IV. President's Report

1. Sent memorial for faculty members' deceased relatives.
2. Went door knocking for D. Weiner.
3. Win for Twins!

Additional notes:

9. "One female administrator noted that the issue; only female administrators being overworked; brought to Meet and Confer is offensive and inappropriate and that it is not appreciated by this particular administrator."

Senate Comments:

1. There is still the concern that specific administrators are being overworked. The fact that administrators don't have tenure could put junior administrators (who have less say) to be less forward about being overworked/overloaded with multiple position descriptions.

Meet and Confer Notes received by Senate.

A. A2C2 (Charla Miertschin)

I. Subcommittee Members

A. Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee; representative by college:
1. Liberal Arts: Deanne Mohr

B. The following was approved by A2C2: Colleges with a small number of departments have the option to name two alternates to A2C2. [This will facilitate better representation by small colleges on the Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee.]

C. University Studies Subcommittee:
1. Liberal Arts: Amy Hermodson

II. Notifications (information only)

A. Residential College: one-time course offering
1. RESC 236 Diversity Lab (1-2 SH) - Spring 2003

Senate Comments regarding Item I.B.

1. No definitions to the term small Colleges, only meant for College of Nursing and perhaps College of Education.

2. Still only one vote per college or department.

3. Perhaps a ranking order of alternates (in terms of that one vote) available for an area.

4. Small departments have not been discussed, only for the "small" College of Nursing.

5. The motion is related to having a rep. for both the committees of A2C2 and the A2C2 Program subcommittee.

6. Why not give all departments/colleges the same right to have more than one alternates?

D. Lintin/C. Killion moved to amend by replacing "Colleges" with "departments". Item I.B. now reads:

   Departments have the option to name two alternates to A2C2.

     Amendment Carried.

     Senate approved item I.B. as amended and received the rest of the A2C2 report.

B. Graduate Council

No report

C. Government Relations

Darrell Downs briefly reported:

1. Faculty is encouraged to attend Candidate Forums. A Flyer was distributed noting the various forums. Anyone can attend these forums.

2. D.D. will be emailing the flyer to all faculty.
3. Carlson lobby will be this Saturday.
4. Liebling lobby will be the week after.

D. Personnel Policies and Grievance

No report.

E. Committee on Committees

The Committee on Committees recommends the following appointments:

1. Search Committee for the Director of the University Studies Program (5)
CLA - Tracy Routsong
Sci/Engineering - Charla Miertschin
Nursing/Health Sciences - Suzanne Smith
Education - James Reidy

2.IFO Salary Review Committee - (1) - Sara Barbor

3. IFO Budget Committee - (1) - Linda Seppanen

4. Standing IFO Committees

A2C2
Accounting - J. Lawrence Bergin/Richard Schneider
ACEED - Pauline Christiansen/
AIS - Maggie McDermott/Bob Bacchus
Art - Anne Plummer/Dominic Ricciotti
Biology - Ed Thompson/Larry Reuter
Business Admin - Pat Paulson/Sohail Subhani
Chemistry- Charla Miertschin/Jeanne Franz
Comm Studies - Amy Hermodson/Dan Lintin
Computer Science - Paul Schumacher/Sudhasan Iyengar
Counselor Ed - Nick Ruiz/
Econ/Finance - Dan Kauffman/Gabriel Manrique
Education - Melanie Reap/Celeste Miller
Engineering - Beckry Abdel-Magid/Maryam Grami
English - Deb Cumberland/
Foreign Languages - Alicia Reed/
Geoscience - Cathy Summa/Toby Dogwiler
HHP - Randy Miller/Phil Appicelli
History - Greg Schmidt/
Library - Kendall Larson/Vernon Leighton
Marketing - Russ Smith/Robert Newberry
Mass Comm. - John Weis/
Mathematics/Statistics - Dan Rand/Terry Price
Music - Rich MacDonald/
Nursing - Linda Seppanen/Linda Smith
Philosophy - Ed Slowik/Kevin Possin
PER - James Reidy/Roger Riley
Physics - Richard Shields/Andrew Ferstl
Political Science - Fred Lee/
Psychology - Kerry Williams/John Johanson
Sociology/Social Work - James Kobolt/Mark Norman
Special Ed - Barbara Boseker/
Theatre/Dance - Win Lewis/Gretchen Cohenour

Faculty Senate Committees
Bookstore - Janette Williams (Psychology)
Elections and Procedures - Norma Blankenfeld (Nursing/Rochester), Janette Williams (Psychology)

F.A. Scholarship - Wendy Zeitz (Comm. Studies)

Faculty Development - Sohail Subhani (Business Admin)

Grade Appeals - Ed Duplaga (Business Admin), John Collins (Sociology/Social Work

Library - John Campbell (History), Paul Vance (Music), Rodney Nowosielski (Art), Matt Lindaman (History)

PP&G - Peter Miene (CLA), Vernon Leighton (non-teaching), Tom Sherman (Rochester)

Social Committee - J. J. McIntyre (Comm Studies), Becky McConnell (Mass Comm.),, George Bolon (Physics)

Social Science Advisory Committee - Janette Williams (Psychology)

Student Affairs - Robert Gamoke (Business Admin), Ed Duplaga (Business Admin), Robert Kopitzke (Chemistry), Carol Galbus (English), Matt Lindaman (History)

Residential College - Elizabeth Oness (English)

5. All University Committees

Advising Council - (2) -  Ed McBride (Communication Studies)
Affirmative Action and Title IX (4) -  Wendy Zeitz (Communication Studies;  John Collins (Soc/Soc Work)
Commencement and Honorary Degrees (5) - Mary Welhaven (Nursing/Rochester), Bill Murphy (Business)
Cultural Diversity (4) - Norma Blankenfeld (Nursing), Mingrui Zhang (Comp. Science), Sohail Subhani (Business Admin)
Judicial (2) - James Kobolt (Soc)
Lyceum - (2) - Kim Evenson
Rsponsible Conduct of Research (2) - Dan Sauers (Business Admin)
Space Utilization - (9) - Dominic Ricciotti (Art), John Weis (Mass Comm.)

Senate approved the appointments in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

A request from the chair of the Global Studies Council requesting that Faculty Senate appoint one additional member to the council.

M. Hyle/S. Barbor moved to send to Committee on Committees for membership solicitation.
(withdrawn later).

B. Svingen/M. Kesler moved to amend by removing the language detailing specific qualifications/areas given to Committee on Committees on the selection of the member.

B. Ng/C. Killion moved to substitute the Svingen/Kesler amendment by replacing "The Council also urges the Senate to direct the Committee on Committees to select..." with "The Council also urges the selection of..." and by replacing "Asian Studies and North American Studies" with "Asian Studies and/or North American Studies."

Motion Carried. (Svingen/Kesler amendment replaced).

Comments on the amended motion:

1. There appears to be changes to the charges of the committee.
2. The qualifications are very limiting to the open selection of committee     
    membership.
3. Still problems with specificity of qualifications of membership.
4. Even Ng/Killion has doubts with the approved amendments.

Main motion with the Ng/Killion amendment was put to a vote.
Motion Defeated.

T. Paino/C. Killion moved to direct Committee on Committees to solicit one more member in the Global Studies Council. [e.g. no additional language on selection criteria.]
Motion Carried.

F. Social Committee

Cindy Killion and Bill Ng reported:

1. There could soon be a Friday Social either in late October or late November. Tentative venue at non-WSU sites. Free appetizers, cash bar, games and prizes! Watch for email updates and look for information in your mailboxes.

2. There will be a Spring Dance at the Winona Country Club on January 18. Appetizers and a Jazz Band will be provided. Of course, there will be door prizes and no, you don't have to know how to dance!

3. The spring honors banquet is also being planned.

 

G. Treasurer's Report

    A. WSU " Case" Document

Senate received a draft (dated 9/26/02) on "Winona State University: A Legacy of Learners and Leaders. The Case for WSU;  for a Capital Campaign. WSU has almost completed a study by an external firm along with a focus group. The list of Capital Campaign items could change significantly upon conclusion of the study. A list of "Major Gifts Effort" demonstrating how different gift types are expected for certain gift size and cumulative totals were included. It also gives a rationale for contributions and identifies needs that would be addressed by the funds that are raised. The list and the study could have some donors already identified.

Senate Comments:

1. At the Leadership Retreat, many hours of discussions on how "public-service university" being used in the mission statement is totally inappropriate. Now with all that input, the term "public service university" reappears in the Case paper.
2. There is no such thing as "five-year tenure professorships" in the IFO contract, already checked/confirmed by the state IFO office.
3. There is no such thing as a "public service university."
4. Some colleges are being left out of endowed professorships, if they (can even) exist!
5. Request that there be a presentation given to Faculty Senate on "The National Child Protection Development and Training Center."
6. A few departments have already been given the presentation, and at least one faculty member from one of those departments felt it sounded like a done deal and that there was no input allowed/provided by faculty.
7. The constant mention of "Covey Leadership" is getting annoying.
8. Who gets to hire the person to fill the "Endowed Chairs"...if they (can even) exist!
9. If "Endowed Chairs" can exist, departments (which the chairs go) must be empowered with the proper hiring process.
10. If the National Child P. D. and T. Center is going to be a reality, then it must be approved by/through the Faculty Senate and A2C2, since it is an academic issue.
11. Who gets to decide where the money goes if it is a faculty issue?

C. Hyman/C. Killion moved to endorse the Capital Campaign concept and thanked the administration for their efforts BUT requests that substantially greater consultations with faculty be solicited from the administration.
Motion Carried.

B. Final Exam Policy

The administration presented a proposed statement in the spirit of the Senate sentiment and would like comments from Senate.

The following changes under the section of the "Final Examination Schedule" were proposed:

1. Substitute "Every course taught at WSU requires a final examination." with "Because the semester extends through the final exam week, classes are expected to meet as designated in the final exam schedule."

Senate Responses/Comments:

a. OK.

2. Replace "The published final examination schedule will be adhered to strictly; final examination days are required duty days." with "If a final examination is given, it should be administered during the assigned time during exam week."

Senate Responses/Comments:

a. NOT OK.

3. Substitute "The appropriate area deans will take necessary steps to enforce the above policies." with "Exceptions to the final exam schedule must have prior approval of the college dean."

Senate Responses/Comments:

a. Not acceptable to Faculty Senate.

M. Hyle/D. Downs moved to approve only Substitution #1 above.

Motion Carried.