Minutes

of

the Purdue University Calumet

Senate Meeting

of April 30, 2003

Alumni Hall – 3^rd Floor SFLC

PRESENT: Senators D.   Barbour, C. Barczyk, C. Boiarsky, M. Cahn, K. Corey, M. 
        Darayseh, H. Daubek,A.Gregory, L. Hopp,  (Presiding Officer); M. Joyce,  
        M. Longas, J. Lu, L. Mura,  D. Niedner, W. Robinson, S. Scachitti, C. Shinn,
        J. Tazbir, D. Underwood Gregg, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic
        Affairs M. Gealt, Vice Chancellor for Student Services, Parliamentarian R.
        Stankowski, E. Vockell and Secretary A.Agosto-Severa.

ABSENT:  Y. Choi , V. Damusis, K. Jordan, J. Lu, M. Mojtahed, O. Farook, C. Shinn,
                    SGA President Ruiz
                   

GUESTS:  R. Riddering, D. Korchek, D. Kozel, B. Pellicciotti,

I.          Call to Order.

Chair L. Hopp called the Senate meeting to order at 3:35 pm.

II.        Approval of the Agenda.

The Chair called for a motion to approve agenda.  Professor Robinson made a motion to approve the agenda.  Seconded by Professor Longas.

Motion passed. Agenda was approved.

III.       Approval of the Minutes
            The Chair called for the approval of the April 2, 2003 minutes
             Professor Boiarsky made a motion to approve the minutes.  Seconded by
             Professor Daraseyeh.  The minutes were approved as submitted.

IV.       Chancellor’s Report

·         Chancellor reported that the Indiana House and Senate passed the state budget, which the Governor has indicated he will sign.  The budget identifies that Education and Economic Development are priorities for Indiana.  Purdue University Calumet received $8,250 for enrollment change whereas Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW) received nearly 2 million due to their enrollment growth.  We do not know what the final budget will be because the Board of Trustees will meet to approve the student tuition & fee increase as well as salary merit increases.

·         Strategic Initiatives will be funded through the new student fee which will generate approximately $600,000

·         Purdue Calumet did not receive funding for the Gyte Science Towers and this will be a funding priority for the next budget cycle.

·         The Housing proposal will be on the May ICHE Indiana Commission for Higher Education agenda for approval.

·         Chancellor announced that the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has been selected and Dr. Nabil Ibrahim is expected on campus on July 1, 2003.

·         Chancellor Cohen thanked the Senators for their help in revising the promotion process. Next step beyond the promotion and tenure process is consistency across campus.  We are also looking at post tenure development and setting expectations for program review

·         The new Computer Graphics and Technology degree is pending Board of Trustees approval and will be submitted to ICHE approval in May or June.  This new program represents three out of the five programs included as part of the Strategic Plan.  We expect that these new programs will attract many new students to Purdue Calumet
The Chancellor yielded remaining time to Vice Chancellor’s report

Interim Vice Chancellor Gealt – Reported that the Board of Trustees on the May 9 agenda would consider the CGT program.

·         Academic Affairs staff visited with IPFW to gather information regarding their Supplemental instruction program.and on May 12 from 10-2 IPFW will be visiting PUC

Vice Chancellor Bryant – Reported that Web Registration and On-line admission applications would go live on July 3, 2003.  He also reported that the writing of the Enrollment Management plan is coming to an end with the final report due July 1, 2003.

IV.       Report of the Chair of the Senate

·         Chair Hopp summarized the Faculty Senate activities for 2002-03 and sited the numerous accomplishments of this governing body.

·         The alignment of governance policies to accommodate the new school structure as related to the Promotion and Tenure process

·         Developed a web site and enhanced Faculty Senate presence on the web.

·         The curriculum documents were organized and widely communicated.

·         Participation in University forum

·         Collaboration on various Strategic Planning task forces such as, the Student Success Network, New Student Orientation, the Center for Professional Development

·         The approval for establishment of Freshman experience courses

·         The Chair thanked Chancellor Cohen for valuing campus governance.

V.        Special Business of the Day

Report of the Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee
Motion to approve the report was made by Professor Robinson. Seconded by Professor Daubek.   Change document 03-23 from Astrological to Astronomical.  Report PASSED as amended.

LSS 02-17	Soc 3xx Sociology of Sport (new course)
LSS 02-19	Pol 3xx  New course Technology and Society
LS 02-20	Change in the Plan of study for BS in HTM-Fitness Management option (deletion of required principles of first aid and adding two 1 credit fitness courses)
EMS 03-10	Phys 261 Prerequisite change
EMS 03-12	Change in the credit for EAS 110 from 2-3-3 to 2-2-3 or 2-3-3
EMS 03-13	Phys 309 New Course Scientific Computation II
EMS 03-14	Engr 140 change in course description
EMS 03-15	ECE 330 change in title and course description
EMS 03-16	New course:  Engineering Project Management (cross listed with IET 308)
EMS 03-17	Engr 185 First Year Seminar for Engineers (revision)
EMS 03-18	Engr 160 Software Tools for Engineers (revision)
EMS 03-23	New course:  ASTR 265 Descriptive Astronomy: Astronomical Origins.
MGMT 03-02	New course: OBHR 443 Contemporary Legal and Social Issues in Human Resource Management
Tech 03-21	New course: CET 404 Property Surveying
Tech 03-22	Deletion of CET 409 Property Surveying.
Tech 03-23	Revision in Option in Survey Technology
Tech 03-20	CGT 411 prerequisite change
Tech 03-24	New Course:  IET 308 Engineering Project Management and Economic Analysis
Tech 03-25	CIS 103 Intro to Computer Programming: deletion
Tech 03-26	New course: CIS 103 Survey of Information Systems and Information Technology
TECH 03-27	New Course: OLS 389 Emergency Management Programs

Revision of Grade Appeals:  Senate Document 03-03.  Motion to approve the document was made by Professor Mura. Seconded by Professor Barbour.
Document PASSED.
 
Engineering proposal:  Senate Document 03-04.  Motion to approve the report was made by Professor Mura. Seconded by Professor Boiarsky.  Document PASSED

Revision of General Education:   Senate Document 03-02.  Motion to approve the report was made by Professor Mura. Seconded by Professor Robinson
Professor Mura reported to amend the document to change the effective date to Fall 2004.  Document PASSED

VI.       Unfinished Business.

None

VII.     Reports of the Committees.

Agenda Committee.

Professor Niedner reported that the committee met and approved today’s agenda

Academic Support Services Committee.

Professor Corey reported that the committee has elected a chair.

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee.
Professor Mura reported that the committee reviewed approximately 140 curriculum documents.  This year the committee made 1,206 changes by participating in the master course form 40 and 41 projects.  The committee made revisions to the general education requirements.  She expressed her appreciation to Linda McClaughry-Erwin, Assistant Registrar for Curriculum.  Linda was instrumental in developing the process for tracking curriculum changes to ensure that the approved changes were implemented.  The CEP created an ad-hoc committee to resolve the unresolved issue (dispute on curriculum document).

                Faculty Affairs Committee.
            Professor Cahn reported that the committee dealt with the Promotion and
            Tenure documents.  She thanked Professor Robinson for the work he did
            on revising the language of the documents.  The committee made some
            progress on the matter of joint appointments.  Professor Vockell will serve
            as next year's chair.

Nominating Committee.
Professor Niedner reported that the committee prepared for the election of the chair and for Senator replacements for 2003-04.  She reported that there was a need to have two faculty members serve on the Bookstore advisory council next year.

Student Affairs Committee.
D. Underwood-Gregg – Presented grade appeals document for action at today’s meeting

Student Government.

No report

IX.       Other New Business.
            None

X.        Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 pm.