Additions:
Com-F:
Social
NB-E:
Use of IFO Travel Funds
NB-F:
Calendar
NB-G:
IFO Contract
M. Kesler/C. Killion moved to approve
agenda items.
Motion Carried.
IV.
President's Report
I
have received two thank-you notes for memorials sent on behalf of deaths in the families
of faculty members.
I
have attended meetings of the Registrar Search Committee and of a group exploring the
expansion of study abroad programs.
I
spoke at a ceremony beginning the International Studies Week today, and I will be
attending the memorial service for Ben Miller this evening.
I
participated in a conference call evaluation of a tech college course for inclusion in the
Mn Transfer Curriculum.
I
spent four days in London a week ago and will be in Stillwater, Oklahoma, beginning
Wednesday of this week.
V.
Review of Meet and Confer Notes of November 13, 2002
Additional notes:
Item 3.
The first meeting of the AIS group is next Tuesday, November 26.
Clarification of Senate/Meet &
Confer meetings
Meet and Confer meetings are open to
all. Senate meetings are open meetings except
for the Faculty Executive Committee sessions and any item(s) that have been moved into an
"executive session."
A Senator requested that the topic of
the Space Utilization Committee be brought up at the next Meet and Confer meeting.
Item 11:
Even though the administration deemed the COMTEC position as an MSUASSF position,
senators pointed out that the position has been occupied mainly by faculty. Also, several senators believed the blurring of
IFO and MSUASSF lines by simply/subjectively assigning 51% toward MSUASSF duties (with 49%
of faculty duties of 2 teaching load with additional duties
assigned in the other four IFO criteria) is setting a dangerous precedent, a precedent
that even the MSUASSF unit is objecting to.
B. Ng/B. Svingen moved to inform at the next Meet
and Confer that the IFO will be requesting a unit determination of the COMTEC position at
the state level.
Motion Carried.
Meet and Confer Notes received by Senate.
VI.
Committee Reports
COM-A.
A2C2
I.
Course Approvals
A.
New Courses
1.
MUS 169, 269, 369, 469 Jazz Improvisation Instruction (2 SH)
2.
MUS 170, 270, 370, 470 Jazz Piano Instruction (2 SH)
3.
PER 390 Tourism Planning (3 SH)
4.
PER 396 Leader ship and Group Dynamics: An Experiential Education (3 SH)
5.
PSY 311 Careers in Psychology (1 SH)
B.
Revised Courses
1.
CHEM 108 Introductory General Chemistry (4 SH)
2.
MUS 298 Foundations and Principles of Music Education (3 SH)
3.
MUS 107 Music Technology (3 SH) a
course offered at RCTC
4.
PSY 308 Experimental Psychology (3 SH)
C.
University Studies Flag Courses
1.Writing
EDUC
449/549 Middle School Philosophy, Organization, and Interdisciplinary Planning (3 SH)
ENG
471 Seminar in British Literature (3 SH)
MUS
351 Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque (3 SH)
MUS
352 Music of the Classical Period and the 19th, and 20th Centuries (3 SH)
2.
Oral
MUS
471 Survey of Vocal Literature I (Italian) (2 SH)
MUS
472 Survey of Vocal Literature II (German) (2 SH)
MUS
473 Survey of Vocal Literature III (French) (2 SH)
MUS
475 Advanced Instrumental Styles and Literature (3 SH)
3.
Critical Analysis
MUS
402 Form and Analysis (3 SH)
II.
Other
A.
General Education
A2C2 approved abolishing the General
Education two-department rule.
Faculty Senate approved the courses in (I. A , B, and C) and approved item II.
Com-B.
Graduate Council
No report.
Com-C.
Government Relations
Darrell Downs briefly reported:
1.
The local GR committee will meet Tuesday, 19th @ 12:30 and the state GR committee
will meet Thursday and Friday.
2.
The state employee unions are meeting Tuesday, 19th to discuss positions regarding
the current contract and the domestic partner benefits issue.
Com-D.
Personnel Policies and Grievance
Committee will be meeting Tuesday Nov.
28.
Com-E.
Committee on Committees
The Committee on Committees recommended
the following appointments:
1.
A committee to edit the "case" document for the university capital fund
campaign: Troy Paino (History), Kelly Herold
(Comm Studies), Colette Hyman (History), and David Bratt.
2.
iTeach Planning Committee: Gene Lundak
(Computer Science)
3.
A2C2 change: Nursing - Sue Ballard as representative with Linda Smith as 1st
Alternate and Linda Seppanen as 2nd Alternate.
Faculty Senate approved the above
appointments.
Com-F. Social
Committee
Bill Ng/Cindy Killion reported:
Nov. 13 (Wed) IFO social was fairly
well attended. There were putting games and
many door-prizes.
Door prizes were provided by:
Cedar Valley Golf Course, Trempealeau
Mountain Golf Course, Westfield Golf Course, Golf Headquarters in La Crosse, Hy-Vee in
Winona, Fine Lines in Winona, and Homer Ridge Kennel.
Also Winona State logo golf balls were donated by the WSU Athletic Department.
The WSUFA thanked the donations
provided by the afore-mentioned businesses.
The next Social will be the Jazz Band
Dance at the Winona Country Club on Saturday Jan. 18.
D.
Bratt will extend an invitation to the administration.
VII.
Old Business
OB-A.
Copier back-up plan
The administration provided the
following copier back-up plan:
1.
During regular university hours, calls should be made to either Help Desk (for
network-related problems) or IKON (for copier hardware problems).
2.
After hours, faculty/staff should call security.
Security supervisors, who will have basic over-ride authorities, will come to the
aid of non-working copiers, fill out a form and reset the copier to run in manual mode. Depending on the need of users, security can be
called back or stay until copying is finished.
Senate Comments/Discussion:
1.
Once the copier back-up plan is ok, the administration should inform SYSUSERS.
2.
Will there be at least one security supervisor available at all shifts?
3.
What is the expected time-of-arrival for a security supervisor attending to a
copier network problem during non-regular hours?
These comments will be related to the
administration at the next Meet and Confer.
OB-B.
Tau Center
[Information only]
WSU forwarded a bid for the Tau Center
last Thursday. There might be another
(informal) bidder.
VIII.
New Business
NB-A. Faculty
email addresses and phone numbers
The administration informed at the last
Meet and Confer that all phone numbers and e-mail addresses are considered to be in the
public domain.
Senate Comments:
1.
When will the administration correct discrepancies in phone numbers and e-mail
addresses?
This comment will be related to the
administration at the next Meet and Confer.
NB-B.
USP Director internal search
The administration provided Faculty
Senate with a description of the job responsibilities and qualifications. They would appreciate
distribution. The application deadline was
changed to Dec. 15, 2002, with review of applications in January.
Senate Comments:
1.
D. Bratt will be sending the description to SYSUSERS.
NB-C.
Gateway Center
According to the administration, a
pre-design is being done on a >Gateway Center= on Main Street. The Bookstore could be moved into the this new
quad-shaped center, which will also have internal parking ramps. The first floor of this center might be composed
of a Barns & Noble bookstore, a Health Center and community attractions. $20M from Foundation Bonding sources can be used
to build this center. Three dorms on Huff
would later be demolished, to provide additional space for growth.
Senate Comments:
1.
Can faculty provide input to the design and facilities in the new center?
This comment will be related to the administration
at the next Meet and Confer.
NB-D.
Budget
At the last Meet and Confer, the
administration related that enrollment decisions could be affected severely with the new
elected Legislature. All WSU constituency
groups will be called together to discuss how WSU can handle the upcoming budget problems. A task force (similar to one in the past) will be
composed with many students, since it might affect/involve them the most. All financial aspects will be discussed and
core principles will be reviewed/determined. This
will be done soon after the November forecast. A
forecast that could bring about a $4Billion deficit.
This deficit will greatly affect WSU and higher education. WSU is presently budgeted at 7,000 students, with
actual enrollments at 7,500 students, which provides a cushion. The task force will be studying the size and
budget issues very carefully. Dennis Jones
(an external expert on enrollment and budget) will be hired by WSU to help study the
upcoming budget issue. Next year, WSU could
reach 7,650 because of higher retention rate. Declining enrollment is expected in
subsequent years. Raised tuition and
cuts in programs/areas are two real possibilities.
Senate Comments:
1.
There are really no "soft-spots" to cut from.
2.
Tau Center dollars could come from Revenue Bonding, not connected with operating
budgets.
3.
$600k has been committed to the National Center for Prevention of Child Abuse. In-kind monies have already been committed toward
this project.
4.
The largest portion of the operating budget is faculty/staff salaries. A $3B deficit would translate into a $3M
deficit for WSU. A 5% budget cut and the loss
of 60 faculty/staff positions would be needed to equal a $3M WSU deficit.
5.
D. Bratt will ask at the next State Meet and Confer the issue of budget deficit
problems.
NB-E.
Use of IFO Travel Funds
Can IFO Travel Funds be used for
professional certification? Presently,
training toward professional certification is already being paid for by IFO Travel Funds.
For example, if a faculty member would
want to be certified by a National agency, such as water safety, a fee would be required for the certificate. Why can't the IFO Travel Funds be used for this
item?
This issue will be taken to the next
Meet and Confer.
NB-F:
Calendar [2004-2005]
B. Svingen and M. Byman attended the
first meeting of the University Calendar committee, in which a (roll-over) calendar was
presented that did not address most of the features that the Faculty Senate spoke to at
its last Senate meeting.
In place of that calendar, two
scenarios were presented by B. Svingen/M. Byman.
The following >stapled= scenario takes into features of
Faculty Senate considerations/wishes.
Stapled scenario:
1.
69 Class days [with Veterans Day] in the fall and 84 duty days (10 non-class duty
days) in each fall. 68 Class Days in the
spring with 84 total duty days (11 non-class duty days).
2.
Class begins Sep.1 in the fall.
3.
Fall break day on Thursday Oct. 14.
4.
Finals begin Dec. 13 (M)
5.
Commencement on
Friday Dec. 17, 2004; but with Veterans= Day, then Commencement on Saturday.
6.
Jan. 17 is a non-class/university
day since it=s Martin Luther King day.
7.
Feb. 10 is Assessment day on a
Thursday.
8.
Spring Break March 7 -11.
9.
Commencement is
Friday May 6, 2005.
10.
68 Class days [with MLK holiday], 84
duty days.
M. Kesler/D. Lintin moved to instruct
the Faculty reps (Svingen/Byman) to strongly advocate (with all their might) the Stapled scenario with amendments of 84 duty
days and having two holidays of MLK and Veterans days, thereby adding additional duty days
at the end of each semester.
C. Summa/B. Ng moved to change Oct. 14
(Thu) break day to Oct. 15(Friday).
Amendment carried.
P. Miene/M. Engen moved to change the
fall class start date from Sep. 1 to August 30 and thereby retaining the non-class duty
day the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break.
Amendment carried. (8-7)
Main Motion (Kesler/Lintin) voted.
Motion Carried.
NB-G:
IFO Contract
The Domestic Partner benefits provision
in the IFO Contract will be considered at the State unions meeting on Tuesday Nov. 19.
Senate Comments:
1.
Jim Pehler could be scheduling
campus visits to hear faculty concerns.
2.
If AFSCME decides to withdraw
Domestic Partner benefits from their benefits package, it would mean that the IFO will
lose that also.
3.
If the legislators don't ratify the IFO contract, then we
would revert back to our old contract in 1999 and re-negotiate starting at the point
(though we don't have to pay back anything we got so
far). Promoted faculty could still receive
their promotion steps under the old contract.
4.
Health insurance could be in
jeopardy for the state and for employees!
X.
Adjournment
Faculty Senate adjourned at 4:43 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Ng.