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MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY SENATE
SESSION XV, MEETING #13
April 8, 1999
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B. Loher, A. V. Lapps, P. Travis, C. D'Ortona, H. Iseri, T. Elsasser, J. Moore, D. Kotowski, J. Moyer, S. Salter, R. Hamwi, A. Ghods, A. Longoria, B. Koloski, H. King, R. Irwin, K .Guenther, M. McAdoo, J. Mumma, N. Boston, R. Timko, S. Brown.
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Loher called the meeting to order at 3:35.
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Lapps/Ghods moved approval of the minutes of March 25, 1999 - C. D'Ortona made a correction regarding the date of rehearsal for Inauguration. S. Brown clarified the point that no committee members had to step down because of the constitutional revisions, but some nominees did. Minutes were APPROVED as corrected and clarified.
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Treasurer's Report (Loher) |
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Balance is $442
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Announcements |
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The next meeting of Senate (which will be the first of the new session) has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 29 at 3:30 in Memorial 204. (There is a time conflict with the guest speaker on April 22; see Provost's report.)
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Constitution revision and elections results will be announced under the Nominations and Elections report.
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J. Moyer announced that SGA elections will take place April 14 and 15; he asked that faculty encourage students to participate. Nominations are open until tomorrow, April 9.
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Committee Reports
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Academic Affairs (Iseri) |
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No report.
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Academic Planning (Kirby) |
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Impact statements were distributed for Biology: Fisheries and Mathematics programs. Vote will be held on April 29. Non-returning members should pass the impact statements on to their replacements.
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Administrative Affairs (Murphy) |
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No report.
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Student Affairs (Elsasser)
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No report.
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Computer Advisory (Thorne) |
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No report.
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Library Advisory (Longoria) |
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No report.
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Nominations & Elections (Brown) |
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The revisions to the Constitution were approved by the faculty. Results of the elections were announced. C. D'Ortona agreed to distribute them to the campus community by email.
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Provost Report (Moore) |
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Information about Fulbright applications is going out to all faculty.
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Catalog is going to press; should be back in time for June orientation.
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Admissions: Numbers look solid for next year; for the third year in a row, the academic profile of the incoming class has improved. We are getting a positive response from the Good Neighbor program.
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Gen Ed: Department Chairs and Senate Exec will be discussing the subject on retreat in May.
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The Summer Bulletin is out, and there have been full-page ads in the regional newspapers.
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New signs are going up and should be up for Inauguration.
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An architect is being assigned for Belknap and Retan; only preliminary work will be done over the summer.
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On Thursday, April 22 at 4:00, Peg Miller, President of AAHE, will be speaking on campus.
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The Academic Honors Banquet will be held Thursday, April 29.
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There will be updates to the Student Evaluation procedure.
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There are numerous musical events taking place this Sunday and next Saturday.
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There was a meeting of the Mac users group, which K. Thorne (chair of Computer Advisory Committee) also attended. There was a "lively discussion," which will be continuing.
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Old Business |
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None
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New Business |
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C. D'Ortona requested that departments and committees notify her about new Senate representatives as that information becomes available.
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P. Travis announced that an updated calendar of events for April 12 - 29 will be coming out tomorrow (April 9) with our paychecks.
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B. Timko reported that there has been a "rampant increase" in errors in ERs – things missing, in wrong place, etc. J. Mumma stated that there have been wrong grades, too, and that the Math/CIS department had emailed the Provost about this earlier in the day. J. Moore said that he had read this email just before the meeting and requested the opportunity to follow up on the problem himself, since the Academic Records office ultimately reports to him. B. Koloski asked if DataTel can generate ERs itself. J. Moore answered that it can, except that ours are too complicated. P. Travis asked if Moore needed additional information about this from other departments; he said he did not.
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B. Timko reported that an advisee of his, on being reminded of a Gen Ed requirement, said, "Don't worry about it. I'll just petition in two years." He was very disturbed by this attitude. J. Moore pointed out that, while students can petition anything, not all petitions are approved. Also, advisor and chairs have both the right and the duty to sign petition forms stating that they do not support the petition, if that is the case. He said that his office has not seen any different trend in the number or type of petitions this year.
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The meeting adjourned at 4:35. (Brown/McAdoo)
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Respectfully Submitted,
Catherine M. D'Ortona
Secretary of the University Senate
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