APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES:
The February 7, 2005 minutes were approved as written.
REPORT
FROM THE PRESIDENT: Senator Glasser
Senator
Glasser extended her congratulations to the men's and women's basketball
team for winning the OVC tournament. The men are scheduled to play
U.K. in the first NCAA round at Indianapolis, Indiana on Thursday
at 12:20 p.m. The women will play Arizona State at Fresno, California
on Saturday. Classes will go on as scheduled on Thursday.
The
2006 budget was approved by the General Assembly and forwarded to
the Governor for his approval. If approved, EKU will receive $32.85
million for Phase II of the Business & Technology Building and
$9 million to fund a new Manchester Center. In addition, EKU will
receive $5 million in planning funds for a new science building in
this year's budget. Approximately $2.1 million of the total $6.3 million
previously cut will be restored to EKU's capital funding.
The
tax modernization plan was also approved. The plan includes a state
tuition tax credit for up to $375 for 2005-06 and $500 per year in
subsequent years.
While
the proposed budget is good news for EKU, university-wide financial
problems will not be solved overnight. There continues to be an increasing
need for competitive salaries and benefits to attract and retain quality
faculty and staff. Need-based financial aid for students is another
high priority. Deferred maintenance of our infrastructure is also
an ongoing and pressing issue.
Senator
Glasser is committed to providing a salary increase this year, but
an exact figure has not been determined. One new initiative this year
is the faculty professional development fund which will supplement
existing departmental budgets for full-time tenure-track faculty with
faculty development needs.
EKU
will have an increase in tuition for next year, but an exact figure
has not been determined. That information will be available in the
near future.
Due
to the wet winter, the campus electrical upgrade and the new Business
and Technology building are running slightly behind schedule. The
original date for completion was February, 2006 but that will be pushed
back a couple of months. There will be some scheduled power outages
during the systemic electrical upgrade process, but faculty, staff
and students will be notified well in advance.
At the
end of February, over 6200 donors had contributed $1.5 million to
EKU's capital campaign fund. Alumni support stands at $605,000 which
is considerably higher than this time last year.
Alumni
Weekend is scheduled for April 29-30. This year EKU will be honoring
graduates from the years 1955 and earlier and alumni constituency
groups for those years marking every five years thereafter.
Recent
faculty highlights include:
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Kevin
Minor, James Wells, Kimberly Cobb, Beverly Lawrence and Terry Cox
recently had a new book published: "Test Validity in Justice and
Safety Training Contexts: A Study Of Criterion-Referenced Assessment
In A Police Academy".
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The
Kentucky Economics Association has moved the Journal of Applied
Economics and Policy to EKU under the editorship of Tom Watkins.
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Cynthia
Harter and John Harter have received a grant to study Financial
Fitness for Life programs.
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Victor
Kappeler will be receiving the Outstanding Criminal Justice Alumnus
Award from his Alma Mater Sam Houston
The Executive
Committee met on February 28 and will next meet on March 28, 2005.
Senator
Siegel took the opportunity to commend Senator Glasser for not canceling
classes on Thursday for the NCAA basketball game. While we are proud
of our athletes' accomplishments, this is first and foremost an academic
institution.
The next
coffee chat will be on Thursday from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in the Faculty Club.
Please encourage faculty to attend.
EKU will hold a campus "Clean-Up Day" on Saturday, April 2 from 8:30
a.m. until noon. This is EKU's first year to participate in the "Great
American Cleanup Celebration". Students, faculty, staff and administrators
are urged to come out and work together to make the "Campus Beautiful"
even more beautiful for spring.
Summer
and fall registration begins March 21 and ends April 15.
Senator
Siegel expressed her appreciation to Senator Glasser for providing cookies
for today's meeting.
PROVOST
REPORT: Senator Chapman
The University
Promotion and Tenure process is almost complete. Senator Chapman encouraged
the senators to review closely the proposals on promotion and tenure
which the Senate will be discussing in the near future.
The $200,000
allocated this year to adjust for salary inequities should be distributed
soon. Before additional funds are allocated for next year, Senator Chapman
has requested the Faculty Senate Welfare Committee to look at all faculty
salaries and to make any needed adjustments to the formula before further
distributions are made.
Senator
Chapman is in the process of evaluating the lectureship positions. Anyone
with specific thoughts or concerns on the lectureship positions should
notify their chair or contact the Provost directly.
Senator
Chapman encouraged everyone to attend the monthly Coffee Chats from
8:00 9:00 a.m. in the Faculty Lounge. Coffee Chats are on the third
Thursday of the month. Senator Chapman tries to join the coffee sessions
every Thursday from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
REPORT
FROM STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Lance Melching
SGA student
elections will be in April. Election forms are available in the SGA
office.
The Colonels
Spirit Challenge for the spring season will kick off next Tuesday for
the men's baseball game at 2:00 and the women's softball game at 5:00
p.m. Please encourage student organizations to get involved.
On Thursday,
televisions will be set up throughout campus for the men's NCAA game;
and there will be free food and entertainment.
O.A.R.
will be in concert in Alumni Coliseum on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $15 for students and $25 for non-students.
STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Budget
Committee.
Senator
Eakin reported that the committee has drafted a preliminary report on
summer school teaching salaries which will be shared with the Executive
Committee in the near future to solicit their advice on how to proceed.
Rules
Committee. Senator
Yoder reported that the committee continues to review the current make-up
of the Council on Academic Affairs and consider recommendations for
change.
Rights
& Responsibilities Committee. Senator Kristofik reported that
the committee has completed their review of the recommendations on promotion
and tenure and have a document to present later in the meeting.
Elections
Committee. Senator DeBolt reported that all but four positions have
been filled for next year's Senate.
An online
election will be held in the near future to select a new part-time representative
to serve for the next two years.
On March
28th an e-mail will be distributed to current and new senators which
will include the 2005-06 senators list and a list of all committee vacancies.
Nominations will be asked for at the April meeting for the Senate chair
and all committee vacancies. At the May meeting, an opportunity will
be given to add or delete names from the committee vacancies ballots,
and then the votes will be tallied and positions announced.
Committee
on Committees. Senator
Vance reported that self-nomination forms have gone out to all faculty.
She expressed her appreciation to Patsy Renfro in the Provost' Office
and Bethany Miller in Institutional Research for their help with this
project. The committee hopes to have nomination information available
to the Senate chair by the first of April.
Faculty
Welfare Committee. Senator Collins reported that in addition to
the salary equity issue, the committee continues work on three other
charges 1) stopping the tenure clock 2) reviewing the responsibilities
of program coordinators and 3) determining what to do for merit in non-merit
years.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS:
Council
on Academic Affairs. Senator Chapman moved approval of the following
six items, seconded by Senator Collins. The Senate were in agreement
and the motion carried.
- 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)
Report
on New Senator Orientation. Senator Robles moved to approve the
following motion, seconded by Senator Smith. The Senate were in agreement
and the motion carried. The motion will need to go before the Faculty-at-large
in August and then on to the Board of Regents for approval.
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.
Report on Senate Chair/Vice Chair. Senator Konkel moved to approve
the motion for a vice-chair, seconded by Senator DeBolt.
Senator Schlomann moved to amend the motion to strike item "D", seconded
by Senator Kristofik. The Senate were in agreement and the amendment
to the motion carried.
The Senate
were in agreement on the amended
motion and the motion carried.
Senator
A. Jones moved, seconded by Senator Robles, to approve the motion regarding
the Senate chair.
Senator
A. Jones moved to amend the motion, seconded by Senator Ciocca, to add
the following statement:
The chair
of the Senate will receive one-half release time from teaching in other
department and college responsibilities. The chair's home department
or unit will receive funds to cover the salary of a part-time replacement
for the reduced teaching load of the chair.
The amendment was approved. The Senate were in agreement on the amended
motion and the motion carried.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Council
on Academic Affairs. Items 1-5 are informational items only. Senator
Chapman moved approval of item 6. The Senate were in agreement and the
motion carried.
- Academic
Calendar Guidelines (Informational Only)
- Changes
to policy on comprehensive examination. (Informational Only)
- CLEP
Proposal. (Informational Only)
- Admission
to Teacher Education Requirements (Informational Only)
- Student
Teaching and Exit Requirements (Informational Only)
- Career and Technical Education (A.S.)
--changing degree title.
- Computer Aided Drafting (AS)--changing degree
title, name and CIP code and adding four options.
- Computer Electronics Technology (AS)--program
suspended.
- Digital Imaging Design (AS)--program
suspended.
- Quality Assurance Technology (AS)--program
suspended.
Report
on Teaching and Learning Center. Aaron Thompson gave a brief update
on the Teaching and Learning Center. Several workshops are being offered
this semester through TLC. TLC will again be sponsoring attendance at
the Lilly Conference this year in November in Oxford, Ohio.
Report
on a General Studies Degree Proposal. Aaron Thompson introduced
the proposed general studies degree as an informational item only. This
proposal was developed to address two particular concerns: 1) CPE has
stated that a completer degree is needed and 2) to allow students the
opportunity to graduate who have earned 128 hours but have not met specific
degree requirements. The proposal will be brought to the Senate for
a vote in the near future.
Update
on General Education. Aaron Thompson gave a brief update on the
status of the general education program. The guidelines for course submissions
have been approved and distributed. Anyone with questions on the course
submission process or the assessment process should contact the General
Education Committee members.
The committee
is in the process of assessing the following courses this semester:
MAT 105, ENG 101, 102, 212, HEA 281, ECO 120, 231, 230, NAT 101, BIO
100 and 102.
Report
on SACS QEP Process. Kathryn Polmanteer was in attendance to report
on the SACS QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) Process. Next week faculty
will be asked to participate in a web-based survey developed by the
QEP Committee. Please encourage faculty to participate in this important
survey.
Report
on New Student Days. Senator Siegel announced that this report will
be postponed until the April meeting.
Promotion
and Tenure Recommendations. Senator Kristofik announced that the
committee's recommendations on Promotion and Tenure were distributed
as an informational item in order to solicit feedback from faculty.
Comments should be directed to the members of the Rights and Responsibilities
Committee.
Elections
Committee Motion. Senator DeBolt moved to approve the motion to
suspend the internal procedures for one year to try a new voting process,
seconded by Senator Smith. The Senate were in agreement and the motion
carried.
Academic
Survey Report. Senator Yoder shared the preliminary student academic
survey results with the senators.
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 April meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
Senator
Chapman moved to adjourn at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Meetings