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WSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING March 17, 2003
Senators Present Danning Bloom, Matt
Bosworth, David Bratt, Darrell Downs, Mark Engen, Pat Ferden, Kelly Herold, Matthew Hyle,
Colette Hyman, Joe Jackson, Mary Kesler, Cindy Killion, Daniel Lintin, Peter Miene, Bill
Ng, Christine Pilon-Kacir (Rochester), Susanne Smith, Cathy Summa, Bruce Svingen, Kerry
Williams, Senators Absent: Sara Barbor, Marianna Byman,
Yogesh Grover, Christa Matter, Troy Paino, Jo Stejskal (sabbatical leave), Alex Yard
(sabbatical leave). Others Present:
Nancy Peterson, Charla Miertschin. I.
Call to Order David Bratt
called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m.
II.
Approval of minutes of February 24th, 2003 Senate Meeting Com-C, Discussion 3 on page 3:
“Expensive” instead of Expansive” D. Lintin/C.
Killion moved to approve minutes of Feb. 24th as corrected/written. Motion
Carried. III. Agenda
Additions/Revisions and Approval:
Delete Com F
and Com-G Com-H:
Negotiator Com-I:
Social Committee OB-A:
3:45 Motion
Carried. IV.
President’s Report
C. Killion
thanked Senators for their support in opposing HF 341. 1.
Nellie Stone Johnson’s Dinner, two IFO seats still available. 2.
Flyers on Senate Hearing (Tuesday) were distributed.
V.
Review of Meet and Confer Notes March 3rd, 2003. Additional
Notes/Clarifications: 1.
Request for ‘05 Budget will be provided in verbal form. WSU is in better shape than other SU’s. If there are two consecutive double-digit tuition
increases, the MnSCU Board and the Legislature might need to be sold on the need. Meet and
Confer Notes received by Senate. VI.
Committee Reports COM-A. A2C2 (Charla Miertschin) I.
Course Approvals A.
New Courses 1.
GEOS 201 Investigative Science I: Earth B The Water Planet (4 SH) 2.
HIST 214 The Mississippi River in U.S. History (3 SH) 3.
POLS 460 North American Relations (3 SH) 4.
THAD 151 Tap Dance I (1 SH)* 5.
THAD 153 Jazz Dance I (1 SH)* 6.
THAD 253 Jazz Dance II (2 SH)* 7.
THAD 157 Ballet I (1 SH)* 8.
THAD 257 Ballet II (2 SH)* 9.
THAD 357 Ballet III (2 SH)* 10.
THAD 457 Ballet IV (2 SH)* 11.
THAD 155 Modern Dance I (1 SH)* 12.
THAD 255 Modern Dance II (2 SH)* 13.
THAD 355 Modern Dance III (2 SH)* 14.
THAD 455 Modern Dance IV (2 SH)* * These are a
result of the change from PER dance techniques courses to THAD dance technique courses. B.
University Studies B Flag Courses 1.
Critical Analysis ART 417
Advanced Painting (3 SH) ART 418
Advanced Drawing II (3 SH) ART 420
Ceramics II (3 SH) ART 428
Advanced Sculpture (3 SH) MATH 330 Advanced Calculus I (4 SH) II.
Notifications (information only) A.
Business Administration - Addition of ACCT 330 Accounting Information Systems (3
SH) to the Management Information Systems (MIS) major and minor electives list. Accounting department will add “or consent of
instructor” to the course description. B.
Mathematics & Statistics - Course title changes: MATH 150
Mathematics for the Earth and Life Sciences I to Modeling Using Pre-calculus and
Statistics MATH 155
Mathematics for the Earth and Life Sciences II to Calculus Based Modeling
C.
Residential College - One-time course offerings:** RC 001
Living & Learning Theme - Gender & Culture (0 SH) RC 002
Living & Learning Theme - Globalization (0 SH) RC 003
Living & Learning Theme - Human Beginnings and Endings (0 SH) RC 004
Living & Learning Theme - The Mississippi River (0 SH) ** These
courses serve as a tracking device for future assessment of the Residential College Living
and Learning Communities. D.
Theatre & Dance - Renumbering of dance technique courses: With the
approval of the new THAD dance technique courses above, the catalog listing for the B.A.
Minor-Dance must be updated to reflect the department change from PER to THAD and course
number changes. Faculty Senate approved the courses
in items I-A and I-B and received notifications. Com-B. Graduate Council Com-C. Government Relations 1.
The contract bill has survived all committees, and is expected to go to floor votes
late this week. The bill is likely to pass
with a strong majority. Please send your
thanks to Speaker Sviggum & Senator Hottinger. 2.
The Senate Higher Ed. Finance Comm. is holding a hearing Tuesday, March 18 at
Somsen Auditorium, 4.30-6:30. WSU students,
faculty, and administration will be testifying. The
purpose of the hearing is to voice concerns about the Governor's proposed budget, and its
impact on higher education. Please encourage
faculty and students to attend. Com-D. Personnel Policies and Grievance Com-E. Committee on Committees
Academic Software/Systems Steering
Committee (MnSCU)-Robert Bacchus, Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest Motion Carried. Com-G. Budget Committee (Item withdrawn) Com-H. Negotiator Com-I. Social Committee Lyelle Palmer - Special Ed. Dennis Pack - Mass Comm. George Gross - Math. Chuck Bentley - Counseling
Center/oced Jim Mootz - Psyc/Admissions D. Bratt - WSUFA President for
2001-2003. Look for invitation flyers in your
mailboxes at the beginning of April. VII.
Old Business OB-A. IRB-Human
Subjects (3:45 p.m. Nancy Peterson) [item postponed from the last Senate meeting] The administration forwarded a
gigantic package on Revised Regulation 3-7 and stated that any questions should be
directed to Grants Director Peterson.
The package contained documents that
were unanimously approved by the IRB. The
documents contained revisions that were made in accord with the federal Office for Human
Research protections Guidance on Written IRB Procedures issued July 11, 2002. Regulations 3-7 (with revisions) and
one other document from the huge packet were electronically sent to Faculty Senators on
March 5. Senate comments: 1.
20 duty days for full review might be too long. K. Williams/D. Lintin moved to approve
Reg. 3-7. K. Williams/D. Lintin moved to amend
that a full review be accomplished within 10 duty days and that an expedited review be
done in 5 duty days. Amendment Carried. Main Motion (with amendment)
Carried OB-B. Brainstorm Paper on Higher Ed Funding Russ Stanton produced a very rough
draft on Higher Education Funding Reform. The
proposal calls for the legislature to give the U of M $75 million for research and
extension and to divide up the remaining $1.325 billion among resident students in the
form of access grants, resulting in the state giving every student a grant per year of
$5,217. Under this new concept, the
legislature would not appropriate any money to higher education institutions except for
$75M to U of M for research and extension, $5M to run the MnSCU central office, and $20M
to be allocated to small institutions that are located in sparsely populated areas of the
state and lack economies of scale. Students
would be expected to pay the entire cost of their education through tuition. M. Hyle/D. Bloom moved to postpone
item until Russ Stanton can be present for questions/answers. Motion Carried. Senators were urged to save this OB-B
document. OB-C. WSU budget (taxes/tuition) Does the WSUFA Senate want to take a
position on raising either taxes or tuition, or a combination or both? Discussion: 1.
Can institutional data provide or shed light on tuition hardship on
students?...access versus barrier...the Budget committee should look into the degree of
hardship on students with respect to a steep tuition increase. 2.
The Senate should hear from studies of the Budget committee before taking any stand
on this issue. 3.
Tax increase is in line with both the IFO and the Student association. 4.
Senate should wait and see how much money will be allocated from both the House and
the Senate. 5.
The administration should do a study of the distribution of family incomes of WSU
students, including a study of student-family-income demographics for in state and
out-of-state students.
OB-D. Calendar Bruce Svingen reported on behalf of
the faculty representation on the University-wide Calendar Committee: (Calendar versions for 05-06 have been
sent earlier to Faculty Senators) The following features are Svingen’s
understanding of the discussions held at the Calendar Committee meeting of 3/4/03. Fall Semester:
Both calendars agree. Spring Semester: Summary of changes proposed by the
students are: 1. January Student: Classes would start January 9. The Monday before MLK Jr. Day. There is a
net increase of 5 class days. Faculty: Classes would start January 17. The Tuesday after MLK Jr. Day. Student: January 5 & 6 Non-class duty days. There is a
net loss of 5 non-class duty days. Faculty: January 5 & 6, 9 -13 Non-class
duty days. 2. March Student: March 9 and 10, the Thursday and Friday before spring break, become non-class duty days effectively extending Spring break across two weeks for a total of 7 days.
Faculty: Spring break March 13-17, 5 days 1
week. 3. April
Student: April 17, Easter Monday, becomes a
non-class duty day.
Finals begin May 1st. Two weeks later. Net effect of student proposal: 1.
Semester break is shortened by 1 week. 2.
Non-class duty days are reduced by 2 and the remaining days are sprinkled through
out the semester. 3.
Class days are increased by two. Senate Discussion: 1.
According to the IFO contract, the calendar is set at Meet and Confer between the
faculty and the administration. (The
administration already agreed to a four-week break between semesters at a previous Meet
and Confer.) 2.
The student version does not give enough time for faculty to prepare for classes;
their reason is just a matter of convenience.
3.
Students need to understand that faculty have many things to do under the five
criteria (i.e. research, preparation, etc.). Senate’s general sentiment is to
continue pursuing the Senate’s calendar version, based on sound academic needs and
the faculty’s need to satisfy all five criteria under the IFO contract. VIII. New
Business NB-A.
Sabbaticals At
the March 3 Meet and Confer, the administration announced and provided the list of
approved sabbaticals. Only mandatory
sabbaticals were granted. When
asked if large departments can be re-considered and be given non-mandatory sabbaticals,
since larger departments might be able to handle sabbaticals, the administration responded
that all faculty are essential. With bad budget problems, the administration believes in
not making classes any larger than they already are.
Furthermore, having larger classes would decrease the variety of class section
times. Student interests are preserved first
and foremost. The administration also felt
that there would be an equity issue if only some non-mandatory sabbaticals are granted. WSU became the last SU in the system to approve
only mandatory sabbaticals. Senate Comments: 1.
At a rate of 11 sabbaticals a year, there could be a large backlog built up;
assuming every faculty will apply for a sabbatical upon their eligibility. NB-B. Orientation Director At the March 3 Meet and Confer, the
administration announced that the present Orientation Director would not be returning to
WSU. The administration will be soliciting a
new Orientation Director. This will be an
internal search with similar format as the previous searches (with faculty participation). Barb Oertel (present co-chair) will be
coordinating the assignments until a new director can be found. A job description for the Orientation
Director was provided to Senate. The new
director will serve as co-chair of the Orientation Committee and will work closely with
the director and staff of the Advising and Retention office to provide support and
information to faculty teaching the orientation course.
Compensation will be offered in the form of either 3 credits release time or
overload for fall semester, 2003. B. Ng/M. Kesler moved that the WSUFA
participate in the Faculty Orientation Coordinator Screening process. Motion Carried. S. Smith/C. Hyman moved to nominate
Joyati Debnath and David Bratt for this committee. Motion Carried. C on C will make one additional call
for the third volunteer.
NB-C. Stipends According to the IFO Master Contract,
any additional pay outside a duty day should be paid using whole duty-day rate or overload
credits. MnSCU has been setting CTL stipends
at less than the whole duty-day rate (with outside Bush Grant dollars). This is also a problem with WSU Assessment
stipends, though HR has been working on MOA’s to provide stipends. External granting agencies do not pay stipends in
terms of IFO duty-days. Senate Comments: 1.
For the past several years, summer
advising (for four hours) have been receiving a full duty-day pay. 2.
Some faculty were told by the
Business office that they would not receive stipend payments at less than their daily
duty-day pay rate. 3.
A Lyceum coordinator did not
receive a stipend for a fall Lyceum event. The
stipend was returned to the external granting agency. 4.
Several faculty were told their
grant applications would not be signed if their stipends at less than the full duty-day
pay rate. Several grants writers have
forwarded their grant applications without stipends written in the grant. 5.
This stipend issue is unfair to
WSU faculty grants writers. C. Summa/S. Smith moved to ask Meet
and Confer that an MOA be written for all stipends funded by an external granting agency
(such as NSF and MnSCU CTL-Bush grants) that are paid at a rate less than a duty-day rate. The understanding is that this MOA will be used
until new IFO contract language can be negotiated to alleviate this stipend issue. Also, each grantee must sign this MOA on a
case-by-case situation. Motion Withdrawn. B. Ng/C. Summa moved to ask Meet and
Confer how has WSU been handling stipends from external granting agencies that pay
stipends at less than or non-integer duty-day rates. Motion Carried. X.
Adjournment Faculty
Senate adjourned at 5:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bill Ng. |