Minutes

of

the Purdue University Calumet

Senate Meeting

of  November 7, 2001

SFLC 321

PRESENT: Senators D. Barbour, C. Barczyk, 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, S. Scachitti, 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:  None

GUESTS:  S. Conners, M. Gealt, S. Gyure, M. Eisenstein, B. Pellicciotti, S. Sil, and
                  M. Zahraee

I.          Call to Order.

Chair C. Winer called the meeting to order at 3:36 pm.

II.            Approval of the Agenda.

The agenda was approved.

III.            Approval of the Minutes.

The Chair called for the approval or corrections of the October 3 minutes.

Corrections:  Senator E. Bouktache requested that the minutes be corrected to reflect his attendance at the October 3 meeting.

Professor Elmendorf requested postponing the approval of the minutes until the minor grammatical errors contained in the minutes were addressed.

The approval of the minutes was postponed.

IV.            Chancellor’s Report.

Chancellor Cohen made the following report:

The Board of Trustees met on November 2 and approved the Strategic plans for all Purdue campuses.

There will be an NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) visit scheduled next week.

The Chancellor invited everyone to attend a Town Hall meeting scheduled for Friday, November 9 at the Center.  The meeting will address the budget circumstances, both in dealing with the state’s financial situation over the next several years, and also in general, how Purdue Calumet will prepare the budget plan. The state financial picture does not look good. The choice may be to either cut education or raise taxes.  The Chancellor stressed that we will need to continue to keep in place the processes regarding filling positions, travel and approval of travel, capital requests, and conserving our cash. This will serve as our contingency in the event that we need to return monies to the state.

The Chancellor described the priorities and finances for the Strategic plan.  The entire plan calls for about $10,350,000 over a 5-year period and represents a base budget increase and not cash accumulation.  The proposed breakdown is outlined as follows:

Priority                                                            Finances

The Chancellor reported that the source of the monies to fund the plan will be allocated as follows; one-third coming from new student fees; one-third from reallocations; and one-third from the state, grants, or private sources.  There will be an increase in fees for students of $16.00 per credit hour.  This fee will be applied to new students and re-entries but not to current students.  This will be in addition to any tuition increase that the state may apply.

 In addition to the Strategic plan there was a facilities portion of the plan that includes renovation of the Gyte building and a 2nd phase to deal with the remaining issues in the Gyte building.  The plan also includes the possibility of building a parking garage and Residence halls.  The Chancellor indicated that the university would conduct market analysis, student interest studies and site analysis before a decision will be made to build Residence Halls.

In response to questions regarding the Strategic plan, the Chancellor indicated that the campus budget process will remain the same and there will not be a separate budget process for the Strategic plan.

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Singer made the following report:

The NCATE visit next week will be very important for our campus.

Purdue Calumet was cited for some weaknesses during the last visit and we have been on probation.

NCATE will be moving to the NCATE 2000 standards that are more outcomes-based and are new to both NCATE and Purdue Calumet.

Vice Chancellor for Student Services Bryant made the following report:

The establishment of the Enrollment Management Committee.  This committee will develop a comprehensive enrollment plan for the university.  It includes developing a profile of our successful students.

The establishment of the New Student Orientation Committee.  The decision has been made to have mandatory Orientation requirements for students for the first year of their matriculation.

The TRIO programs are undergoing a self-assessment that spans the entire year.  This plan will help ensure that they are in compliance with state and federal program regulations.

V.        Report of the Chair of the Senate.

Chair of the Senate Winer made the following report:

Chair C. Winer and Professor Elmendorf attended the Intercampus Faculty Council meeting on October 26 at West Lafayette.  Each campus made a report about the campus activities.

A document came up for a vote concerning WF grades and how they will be handled at West Lafayette.  The WF will not be counted in the index computation and therefore not count against the student.  This does not affect Purdue Calumet, as we do not issue WF grades.

The Chancellor has activated the University Forum and the Senate Chair Winer nominated four faculty members and one member was selected.  The Senate will have to select three additional members to participate on that committee. The Chair indicated that Professor Niedner, from the Nominating Committee, would present the information as part of the committee’s report.

The Food Service Advisory Council has been established and the Senate has been asked to supply one person to serve on this council.  This matter was deferred to Professor Niedner as part of the Nominating committee report.

The Chair introduced Professor Niedner as the new Chair of the Nominating Committee.

The Chair distributed a flyer regarding the establishment of a Memorial wall in the SFLC building.  This wall will represent a campus perspective of what we can do in order to recognize the tragedy that happened on September 11.  The various university groups will raise funds to support the education for the dependents of the people who were lost during that tragedy.  Volunteers are needed to staff the tables in the SFLC concourse.

A sign up sheet was distributed.

The Parking Committee requested input from the University Senate to the proposal for reallocating parking spots for students in part of the parking lot P1, closest to the Gyte building that now is designated as Faculty parking. Steve Gyure, Chair of the Parking Committee was present.
Professor Damusis made a motion to accept the parking proposal,
Professor Vockell seconded.   Motion passed and the Senate vote will be recorded and reported to the Parking Committee.

VI.       Special Business of the Day.

            Senate document 01-12.  Revision of Promotion procedures.  For Action

T. Elmendorf introduced the document regarding the revisions of the promotion procedures discussed at last month’s meeting.  This document was revised in two ways, 1) allowance for faculty who have joint appointments, and 2) the deletion of the West Lafayette administrator in Panel C.
T. Elmendorf reviewed the autonomy document from the early 1970’s and uncovered a White paper, adopted by the Board of Trustees as its policy, indicating that on an autonomous campus there would no longer be representatives from the central campus (West Lafayette) on the campus committee governing promotions.
 
 Dr. Singer reported that she met with Sally Frost Mason, Provost at Purdue Lafayette who did not have a problem with the recommended changes. 
She also suggested that if this policy is approved it not be initiated until next year.
T. Elmendorf responded that the Chancellor would implement this policy.
L. Hopp indicated that the School of Nursing did not approve this document
Motion to approve document was made by Professor Elmendorf. Seconded by Professor Vockell.   Document PASSED.

Report of the Curriculum and Education Policy Committee:

The following documents were submitted for Senate approval.

J. Russett introduced the 33 documents listed which represent various changes to courses in terms of  pre-requisites, course patterns, and change in titles.

Motion to approve report was made by Professor Vockell. Seconded by Professor Robinson.   Document 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. 

Academic Support Services Committee.

N. Houshangi reported that the committee discussed Library policy issues with 

K. Carpenter and resolved the matter via email.

The committee will be meeting next week.

Student Affairs Committee.

T. Dougherty reported that the committee discussed the issue of prayer at Commencement.  Mr. Cory Sizemore, president of Student Government will comment during his report to the Senate.

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee.

J. Russett reported that the next committee meeting is scheduled the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  The committee reviewed a large number of documents.  There is concern over the appearance of the documents.  In many cases the documents are incomplete when submitted and therefore must be returned for additional information.  This can delay the approval process.  The committee is also requesting that the units discuss curriculum changes before submitting the documents, particularly if there is potential impact on other units.

            Faculty Affairs Committee.

T. Elmendorf reported that the committee did meet in spite of the tornado warning.  The committee discussed the establishment of a faculty lounge, and a separate faculty recognition luncheon.  The committee felt that space would be a problem and a separate luncheon would be too divisive and elitist.  The committee worked on revisions to the promotions criteria.

Nominating Committee.

D. Niedner distributed a sign up sheet for volunteers to serve on the University Forum, a sign up sheet for the Food Service Advisory committee and the revised Senate Standing Committees list.

Senators Damusis, Elmendorf and Vockell volunteered to serve on the University Forum.

Senator Mojtahed volunteered to serve on the Food Service Advisory Council.

Professor Niedner also called for a volunteer to serve as the Purdue Calumet representative on the West Lafayette Senate.  The volunteer must be a voting member of the faculty and would ideally be a university Senator.  The Purdue Lafayette Senate meets once a month on Monday at 2:00 pm.
Professor Robinson recommended that the Senate not send a representative especially since we can exchange any information and documents electronically.

Chair Winer called for consensus to this recommendation and will convey this information to his counterpart at Purdue Lafayette.

Student Government.

C. Sizemore, President of Student Government made the following report:

Student Government will be mailing a survey to students regarding prayer at Commencement.

Student Government has been actively participating in the Strategic planning for this campus.  The organization has established a Programming Board to provide financial assistance to student organizations.
They have established a Presidents club that involves all the student organization presidents.

They attended a conference on Higher Education held at IUPUI and were impressed with those campus activities.  They are looking into hosting a similar event on our campus that showcases our campus.

IX.       Other New Business.

G. Barrow asked about the criteria for faculty selections on Panel C.  Apparently there does not seem to be a great deal of diversity of representation with some departments not having any representation at all.  Dr. Singer commented that appointments are made for more than one year.  She will research and report her findings at the December Senate meeting.

X.            Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 pm.