Minutes
of

The Purdue University Calumet

Senate Meeting
of September 4, 2002

 SFLC 321

PRESENT: Senators D. Barbour, C. Barczyk, R. Bennett, M. Cahn, K. Corey, V.
                    Damusis, M. Darayseh, H. Daubek, O. Farook, L. Hopp (Presiding Officer),
                    M. Joyce, M. Longas, J. Lu, L. Mura, M. Mojtahed, D. Niedner, B. 
                    Robinson, S. Scachitti, J. Tazbir, C. Shinn, D. Underwoood-Gregg,
                    Chancellor Cohen, Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs Singer, Vice-
                    Chancellor Student Services Bryant, Parliamentarian R. Stankowski,
                    Secretary A. Agosto-Severa

ABSENT:   C. Boiarsky, J. Hack, E.Vockell, SGA President S. Ruiz

GUESTS:    B. Pellicciotti, P. Gerard, D. Korchek, R.Evans, S. Sil, P. McGuinness, G.
                     Strauts

            Call to Order
         Chair L. Hopp called the meeting to order at 3:38 p.m.

             Approval of the Agenda
         The Chair called for approval of the agenda.
         Motion to approve the agenda was made by Professor Niedner.  Seconded by
         Professor Longas.
         The Agenda was approved.

             Approval of the Minutes
         The Chair called for the approval of the May 1, 2002 minutes.  Senators
         Damusis and Scachitti requested that the minutes be corrected to reflect that
         they were present at the May 2002 meeting.  A motion to approve the minutes
         as corrected was made by Professor Cahn.  Seconded by Professor Barbour
         The minutes were approved.

             Chancellor’s Report
         Chancellor Cohen made the following report

The Chancellor expressed his appreciation to Vice-Chancellor Singer for her many years of dedicated service to the university.  Dr. Singer has decided to step down as Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and return to the classroom to teach psychology at the end of the Fall 2002 semester.  Dr. Singer has been instrumental in leading the campus-wide assessment efforts, development of the general educations requirements, and undergraduate research.  The Chancellor reported that there would be a search committee established some time in September with a timeframe for filling the position by July 2003.

The Chancellor reported that the search for Vice-Chancellor for Advancement is coming to closure.  The committee has interviewed three candidates and several campus groups were invited to meet the candidates. The announcement of the selection will be forthcoming.

Chancellor Cohen commented that Dr. Singer provided him with the revised Promotions document, passed by the Senate last year.  The revisions were made to suit the restructuring of the schools.  He will be meeting with the Agenda committee to discuss the changes.  The Chancellor will then review the documents with the Faculty Senate before presenting the information to the President and the Provost.

The Chancellor reported that, later in the term, there would be an unveiling of the reallocation proposal.  Senior Leadership has been working on the plan to find 2.5 million dollars from the budget to fund the Strategic Plan. The proposal will be presented to the department heads at the monthly meeting in October.  There will be many opportunities for the various campus groups, including the Senate, to provide input on the proposal.  The strategic initiatives for the Strategic Plan are being developed. The proposals that are being developed include the Student Success network, the Orientation proposal that will be forthcoming, and the Enrollment Management effort. Among the initiatives, the Chancellor also reported that new faculty positions have been added to address program needs, increase in campus work-study funds, and scholarship endowments.

The Chancellor reported that our enrollment target for fall was
86, 100 and our billing hours came in at 85,450.  He further reported that our final headcount for Fall 2002 is 8863.  The Chancellor indicated that a review of those programs where enrollments drops occurred is being planned. With about 44% of our revenue being generated by those dollars, our goal is to have in place some good projections, and also good enrollment and recruitment techniques.  At a time when other campuses in Indiana are experiencing enrollment growths it is not healthy that Purdue Calumet remain flat with no growth.

Vice-Chancellor Singer

Invited everyone to attend the retirement celebration for Dr. Jal Mistri from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, September 6 in Founders Lounge in Alumni Hall.
She also reminded everyone of the memorial service for September 11 at Noon.  Professors Rupp & Martinez will facilitate a discussion and reflect on the events this year related to the 9-11 incident.  They both have great expertise on terrorism in the international arena;

Vice-Chancellor Bryant

Reminded everyone that there will be a memorial service beginning at 9 a.m. followed by taking down the memorial wall of stars, and a tree planting in remembrance of September 11.

         Report of the Chair of the Senate
         Chair L. Hopp made the following report:

The Chair welcomed the new Senators and introduced the Parliamentarian R. Stankowski, Sergeant-At-Arms B.Robinson, and Secretary A. Agosto-Severa

She also introduced the chairs of the various Senate committees for 2002-03.

Professor Hopp reported that due to a scheduling conflict with the week of finals for May 2003, that final meeting would be held on April 30th.

The Faculty convocation will be scheduled later in the year.

The Agenda Committee will be reviewing the bylaws and procedures and update the documents to ensure that they reflect the new school structure.

The chair asked for volunteers to work on a task force for “Building
Community”.  This group is proposing a mid-winter celebration sponsored by the three governing bodies, which include APSAC (Administrative Professional Advisory Committee,) and (CSSAC Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee).  The monies raised will be used to benefit a worthy cause.  Senators J. Tazbir, H. Daubek, R. Bennett, have volunteered to work on this committee.

Professor Hopp asked for volunteers to serve on the University Forum.  This committee, as described by Vice-Chancellor Bryant who convened the group this year, serves as a communication link between the campus community and the various governing bodies.  This group will also serve to advise the Chancellor.  The membership is a cross-representation from the various campus governance groups including the four (4) Vice-Chancellors, three (3) faculty representatives, APSAC and CSSAC.  Senator B. Robinson has agreed to serve on this committee.
Professor C. Shinn and H. Daubek volunteered to serve.

The Chair also requested volunteers to help dismantle the memorial wall of stars on September 11.  Senator Corey & Chair Hopp will work on this project.

         Special business of the day
         The School of Technology changes in department names
          presented by Dennis Korchek, Dean of the School of Technology.  For  
         discussion.  Professor Korchek presented the document addressed to
          Chancellor Cohen requesting a name change for three departments in the
          School of Technology.  He requested that the name change for the
          Department of Information Systems & Computer Technology be tabled until
          he can obtain additional clarification   The name changes included the
          following; re-naming of the Department of Construction Technology to
          Construction Management and Engineering Technologies, and Electrical
          Engineering Technology to Electrical and Computer Engineering
          Technology.

             Unfinished Business
         None.

             Reports of the Committees

             Agenda Committee                                                   D. Niedner
         The Agenda committee met and prepared today's agenda.

Academic Support Services Committee                  K. Corey
No report.

Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee            L. Mura
Professor Mura reported that the first meeting is scheduled for September 18 in SFLC 301.  There are approximately five documents and the posting deadline for all documents has been circulated.

Faculty Affairs Committee                                          M. Cahn
The committee has not met.

Nominating Committee                                               D. Niedner
No report.

Student Affairs Committee                                          D. Underwood-Gregg
No report.
 
Student Government                                                   Ms. Ruiz
Not present.

            Other New Business
        The Chair asked Dean Gerard to introduce Gayle Strauts from Lipman
        Hearne consultants working with the campus Enrollment Management
        Committee.
        Gayle asked the group to answer the following questions:

           What would you tell a prospective faculty member about PUC?
           What is great about this university?
            Why should I come here?
           The following observations  were made by the Senators:

Enrollment is declining and the surrounding community does not seem to be providing a pool of students.  The number of high school graduates is diminishing.

The Illinois market could be a draw but we do not have in-state
reciprocity for those out of state students and our fee structure is more than twice as much for equivalent programs.

Students should come to PUC because the class sizes are smaller

Students can finish a 4 year degree.

We need to emphasize quality of our programs rather than convenience and low cost. We have many faculty members who are tenured, full professors with Ph.d.

The Purdue Name

85 % of our students come from Lake County and only 7% come from out-of-state.

             Adjournment
         The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.