Faculty Senate

Minutes - April 2, 2018 - 3:05pm

CCSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING

Present: Adair, S.; Anton, M.; Austad, C.; Bailesteanu, M.; Baratta, C.; Bell, T.; Bernstein, S.; Best, F. ; Bishop, J.; Bishop, R.; Blitz, D.; Boncoddo, R.; Cistulli, M.; Dhar, P.; Foster, P.; French, J.; Gamache, J.; Garcia-Bowen, M.; Garcia, V.; Ghodsi, R.; Givens, E.; Jackson, M.; Jarvis, K.; Kapper, M.; Karas, R.; Kean, K.; Kim, Y.; Koulidobrova, H.; Langevin, K.; Lapuerta, P.; Latour, F.; Leonidas, E.; LoGiudice, S.; Martin-Troy, K.; McGuire, M.; Mendez-Mendez, S.; Minor, L.; Moreno-Fuentes, G.; Nelson, W.; Ngazimbi, E.; Oliva, K.; Oyewumi, O.; Paolino, J.; Phillips, E.; Ruhs, T.; Sadanand, N.; Sakaki, H.; Sohn, Y.; Spear, E.; Spillman, D.; Stickland, A.; Styrczula, S.; Thornton, E.; Vedeler, H.; Williams, C.; Williams, L.; York, C.; Zering, J.

Ex-Officio: Bigelow, L.; Dauwalder, D.

 

Parliamentarian: Dimmick, C.

President of the Senate: Cohen, S.

Guests: Tom Burkholder (CCSU-AAUP VP); Brendan Kruh (SGA)

1. Minutes

a. Minutes of March 19, 2018

  • Approved unanimously

2. Announcements:

a. AAUP President (L. Williams)

b. SUOAF-AFSCME President (L. Bigelow)

c. SGA (B. Kruh)

d. FAC to the Board of Regents (S. Adair)

e. President of the Senate (S. Cohen)

3. Elections

a. Election of President, Vice President, and Secretary of the Faculty Senate

4. Committee Reports

a. Elections Committee (Election of Standing Committees of the Faculty)

  • Proposal: One member of the UPBC (Carlos Soler) was appointed by the President of the University to a 3-year term ending in 2020. We propose that the member be allowed to complete his term; to make room for him, we will elect only three SUOAF-AFSCME members to the committee this semester: two for a 3-year term, one for a 1-year term.
    • Approved unanimously

b. Graduate Studies Committee (E. Leonidas)

    • Some senators expressed concerns about the effects of the proposal on graduate students in the Fine Arts, who may have to participate in an exhibit that is normally held in September.
    • Approved with two senators opposed

5. New Business

a. Academic Standards Committee (R. Boncoddo for J. Schnobrich-Davis)

b. Discussion of recent actions of the Board of Regents and of "Students First"

6. Adjournment