I. Minutes of November 18, 2003and December 2, 2003 Faculty Senate Meetings were approved as distributed.

II. Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson

Chairperson Piperberg suggested that the Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for February 3, 2004 should start at 4:30 p.m. for the same reason as the meeting today, to allow senators to attend the presentation of one of the candidates for the Provost position. The Faculty Senate agreed to the change in time

Departments planning to present Faculty Emeritus proposals this semester should do so as soon as possible. This will ensure that approval of emeritus status by the Trustees will occur in time to allow conferral of emeritus status at the Fall Convocation of 2004. The Board of Trustees meeting will take place in mid-June.

Chairperson Piperberg distributed to the Senate the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Honor Code committee and implementation plan for the Honor Code. Both will be discussed at the next Faculty Senate Meeting.

The reports of administrators for today's meeting were submitted on paper to make up the meeting time lost by the late start of the meeting. {see Attachment #1}

The last Faculty Senate meeting of the semester will tentatively be scheduled between June 10 and June 17 starting an hour earlier than our usual meetings (3:00) and in the Armstrong Auditorium of the Caputo Building. Chairman Piperberg will report the date at one of the February meetings.

III. Report of the Student Senate President

Kristin Albright, Student Senate President informed Faculty Senate that the first Student Senate meeting of the semester was conducted last week. During this meeting, discussion on allocations for organizations was begun. All organizations in need of funds to fund their events need to meet with Student Senate to answer any questions about their proposed budget.

The Student Senate will be working on a voter registration drive.

A brick in the Civil War Monument will be dedicated to Dustin Thomas (a MU student killed in an auto accident in November, 2003) on January 22, 2004.

The Student Senate volunteered on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day working at Habitat for Humanity and a soup kitchen.

The Student Senate Parliamentarian, Matt Butch, was introduced to the Faculty Senate.

IV. Report of the Graduate Student Organization--None.

V. Report of Administrative Officers

Interim Provost Shane
The on-campus interviews for the five Provost candidates will begin January 20, 2004 and conclude on February 4, 2004. Faculty members are encouraged to attend the public presentation by each candidate that is scheduled for 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. on the first day each candidate's interview. Candidate information and the interview schedules are posted in the University web site.

The Deans' Council recommends that Millersville switch from truncating the GPA to rounding the GPA now that the latest version of Banner has the ability to round. A discussion of this proposal {see Attachment #2} will take place at the February 3, 2004 Faculty Senate meeting.

Millersville University will send a team of 4 - 5 members (D. Umble, B. Schneller, A. Cuthbert, L. Hanich) to the February AAHE workshop on "What Faculty and Administrators Need to Know about Learning". The team will pursue strategies to continue to implement learning communities in the Millersville University curriculum.

Executive Assistant to the President Phillips
Early reports on the Winter Session indicate that it went well. Enrollment projections were exceeded and no major concerns were reported, other than some minor glitches with weekend facility issues. Faculty and student surveys are being collected and compiled. The Winter Session Task Force will soon meet and conduct a thorough evaluation of the results for the purpose of making recommendations for future winter sessions.

Associate Provost for Academic Services Bello-Ogunu
A new organizational structure has been established for the administrative units and programs that report to the Assistant Provost for Academic Services. These units include the Office of Academic Advisement, the Office of Learning Services, the Department of Academic and Student Development, the AIM for Success Program, the Lancaster Partnership Program, The Upward Bound Program, and the Millersville Mentoring Alliance Program (MMAP).

Effective January 2004, the above units are collectively known as "DIVISION OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND LEARNING SERVICES". The new division was formed to provide a cohesive organizational and "home identity" for the diverse units and programs.

Effective January 2004, the following units and programs have new names

Old Name	New Name
ACT 101/PACE Program	AIM for Success Program
Undecided/Undeclared Program	Exploratory Program
Multi-Cultural Mentoring Alliance Program (MMAP)	Millersville Mentoring Alliance Program (MMAP)

VI. Report of the Faculty Senate Standing Committees

UCPRC Senator McCotter, Chair of UCPRC, introduced BIOL 470 (Biology Colloquium; 2 credits). The Biology Department proposes offering their colloquia as a "for credit" course in a seminar format. The colloquia have always been offered and will continue to be open to anyone who wants to attend. Students who opt to take the colloquium for credit will read articles by the speaker who is coming to campus or papers on the topic being discussed before the talk. They will meet afterwards to participate in discussions with the speaker about his/her research. The course could fulfill a senior level seminar requirement in the Biology Department.

VII. Report of the Faculty Senate Special Committees

Honor Code Committee
The Plan for Implementation of the Proposed Academic Honor System {see Attachment #3} and the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Honor Code Committee Recommendation on the Development of An Academic Honor Code {see Attachment #4} proposals distributed by Chairperson Piperberg will be discussed at the next Faculty Senate Meeting scheduled for February 3, 2004.

General Education Task Force
Senator Foster-Clark, Chair of the General Education Task Force informed the Senate that the small group discussions begun last semester will continue this semester.

VIII. Proposed Courses and Programs--None.

IX. Faculty Emeritus--None.

X. Election of Faculty Senate Officers and Committee Vacancies

Chairperson of Faculty Senate
Senator Richard Kerper was nominated as Faculty Senate Chair for the 2004 - 2005 academic year. A Luek/Lynch motion to instruct the Secretary to cast a ballot in favor of the nominee passed without dissent.

Assistant Faculty Senate Chair (Chairperson Pro Tempore)
Senator Rosenthal was nominated as Chairperson Pro Tempore for the 2004 -2005 academic year. A Luek/Lynch motion to instruct the Secretary to cast a ballot in favor of the nominee passed without dissent.

Secretary of the Faculty Senate
Senator Rohena was nominated as Secretary of Faculty Senate for the 2004 -2005 academic year. A Luek/Lynch motion to instruct the Secretary to cast a ballot in favor of the nominee passed without dissent.

Others

Joint Senate Committee
Senator Luek was nominated to fill the vacancy on the Joint Senate Conference Committee. A Lynch/Fenwick motion to instruct the Secretary to cast a ballot in favor of the nominee passed without dissent.

African-American Studies Minor Curriculum Committee
Chris Corley was nominated to fill the Chair of the African-American Studies Minor Curriculum Committee. A Lynch/Fenwick motion to instruct the Secretary to cast a ballot in favor of the nominee passed without dissent.

UCPRC
Janet White was elected to fill a one-semester vacancy on the UCPRC.

Vacancies remaining on Senate committees for which we have not elected one year alternates are as follows:

Academic Outcomes Assessment Social Sciences seat
Academic Policies - 2 Social Sciences Seats, 1 Science Math seat
Joint Senate Conference Committee - 1 seat
General Education Review Committee - 1 Social Sciences seat
Ad Hoc Honor Code Committee - Chair

XI. Academic Policies Committee: Revision of the Course Repeat Policy

The policy {see Attachment #5} was approved without dissent.

XII. General Education Review Committee: Music Perspectives Course Proposal: Counting the Course for Perspectives and Major Credit at the Same time

The proposal {see Attachment #6} passed without dissent.

XIII. Other/New Business

Chairperson Piperberg will check into the need for a renewal of the staggered Drop/Add policy that was approved on an interim basis last academic year. If it is time to do so, renewal of the policy will be placed on a future Senate agenda.

It was suggested that retirees be allowed to maintain their campus e-mail accounts for a period of time after retirement and that this privilege be added to those that traditionally go along with conferral of Faculty Emeritus status.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:09 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Elba I. Rohena
Secretary of the Senate