Minutes
of
The Purdue University Calumet
Senate Meeting
of March 6, 2002

SFLC 321

PRESENT: Senators D. Barbour, G. Barrow, E. Bouktache, M. Cahn,  
                   K.Corey, V. Damusis, H. Daubek, T. Dougherty, A. Elmendorf, J. Hack, L. 
                   Hopp, N. Houshangi, M. Joyce, M. Longas, M. Mojtahed, D. Niedner, B.
                   Robinson, J. Russett, D. Underwood Gregg, E. Vockell,
                  C.Winer, (Presiding Officer); Chancellor Cohen; Vice Chancellor for
                  Academic Affairs Singer; Vice Chancellor for Student Services Bryant,
                  Parliamentarian S. Lerner, SGA President C. Sizemore and
                  Secretary A. Agosto-Severa.

ABSENT:  R Bennett, S. Scachitti

I.          Call to Order

Chair C. Winer called the meeting to order at 3:40 pm.

II.            Approval of the Agenda

The Chair called for the approval of the agenda.
Motion to approve the agenda was made by Professor Elmendorf.  Seconded by Professor Russett.  The agenda was approved with the following correction:
under Special Business of the Day, Senate documents 02-01 replace the word procedures with the word criteria.

III.            Approval of the Minutes

The Chair called for the approval of the March 6, 2002 minutes.
Motion to approve the minutes was made by Professor Elmendorf.  Seconded by Professor Russett.   The minutes were approved.

IV.            Chancellor’s Report

Chancellor Cohen made the following report:

The Chancellor reported on salary information in response to the request made by the Senate chair.  He distributed a document which included information regarding the Strategic plan peer institutions and also contained information presented as part of the Governance report made by the President to the Board of Trustees at the February meeting.  The report included an analysis of our salaries in relation to our Strategic Plan peer institutions.  Peer institutions were selected on the basis of their initiatives that were comparable to our Strategic plan. The task force identified institutions that had better retention and graduation rates, but were still significantly like us, whose retention and graduation rates we could aspire to in our Strategic plan.  He indicated that the Strategic planning task force realized that we could not meet our goals without improving faculty/student ratios and without being competitive with faculty salaries.

The Senators commended the Chancellor on presenting this information.

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Singer made the following report:

Dr. Singer reported that we have four faculty members bringing in approximately $155,000 in grant money.  They are:
Barbara Mania-Farnell, Biological Sciences, awarded $50,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop the use of computers in undergraduate Biology lab courses.
Leslie Dorworth, Biological Sciences, received $58,000 from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to develop processes of beach monitoring for E. Coli bacteria examination.
Pam Frampton, School of Education, was awarded $40,000 to develop educational leaders in urban schools,
Tamra Bottomlee, Riley Child Care Center, received $4,000 from the Indiana Department of Family and Child Services for playground equipment for our children.

Vice Chancellor for Student Services Bryant made the following report:

Dr. Bryant reported that plans are continuing for on-campus housing.  We are conducting focus groups with students to collect additional information to assist with the planning.  There will be a resolution presented in April to the Board of Trustees that will include approval to proceed with the plans for campus housing.

Professor Hack raised the question regarding the evaluation of other facilities, such as Chicago State.  The Chancellor reported that the company we would consider must have the capability of doing the construction and the management of the on campus facility.  They must also demonstrate working experience of establishing these types of facilities in urban areas.
Professor Elmendorf asked the Chancellor if he was going to ratify the changes recommended by the Senate last fall regarding the change to Panel C of removal of the West Lafayette administrators.  The Chancellor reported that he wanted to consult with the Provost, who had not gone through the process previously.  He had not had a chance to consult with the Provost since the meeting of Panel C.
Professor Elmendorf asked the Chancellor to consider choosing the membership to Panel C in the Spring.  The Chancellor responded by stating that the issue of the composition of Panel C needs to be addressed first and that he would consider the suggested timeframe.

V.        Report of the Chair of the Senate

Chair of the Senate Winer made the following report:

The chair reported that he attended a Teleconference by Dr. Tom Angelo, of Houston, Texas.  The conference was well attended and there was good discussion.  He encouraged the continuation of this type of activity, which was well attended by the faculty and the staff.

The chair reported that he is a member of the Enrollment Management committee, as the Senate’s representative.  This committee is working with a consultant who will assist our campus in the development of a campus recruitment plan.  This consultant will also provide us with geo-demographic data.  Professor Winer reported that due to his teaching load this semester he cannot attend the committee’s meetings.  He asked for a volunteer to serve as his replacement through the end of the term.  The committee usually meets on Thursday from 10-11:30 a.m.  The chair will ask the chair and co-chair of Enrollment Management Gloria Smokvina and Paul McGuinness to attend the next Senate meeting and provide a more detailed report on the committee’s activities.

There will be an annual meeting of faculty leaders, sponsored by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.  It will occur on Thursday, April 4 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM in Indianapolis.  He asked for volunteers who might be interested in attending this meeting to please see him after the Senate meeting.

VI.       Special Business of the Day
Senate document 02-01. Revision of Promotion criteria.  For Discussion

            Professor Elmendorf reported that the committee spent several months discussing the revisions for the criteria to the Promotions document presented for discussion at this meeting.  The revision now includes the vision statement for the university.  The other issue dealt with the boxes appearing on the cover of the President’s form 36C.  On the form, the basis for the nomination can be teaching, scholarship, or services.  The issue is which box gets checked and by whom?  The boxes are not treated uniformly across campus.  Some candidates present documents which make it impossible to know what box will apply to the activities.  The committee recommends that the boxes should be looked at as little as possible and it is the job of the Promotion committees to look at the documents.
The discussion also included changing some of the wording in the document such as, changing the word total to overall , and changing the word rough to guideline
This document will be revisited at next months meeting

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee. 
The following report on curriculum documents was submitted for Senate approval.
J. Russett requested that documents Tech 02-03 & 02-04 be removed from the report.  He then introduced the remaining documents included in the Agenda.  These documents represent changes in pre-requisites, revisions to the Associate and Bachelor programs, new courses.
Discussion of these documents followed.  Professor Scachitti asked that Tech 02-03 and Tech 02-04 be removed from the report.  PASSED.

A Motion to approve the modified report was made by Professor Dougherty. Seconded by Professor Longas.   Report PASSED.

VII.            Unfinished Business

None.

VIII.            Reports of the Committees

Agenda Committee

T. Elmendorf reported that the Agenda Committee met and approved today’s agenda.  The committee discussed the election of at-large Senators

Academic Support Services Committee

N. Houshangi had no report.  He requested that the committee members see him after the Senate meeting to schedule a committee meeting.

Student Affairs Committee

No report

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee

J. Russett reported that the committee prepared the documents for today’s meeting.  The committee also began, and will continue, discussions of the Final Exam policy for Purdue University Calumet.  Professor Russett requested input from the Senate as to the format and information appearing on the Curriculum documents as presented in the committee report to the Senate.  The suggestion was made to include additional description in the documents regarding the curriculum change.  It was also suggested that the minutes, which contain the Curriculum report should include a link to the website for additional information.  The report could be modified to include a more descriptive, short paragraph, regarding the proposed changes to curriculum.  Professor Russett will work with the VCAA’s office to cross-reference the curriculum documents.

            Faculty Affairs Committee

T. Elmendorf reported that the committee met and approved the document submitted for discussion today.  The committee also discussed the faculty survey, similar to the one conducted at West Lafayette, and Professor Damusis will be leading this effort.  The committee has also been charged with collecting data about faculty salaries and comparisons of faculty salaries with other institutions.  Professor Robinson will be able to collect the information as the liaison between Faculty Affairs and the subordinate committee on Compensation & Benefits.  Professor Eisenstein provided a listing of faculty salaries at Purdue Calumet.

Nominating Committee

D. Niedner reported that the annual preference survey was distributed.  She sent out an email requesting nominations for at-large Senators and there are 5 positions needed for next year.

Student Government

No report.

IX.       Other New Business             

X.            Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:38 pm.