Faculty Senate Minutes, November 20, 2001

Millersville University, Faculty Senate

Minutes Meeting of the Faculty Senate November 20, 2001

Chairperson Piperberg called the meeting to order at 4:10 PM in Chryst 210. All departments were represented.

Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson

The Minutes of November 6th meeting were approved after the following corrections:

The page numbers on the minutes that were e-mailed and distributed were incorrect. They should start with 4995 instead of 3995
The second paragraph under the Report of Administrative Officers heading should be stricken. Reminders of the conference appear earlier in the Minutes and the announcement was not made by Dr. McNairy who was not able to attend the meeting.

Announcements

Chairperson Piperberg made the following announcements:

There is a nominee for the Non-School seat on the General Education Review Committee (Paul Studdard). The election will be held later in the meeting.
The June meeting will take place in Room 210 in the STB.
We will have elections for Senate officers and some committee seats at the first meeting in February. The seats for which elections must be held will be announced at the December 4th meeting.
Since this meeting was the last one for Associate Provost Stager before his retirement, Dr. Piperberg expressed his gratitude for Dr. Stager's exemplary service to the Senate and its committees. Whenever called upon, his contributions were of great value and his advice and counsel was given with unfailing good humor. Dr. Piperberg thanked Dr. Stager personally for his help with the Academic Standards and Joint Senate Conference Committees, which Dr. Piperberg chaired for a number of years. Dr. Wismer introduced a resolution that was distributed by e-mail to the Senate prior to the meeting. The resolution {see attachment} grants Dr. Stager Advisor to Faculty Senate Emeritus status. The resolution was seconded by a number of Senators and passed without dissent.

Report of the Student Senate President

President Danz reported that (1) the 3rd annual Pride Day was last Thursday and that it was a success, (2) The Board of Student Presidents met over the weekend in West Chester, and (3) Tasha Brady will now be attending Senate meetings in place of Gwenn Moyer who recently resigned.

Report of the Graduate Student Organization President None.

Report of the Administrative Officers

Reports of the Faculty Senate Standing Committees

Dr. Wismer from UCPRC reported that there are 8 new proposals on the table for consideration:

COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech; Change in competency requirement from C- to C.
Revision of Admission to the Speech Communication Major in the Communication Studies, Theatre, Broadcasting and Public Relations Options.
New course: ESCI 346- Applied Climatology, 3 Credits.
B. A. in Physics - Option: Emphasis in Polymer Chemistry.
Departmental Minor in Physics - Engineering Physics.
B.S. in Physics - Option: Computer Engineering Emphasis.
Request for major change to Military Science courses - Increase in credit hours.
B..A in Physics - Option: Computer Science.

Reports of the Faculty Senate Special Committees None.

Proposed Courses and Programs

NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
THEA 240 - Script Analysis, 3 credits, and course will be a requirement for the Theatre Option in the Department of Communications and Theatre. Effective Fall 2002. The course was approved without dissent.
NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
THEA 170 - Theatre Performance Workshop, 1 credit, and course will be a requirement in the Theatre Option of the Department of Communications and Theatre and in the Theatre Minor. Effective Spring 2002. The course was approved without dissent.
CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
Change in the name of THEA 412 from Advanced Topics in Technical Theatre to Topics in Theatre. Effective Fall 2001. The change was approved without dissent.
CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
Change in the name of THEA 220 from Advanced Lighting and Sound to Lighting and Sound. Prerequisites also removed. Effective Fall 2001. The change was approved without dissent.
NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
THEA 160 - Theatre Production Workshop, 1 credit, and course will be a requirement in the Theatre Option of the Department of Communications and Theatre and in the Theatre Minor. Effective Fall 2001. The course was approved without dissent.
CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
Revision of curriculum sheet for the Theatre Major. Effective Fall 2001. The changes were approved without dissent.

CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
Revision of curriculum sheet for the Theatre Minor. Changes to Required Courses. Removal of THEA 110 (Introduction to Theatre Technology), 3 credits and THEA 112 (Play Production), 3 credits. Addition of THEA 217 (Theatre Appreciation), 3 credits and either THEA 130 (Acting I) or THEA 120 (Stagecraft), 3 credits. Also addition of THEA 160 (Theatre Production Workshop), 1 credit or THEA 170 (Performance Workshop), 1 credit. THEA 160/170 may be repeated for a total of 2 credits. Total credits in Required Courses go from 12 to 14 credits.

Changes to Theatre Electives. (2 sets)

Elective Block 1

Previous Elective Choices	New Elective Choices
THEA 211 - Acting	THEA 130 - Acting I
THEA 212 - Stagecraft	THEA 230 - Acting II
THEA 217 - Theatre Appreciation	THEA 120 - Stagecraft
---	THEA 220 - Advanced Lighting and Sound (new title - Lighting and Sound)

Elective Block 2

Previous Elective Choices	New Elective Choices
THEA 312 - History and Principles of Stage Design	THEA 312 -History and Principles of Stage Design
THEA 315 - Directing	THEA 315 - Directing
THEA 412 - Advanced Topics in Technical Theatre	THEA 350 - Theatre Management
---	THEA 412 - Advanced Topics in Technical Theatre (new title - Topics in Theatre)

Effective Fall 2001. The changes were approved without dissent.

NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
SOCY 329 - Topics in Sociology, 3 credits, a W course. Effective Fall 2002. The course was approved without dissent.
NEW GRADUATE COURSE
EDMU 561 - Post-Baccalaureate Student Teaching Course, 12 credits. Effective Fall 2002. The course was approved without dissent.
NEW GRADUATE COURSE
EDFN 561 - Post-Baccalaureate Student Teaching, 6 - 12 credits. Effective Fall 2001. The course was approved without dissent.
NEW GRADUATE COURSE
EDSP 561 - Post-Baccalaureate Student Teaching, 6 - 12 credits. Effective Fall 2001. The course was approved without dissent.
CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA

Revision of requirements for the B. S. in Industrial Technology and alteration of curriculum sheet.
1. Add BUAD 251 as a required Management Core course (currently required in G3 block for ITEC majors.
2. Delete ITEC 100 as a required course in the Technology Literacy Core.
3. Delete ITEC 493 from Elective courses in Management block.
4. Add ITEC 300 and ITEC 400 to Elective courses in Management block.
5. Delete one technical elective from CADD Technical Option, Electronics Technical Option and Mechanical Technical Option blocks, thereby reducing credits to 27 for each option.
6. Delete ITEC 242 from Manufacturing Technical Option block.
  Effective Spring 2002. The changes were approved without dissent.
CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
Change in requirements for the Master's Degree in Special Education. The proposal formally documents the past practice of mandatory required-related course, EDFN 545 (Advanced Educational Psychology) in addition to the Graduate Core. The requested action is done to remediate an apparent error in recording curriculum requirements for the Special Education Masters degree. In addition to the 9 credits of Graduate Core requirements for the University, Special Education has required EDFN 545 (Advanced Educational Psychology) of its degree-seeking students, a practice that has been in force since 1989. The purpose of this proposal is to document and formalize the practice Effective Spring 2002. The changes were approved without dissent.

Faculty Emeritus

Dr. Kerper presented a resolution {see attachment} to grant Dr. Edward Beardslee the honorary title of professor of Elementary and Early Education Emeritus. The Kerper/Luek motion passed without dissent.

Dr. Kerper presented a resolution {see attachment} to grant Dr. Michael Dianna the honorary title of Professor of Elementary and Early Education Emeritus. The Kerper/Stein motion passed without dissent.

Discussion of Proposal for Institution of an Award Recognizing Teaching Excellence at Millersville University

There was a discussion concerning whether this award would be student driven. There were concerns expressed about the award being a monetary award. Dr. Yalda stated that when she made the proposal, a monetary award was not what she had in mind. Chairperson Piperberg said that he would attempt to collect more information on how other schools handle such an award.

There was a Blazer/Dorman motion to gather further information about how other schools handle the selection of their teaching awards and other issues related to such an award. The motion passed without dissent.

Discussion of Committee Structure

Chairperson Piperberg reported that he had been receiving answers to the committee structure survey that had been distributed to committee chairs and that he would provide an outline summarizing the results of the survey. This outline would include how often committees meet, what they do, etc. He promised to make it available to Senate by the first meeting of the Spring 2002 semester.

Elections

Chairperson Piperberg opened nominations for the GERC Non-School Committee Seat. Paul Studdard was nominated to fill the seat. The Wismer/Dorman motion to close nominations and instruct the Secretary to cast a ballot in favor of the nominee passed without dissent.

Other/New Business

Dr. Kerper voiced a concern on behalf of the department of Elementary and Early Education about an anonymous letter that had been published recently in The Snapper. The letter was critical of the department's program. Senators expressed the opinion that while the letter may have been uncomplimentary and incorrect in several respects, its publication could not be blocked due to Freedom-of-Speech regulations. Several potential responses to the letter were discussed, including a well-reasoned rebuttal letter to be published in The Snapper.

Dr. Darmiento raised a question about exam and document duplication at the Copy Center. New rules about lead-time for the copying of such documents are causing problems for faculty who must work through the Copy Center. Discussion continued for a few minutes and some suggestions were made. Chairperson Piperberg promised to raise the issue with Provost McNairy at their next meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 5:25 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Jen Miller
Recorder

Action Summary

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