Minutes - November 26, 2018 - 3:05pm
CCSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING
Present: Amaya-Bower, L.; Bailesteanu, M.; Bernstein, S.; Bishop, J.; Boscarino, N.; Chen, S.; Emiliani, B.; Fafunwa-Ndibe, S.; Farhat, J.; Gamache, J.; Garcia-Bowen, M.; Gardner, P.; Givens, E.; Holden, P.; Hughes, H.; Kapper, M.; Karpuk, P.; Kean, K.; Kim, Y.; Kriscenski, J.; Kullgren, A.; Kurkjian, C.; Latour, F.; Leonidas, E.; Mann, W.; Martin-Troy, K.; Menoche, C.; Minor, L.; Morales, A.; Ngazimbi, E.; Pancsofar, E.; Paolino, J.; Pesca, C.; Petras, S.; Phillips, E.; Ragusett, J.; Ruhs, T.; Sakaki, H.; Sikorski, J.; Snyder, J.; Sohn, Y.M.; Spear, E.; Spector, D.; Spillman, D.; Stickland, A.; Styrczula, S.; Tafrate, L.; Tellier, A.; York, C.; Zering, J.
Ex-Officio: Colwell, K.; Fitzgerald, G.; Kremens, Z.; Wolff, R.
Parliamentarian: Dimmick, C.
President of the Senate: Jackson, M.
Guests: Mary Pat Bigley (Associate Dean, School of Education and Professional Studies)
1. Minutes
a. Minutes of November 12, 2018
- Approved unanimously
2. Announcements:
a. AAUP President (L. Williams)
- The follow-up meeting to the Work-Life Balance conference will be on Friday, November 30, from 9am to 1pm, in the 1849 Room of the Student Center. Interested faculty should contact Louise Williams or Fiona Pearson.
b. SUOAF-AFSCME President (L. Bigelow)
- No announcements.
c. SGA (K. Fruin)
- No announcements.
d. FAC to the Board of Regents (S. Adair)
- Professor Adair was unable to attend the meeting, but the Secretary of the Senate read his announcement, which is that a special FAC meeting has been scheduled for this Friday at 1:00. There is only one agenda item, which is to have a discussion with Barbara Brittingham, the President of NECHE, regarding Students First and the Community College consolidation. She will be joining the committee by telephone from 1:30 to 3:00. As always, FAC meetings are open to the public and this discussion will be originating from the Board Room on the first floor at 61 Woodland St.
e. President of the Senate (M. Jackson)
- The Presidents of the University and of the Senate will have an Open Forum on Thursday, November 29, from 3 to 4:30pm in the Constitution Room.
- Faculty members who are interested in attending Winter Commencement must order regalia today (by the end of the day). We are especially interested in stories about graduating students for inclusion in the program.
- Update on 5-year Academic Plan: Feedback will be due on Friday, December 7. It should be sent to Stephen Cohen. The goal is to incorporate feedback in time for the Senate meeting of January 28, 2019.
3. New Business
a. Approval of December 2018 and January 2019 candidates for graduation
- Approved unanimously
b. Proposal to grant the Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Sciences posthumously to Stephen Herbert Lynch
- Approved unanimously (with at least one abstention)
c. Resolution to Freeze BOR Activities
- Motion (Blitz/Farhat): To approve the resolution.
- Motion to amend (Spector/Blitz): To insert the following text before the final period:
- , or the establishment of separate boards for each campus with no central office, except to the extent that individual campuses opt to form consortia for specific functions
- Some senators expressed skepticism, saying that the amendment would make the resolution too radical; however, other senators countered that the amendment simply offers more possible courses of action.
- Amendment approved unanimously
- Motion to amend (Spector/Blitz): To insert the following text before the final period:
- Resolution approved unanimously
4. Adjournment
- The meeting adjourned at 3:50pm.