Faculty Senate Minutes November 05, 2003

Minutes

of the

Purdue University Calumet Senate Meeting

November 05, 2003

Lawshe Hall – 3^rd Floor

PRESENT: Senators C. Boiarsky, Y. Choi, K. Corey, S. Conners, M. Dakich,
        M.Darayseh, O. Farook, A.Gregory, J. Hack, S. Lerner, M. Mojtahed, L. Mura, (Presiding
        Officer), D. Niedner, J. Rowan, K. Rowberg,A. Russell, J. Tazbir, P. Turbek, Chancellor
        Cohen, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs N. Ibrahim, Parliamentarian
        R. Stankowski, E.Vockell, SGA President R. Garcia and Secretary
       A.Agosto-Severa.

ABSENT: M. Eisenstein, L. Hopp, M. O’Toole,

GUESTS: B. Pellicciotti, R. Rivers, L. Wold, Chronicle Reporter

I. Call to Order.

Chair L. Mura 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 Lerner made a motion to approve the agenda.

Seconded by Professor Vockell

Motion passed. Agenda was approved.

III.       Approval of the Minutes
            The Chair called for the approval of the October 1, 2003 minutes
             Professor Lerner made a motion to approve the minutes. Seconded by Professor
            Conners. The minutes were approved with the correction to show
             that. O. Farook and J. Hack were present at October 1^st senate meeting. The
             minutes were approved as submitted.

IV. Chancellor’s Report

Chancellor Cohen reported that the Plan for Success kick-off was a success. He will make available a copy of the CD of the Comprehensive Campaign, which was developed in-house by our Electronic Publishing department and Computer Graphics technology area.

The Board of Trustees will be meeting on Friday and the agenda includes the proposal, passed by Senate last year, to split the department of Engineering in to two departments.

There will be a town hall meeting on December 2^nd.

Also in the Fall there have been two accreditation visits, ABET and NLN visit. The two special accreditation visits were successful.

The Chancellor reported on the initiative to develop a Water Institute to do analysis and focus on water and look at issues of quality, access etc. We want to help use the university knowledge to help serve northwest Indiana.

Chancellor Cohen invited comments from Dr. Nabil Ibrahim.

Dr. Ibrahim reported that the significance of the Water Institute is that we need to position ourselves as the force that ignites innovation and economic development in northwest Indiana and water is the most strategic resource in this region. Purdue can become a force in actively looking at education and research to make the curricula more adaptable to application.

The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs reported that he has been meeting with every department. He has been holding informal open meetings on Thursdays to discuss issues with faculty. The Academic Affairs Council of Deans held an off-campus retreat to help develop mission and vision for academic affairs and he will share the information at the next meeting.

Dr. Bryant – No report

IV. Report of the Chair of the Senate

Chair Mura reported that we had a very successful Faculty Convocation and great attendance by faculty.

Professor Mura also reported on the Faculty Forum. The topic of discussion was a review of the university’s admission standards and the future students of Purdue Calumet. The next meeting is being scheduled and the proposed topic will be “Bridging the gap between the students and faculty. There will be a meet and mingle for faculty on November 6^th in the founders lounge from 12:30 -3:30 pm.

She distributed a copy of the fall enrollment report obtained from Purdue Lafayette.

Professor Mura asked Senator Conners to report on the West
      Lafayette Senate meeting. Professor Conners reported that most of
      the meeting was a report from President Jishke. Some very hot issues
      included the ERP Computing project for the West Lafayette campus.
      They are reviewing software vendors who can deliver a fairly
      comprehensive package for integration of all systems at Lafayette.
     Another issue was the commercial note-takers. Professor Conners
      also shared a document, which is distributed by the Lafayette Senate
      and contains the issues which the senate standing committees are
      addressing. She suggested that the Calumet Senate review and adopt
      a similar document for tracking the status of issues.

V.        Special Business of the Day
            Faculty Affairs Senate Document 03-05, Proposal for the creation of a
            Department of Initial Teacher Preparation and a Department of Graduate Studies
            in Education, For discussion
            Professor Vockell introduced the document approved by Faculty Affairs
            committee and invited Dean Robert Rivers to present the document for Senate
            discussion. Dr. Rivers will revise the document and will present it for action at
            the next senate meeting.

VI. Unfinished Business.

None

VII. Reports of the Committees.

Agenda Committee.

Professor Vockell reported that the committee met and approved the agenda for today’s meeting.

Academic Support Services Committee.

Professor Corey reported that the committee will meet and review the university calendar template.

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee.

Professor Tazbir reported that the committee has completed the process for placing curriculum documents on the web.

Faculty Affairs Committee.

Professor Vockell announced that the committee met and approved
Senate Document 03-05 presented at this meeting.

Nominating Committee.

Professor Niedner was not present—no report.

Student Affairs Committee.

Professor Choi reported that the committee has not met but will be reviewing the process for establishment an Academic Integrity committee and the proposal of the Student Employment committee.

Student Government.

R. Garcia reported that Student Government is looking at the possibility of providing book rental for students. SGA is also researching providing various newspapers to students on campus.

IX. Other New Business.
None

The meeting was adjourned at 4:34 p.m.

Lawshe Hall – 3rd Floor

Lawshe Hall – 3^rd Floor