposal. Passed with 1 abstention

 

  1. Exceptions to DEC

President Aebersold's requested  for five exceptions to Departmental Evaluation Committees for 2004-05  in accordance with AAUP-BOT Contract Article 4.11.4 

The departments are:

Nursing (Dr. James Malley from Counseling & Family Therapy); Reading and Language Arts (Dr. Tony Rigazio-Digilio from Educational Leadership); Teacher Education (Dr. Ernie Panscofar from Special Education)); Sociology (Dr. Heather Prescott from History); Physical Education (Dr. James Malley from Counseling & Family Therapy). Motion to approve passed unanimously

 

  1. Other Business

Sen. Salinas asked that the Senate discuss at the next meeting issues related to the Ad-hoc Committee on Diversity that was appointed at the last meeting of the Spring semester, 2004.

 

  1. Meeting adjourned at 4.10 pm

 

Respectfully submitted

 

Sadanand Nanjundiah

Faculty Senate Secretary