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CCSU Faculty Senate

Minutes—November 28, 2005

VAC 105  3:00 PM

Next Meeting of the Faculty Senate on December 12 at 1 p.m, Vance 105

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Present: Adams, Alicandro,Al-Mousad, Benfield,Candales, Casella,Cohen, Conway, Craine, Cutler, DiPlacido, Dowty, Foshay,  Garcia-Bowen, Gould, Grasso, Greenebaum, Hager, Hedlund, Hentschel, Jones, Kapper, Kershner, King, Lane, MacDonald, Mahony, Mamed, Marlor, McKinney, Mulcahy, Murphy, OConnell, Osterreich, Pirog,Poirier, Rajaravivarma, Recoder-Nunez, Sadanand, Schuberth, Sevitch, Sianez, Spector, Westcott, Wiener,Williams, Wolff

 

Ex-Officio: Pease, Sakofs, Whitford

 

Guests: Brann, Petterson

 

Meeting called to order by President Craine at 3.06 p.m

 

 

1. Motion to approve Minutes of November 14, 2005 - (Spector): passed

 

2. Announcements:

 

President Craine (Senate):  Next meeting of the Faculty Senate will be at 1 pm in Vance 105 on December 12, exam week. Senators who are required to administer exams at 2 pm are urged to make arrangements for alternates to attend the meeting or to have another faculty member proctor their exam.

The Senate steering committee will meet immediately after the meeting today.

 

b. President White (CCSU-AAUP) was not present

 

3. Unfinished Business: None

 

4. New Business:

 

  1. Motion from the Senate Constitution/Bylaws Committee to amend Section 3.2 of the Bylaws to read as

 

“3.2. The Steering Committee shall place items on the agenda, shall request that the President of the Senate conduct open hearings on items, or shall request that the

President of the Senate refer items to another committee for comment and study. The Steering Committee shall arrange for the distribution to each faculty member a copy of any proposal, be it resolution, report, or other document, from any committee of the University at least seven days in advance of the meeting at which the proposal appears as an agenda item. Notwithstanding, the Curriculum Committee shall be permitted to communicate proposed curricular changes four days in advance of a Senate meeting. To recommit an item back to the Standing Committee, however, requires a vote of the Senate.”

 

Sen. Wolff, Chair of the Committee, explained the reason for the suggested change having to do with the scheduling conflict between the meeting dates of the Curriculum committee and the Faculty Senate, which in turn, could delay the publication schedule of the University catalog. Sens. Cutler, Sevitch and Westcott argued against the change for reasons of expediency. The four calendar days notification to the Senate recommended in the motion was too short for consultation with colleagues and for thoughtful deliberation , especially on important and controversial curriculum matters. Sens. Craine (who temporarily handed over the duties of the Chair to V.P Adams) Lane, Schuberth and Spector spoke in favor of the requested change to the Bylaws because of the catalog schedule  requirement, the availability of the Curriculum agenda in all departments much before its discussion in the Curriculum Committee itself that allowed  for considerable time to engage in careful deliberation on important and controversial issues, and the possibility of tabling any Curriculum matter in the Senate if more discussion and debate is deemed necessary. The change requested was a matter of convenience. 

 

Motion to approve  the recommended change to the Bylaws (Murphy):

Passed by a vote of 13 in favor, 5 against and 3 abstentions

 

  1. University Budget & Planning Committee report (Petterson, Chair)

The chair of the committee made the following points:

i . Proceedings so far have been exploratory rather than resolution oriented

ii.UPBC has discussed the goals and objectives President Miller shared

   with the faculty and how they fit with the previous strategic plan.

iii.The committee has also considered IT objectives and its relationship to 

    VISTA

                 iv.The UPBC has decided to take budget matters in hand (i.e., what do various 

                     proposals cost?) after the experience of last year.

v. Main goal for the next semester is to formulate an integrated vision following President Miller’s discussion with the committee.

 

5.    Motion to adjourn - 3.43 pm (Wolff): passed

 

Submitted

 

Nanjundiah Sadanand

Secretary

 

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