Agenda for the
Faculty Senate Meeting
September 9, 2009
Room B-113 Robinson
Hall
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
of April 15, 2009 and April 29, 2009
III. Announcements
Provost Stearns
Special
Called Meeting on Budget Issues - Sept.
16, 2009 4:00 5:00 p.m. - Harris Theater
IV. New
Business - Committee Reports
A. Senate Standing Committees
Executive Committee
Academic Policies
Budget & Resources
Faculty Matters
Nominations
Organization & Operations
B. Other Committees
General Education Motion from the Committee Attachment A
V.
Other New Business
A. Elections
Election of the Secretary of the Senate Nominee: David Kuebrich
Election of Members of Senate
Standing
Committees Attachment
B
Election of Members of
University
Committees Attachment
C
Election of other Faculty
Representatives Attachment D
B. Presentations
Blackboard Usage and Faculty Issues: Sharon Pitt, Executive Director, DOIT and
Mark Kraner, Assistant Vice President for University Services
Voice Mail and Telephone Issues: Walt Sevon, Executive Director, Technology Systems Division
VI.
Remarks for the Good of the General Faculty
VII. Adjournment
[followed by brief organizational meetings of the Senate Standing Committees]
ATTACHMENT A
Motion: To append the following report on English Exemption Exam Results to the annual report of the General Education Committee AY 08-09.
English Exemption Exam Results, 2008-09 May 28, 2009
|
Exemptions |
Attempted |
Passed Portfolio |
Passed Exam |
Percent Passing |
Attempted 07-08 |
Passes 07-08 |
|
English 101 |
122 |
NA |
36 |
30% |
143 |
34 (23%) |
|
English 302 |
51 |
14* |
10* |
20%* |
52 |
27(53%) |
* There are 14 portfolios not yet reviewed and six exams yet to be taken.
ATTACHMENT B
September 2009 Report of the Faculty Senate Nominations Committee
The Faculty Senate has charged the Nominations Committee to provide, unless otherwise specified, a slate of at least as many nominees as the number of positions to be filled for each election conducted by the Senate. In carrying out this charge, calls for volunteers are issued in June and August of each year to ascertain interest among faculty in serving on the various Senate and University Standing Committees. The slates developed by the Nominations Committee are subject to restrictions imposed when the Senate creates committees and specifies their charges. For example, only tenured faculty may serve on the University Grievance Committee and the Minority and Diversity Issues Committee; moreover, only Senators may serve on Senate Standing Committees, and each University Standing Committee must have at least one Senator as a member. Beyond membership mandates from the Senate, the Nominations Committee considers several factors in selecting nominees: interest (volunteers who want to serve are given preference over people who must be dragooned ‑‑ but some dragooning can occur when no one volunteers); experience, i.e., length of service at Mason; unit ‑‑ one college or institute shouldn't have all the members of a committee; and continuity ‑‑ especially this year when various initiatives are underway for SACS accreditation, especially those involving the General Education Committee; furthermore, the Athletic Council is undergoing an NCAA review. With these preliminaries in mind, the Nominations Committee offers the following slates:
FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES:
ACADEMIC POLICIES:
Continuing Members: Jose Cortina (CHSS), Frances Harbour (CHSS), Harry Wechsler (VSITE)
Nominees: Sheryl Beach (COS), Janette Muir (NCC)
BUDGET AND RESOURCES
Continuing Members: Yvonne Demory (SOM), June Tangney (CHSS), Tojo Thatchenkery (SPP)
Nominees: Alok Berry (VSITE), Rick Coffinberger (SOM)
FACULTY MATTERS
Continuing Members: Doris Bitler (CHSS), Jim Sanford (CHSS)
Nominees: Larry Rockwood (COS), Joe Scimecca (CHSS), Michael Wolf-Branigin (CHHS)
NOMINATIONS:
Continuing Members: Rutledge Dennis (CHSS), Linda Monson (CVPA), Pierre Rodgers (CEHD)
Note: Nominations must come from the floor two vacancies _______________ ________________
ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS:
Continuing Members: Mark Houck (VSITE), Jean Moore (CHHS), Star Muir (CHSS), Susan Trencher (CHSS)
Nominee: Jack Goldstone (SPP)
ATTACHMENT C
UNIVERSITY STANDING COMMITTEES
(Nominees in Bold Type are Faculty Senators)
ACADEMIC APPEALS
Continuing Member: Kristine Bell (VSITE)
Nominees: Betsy DeMulder (CEHD), Marty De Nys (CHSS), Miriam Raskin (CHHS), Carmen Rioux-Bailey (CEHD)
ADMISSIONS
Continuing Members: Marion Deshmukh (CHSS), Bob Ehrlich (COS)
Nominees: Suzanne Slayden (COS), Nicole Sealey (VSITE), Eddie Tallent (Admissions appointee), Jason Warren (CHSS)
ATHLETIC COUNCIL
Continuing Members:
Linda Miller (Faculty Athletic Representative Chair), Sheryl Beach
(COS)
Nominees:
Robert Baker (CEHD), Steve Klein (CHSS), Phil Wiest (CHSS)
EFFECTIVE TEACHING
Continuing Member:
Suzanne Scott (CHSS)
Nominees: Suzanne Smith (CHSS), Cliff Sutton (VSITE), Mary Williams (CEHD), Roger Smith (CHSS)
Continuing Members:
Rick Davis (Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Chair),
Kamaljeet Sanghera (VSITE), Carol Urban (CHHS), Peter Winant (CVPA)
Nominees: Don Boileau (CHSS), Rick Diecchio (COS Provost appointee), Kim Eby (CHSS/Associate Provost Provost appointee), Doug Eyman (CHSS), Frank Philpot (SOM Provost appointee), Hugh Sockett (CHSS), Claire Snyder (CHSS), Karen Studd (CVPA), Cliff Sutton (VSITE Provost appointee)
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
Continuing Members: Robert Johnston (SOM), James Maddux (CHSS), Walter Morris (COS), Elavie Ndura (CEHD)
Nominee: Lloyd Cohen (SOL)
Continuing Members: Michael Naor (SOM), Halaevalu Vakalahi (CHHS)
Nominees: David Anderson (CEHD), Flavia Colonna (COS), Jeng-Eng Lin (COS)
NON-TRADITIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY, and ADULT LEARNING
Continuing Members: Rachel Bergman (CVPA), Prosenjit Mazumdar (SOM)
Nominees: Amelia
Rutledge (CHSS), Reeshad Dalal (CHSS), Earle Reybold (CEHD)
SALARY EQUITY STUDY COMMITTEE
Continuing Members: John Crockett (SOM), Susan Denham (CHSS), Karen Hallows (SOM Provost appointee)
Continuing Members:
Melissa Martin (SOM), Kamaljeet Sanghera (VSITE), Lynne Schrum
(CEHD), Stanley Zoltek (COS)
Nominees: Phil
Buchanan (SOM), Star Muir (CHSS)
Continuing Members:
Ben Carton (CHSS), Sue Durham (CHSS), Aimee Flannery (VSITE), Anne
Magro (SOM), Terry Zawacki (Director, WAC Program Ex-Officio), Stanley
Zoltek (COS)
Nominees: Tom Owen (CVPA), Ellen Rodgers (CEHD), Daniel Rothbart (ICAR)
ATTACHMENT D
Election of Other Faculty Representatives:
COLLEGIALITY COMMITTEE
Continuing Members:
Jim Bennett, David Kuebrich
Nominee: Peter
Pober
Faculty Senate Representative to PARKING APPEALS
COMMITTEE
David Anderson (CEHD)
Faculty Senate Representative to the STUDENT SPACE AND
SERVICES COMMITTEE
Bob Pasnak (CHSS)