ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Senator Siegel welcomed the students attending from the Group Theory
and Professional Dynamics class.
Senator
Siegel expressed her thanks and appreciation to Senator Glasser for
the cookies for today's meeting. Senator Siegel also expressed her thanks
and appreciation to Senators Glasser and Chapman for attending the Senate's
first "Meet and Greet" session prior to today's meeting. Please encourage
faculty to come and participate in the next "Meet and Greet" session
one hour prior to the Senate meeting in the Faculty Lounge.
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES:
The January 10, 2005 minutes were approved as written.
REPORT
FROM THE PRESIDENT: Senator Glasser
A campus-wide
e-mail was distributed today announcing that a new housing regulation
is being developed to allow residents to use windows as a venue for
free expression. The new regulation will include parameters to address
potential safety concerns and prohibitions on expressions that do not
enjoy full constitutional protection.
Senator
Glasser expressed her appreciation to Senator Siegel, all other panelists
and SGA President, Lance Melching, for their participation in the free
speech forum that was recently held on campus. She also thanked all
faculty and students for their participation in the forum.
Frankfort
officials are back in session to work on a state budget. Last week in
Governor Fletcher's "State of the Commonwealth Address" he promised
to provide more funding for higher education if a satisfactory tax modernization
proposal is approved by the General Assembly. As you may have read,
he has proposed an austere budget for state government and in particular
for higher education. The budget proposes an additional $59 million
for higher education in 2004-06, but most of those funds have already
been earmarked. Unfortunately, the Governor's proposed budget also eliminates
all of higher education's capital construction projects. This includes
phase two of the Business and Technology Center as well as the Manchester
Center. Senator Glasser and Dr. Paul Blanchard will be working diligently
with local elected representatives to hopefully get those two projects
reinstated before the session ends in March.
One bill
being considered which may provide help in funding for University projects
is to allow colleges and universities to sell bonds independent of the
state to help finance buildings and equipment. If the bill passes, institutions
would have the option to choose this venue as long as there are sufficient
funds and revenue to pay the bonds off.
CPE is
currently considering a new funding model for all public universities,
colleges and KTCTS. The specific funding areas that are being reviewed
include base funding for all universities, the funding distribution
methodology and capital funding for projects going forward in the future.
A work group has been established to recommend performance criteria
that CPE will look at. Senator Chapman has been appointed to serve on
this committee.
As of January 31, 2005, new money totaling $1,427,000 has been donated
to the EKU Foundation from 5,267 donors. This is a 20% increase in dollars
and a 33% increase in donors compared to the same time last year. Alumni
contributions have increased 63% this year with a total of $531,000
to date. Gifts and pledges to the capital campaign now exceed $10 million.
Approximately $5 million of that total has been designated for students
and scholarships. A little over $1.3 million has been designated for
faculty and faculty development; a little over $2 million has been designated
for new programs; and about $300,000 has been earmarked for campus improvements
and new initiatives. The latest gift and pledge includes a $50,000 gift
from the George D. Norton Family Foundation which will support scholarships
for finance majors and student enrichment opportunities within the Department
of Finance. This gift has been submitted to the Commonwealth for matching
funds and with the state match will total $100,000.
This year's
Alumni Weekend is scheduled for April 29-30. A special effort is being
made this year to enlist volunteers from each of the featured alumni
classes to encourage them to get re-connected with Eastern.
Senator
Glasser shared with the Senate some recent faculty accomplishments:
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The Forensic Science program is the cover story in the February 2005
issue of Kentucky Living.
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The
Division of Public Relations and Marketing has received five national
awards in the 20th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards Competition
this past year.
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Alice
Jones and Don Yow attended the "Posters at the Capital" session this
past month with Geography majors Ryan Burns, Jeff Minor and Ricardo
Hernandez
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Mark
Biermann served as the mentor for the Posters presentation by two
Physics majors at the Capital event in Frankfort on February 3.
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Margaret
Dean recently had an article accepted by Milton Studies
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Joy
Anderson, Sharon Brandenberger, Shasby, Doris Pierce and Colleen Schneck
(Occupational Therapist faculty) had national publications this past
month
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Elizabeth
Hansen has been named KPA's 2004 Russ Metz Memorial Most Valuable
Member
Following
is a list of upcoming events:
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February 16 is Higher Education Day in Frankfort
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February
17 is the next coffee chat in Keen Johnson from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
in the Faculty Lounge
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February
25 is the President's Ball at 8:00 p.m. in Keene Johnson
REPORT
FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Senator Siegel
The Executive
Committee met on January 24 and will next meet on February 28, 2005.
Senator
Flanagan announced that the Arlington Board has postponed making a final
decision on the massive bond issue for 60 days.
Senator
Siegel thanked Senator Glasser for moving so quickly to re-open the Faculty
Club.
The Faculty
Club Governing Board will meet for the first time in four years on Thursday
morning. If you have ideas for ways to utilize the faculty club, please
contact one of the Board members or the Senate chair. The Board members
are: Bill Abney, Justice and Safety; Greg Engstrom, Library; Bruce MacLaren,
Arts & Sciences; Marcel Robles, Business & Technology; Cynthia
Resor, Education; and Ashlyn Cunningham, Health Sciences.
There are
three upcoming Provost and Senate Issue Roundtable discussions. These
will be held once a month on a specific subject. The scheduled dates are
February 16 from 11:30-1:00 p.m., a brown-bag lunch in the faculty club
discussing alternatives to merit; March 21 8:00-9:30 a.m. to discuss the
budget; and April 12 2:00-3:30 p.m. to discuss collegial governance. Please
encourage your faculty to attend.
The initial
parking report had some problems and was referred back to the consultant.
A reconsidered report is due in mid-February. Once the report is available,
Vice President Conneely will discuss the findings with the Executive Committee
and the Senate.
The Senate
now has two rooms available for use in the Student Services Building--rooms
410 and 414. Keys are available from both the Senate chair and secretary.
Senator Siegel thanked Senator Glasser for making those rooms available
for Senate use.
REPORT
FROM THE FACULTY REGENT: Senator Schlomann
All of the
items mentioned at the last Senate meeting were approved by the Board
at the January 21 meeting.
Senator
Schlomann introduced Dr. Richard Freed who was present to discuss CPE's
state faculty representative position which becomes vacant this summer.
He shared a tentative
list of duties for the position and strongly encouraged faculty to
submit their names for consideration. Three names from across the state
will be submitted for consideration to the Governor. If anyone has an
interest in the position and would like to discuss it with Dr. Freed,
please contact him for additional information.
REPORT
FROM COSFL: Senator Smith
The next
scheduled COSFL meeting will be on Saturday, February 12 at the University
of Kentucky. CPE President, Tom Layzell, will be in attendance.
PROVOST
REPORT: Senator Chapman
Senator
Chapman reported that the policies he mentioned at the last meeting that
have been placed on line may have errors and are currently only accessible
to deans and associate vice presidents in order to make needed corrections.
Once the policies are up to-date, they will be accessible to everyone.
The promotion
and tenure process is moving along according to schedule. The University
Promotion and Tenure Committee will start reviewing the applications and
supporting documents next Monday.
The salary
equity adjustment process is underway. The deans are currently reviewing
the formula results for any needed corrections. There are about 150 people
eligible for an adjustment. Additional information will be provided later.
REPORT
FROM STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Lance Melching
Tickets
go on sale this week for the upcoming President's Ball. Tickets are $15
per person or $25 per couple. The event is free to all full-time students.
The Rally
for Higher Education will be on Wednesday, February 16 from 8:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m. Please allow students to make up class work in order
to participate in this event. SGA will be keeping a list of all students
who attend.
STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Budget
Committee.
Senator Eakin reported that the committee should be sending a preliminary
budget report to the senators within the next couple of weeks to review
before the next meeting.
Rules
Committee. Senator Johnson reported that the committee met on Friday
and will continue to meet every two weeks for the remainder of the semester
to work on the various committee charges.
Rights
& Responsibilities Committee. Senator Kristofik reported that
the committee continues to work on the promotion and tenure recommendations.
Elections
Committee. Senator DeBolt announced that the Elections Committees
has sent an announcement to department chairs to nominate senate replacements
for those senators whose terms expire this year. At the March Senate meeting,
the committee will announce all Senate committee vacancies and will take
nominations to fill those positions. New Senators will be reminded of
this via e-mail and encouraged to attend the March meeting. Hopefully,
the actual vote can be handled online around the third week in March.
In April the new committee appointments will be announced and any substitutions
can be elected at that time.
Committee
on Committees. Senator Vance reported that the committee will be sending
out solicitations for self-nominations to University committees within
the next couple of weeks.
Faculty
Welfare Committee. Senator Collins reported that the committee is
working on several charges. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS:
General
Education.
Tom Watkins was in attendance to give an update on General Education.
The Provost has issued a time deadline of fall 2006 for the completion
of the new general education program for the entering freshman class.
Secondly,
the General Education Committee is preparing a document that will help
departments design courses for the new General Education Program. There
are four parts to the document: 1) the course must be designed to achieve
the goals and learning objectives for the course being submitted; 2) the
course syllabus should indicate how the course objectives link to the
general education objectives; 3) a course curriculum matrix must be developed
that shows the general education committee how your specific learning
objectives link to the general education objectives; 4) and there must
be an assessment plan for the course.
Because
the implementation date is so close, if your degree program currently
uses general education courses as support courses then that should be
communicated to those departments.
NEW BUSINESS:
Council
on Academic Affairs. Senator Chapman introduced the following 6 items.
Action on the items was deferred to the March meeting so that a representative
from the Education area could be present to answer questions. Anyone with
specific concerns about the 6 items should e-mail Senator Chapman prior
to the next Senate meeting.
- Rank
II, the Fifth Year Program in Secondary Education: Environmental Education
(add an Environmental Education endorsement as an option)
- Masters
of Arts in Education: Secondary Education: Environmental Education
(add an Environmental Education endorsement as an option)
- M.A.Ed:
Elementary Education: Environmental Education (add an Environmental
Education endorsement as an option)
- Rank
II, the Fifth Year Program Elementary and Middle Grades Education: Environmental
Education (add an Environmental Education endorsement as an option)
- Rank
I, the Sixth Year Program Elementary and Middle Grades Education: Environmental
Education (add an Environmental Education endorsement as an option)
- Rank
I, the Sixth Year Program Secondary Education: Environmental Education
(add an Environmental Education endorsement as an option)
SACS Report
Update. Jaleh Rezaie was in attendance to give an update on SACS.
She presented two diagrams
to the Senate in an effort to simplify the SACS process. The first shows
the SACS review as a snapshot of EKU's operations according to the SACS
comprehensive standards and requirements. The second graph shows the two
sets of documents that must be prepared for the SACS visit. The compliance
review report is the first document due by August 15, 2006. This is the
report that includes information on faculty credentials. The other document
is the Quality Enhancement Planning Report (QEP report) which is due by
January, 2007. This report relates directly to student learning and is
developed primarily from the strategic plan.
Five committees
and a support team have been established to help produce these reports.
Visit the website at http://www.sacs.eku.edu to review committee memberships,
timelines and other information. There will also be an electronic newsletter
on SACS called SACS Tracks that will be produced several times
per semester.
Report
on New Senator Orientation. Senator Robles introduced the following
motion:
That
the Faculty Senate implement a New Senator Orientation, effective with
Senate elections in May 2005, organized and implemented for by an ad hoc
Faculty Senate Orientation Committee composed of three appointed Senators
and two members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
Senator Siegel
ruled the motion substantive and deferred discussion to the March meeting.
Report
on Senate Chair/Vice Chair. Two motions
were introduced from the Ad Hoc Committee on Senate Chair/Vice Chair.
Senator Siegel ruled the motions substantive and deferred a vote to the
March meeting. Dr. Karen Janssen will be in attendance to introduce the
motions at the March meeting.
FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER:
The topic of discussion this week was "Strategies for Making
Faculty Advising of Students More Efficient and Effective".
Due to time
constraints, the discussion was postponed to the March meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
Senator
Chapman moved to adjourn at approximately 5:15 p.m.
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