Millersville University, Faculty Senate
MINUTES
FACULTY SENATE
MEETING
18 March 1997
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Chairperson D.
Eidam called the meeting to order
at 4:10 p.m. in Chryst Hall, Room 210. All departme ntal
senators attended except those from the Business Administration,
Communications and Theater, Earth Sciences, Educational Foundations,
History, and Political Science Departments. Student senate president P.
Leahy attended for student senate.
Senate approved the 25 February 1997 special meeting and 4 March 1997 regular meeting minutes with the
following addition: HIST 209: Women in United States History is requesting
G3 credit. Last Spring senate voted that any course proposals coming to
senate after June 1996 must use the new course proposal form.
Reports
Chairperson's
Report
Chairperson D. Eidam said senate has a
vacancy on the General Education Review Committee from non-school for a
term that expires in August 1997. Senate will attempt to fill the vacancy
for three consecutive meetings. The election will be on the next senate
agenda.
Assistant to the President for Special
Projects, L. Suskie, will make her presentation on April 15, 1997. She is
not available on 1 April 1997. Eidam has sent a letter to chairpersons of
departments that need to elect s enators this Spring between 1 April and
31 May 1997. The term will go from 1997 to 2000. Eidam has presented
senate with a draft copy of the 44 vacancies that senate will fill in
September. The difficulty is that the election would be on the first day
of classes.
Senate could do nothing and take a
chance that it will fill the vacancies at the meeting. Eidam suggested
alternate possibilities. Eidam could prepare the final form of the
Committee Elections document over Spring break and send it to senators.
Senate would open nominations immediately so that people could nominate
candidates for the Fall open positions this Spring. Another possibility
would postpone the traditional senate elections meeting until the second
Tuesday in S eptember. This may present a difficulty for committees that
want to start early in the semester. That would be easier and faster.
Eidam entertained motions about what to do. A R. Wismer/J. Lynch motion to
open nominations by 1 April 1997 for the Fall elections passed.
Ex-officio senator S. Centola's father passed
away. Eidam asked for senate's blessings in sending Centola's father a
sympathy letter. Senate secretary M. Margolis is unavailable for the 1 and
15 April 1997 senate meetin gs. Secretary elect B. Schneller can serve as
secretary on 15 April 1997 but is unavailable on 1 April 1997. Eidam
called for a volunteer secretary on 1 April 1997.
Student Senate
President
Student Senate President P. Leahy said that
student senate's major project is the student allocations process. Student
senate plans an allocation meeting for Myers Hall 24 April 1997.
Administrative Officers
Vice President for Academic
Affairs
Vice President for Academic Affairs, F.
McNairy, asked senators to share the following information with their
departments. The SSHE Board of Governors has decided to require the
following for new proposals. We m ust demonstrate that we are not
duplicating efforts within the SSHE or within the state. The best way to
demonstrate that is to show how we are collaborating with programs within
the SSHE sister institutions in close proximity or be able to document why
our program if it duplicates others is critically necessary. This is
being emphasized by the secretary of education. This secretary seems very
serious about raising this issue.
In some previous proposals, schools have
submitted the statement of a collaborative proposal with another school.
That statement will no longer be sufficient. As the departments think
about new programs that may exist o r may not even exist at all, part of
the departmental planning should include who might we collaborate within
the system and the region. We do not want our proposals blocked from lack
of documentation. The provost will share the information with the depar
tment chairs but she thought it was important for senate to know the
program review process begins with the department and comes through the
senate. While minors do not need Board of Governors approval, majors and
graduate programs do.
Vice President for
Student Affairs
Speaking for Vice President for Student
Affairs, R. Thomas, Associate Vice President for Student Development, C.
Jaeger, said that at the last senate meeting R. Thomas mentioned that
students entering for the Fa ll semester would move in over Labor Day
weekend. He asked if a representative from each department could come on
Labor Day weekend for a new student-faculty picnic. Jaeger was here today
to hear the results of the poll of the faculty. Several senators re ported
that a poll of their department indicated that a faculty member there
would attend.
Associate Provost for
Academic Administration
Associate Provost for Academic Administration
J. Stager said senators received a notice from him a few days ago about an
outcome assessment workshop. He has received a pleasing response, almost
60 people respond ed. Stager does not know the exact hours of the second
day. Stager said to let him know what your constraints are to attend. He
will try to accommodate as many people as possible. How the breakdown
occurs depends upon who attends the workshops.
Stager put on the table an announcement of a
general education assessment workshop that is being held by the SSHE in
Harrisburg on April 17-18, 1997, a Thursday and Friday (see Attachment A). The SSHE is hoping that eac h
institution will send about a dozen faculty to this workshop. Some people
have already volunteered to attend. Let Stager know your interest in this.
MU can not send more than 12 people. Stager will get vans to go up on
Thursday. Some people may be able to stay overnight.
Associate Provost for
Academic Programs
Associate Provost for Academic Programs, J.
Roller, said several people have asked her where MU stands with regard to
enrollment management. The administration has an enrollment management
committee composed of administrators and faculty. There is also
representation from student advisement and admissions.
Committee
Reports
Undergraduate Course
and Program Review Committee
Undergraduate Course and Program Review
Committee chairperson, R. Wismer, introduced
several Music Department proposals under the one meeting rule. The back of
the written proposal includes the proposals group containing 20 or more
half credit courses. The written proposal is too large to include in the
minutes. See the Music Department for a copy. Four proposals are in the
middle third of the document. The curricula needs revising to reflect t he
new courses. The curricular changes are in the front of the document. All
music major, minor, and option requirements have been revised. The
department is asking one meeting approval so that the new proposals can
take effect in the Fall. MU can offer t he courses in the Fall if senate
approves them at its next meeting. Senate agreed that not only the program
changes but also the courses themselves would fall under the one meeting
rule.
Joint Senate
Conference Committee
Joint Senate Conference Committee
chairperson, J. Piperberg, said the committee met concerning the four year
commitment. The committee's report needed significant rearrangement and
the committee has not finished that job. Piperberg hopes to have the final
report for senate at the next meeting.
Academic Outcome
Assessments Committee
Academic Outcome Assessments Committee
chairperson, R. Mainzer, said the committee had completed a newsletter
that will come out soon.
Faculty
Emeritus
A M. Warmkessel/C. Heintzelman motion to
recommend Sarojini Lotlikar as Assistant Professor of Librarianship
emeritus passed unanimously (See Attachment
B).
A R. Mainzer/A. Borger-Reese motion to
recommend Linus Czap as Professor of Special Education emeritus passed
unanimously (see Attachment C).
Proposed
Courses
Senate approved three undergraduate and two
graduate courses:
MATH 269: Calculus and Actuarial Science Problem Solving Seminar, a new one
credit hour course to be first offered Spring 1998.
HIST 209: Women in United States History, a new three credit hour G3
General Education Writing (non-liberal arts core) course first offered as
a topics course in the Spring and Fall of 1995 and to be first offered
Spring 1998.
WSTU 491: Topics in Women's Studies, a one to four credit hour new
non-general education elective topics course to be first offered in the
Fall of 1997 or Spring of 1998.
Graduate Courses
PSYC 517: Tests and Measurements, a new three credit hour graduate elective
course to be first offered in the Spring of 1997.
BIOL 647: Chesapeake Bay System, a new four credit hour graduate course to
be first offered in the Fall of 1997.
Business
Faculty Senate
Elections
Senate needed to replace S. Lotlikar on the
University Theme Committee, a nonschool position ending in 1998.
Chairperson D. Eidam called for nominations. Senate elected I. Wheeler of
the Counseling and Human Develop ment Department to complete Lotlikar's
term.
Report of the General
Education Review Committee
Senate returned to the report of the General
Education Task Force of 19 November 1996 (See Attachment A, page 4174, of the 4 March 1997
senate meeting minutes for a report of what motions senate has passed so
fa r). Chairperson D. Eidam called upon General
Education Review Committee chairperson and senator C. Stameshkin who
submitted three motions (see Attachment D). A
C. Stameshkin/R. Mainzer motion to extend debate for 30 minutes on senate'
s response to the Report of the General Education Task Force
passed."FONT>
Debate began on Motion #1: Replace Item #4,
phase 2 with the following: "If the faculty fails to approve a
revised general education curriculum by Fall, 1999, that resolves the
issue of whether or not some or all label re quirements should be kept,
label requirements will be eliminated as of Fall 1999." Senators
introduced two amendments to Motion #1. One failed and one passed.
However, senate defeated the amended main Motion #1.
J. Piperberg/J. Lynch moved a revised Motion
#1. The wording was the same as the previous Motion #1 except for the last
sentence. Instead of "
.label requirements will be eliminated as
of Fall 1999," the replacement was ." After considerable debate,
the revised Motion #1 passed upon a call for division. The vote was 14
senators for and 7 against.
Senator C. Stameshkin moved Motion #2: That
we strike item #3, phase 1, abolishing the C/Q requirement. After
considerable debate, the motion failed.
Chairperson D. Eidam noted that the 30 minute
time limit had expired and that senate automatically defaulted to the next
agenda item. He also said that senate had to report to the General
Education Task Force by 5 March 1997. However, he expected the Task Force
to accept senate motions passed today.
Program
Approval
Senate approved the: Applied Mathematics
Option
Expansion of the
Academic Standards Committee
At the last meeting senate voted to increase
the size of the Academic Standards Committee from 7 to 11 individuals (See
Attachment B, page 4175, of the 4 March 1997
meeting minutes). Committee chairperson J. Piperbe rg's motion that senate hold elections at the next meeting (1
April 1997) to elect the four new members passed.
Senate adjourned at 5:20 PM. The next meeting will be Tuesday, 1
April 1997, from 4:05 - 5:45 p.m. in Chryst 210.
Respectfully submitted,
Marvin Margolis, Secretary
Faculty Senate
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| Student Senate President
| VP for Academic Affairs
| VP for Student Affairs
| Assoc Provost for Acad Admin
| Assoc Provost for Acad Programs
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Committee Reports
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| Joint Senate Conf
| Academic Outcomes Assess
Faculty Emeritus
Proposed Courses
Business
| Elections
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| Program Approvals
| Expansion of Acad Stand Committee
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