Present:

J. Murphy, C. Burns, R. Timko, C. Moulton, L. Iseri, P. Junius, K. Thorne, T. Murphy, P. Keller, D. Monkiewicz, R. Stanley, V. Jenkins, S. Stein, A. Ghods, G. Carson, D. Mason, N. Werner-Burke, E. Washington, W. Keeth, S. Karperek, N. Rinnert, S. Brown, L. Shankman, R. Keller, A. Molla, M. Moore

J. Murphy called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m.

I.

Approval of  University Senate minutes of  April 5, 2007. Approved (Mason/Keeth).

APPROVED

II.

Treasurer's Report (new treasurer--L. Iseri)

New balance $135. Previous balance amount went to scholarship fund.

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APPROVED

III.

Announcements (J. Murphy)

President’s memo regarding Senate actions of 4/5:

Environmental Studies Minor, program change proposal–APPROVED.

Approved all actions expect for original summer school credit policy. It was redone and did pass the 2nd time.

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IV.

Committee and Other Reports

Academic Affairs (new committee chair--P. Junius)

(Also see motions below, under New Business)   

MOTION:

1. Students who opt to fulfill their language and literature requirement with 6 credits of a foreign language are required to take two consecutive courses, of the same language (note: the second course must be at a higher level). Students who have previously studied a language are strongly encouraged to begin with the second or the third semester of the language, not with the first, but should consult with the foreign language faculty for placement.

Discussion: Junius: Lori Cass can put students in appropriate class. Jenkins: As for high school history – students should perhaps talk to someone in the language dept. to see what the best placement is in the language sequence. He has talked w/ students who failed a higher level class who shouldn’t have been placed there.

Moore: sign language has been counted if they have transferred it in.

Burns: is strongly for the 2 consecutive courses.

If a student does not want to continue, they can take a literature course.

APPROVED

J. Murphy: this is a policy change in GenEd in the program. A program change must be signed.

MOTION:

2. African-American Studies Minor: change

Rationale for change:   In recent years faculty attrition has resulted in the loss of key participants in this interdisciplinary minor.  The revamped program will better reflect core course availability without diminishing academic integrity.  It will also bring the African American Studies Minor more in line with comparable interdisciplinary minors on campus, specifically the  Latin American Minor and the Women’s Studies Minor.  Some courses will be deleted and some added to bring the program offerings up to date.

List all changes:

A.  New Degree Program Requirements:

African American Studies Minor:  18 s.h.

*=when Afr. Amer. Topic

Program Requirements

CORE:

Humanities – Choose 3 s.h. from the following:

      ENG 2220*       Special Topics in Literature

      ENG 3320*       Special Topics in Literature

      ENG 3327         African American Literature

      HST  3310        African American Experience

      HST 3388         History of Africa

Social Science OR Fine Art – Choose 3 s.h. from the following:

      SOC 2200         American Minorities

      SOC 3306         Interracial Seminar

      ARH 3329         History of African American Art

Capstone – Choose 3 s.h. from the following:

      ENG 4401*       Seminar in English Studies

      HST 4452         South Africa: From Cape Colony to Apartheid

      HST 4496*       Seminars in Selected Topics

Or any 4497 or 4000 level course designated as an African or African American Capstone course.

ELECTIVES – Choose 9 s.h. from below (maximum of two electives from same prefix)

      ANH 1101        Cultural Anthropology

      ANH 2885        Health and Culture

      ANH 3301        World Cultures

      ARH 3320        Art of African and Oceana

      ARH 3331        History of Modern Art

      ART  2238/3338  Multicultural Crafts

      BUS 3310        Managing Diversity

      CJA 3261         Community Policing

      ENG 3305*      Comparative Literature

      ENG 3307*      Literature in English From Around the World

      MU 3301          World Musics

      PSY 3310         Social Psychology

      SPE 3275         Inclusion Diverse Learners (by instructor permission)

Or any of the Core courses listed above not used to meet requirements. Steering Committee may designate new elective offerings as they arise.

B.  Please delete the following courses:

ANH 3308   Sub Sahara Africa

HST 3304    Hst Civil War & Reconstruction

MU 2201    Intro to Jazz

SPE 3330   Cultural Diversity in Special Education

SWK 2201 African Americans:  An Inclusive View

C.  Please add the following courses:

ANH 1101 Cultural Anthropology

ANH 2885 Health and Culture

ANH 3301 World Cultures

ARH 3329 History of African American Art

ARH 3331 History of Modern Art

ART  2238/338 Multicultural Crafts

ENG 3307 Lit. Around World:  African diaspora topic

ENG 3320  Special Topic: African American topic

PSY 3310 Social Psychology

Program Description for Catalog (if changed):  The African American Studies minor offers students the opportunity to study African American culture from a multidisciplinary perspective.  The minor seeks to prepare students to meet the challenges of an increasingly diverse workplace, society, and world.

Discussion: this list is not yet closed. Washington: all syllabi are not reviewed, more may be added – it is likely that the ones not added would be electives – not sure if other faculty would provide more core courses.

PASSED

B.

Administrative Affairs & Elections (K. Thorne)

• Kathy will chair for another year. Facilities: contractor claims S. Hall will be ready FA07 (could be 12/31/07…) there are lots of problems and not enough funds.
• Allen Hall moving along well. Grant renovations and water treatment plant funding in process.
• Looking to renovate Decker and later to replace Hemlock.
• All asphalt on campus should be 4 years old or newer – steps and concrete should be repaired, as well as swimming pool.
• Police staff: looking to use wellness funds to cart disabled students around campus rather than a police officer (freeing a police officer to write parking fines!).
• Police often unlocking doors and answering switchboard after hours.
• Smoking: it is only a policy, not a law. We can only ask students to move. Planters seem to repel smokers, may have more planters outside of buildings.
• Motorcycle spaces being looked into, rather than using a car parking space (dead parking lot corners for example). We cannot add pavement or make smaller spaces because of borough regulations.
• Sheila K: there has been another mold outbreak. Thought it was fixed, but …

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C.

Student Affairs & Admissions (L. Labuski-Brown)

No report.

D.

Information Technology (S. Hensley)

No report.

E.

Library Advisory (T. Murphy)

• Chillers in! (Mold still a problem…)
• Discussing N Hall visiting scholar: someone who could serve as a role model for students, considering Randy Roberts – specialist in sports history.
• Now have Wall Street Journal online, nutrition manuals, and more…
• Position for Humanities librarian has been filled.

F.

Provost (P. Keller)

• 3 searches in progress for academic affairs Dean, Associate Provost, and Assistant Vice-President for Inst. Research & Planning. Recommendations have gone to provost. Ass. Provost candidates coming soon.

• Narrative assessment report for State System in progress - looking for accomplishments.

• Summer: reviewing program reviews and forwarding to state system. All service and support systems are being reviewed – comprehensive across campus – will take a lot of time over the summer.

• Senior survey: 62% response rate – great response rate!

• Vice President for Advancement: someone is working now on an interim basis.

• New director of Residence Life will be on campus next week.

Academic Planning (M. Moore)

• Barden: 1117 students registered for summer 1a and b. Session 2 is down from last year. Grad students are taking fewer classes overall 15%/40% down.
• Fall – current campaign to get enrollment up – targeting moms and calling students directly. As of last week percent of applications is down 2 ý % , but still up from previous years.
• Question:  is there is a connection between # of courses and percentage down in 2nd summer session.

V.

Old Business

None.

VI.

New Business

9. New language for WIG committee to replace current language in appendix to constitution.

1. WIG Subcommittee (Writing Across the Curriculum, Information Literacy, and Global Awareness)

• Formed Fall 2002
• Subcommittee of the Academic Affairs Committee
• Membership solicited and appointed by the Academic Affairs Committee (not subject to Senate electoral process)
• Membership: Seven members of the University faculty

  (a) WIG Committee Chair (appointed by the Academic Affairs Committee, not elected by the committee members)

  (b) Director of Writing/Composition

  (c) The five remaining members are selected from interested faculty who respond to a call from AAC to serve on committee.

  (d) No more than one person per academic department may serve on the committee.

Discussion: Line C) Keeth: wants to know why members are not elected? This would allow for junior faculty who may need a committee to serve on.

Answer: Appointment is more efficient.

Amendment suggested: Elected, rather than selected.

Amendment vote: in Favor: 7

                       Opposed: 9

Vote on original motion: For: 13

                            Opposed: 3

PASSED

Duties:  Oversee Writing Across the Curriculum, Information Literacy, and Global Awareness programs

• Accept and approve nominations for courses applying for Information Literacy (I) and Global Awareness (G) designations.  All applications must be submitted electronically to WIG Chair to be considered for approval.
• Chair compiles list of Writing (W) courses offered each semester that are not permanent Writing (W) courses and submits list to Registrar’s office.
• Chair compiles and maintains list of permanent W, I, and G courses and provides list to Registrar’s office.
• WIG Chair reports approvals of “I” and “G” courses to Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee for information purposes; AAC does not vote to approve or reject courses approved by WIG Committee.

Meetings:  WIG Committee meets whenever courses are submitted for committee approval.  All committee business is conducted electronically, with proposals disseminated to committee members for approval or rejection (and, if rejected, an explanation is provided to the department chair who submitted the course for WIG approval).

2. Section VII.C. 2 of the Constitution provides: Any member of the Senate or its committees and subcommittees failing to attend any three meetings during the academic year will be considered for removal by the Executive Committee. The Committee will consider removal and present its decisions for ratification to the Senate at the first meeting following a member's third absence.

Discussion: what if there is a valid reason to miss 3 meetings?

If it is valid, it should not be a problem.

Timko: there should be clear times when committees meet; this should avoid most problems.

J. Murphy: our constitution should reflect in writing what we have been doing. If this is approved it goes out for a full faculty vote.

PASSED

VII.

Meeting adjourned at 5:11 (T. Murphy/Ghods).

Minutes respectfully submitted,

Christine Moulton, Senate Secretary