Professional … pragmatic … principled … progressive
Summary
Minutes for
(Approved
|
Executive
Board: Michael Harkins, President;
Paul Guymon, Vice President; Jim Edstrom, Secretary; Dan Loprieno, Treasurer;
Sue Overland, Grievance Officer; Julie Fleenor, Past President |
Michael
Harkins asked for a motion to go immediately to the item concerning
opinionnaires under “Old Business.” Dave
Braunschweig so moved and Paul Guymon seconded.
The motion was approved.
III. Old Business (part 1)
Joe
Accardi spoke briefly on the online opinionnaire. There are currently 12 faculty
who have volunteered to “pilot” this opinionnaire. Sue Overland moved to approve the pilot
program; Kris Piepenburg seconded. The
motion was approved.
IV. Officers’
Reports
Jim
noted that shared governance appointments and reappointments will be coming up
soon. He also complimented the Elections
Committee on their recent excellent work during the Senate elections.
V. Consent
Agenda
The
minutes of the meetings from March 3rd and March 10th
were distributed and examined. Dianne
Batzkall moved to approve them; Janet Friend-Westney seconded. The minutes were approved.
VI. Informational
Michael
spoke on the issue of “managed education,” which focuses on efforts to reach
into classrooms to manage everything. He
would like to invite individuals who have done research on this area to discuss
their work with the Senate, perhaps in April.
Michael
also spoke on “Centers of Excellence.”
He would like to invite experts on this concept to likewise come in to
discuss it in April.
VII. Old
Business (part 2)
Academic
reorganization was discussed. Members of
the Exec and the Senate Task Force on Academic Reorganization met with Marge
Skold, Dan Corr and Jennifer Mathes to ask for the formulation of a joint
administrative and faculty task force to deal with the issues arising from
reorganization. It was stressed that
this will facilitate the process by involving the Senate.
The
climate study was discussed. Michael
indicated that he expects the resulting data will be coming in soon.
Michael
encouraged faculty to continue sending letters to legislators, the Governor,
and other state officials concerning proposed changes in SURS. Representatives from Local 1600 will come to
the Senate to provide further information.
VIII. New
Business
The
evaluation of Vice Presidents by faculty was discussed. It was suggested that all VPs be evaluated in
addition to Academic Affairs and Student Affairs. In those other areas, the idea would be to
evaluate the area more than the person.
We will discuss it at an upcoming Senate meeting for possible action.
The
impact of the recently completed evaluations of deans by faculty was
discussed. Janet Friend-Westney moved
that a subcommittee on the dean evaluations meet with Marge and Joan Kindle to
get feedback on that process; Dianne Batzkall seconded. The motion was approved.
Chris
Poziemski reported that the proposal to move International Student programs to
Student Affairs will be placed on hold pending further study.
IX. Adjournment
Sue
Overland moved to adjourn; Dianne Batzkall seconded. The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Jim
Edstrom