Present:

Present: C. Burns, J. Murphy, K.S.Young, B. Holtman, F. Blanco, P. Savoye, F. Craig, J. Benjamin, L. Rashidi, S. Holderby, M. Lane, B. Manavizadeh, R. Stender, L. Cass, T. Elsasser, M. Zelkowitz, J. Kagle, M. Gaballa, B. Ganong, J. Tan, N. Werner-Burke, T. Murphy, W. Keeth, K.Thorne, J. Bosworth, A. Johnson, D. Dietz, D. Crowder, I. Newman, R. Keller for J. Mansfield, A. Chavira-Prado, M. Moore.

I.

C. Burns called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. Minutes of Oct. 7, 2004 were approved (B. Ganong/J. Benjamin).

APPROVED

II.

Treasurer's Report (B. Holtman)

The current account balance is $1025.

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APPROVED

III.

Announcements

1. Athletic Advisory Board needs 2 faculty volunteers. Meet Tuesdays at 1:00
2. R. Keller no longer wants to be chair of the Advising Resource Group. Let Rhonda know if you are interested. C. Burns thanked R. Keller for her years of service to this committee.
3. B. Holtman needs any committee updates for the senate Web page. Requests that chairs of committees send any member changes to him.

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IV.

Committee Reports

A.

Academic Affairs (F. Blanco)

Motion # 1
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for GEG 3400 - GPS and Mapping

New Course: GEG 3400 GPS and Mapping
Purpose and Nature of Course:
Introduce students to GPS and how it can be integrated with mapping software and databases to provide solutions to practical problems
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 2
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for BUS 3325 - Business Leadership

Purpose and Nature of Course:
… The course is intended for business majors who aspire to acquire insight into effective leadership in formal business organizations. It integrates theory and practice and creates a comprehensive body of knowledge and concepts about how one can become an effective leader in a business environment.
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 3
AAC moves to approve the Program Deletion: Bachelor of Science in Education –Biology Education

Rationale for change:
Low student enrollments and few job opportunities

List of all changes:
Place the program in moratorium leading to the removal of the degree program

Discussion: M. Lane clarified that it will be placed in moratorium until the last student student graduates including post bac.’s served by the program. Biology dept. is in agreement. Some discrepancies about information regarding what will happen next. Some people under the assumption that this will go to a 5 year Master’s program. No proposal to do this at this time. Some discussion about what students would have to do to get certified. Question about why we are giving up a program that serves 8 students and has no cost. The answer is in order to avoid doing NCATE paperwork. We will not be able to certify students in biology once this goes into moratorium. J. Murphy said there may be more secondary programs to come through like this. T. Elsasser asked why we are getting rid of secondary certifications. Is it because of the numbers? M. Lane said the Biology dept. doesn’t want to invest the time into doing the paperwork for 2 students a year. M. Lane confirmed we can’t take in any more biology students without increasing resources. Discussion about the market and whether it supports biology graduates. Motion carried with 16 for, 8 opposed, and 7 abstentions.

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B.

Academic Planning (P. Savoye)

Approved minor in management. They have more programs on their agenda.

C.

Administrative Affairs & Elections (J. Benjamin)

Run off election resulted in the election of D. Rotella to AAC. They have their first meeting as a committee tomorrow.

D.

Student Affairs & Admissions (S. Holderby)

No report.

E.

Information Technology (F. Craig)

No report.

F.

Library Advisory (L. Rashidi)

If anyone has concerns about the library, please let her know.

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Provost (M. Lane)

• Director of Information Resources search committee has been formed. It is co-chaired by F. Garrison and S. Sweet.
• Allen Hall will be replaced in alternate location. Will save about _ million dollars.
• Drop/add will be electronic next semester. Still waiting to see if we can close this off to students under 60 credits without advisor permission.
• Please encourage your colleagues not to check off all advisees at once.

V.

Old Business

1. Faculty Assembly is coming up, October 29th 4pm, in the planetarium. Agenda has been sent out. Please encourage your colleagues to attend.
2. F. Blanco has sent out new information about the attendance policies.

VI.

New Business

None.

VII.

Remarks for the Good of the Order

None.

VIII.

Meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m. (D.Dietz/L. Rashidi).

Respectfully submitted,
K. Sue Young
Secretary of Senate