Millersville University, Faculty Senate

Minutes

Faculty Senate Meeting

3 September 1991

Chairperson Gregoire called the Faculty Senate meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. in Ganser Auditorium. All departments were represented except Business Administration, Computer Science, Counseling and Human Development, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, and Political Science.

Minutes

Senate approved the 7 May 1991 meeting minutes. S. Luek noted the first list of senators and alternates included the no longer existing Counselor Education Department.

Faculty Senate Chairperson

Chairperson K. Gregoire appointed K. Brooks and S. Centola to the Academic Advisement Advisory Committee. She also appointed R. Clark to the Academic Computing Advisory Committee for a one-year renewable term. She announced the completion of the MU Important campus Phone Number card. The card, which is courtesy of the senate's Student Affairs Committee, will be distributed to students probably at preregistration. She also noted the Board of Governors Policy 1991 General Education Goals handout which will be an agenda item for future discussion (see attachment A). She requested comments on the recently distributed Guidebook and the Committee Reports and expressed her appreciation for the feedback that she has already received for each publication's next revision.

Student Senate President

Chairperson K. Gregoire reported that student president C. Foster is arranging for students to attend senate and senate committee meetings.

Administrative Officers

President J. Caputo greeted the new academic year. He said that student morale was high and they were eager to return to class. It appears that we are opening the academic year with fewer students, the first time that has happened since the President arrived at MU. Last spring the SSHE agreed to freeze allocation formulas so that this is the first time that MU has fewer students without an allocation formula loss.

MU has dodged the bullet on the budget - it has tight but workable budget. The President expressed concern for next year if the economy fails us. He has written a report descibing the above information which he will distribute in the future. When asked about faculty retirements resulting from the new retirement law, he thought the MU retirement numbers would be less than the expected amounts.

Provost B. Taggie mentioned that PAC this morning completed budget allocations. Tomorrow deans council will allocate the budget among the schools and units. The following week the council will allocate the equipment expenditures. Academic affairs has been allocated $400,000 for equipment.

Academic Policies Committee

Senate needed to elect a chairperson who must be a senator for a three year term. C. McLeod nominated D. Eidam. A L. Woskowiak/R. Clark motion to close nominations passed and Eidam was elected by acclamation.

Nominees for membership on the committee were:

education No nominee soc. sci. S. Thompson(C. Geiger) humanities S. Centola(C. McLeod) sci./math R. Clark(D. Eidam)

A W. Dorman/C. Mcleod motion to close nominations passed. With no nominee in the education unit, senate will hold an election for that position at the September 17 meeting. With only one canidate for each remaining position, the chairperson declared all nominees elected by acclamation. All terms of newly elected members expire in 1993. After the meeting S. Thompson informed the chairperson that a conflict prevented him from serving his term, therefore senate will also hold an election for the social sciences position at the September 17 meeting.

Academic Standards Committee

A chairperson who must be a senator had to be elected for a three-year term. G. Weiss nominated R. Clark to be committee chairperson for a term that ends in 1994. A L. Woskowiak/L. Miller motion to close nominations passed and Clark was elected be acclamation.

Two members had to be elected to three year terms. Nominees were:

R. France (D. Eidam) J. Byrne (W. Dorman) L. Litowitz (J. McCade) R. Smith-Wade-El (S. Luek) L. Woskowiak (R. Clark)

A J. McCade/W. Dorman motion to close nominations passed. L. Litowitz received a majority and was elected on the first ballot. L. Woskowiak received a majority and was elected on the second ballot. Terms for the two newly elected members expire in 1994.

Student Affairs Committee

A chairperson who must be a senator had to be elected for a three year term. Nominees were:

B. Schneller (E. Waldeck) M. Klinedinst (E. Ottinger)

A J. McCade/W. Dorman motion to close nominations passed. After the first ballot, the vote for each nominee was tied 12 to 12. A N. Hungerford/ D. Eidam

Academic Standards Committee

Chairperson R. Clark submitted a report (see attachment B) on the appeals of students dismissed at the end of the Spring semester, 1991.

Proposed Courses and Programs

Senate approved under the one-meeting rule BUAD 355: Business and Society, an existing three credit hour course. It was resubmitted for approval as a general education, writing course.

Academic Policies Committee

D. Eidam representing the Mathematics Department distributed a motion concerning drop/add procedures (see attachment C).

Elections

The chairperson called for nominations to fill vacant positions on various senate committees.

Undergraduate Course and Program Review Committee

A chairperson who must be a senator had to be elected for a three year term. G. Weiss nominated C. McLeod. A T. Madonna/W. Dorman motion to close nominations passed and senate elected McLeod by acclamation.

Five committee members had to be elected, one from each academic unit, for two year terms.

Nominees were: Education K. Delucca (J. McCade) R. Smith-Wade-El (S. Luek) soc. sci. C. Heintzelman (K. Gregoire) humanities D. Umble (W. Dorman) C. Stameshkin(L. Miller) sci./math R. Smith (D. Eidam) non-school A. Ceara (G. Benson)

A N. Hungerford/W. Dorman motion to close nominations passed. Elected were:

education K. Delucca soc. sci. C. Heintzelman humanities D. Umble sci./math. R. Smith non-school A. Ceara

education A. Szollas (S. Luek) soc.sci. No nominee sci./math. S. Yeager (G. Weiss) humanities J. Byrn (W. Dorman) non-school E. Waldeck (B. Schneller)

A N. Hungerford/J. McCade motion to close nominations passed. With no nominee in the social science unit, senate will hold an election for that position at the September 17 meeting. With only one nominee for each remaining position, the chairperson declared them elected be acclamation. After a drawing to select the terms in years, senate determined that the social science, science and mathematics, and humanities winners will serve two year terms while the education and non-school winners will serve one year terms.

Financial Aid Committee

One member had to be elected for a two year term. Nominees were:

S. Lotlikar (G. Benson) R. Smith-Wade-El (S. Luek)

A M. Arnold/C. McLeod motion to close nominations passed. Senate elected S. Lotlikar.

University Judicial Board

One regular member had to be elected for a two year term. Nominees were:

W. Skelly (J. McCade) M. Klinedinst (M. Arnold) R. France (D. Eidam) A. Szollas (S. Luek)

A W. Dorman/G. Weiss motion to close nominations passed. With no nominee receiving a majority on the first ballot, a W. Dorman/L. Miller motion to drop the lowest vote getter passed. Senate elected M. Klinedinst on the second ballot to a term that expires in 1993.

Two alternate members had to be elected for one year terms. Nominees were:

W. Skelly (G. Weiss) A. Szollas (S. Luek) G. Hauber (J. McCade)

A W. Dorman/W. Wolf motion to close nominations passed. Senate elected W. Skelly and A. Szollas to terms that expire in 1992.

motion to repeat the vote passed. The second ballot tied also. Senate tossed a coin to elect B. Schneller. Her term expires in 1994.

One member had to be elected for a three year term. Nominees were:

E. Waldeck (C. McLeod) A. Forsyth (S. Luek) J. Byrn (W. Dorman) M. Klinedinst (M. Arnold)

After the first vote no nominee received a majority. A G. Weiss/C. McLeod motion to drop the lowest vote getter passed. After the second vote, no nominee received a majority. A M. Klinedinst/W. Dorman motion to drop the lowest vote getter passed. Senate elected A. Forsyth on the third ballot. His term expires in 1994.

Faculty-Student Athletic Committee

A chairperson who must be a senator to be elected to complete the third year of a three year term. K. Brooks nominated N. Hungerford. A L. Woskowiak/ M. Klinedinst motion to close nominations passed and senate elected N. Hungerford by acclamation.

Joint Senate Conference Committee

Three senators had to be elected for one year terms. Nominees were:

D. Eidam (L. Miller) S. Luek (N. Hungerford) W. Price (L. Miller)

A C. McLeod/M. Arnold motion to close nominations passed and senate elected the three by acclamation.

International Studies Curriculum Committee

A chairperson who must be a senator had to be elected to serve the third year of a three year term ending in 1992. M. Arnold nominated L. Miller. A G. Weiss/W. Dorman motion to close nominations passed and senate elected L. Miller by acclamation.

International Selection Committee

An alternate had to be elected for a one year term. E. Waldeck nominated W. Dorman. A L. Miller/N. Hungerford motion to close nominations passed and senate elected W. Dorman by acclamation.

Commencement Speaker Committee

Five members had to be elected, three for two year terms and two for one year terms. One from each academic unit and one from the non-school faculty had to be elected, for overlapping two year terms. Nominees were:

Noonan Endowment Fund Committee

Two members had to be elected, one each from social sciences and non-school, for two year terms. Since there were no nominees, senate will hold an election for the positions at the September 17 meeting.

The chairperson adjourned the meeting at 5:45 p.m.

Respecfully submitted

Marvin S. Margolis Secretary
Note: The next meeting will be Tuesday, September 17, 1991, at 4 PM, in Ganser Auditorium.