Faculty Senate

Minutes - November 11, 2019 - 3:05pm

CCSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING

Present: Adair, S.; Al-Masoud, N.; Amaya, L.; Arena, J.; Austad, C.; Ayeni, T.; Bailesteanu, M.; Best, F.; Bishop, J.; Blitz, D.; Bray, A.; Broulik, W.; Chen, S.; Fafunwa-Ndibe, S.; Ferrari, N.; Foster, P.; Gamache, J.; Garceau, T.; Garcia-Bowen, M.; Gardner, P.; Ghiloni-Wage, B.; Givens, E.; Halkin, S.; Hou, X.; Hughes, H.; Jarmoszko, T.; Kapper, M.; Karas, R.; Kean, K.; Kriscenski, J.; Kullgren, A.; Kumar, R.; Langevin, K.; Latour, F.; Leonidas, E.; Mahony, M.A.; Martin, V.; Matzke, B.; Menoche, C.; Mongillo, M.; Morales, A.; Moreno-Fuentes, G.; Pancsofar, E.; Paolino, J.; Ragusett, J.; Ruhs, T.; Sakaki, H.; Salama, T.; Sikorski, J.; Singhal, R.; Small, I.; Sohn, Y.M.; Spear, E.; Spillman, D.; Styrczula, S.; Tafrate, L.; Wang, W.; Williams, L.; York, C.; Zering, J.

Ex-Officio: Farhat, J.; Kim, J.; Robinson, C.

 

Parliamentarian: Dimmick, C.

President of the Senate: Jackson, M.

Guests: Helen Abadiano (East Asian Center); Mary Anne Nunn (English)

1. Minutes

a. Minutes of October 21, 2019

• Approved unanimously

2. Announcements:

a. AAUP President (L. Williams)

• Faculty members are invited to attend “Recovering Hartford’s Hidden Past: People of Color in Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground, 1640-1815,” on Wednesday, November 13, in the Constitution Room. The Meet and Greet will be at 5pm, and Dr. Kathy Hermes's lecture will begin at at 6pm.

b. SUOAF-AFSCME President (L. Bigelow)

• No announcements.

c. SGA (R. Tahir)

• No announcements.

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

• All current and new members were invited to the meeting of the FAC on Friday, November 8, at 1pm. The proposed consolidation of the community colleges is sucking up all of the oxygen in the room.
• The BOR is still planning the consolidation of the community college curriculum, but there is still no curriculum committee in place to review the proposals. Rather, the proposals are reviewed by ad hoc committees created by the system administration, which is in violation of NECHE accreditation standards.
• The FAC meeting was attended by Stephen Adair, but also by David Blitz and Myrna Garcia-Bowen. Senator Blitz, as the member-elect representing AAUP faculty at CCSU, described the meeting as an eye opener, and mentioned many of the committees that are performing tasks related to the proposed consolidation. These committees are not prescribed by statute or by BOR policies, and they are merely advisory to the BOR.

e. Vice President of the Senate (J. Bishop)

• Vice President Bishop wished a happy Veterans' Day to all, and in particular to President Jackson, who is a veteran.

f. President of the Senate (M. Jackson)

• The draft of the Strategic Plan is almost here; the hope is to have the draft sent to the university community tomorrow, with an open forum at 3pm on November 19, in the Constitution Room. We still hope to have it approved by January and sent to the BOR by February. President Jackson described all the hard work that was necessary to prepare it. There will be a mechanism for the university community to provide feedback.
• Senator Blitz reminded the Senate of Resolution FS.16.17.001R, which was approved by the Faculty Senate on October 17, 2016, and mandates specific reports from the UPBC. He drew senators' attention to item 1, which requires spreadsheets on the overall university budget.
• Senator Jackson made an announcement related to last meeting's Curriculum Committee report.

3. Committee Reports

• No reports.

4. New Business

a. Presentation from East Asian Center (H. Abadiano)

• A presentation about the East Asian Center was made, and a table showing the number of Asian or Asian American students in each program was shown.
• It was clarified that the center exists to serve the needs of all Asian or Asian American students, even though the name includes the word "East".

b. Revision of Bill FS.19.20.005B (online portfolios)

• Approved unanimously

c. Information item - Fall Break discussion

• A proposal was made to create an ad hoc committee to investigate the possibility of creating a Fall break, and the proposal was approved unanimously.

5. Adjournment

• The meeting adjourned at 4:35pm.