WSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING
April 15, 2002

Senators Present: Danning Bloom, Matt Bosworth, David Bratt, Marianna Byman, Darrell Downs, Mark Engen, Matthew Hyle, Colette Hyman, Joe Jackson, Mary Kesler, Cindy Killion, Christa Matter, Peter Miene, Bill Ng, Christine Pilon-Kacir (Rochester), Jo Stejskal, Susanne Smith, Cathy Summa, Bruce Svingen, Paul Vance, Kerry Williams, Alex Yard.

Senators Absent: Sara Barbor, Narayan Debnath, Pat Ferden (spring sabbatical), Daniel Lintin, and Frances Ragsdale.

Others Present: Charla Miertschin, Joe Mount, Barb Oertel, Doug Schacke, and Rob Brault.

 

I. Call to Order

David Bratt called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.

 

II. Approval of minutes of April 1, 2002 Senate Meeting

Corrections:

1. Christine Pilon-Kacir was present.

B. Svingen/D. Downs moved to approve minutes of April 1^st as written/corrected.

III. Agenda Additions/Revisions and Approval:

Additions:

NB-E: WSU-FA Secretary

NB-F: Admissions (3:45)

C. Killion/B. Ng moved to approve agenda items.

IV. President's Report

No report!

Meet and Confer Notes received by Senate.

Additional notes:

1. Holding a Meet and Confer meeting in Rochester doesn't seem to affect the (lack of) attendance/presence of Rochester faculty.

2. Could a Social in Rochester help?

3. Perhaps we should ask Rochester faculty about their feelings.

 

 

A. A2C2

A2C2 recommends approval of the following:

A. SPED 414/514 - Multisensory/Comprehensive Language Arts Instruction I

B. SPED 415/515 - Multisensory/Comprehensive Language Arts Instruction II

A. BS Majors in Finance, Options A & B

B. BS Major in Chemistry/Physical Science (Teaching)

C. BS Major in Physics/Physical Science (Teaching)

A. Unity & Diversity: Contemporary Citizenship

MKTG 100 Marketing & Society (3 SH)

A. Writing Flag

ACCT 471 Auditing I (3 SH)

BIOL 308 Cell Biology (3 SH)

BIOL 415 Ecology of Large Rivers (4 SH)

French 301 French Composition (4 SH)

French 402 French Literature I (3 SH)

MKTG 340 Marketing Planning (6 SH), 342 Marketing Communications (1 SH) (2-course sequence)

PER 326 Organization and Administration of Recreation (3 SH)

SOCW 480 Senior Seminar in Social Work (3 SH)

Spanish 301 Spanish Composition and Conversation (4 SH)

Spanish 401 Spanish Peninsular Literature I (3 SH)

B. Oral Flag

BIOL 423 Ecosystem Ecology (4 SH)

CHEM 360 Chemical Information (2 SH)

CHEM 475 Seminar in Chemistry (1SH)

CMST 261 Public Speaking (3 SH) - CMST 261 is currently under Arts & Science Core: Humanities. Recommendation is to remove it from this category effective at the end of fall 2002. Prior to spring 2003, students may count it as Humanities OR as an oral flag. Beginning spring 2003, the course will count as an oral flag only.

PER 414 Recreational Leadership (3 SH)

C. Mathematics or Critical Analysis Flag

M/S: CHEM 412 Physical Chemistry I (3 SH)

CHEM 414 Physical Chemistry II (3 SH)

MKTG 320 Marketing Analysis (6 SH)

CA: French 403 French Literature II (3 SH)

A. Nursing

The Nursing department submitted numerous (6 pages) changes in course titles, descriptions, and prerequisites. These are posted on the A2C2 web site http://www.winona.edu/ifo/a2c2minutes/ for review.

B. Geoscience

1. GEOS 105 Astronomy (3-4 SH) will be listed as GEOS 105 Astronomy with Lab (4 SH) and GEOS 106 Astronomy (3 SH). Both courses will be listed as Arts & Sciences Core: Natural Science courses under University Studies.

2. GEOS 110 Oceanography (3-4 SH) will be listed as GEOS 110 Oceanography with Lab (4 SH) and GEOS 111 Oceanography (3 SH). Both courses will be listed as Arts & Sciences Core: Natural Science courses under University Studies.

Senate (unanimously) thanked Charla Miertschin for her excellent work this year as chair of A2C2.

A. Yard/M. Kesler moved to authorize D. Bratt to request e-votes from Faculty Senators regarding the next A2C2 report.

B. Graduate Council

No report

 

C. Government Relations

Darrell Downs briefly reported:

1. Budget Conference Committee meeting at 4:00 PM today. The Senate side is expected to make an offer. . . Stay tuned.

2. Meanwhile, Sen. Moe has said that he would support moving the IFO/MnSCU contract forward this session. Not clear whether the House will do the same.

3. The conference committee on the state employee contract ratification has not met; but the state employee contract ratification language is on the table in the budget reconciliation bill conference committee.

M. Hyle/M. Bosworth moved to thank D. Downs for his excellent work on GRC this year.

Motion Carried. (unanimous)

No report

E. Committee on Committees (Spring solicitation, Global Studies solicitation, Adhoc PQI)

The Committee on Committees voted to recommend that the following members be appointed to the committees indicated:

1. Action Committee - Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, Cindy Killion

2. Elections and Procedures - Mark Eriksen

3. Faculty Association Scholarship - Ruth Charles, David Essar

4. Faculty Development (Bush Grant) - Suzanne Draayer (coordinating team), Steven Leonhardi (coordinating team), Gary Eddy (Liberal Arts), Shirley Newberry (Nursing/HHP), Russ Dennison (non-teaching)

5. Feminist Issues - Tamara Berg, Jean Karjala, David Urion, Linda D'Amico, Cathy Faruque, Carole Madland, Ruth Charles, Christine Pilon-Kacir

6. Grade Appeals - Richard Bowman, Carole Madland, David Essar, Sara Hein, and Matt Hyle

7. Governmental Relations - Darrell Downs, Mary Kesler, Troy Paino, Bruce Svingen

8. Instructional Technology - Jeanne Franz (Sci/Engineering), Jim Reineke (Education), Win Lewis (Liberal Arts), Kendall Larson (non-teaching), Marzie Astani (Business), Mary Proksch (Nursing/HHP)

9. Library - Matt Bosworth, Chris Buttram, Karen Gardner, Jeanne Franz

10. PP&G - Bill Ng (Science/Engineering), Marzie Astani (Business), Matt Hyle (Negotiating Team)

11. Public Service - Mariana Byman, Alex Yard

12. Social Committee - Cindy Killion, Bill Ng

13. Social Science Education Advisory Committee - Matt Hyle (Econ/Finance), Matt Bosworth (Pol Sci), Alex Yard (History)

14. Student Affairs - Jim Armstrong, John Burdick, Mark Eriksen, Pat Ferden, Joyce Quella, Troy Paino, Don Wistrcill, Cathy Faruque, Elizabeth Burke

1. Advising Council - Win Lewis, John Weis, Jean Karjala, Steven Leonhardi

2. Athletic/Hall of Fame - Terese Sheridan, Don Wistrcill, Kendall Larson, Tom Nalli

3. Calendar - David Robinson, Mariana Byman, Bruce Svingen

4. Commencement - Dennis Pack (Liberal Arts)

5. Cultural Diversity - Jesse Kavadlo, Felino Pascual, Lynda Bzezinski

6. IACUC - Fran Ragsdale and Kim Bates (Biology), Kerry Williams and Rich Deyo (Psychology)

7. IRB (Humans) - Phil Appicelli (HHP), Carrie Fried (Psychology), Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest (Comm. Studies)

8. Long Range Planning - Linda Seppanen (Nursing/HHP), Christine Pilon-Kacir (Rochester), Fran Ragsdale (Science/Engineering), J. Paul Johnson (Liberal Arts), Jean Leicester (Education)

9. Lyceum - Gloria Chuang (Liberal Arts), Nick Ruiz (Education), Kathy Sullivan (Non-teaching), Gloria McVay (Business), Gretchen Cohenour (at-large), Cindy Duley (at-large)

10. Orientation - Joe Jackson, Emilie Falc, Kim Bates, John Weis

11. Parking Appeals - John Burdick, David Robinson, Yogesh Grover

12. Safety - John Burdick

13. Scholarship - Sara Hein, Gabriel Manrique

14. Space Utilization - Rich MacDonald, Karen Gardner

15. Student Services - Kim Bates, Mariana Byman

16. Responsible Conduct of Research - Andy Ferstl (Science/Engineering), Russ Dennison (Non-teaching), Gloria Marmolejo (Liberal Arts), Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest (Liberal Arts)

17. Teams Council - Cathy Faruque, Jean Leicester

18. Technology (AUTC) - Russ Dennison, Tom Nalli, Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, Felino Pascual, Lee Gray, Marzie Astani.

19. Wellness - Cindy Bork, Cindy Duley, Pat Ferden, Carole Madland, Gretchen Cohenour, Christa Matter

Comments:

1. Other committees (not on this list) will be forth coming next fall.

2. Some people's Email replies were lost in cyber-space! They will need to re-apply for the fall solicitation.

Two other Spring solicitations are still occurring: Global Studies, Adhoc PQI, These need to go fast track since we don't have any more Senate meetings this spring.

B. Svingen/C. Summa moved to authorize e-votes by the WSU-FA executive committee for approval before next Meet and Confer.

M. Kesler/C. Killion moved to thank Joe Mount and the Committee on Committees for their hard work this year.

Motion Carried. (unanimous)

F. Elections

The following are the results from the IFO elections:

IFO (State) President

Pehler 125

Kalia 9

Blank 6

Write-in 2

Contract Ratification

Yes 136

No 12

IFO Board of Directors (elect one)

Bruce Svingen 128

Jan Karjala (write-in) 1

Lorene Olson (write-in) 1

Blank 16

Negotiator (elect one)

Matt Hyle 135

Lorene Olson (write-in) 1

Vivian Fusillo (write-in) 1

Cathy Summa (write-in) 1

Bruce Svingen (write-in) 1

Blank 8

Committee on Committees (College of Nursing/Health Science)--elect one

Christine Pilon-Kacir 15

Committee on Committees (College of Science/Engineering)--elect one

Bruce Svingen 19

Frances Ragsdale 7

Faculty Senate (elect ten)

Troy Paino 73

Colette Hyman 70

Christa Matter 66

Kelly Herold 64

Yogesh Grover 57

Matt Bosworth 54

Marianna Byman 54

Pat Ferden 44

Peter Miene 42

Mark Engen 40

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Frances Ragsdale 38

Narayan Debnath 37

Write in:

Susan Sefkow 1

Mary Jane Guy 1

Alex Gallego 1

Ron Mazur 1

Dominic Ricciotti 1

Mary Ouellette 1

Beckry Abdel-Magid 1

Helen Dachelet 1

D. Downs presented the 3^rd Quarter FY2002 Expenditures report.

Comments:

1. Plenty of money available for items NB-E.

B. Svingen/C. Hyman moved to receive the report and thank D. Downs for his hearty efforts this year.

Motion Carried. (unanimous)

None

 

A. Res. College Steering Committee presentation (3:15)

Barb Oertel and Rob Brault gave a PowerPoint presentation on a Res. College Learning Communities proposal:

1. Background and committee members.

2. Mission of Res. College

3. The Case for Residential Learning Communities: Survey results and interpretations.

4. West Campus: 700 students [500 first-years + 200 returning (participate in co-curricular activities)]

5. Five themes: 100 students per theme.

6. Coordinate activities between students, faculty and themes.

7. Two "tracks" available to students within each theme.

8. Sample curriculum for a WILL Residential Learning Community.

9. Selection of a theme (such as gender) in a particular section of English.

10. Hold seats for the same cohorts in different large classes.

11. Timeline: Spring 2002 - Proposal presented to university groups

Summer 2002 - Faculty develop ideas for themes

Fall 2002 - Themes selected and developed

Fall 2003 - program implementation

12. Packaged curriculum ensures that students take Basic Skills courses in the first year.

13. Increased student/faculty interactions, increased opportunities for co-curricular activities with corresponding funding, and possible increased student success.

14. There are other models of Residential Learning Communities. This model presented is for first year students only.

15. One course release for the year for the coordinator of this program.

16. ~$7,500 co-curricular fees for each track. There will be an increase of student fees in the Res. College.

17. Advising will be very important.

18. Would like to see inclusion of Sciences.

 

B. Sexual Violence Advisory Committee charge

SVAC recommended the following paragraphs replace the first two paragraphs of the current policy:

Winona State University is committed to a violence-free community. Acts of sexual violence, assault or abuse, such as rape, acquaintance rape, and other forms of non-consensual sexual activity will not be tolerated. Such acts are criminal behaviors and create an environment contrary to the mission of the University. WSU has published procedures for responding to incidents of sexual violence. Students found guilty in the University or Residence Hall judicial processes will be subjected to established disciplinary sanctions and possible referral to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

Victims of sexual violence are encouraged to report incidents to Campus Security (Sheehan Hall). Victims of sexual harassment are encouraged to report incidents to the Affirmative Action Office (211 Somsen Hall).

Comments:

1. The State has well-defined definitions for Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment.

2. Pamphlets, web-sites, and workshops will be forth-coming this fall.

S. Smith/C. Hyman moved to approve the recommended changes.

Some of the comments will be queried at the next Meet and Confer.

C. 2002-2003 Calendar: Senate, Meet and Confer, A2C2

The 2002-2003 Calendar meeting dates for Senate, Meet and Confer, and A2C2 were presented.

S. Smith/M. Kesler moved to approve the meeting dates.

D. All-University Technology Committee (membership request)

At the last Meet and Confer, the administration requested on behalf of MAPE to add one more MAPE member to the committee. Presently, two MAPE members on committee, the addition would bring MAPE total up to three.

Senate Comments:

1. Presently six faculty on this committee.

2. This committee serves as the oversight committee to the E-Learning Center.

M. Hyle/J. Stejskal moved not to object to the addition of one more MAPE member to the All-University Technology Committee.

E. WSU-FA Secretary

$11.00 per hour this year + summer vacation pay.

A. Yard/M. Kesler moved to approve increasing K. Schott's salary to $12.00 per hour effective this summer (whenever her summer pay kicks in).

Comments:

1. What is the equivalent/comparable union wage?

2. Would there be a trade-off for benefits if similar wage as other union employees?

D. Bratt will investigate these issues for next fall Senate meeting.

F. Admissions (3:45)

Doug Schaake discussed the coming Fall Academic Preview Day. There is a problem because two large lecture rooms are going off-line (due to possible new science building construction) and thus causing a lack of lecture rooms for group meetings of departments/colleges with students/parents. What about a Saturday for this fall's Academic Preview Day? Using a Saturday would also allow parents to attend without having to take a day off.

Comments:

1. What about using a Faculty Development Day (in which there will not be room conflicts)?

2. There might be alternative rooms, such as in Kryzsko.

3. Memorial Hall facilities are also fairly available on Fridays.

Senate moved to thank D. Bratt/C. Summa/B. Ng for their work this year.

Faculty Senate adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Ng.