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WSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING April 14, 2003 Senators Present:
Danning Bloom, David Bratt, Marianna Byman, Darrell Downs, Mark Engen, Kelly
Herold, Matthew Hyle, Joe Jackson, Mary Kesler, Cindy Killion, Daniel Lintin, Christa
Matter, Peter Miene, Bill Ng, Troy Paino, Susanne Smith, Cathy Summa, Bruce Svingen, Kerry
Williams, Senators Absent:
Sara Barbor, Matt Bosworth, Pat Ferden, Yogesh Grover, Colette Hyman, Christine Pilon-Kacir(Rochester), Jo
Stejskal(sabbatical leave), Alex Yard(sabbatical leave). Others Present:
Charla Miertschin, Dave Robinson, Tony Romaine, Ken Gratz, Dean Feller. I.
Call to Order David Bratt
called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.
II.
Approval of minutes of March 31, 2003 Senate Meeting C. Summa/S.
Smith moved to approve minutes of Mar. 31st as written. Motion
Carried. III.
Agenda Additions/Revisions and Approval:
NB-A deleted,
will be discussed in Com-H. Add: Com-G:
Social Com-H:
Elections Com-I:
Negotiations NB-F: Budget NB-G: IFO
State Budget C Killion/B.
Svingen moved to approve agenda items. Motion
Carried. IV.
President's Report
None...President Bratt just came back
from a long trip and is just surviving on fumes! V.
Review of Meet and Confer Notes of April 7, 2003. Additional
Notes: 1.
Item 4 Budget: Delete recommendation
3, change recommendation 4 to 3, and change recommendation 5 to 4. 2.
Item 6 Calendar: The WSUFA is expected to provide a response upon receiving
President Krueger's decision on the Calendar at a local Meet and Confer.
3.
Item 9 Health counseling: Position description could be provided at the next Meet
and Confer. Meet and
Confer Notes received by Senate. VI.
Committee Reports COM-A. A2C2 (Charla Miertschin) The following items are from the April
2, 2003 A2C2 meeting: I.
Course Approvals A.
New Courses 1.
DIS 472 Business Management of Local and Wide Area Networks (3 SH) 2.
GEOS 425 Quaternary Environments (3 SH) 3.
GS 202 Cultural Diversity Lab (1-2 SH) 4.
PROF 490/590 Seminars and Workshops (0.5-3 SH) B.
University Studies B Course Requirements 1.
Arts & Sciences Core - Humanities JPN 101
Beginning Japanese I (4 SH) 2.
Arts & Sciences Core - Natural Science CHEM 208
General, Organic, and Biochemistry I (4 SH) 3.
Unity & Diversity B Science & Social Policy ECON 315
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3 SH 4.
Unity & Diversity B Contemporary Citizenship MUS 298
Foundations and Principles of Music Education (3 SH) C.
University Studies -- Flag Courses 1.
Writing CMST 485
Senior Seminar in Communication (3 SH) MTED 320
Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (3 SH) SOC 418
Criminal Law & Procedure (3 SH) 2.
Oral FIN 421
Institutional Investment and Financial Markets (3 SH) ECON 499
Seminar in Economics (3 SH) HIST 398
Topics in History with Oral Communication Emphasis (3 SH) SOC STAT 415
Multivariate Analysis (3 SH) STAT 425
Modern Methods of Data Analysis (3 SH) 3.
Critical Analysis CMST 480
Communication Research Methods (3 SH) Faculty Senate approved courses in
Item I. (as corrected for SOC 491). II.
Notifications (information only) A.
Business Education - All AIS courses will be redesignated with a BUED prefix. B.
Women's Studies - WS 420 Field Experience (3 SH) - change the grading
option from P/NC only to grade only.
In addition, Faculty Senate
received notifications in Item II. Faculty Senate moved for a hearty
thank-you/applause for great work provided by Charla Miertschin and the A2C2 committee. C. Killion/M. Kesler moved for
electronic votes of the April 16 A2C2 meeting. Motion Carried. Upon Senate e-approval, items will be
sent to the April 21 Meet and Confer. Com-B. Graduate Council No report. Com-C. Government Relations D. Downs reported the following: 1.
Contract bill has been signed by the Governor. 2.
Salary freeze bill could be on the move, keep an eye on this...could be a violation
of PELRA. 3.
Both Houses have released their budget proposals.
Both versions are better than the Governor's. 4.
Senator Kierlin proposed a bill to cut appropriation from higher ed., similar to
cuts to higher ed. proposed by the Governor. Faculty Senate moved to give thanks to
D. Downs for his dedicated work in tracking and providing legislative information to the
WSUFA...applause! Motion Carried. Com-D. Personnel Policies and Grievance P.
Miene reported: May Term In
its deliberations, the committee consulted with A2C2 and with the Academic VP,
Comptroller, and Housing Director. The
committee defines the May Term as a summer session of 3-1/2 weeks (25 consecutive days,
including week-end days) beginning soon or immediately after the last faculty duty day of
the Spring semester and ending before the first duty day of Summer Session I. The
committee believes a May Term would be attractive to students and faculty who wish to go
to school or teach a class early in the summer, leaving June, July, and most of August
free for other activities. University
residence hall housing and board contracts would be available to students who need them.
Students living in off-campus housing normally sign 12-month leases. The
committee believes that no category of course should be summarily excluded from
consideration. At a minimum, a May Term course should be capable of being taught well in
this brief time span. Ideally, a May Term course should positively benefit from being
taught in this concentrated time period. According
to an informal poll of department representatives at a recent A2C2 meeting, 10-12
departments might offer May Term courses, most of them involving travel, field
experiences, or intensive workshops. This
concentrated schedule would normally limit a student to taking and a faculty member to
teaching a single course during a May Term.
Recommendations
The
committee recommends that Faculty Senate bring the following recommendations to Meet and
Confer: Recommendation
1: That Winona State University establish a May Term summer session, consisting of 25
consecutive days, with no overlap in duty days between the Spring Semester or Summer
Session I. Recommendation
2: That WSU regulations governing Summer Session courses and instructors apply to the
May Term, except where explicitly noted in the following. Recommendation 2.a:
That the instructor be free to set the class meeting days and times of a May Term course
without restriction, with the understanding that current credit-hour/contact-hour ratios
will apply to May Term courses as well as courses in Summer Sessions I and II. May Term courses involving
travel may establish deadlines for fee payment to travel agents that precede normal
university deadlines. Courses requiring early payment deadlines will be able to accurately
predict enrollment numbers earlier than normal summer courses; faculty contracts for such
courses should be offered earlier than most. Accordingly:
Recommendation 2.b:
That the university establish procedures and dates regarding May Term (for submission of
courses, for students= registration, etc.) such
that faculty are able to meet the deadlines of travel agents and other agencies. Recommendation 3:
That courses offered during the May Term may be new or one-time offerings, existing
courses within a department=s major or minor curricula,
University Studies courses, or general electives. Recommendation 4:
That the university provide support staff to help faculty with travel arrangements and
other details connected with unusual offerings. To reduce the impact of new
May Term offerings on a department=s summer budget funds: Recommendation 5.
That the university make departments aware of opportunities to apply for funding from
outside the regular operating budget of the university, such as New Venture Funds from
ACEED or funding sources totally outside the university. Faculty Senate approved to bring the above May Term
recommendations to the next Meet and Confer. Stipend WSU faculty may wish to
apply for grants from agencies external to MNSCU and WSU.
Many of these agencies often allow for faculty compensation by way of stipend. Faculty might apply to such agencies for grants to
support research or other scholarly activities, or they might apply to similar external
agencies for support of sabbatical activities. Some
of these programs pay a fixed lump sum, rather than a percentage of faculty salary. Rather than exclude faculty
from pursuing external support for their academic endeavors, we should enable faculty to
pursue those options deemed desirable by the individual. We believe that it is in the best
interest of the faculty that we come to agreement on a principle that allows such
compensation and a method to facilitate it.
Stipend Motion: That, in the absence of
language in the IFO/MnSCU contract, Faculty Senate recommend that administration (a)
support faculty applications which call for faculty to be paid a stipend as dictated by
the guidelines of external funding agencies, should any faculty member wish to enter into
such an agreement, and (b) authorize payment for stipends when such grants are approved by
the funding agency. Explanation: This agreement would pertain
to external grants, where funds for the grant program are provided by external agencies. By Aexternal agencies@ we mean funding sources
other than the general operating budget (comprosed of state appropriations, tuition, and
fees) received by WSU or MnSCU. Programs in which WSU or
MnSCU acts solely as the fiscal agent for the award, but are unable to dictate how the
funding is distributed would also be included in this agreement (e.g., the recent MnSCU
CTL grants, for which funding was provided by the Bush Foundation). Specifically excluded are
faculty activites for which compensation is drawn from the general operating budget
received by WSU or MnSCU. Compensation from these sources will continue to be paid on a
full-duty-day or overload credit basis. Faculty Senate approved the
Stipend motion with the understanding that any new contract language will supersede this
motion. (This will be sent to Meet and
Confer.) Com-E. Committee
on Committees Committee on Committees will soon meet and discuss faculty
volunteers for the 2003-2004 committees. Faculty Senate agreed to e-vote the 2003-2004 committee names
provided by Committee on Committees. Com-F. NCPDTC
Committee The Ad Hoc Committee on the National Child Protection Development
and Training Center presented a second draft report dated April 4, 2003 for Senate
consideration. The committee recommends that Faculty Senate bring the following
six recommendations (with the denoted changes) to Meet and Confer: ( Recommendation 1 That the Faculty Senate support the proposed
development of the National Child Protection Development and Training Center (NCPDTC) at
Winona State University. Recommendation 2 That, in order to facilitate the integration of
the NCPDTC into the campus community, the Faculty Senate create a multidisciplinary
faculty
$
The first task of the committee
Recommendation 3 That
at least once per year the question of WSU=s continued participation in the activities of the Center be
brought to Meet and Confer; further, the criteria by which decisions about continued
cooperation should include the perceptions of faculty on the following matters: $
degree of collaboration evidenced between
Center personnel and WSU faculty on research projects and curriculum development $
significance of impact upon faculty
development, curricular strength, and student learning $
severity of impact of Center activities upon
WSU classroom availability $
ability of WSU departments to replace faculty
engaged in Center activities Recommendation 4 That the Center and its activities not reduce
current levels of funding or of the availability of classrooms and other spaces directly
or indirectly connected with the education of students. Recommendation 5 That Center employees be advised that all
curricula offered to WSU students, including materials offered by the Center to working
professionals and others, is subject to WSU=s curriculum approval process. Recommendation 6 That the reassignment of WSU faculty to engage in Center
activities, either on a part-time or a full-time basis, be negotiated between the
department and the Center; that in consideration for this reassignment, the department
receive compensation that is the greater of (a) the reassigned faculty member=s prorated rate of pay or (b) the total cost of hiring a
replacement (advertising, travel, interviews, salary, etc.); and that the department
retain whatever portion of this compensatory payment remain after the hiring process has
been completed. Recommendation 7 That in order to promote the vision and
mission of the NCPDTC and related interests of Winona State University, a citizen advisory
board be established once the Center becomes fully operational funded. (It is envisioned that t the citizen advisory
board and professional staff of NCPDTC would jointly guide this development). Senate Questions/Comments: 1.
Recommendation 1 appears to be an annoyance since this is a done deal! Amendment 1: M. Hyle/K. Williams moved to remove Recommendation 1. Amendment Carried. Faculty Senate approved the April 4 Second Draft NCPDTC
recommendations (as above without Recommendation 1). Amendment 2: M. Kesler/C. Summa moved to add the following (underlined)
in Recommendation 3:
That at least once per year the question of WSU=s continued participation in the activities of the Center be
brought by the administration to Meet and Confer; further, the criteria by which
decisions about continued cooperation should include the perceptions of faculty on the
following matters: Amendment Carried. Com-G. Social B. Ng/C. Killion reminded Senators that Tuesday (April 15) is the
reservation deadline date for the IFO Banquet at Westfield on April 23. Either deliver the RSVP to Kathy Schott or leave a
voice mail for Kathy Schott. Senators were
encouraged to attend and were reminded to encourage their colleagues to attend. Com-H. Election The following Spring 2003 Election Results were provided
to Faculty Senate. President Mary Kesler 178 David Bratt 1 Darrell Downs 1 Jan Karjala 1 Mickey Mouse 1 Vice President Bruce Svingen 167 Beckry Abdel-Magrid 1 Jim Bromeland 1 Joe Mount 1 Write in checked--no name
written 1 Goofy 1 IFO Board of Directors
Representative David Bratt 150 Narayan Debnath 27 Sara Barbor 1 Minnie Mouse 1 Faculty Senate (10 to
be elected) Darrell Downs 105 Peter Henderson 88 Cindy Killion 88 Cathy Summa 78 Jo Stejskal 73 Bill Ng 72 Tamara Berg 58 Joe Jackson 56 Danning Bloom 53 Susanne Smith 51 --------------------------------- Daniel Linton 49 Christine Pilon-Kacir 44 Rich MacDonald 42
Ted Reilly 30 James Armstrong 1 Jan Karjala 1 Bob Newberry 1 Mark Norman 1 Elizabeth Oness 1 Robin Richardson 1 Lilian Ramos 1 Don Scheid 1 Non Teaching Faculty
Committee on Committees Representative Vernon Leighton 14 College of Liberal Arts
Committee on Committees Representative Marianna Byman 61 Rosine Tennenbaum 1 "None of the
Above" 1 Write in checked--no name
written 1 College of Education
Committee on Committees Representative Janice Sherman 21 C. Summa/C. Killion moved to ratify Spring 2003 Election Results. Motion Carried. Senate Comments: 1.
Should all names and vote tallies be provided to the campus? 2.
Frivolous names might be funny but announcing to the campus could be just as
frivolous. 3.
Announcement of all names and their vote tallies have been approved by previous
Faculty Senate. 4.
Vote tallies could be de-moralizing, but at the same time close votes could
encourage interests for people to run again. C. Summa/C. Killion moved to remove names/votes cast by non-IFO
members (i.e. Goofy and Minnie Mouse). Motion Carried. Com-I. Negotiation Negotiator Matt Hyle reported: 1.
Met on April 2nd, our side is ready to go, no monetary proposal at this
time. 2.
Don't expect to hear anything from MnSCU in the summer since the
campus rep for MnSCU are stating they are just too busy to do anything before May 2nd. 3.
The IFO negotiation team will try to get in several meetings to at least get MnSCU
reps talking. 4.
All language from last time that didn't get into the present contract will be used as negotiation items
by our IFO team. 5.
Honoria and stipends language will be put in by the IFO negotiation team. Faculty Senate thanked Negotiator Hyle for his hard work. Motion Carried.
VII.
Old Business OB-A.
Academic Calendar (Student Senate President, Student Senate President Tony Romaine addressed Faculty Senate
regarding Student Senate's position on the subject of the Academic Calendar: 1.
Tony Romaine polled student colleagues in his classes for reaction to several
Student Senate calendar proposals. From his
classes, there was support for the present Student Calendar version. 2.
During the semester break, temporary winter jobs usually end after Christmas
holidays. Therefore, students wished to come
back to campus before MLK day work at campus jobs to maximize their earnings. 3. Students
could save up to several hundred dollars on airfare if they can fly on weekends for spring
break. Senate Questions/Comments: 1.
Polling of students by faculty gave different student opinions as seen by Tony
Romaine. 2.
Student job dollars on campus are constant. Coming
back to campus earlier won=t make any difference to student earning potential for on campus
jobs. 3. Senators asked Tony Romaine to address the academic reasons for the Spring Semester favored by the students. 4.
Faculty needs to be have a longer prep/wind-down time (i.e. 4 week semester break). However, students want to come back in three
weeks. Students feel they need more break
time during the spring semester. (i.e. start spring break two days earlier). 4.
What was the reason that students did not show up at an extra university-wide
Calendar committee meeting that was set up just for students (since they didn't show up at a pre-scheduled last meeting)? ...Tony Romaine
stated that students felt their proposals were stone-walled, so they decided not to show
up. President David Bratt will attend and present the Faculty Senate
Calendar version at the Student Senate meeting. Charla Miertschin and Dave Robinson (faculty members on the
university-wide Calendar committee) reported: 1.
Tony Romaine's characterization
that there was stone-walling of student calendar versions (at all meetings) does not match
the faculty reps' 2.
The faculty reps do not believe the students' academic justification for their
calendar version is convincing. 3.
M. Byman, a Faculty Senator who is also on the Calendar committee, stated that the
only student response to the 4 week semester break (proposed by faculty) has been that
students would be bored with 4 weeks of break. M. Hyle/M. Kesler moved that Faculty Senate reaffirmed the
Faculty position on the Calendar. Motion Carried.
(unanimous vote as was the last vote by Faculty Senate). Faculty Senate heartily thanked and applauded the dedicated work
done by faculty on the Calendar committee.
VIII. New
Business NB-A.
Election Ratification See Com-H. NB-B. Election Vote
for A2C2 Report; Report to Administration See Com-A. NB-C. Draft Personnel Decisions Calendar 03 - 04 The administration provided the
Faculty Senate with a draft version of the 03-04
Personnel Decision Deadline Schedule. Senate Comment: 1.
Should there be department recommendations on academic merits for mandatory
sabbaticals? Amendment: M. Hyle/C. Killion moved to substitute "all " with "non-mandatory" for Department recommendation on academic merits to dean, for
section on Sabbatical Leave Plan. (i.e. Second item under Sabbatical Leave Plan - Articl 19 &
WSU Regulation 3-12 should read: Department recommendation on academic merits to dean
(non-mandatory sabbaticals) December 15, 2003.) [This action would decrease workload for Deans and Departments.] Amendment Carried. M. Hyle/B. Svingen moved to approve 03-04 Personnel Decision
Deadline Schedule with above amendment. Motion Carried. NB-D. AUTC Laptop Survey (Ken Graetz, 3:30) Ken Gratz, Dean Feller (and ? someone not known to Secretary Ng
writing these minutes) presented laptop
survey results: 1.
Results and methods of survey are also on the web. 2.
A more extensive report will be composed later after getting consensus from all
committees and IT. 3.
Students use their laptops an average of 5 hours per day, 36% of that time for
academic purposes. 4.
Students who are more satisfied with their programs are generally more satisfied
with the Laptop program. 5.
IT is studying cost and benefit comparisons between WSU, other schools doing
similar laptop programs, and private purchases. 6.
Costs is a concern. This concern is
present in the survey (received lowest rating in survey). 7.
Students perceive that the buy-out option might not be a good deal. 8.
Some students claimed they can get a better deal if they purchased their own
laptops. However, the comparisons are not
valid since lower-cost privately purchased laptops do not have any programs and service
provided by IT. 9.
Interpretation of this survey must be carefully examined.
Senate Comments/Questions: 1.
Are students' perception that they can get a cheaper deal valid?...NO, not if
include service and all the software and hardware available. Quite often, the comparison is not a direct
comparison. 2.
Satisfaction section in the survey is just for this year. NB-E. Fall Student
Teacher Supervisors - Projected Needs Faculty Senate received a memo (from Barbara Boseker, SPED
Practicum Coordinator, to Dean Carol Anderson) detailing the projected needs for Fall 2003
Student Teaching Supervision in SPED. Information only. NB-F. Budget Two documents on WSU FY2004 budget: one ( two-page two-sided stapled ) document from
the administration and one provided by two students. Comments to the Administration document: 1.
Suspended classes (~11%) have been reduced since the administration released money
(from extra student tuition this fall). 2.
How were the suspended classes chosen? [will ask at Meet and Confer.] 3.
Budget reductions proposed by President Krueger to the Budget Task Force is to be
shared equally among all units. 4.
14.3% tuition increase for FY2004, implies also additional ~15% for FY2005. 5.
Arts Administrator (listed under Cost to Improve the University for Tuition Buy
Back and Enhancements) is intended for operation of university events (such as Lyceum). Comments to the Student document. 1.
Only proposed by two students...not sure if proposal was endorsed by Student
Senate. NB-G. IFO State
Budget The IFO will be proposing an ~15% cut to campus operating funds. 85% of the lobby fund is due for cutting in this
scenario. Lobby money is used to make/keep contact with legislators and is extremely
important. D. Downs/T. Paino moved to request that WSUFA Board reps ask IFO
to reconsider their budget-cutting scenario and to support GRC budget and the lobby fund
by replenishing these funds to the extent possible from the reserve funding account. Motion Carried. NB-H. Additional
Proclamations: Faculty Senate thanked/applauded WSUFA President D. Bratt for his
service to the IFO and the university community. Faculty Senate thanked/applauded WSUFA Vice President C. Summa
for her service to the IFO and the university community.
X.
Adjournment Faculty Senate adjourned at 4:50 p.m. Faculty Senate thanked/applauded WSUFA Secretary B. Ng for his
service. Respectfully submitted, Bill Ng. |