Minutes
of
the Purdue University Calumet
Senate Meeting
of December 03, 2003
Lawshe Hall – 3rd Floor 
PRESENT: Senators C. Boiarsky, Y. Choi, S. Conners,
K. Corey, M. Dakich,
M.Darayseh, O. Farook, A.Gregory, J. Hack, L. Hopp,
S. Lerner, A. Mitra
L. Mura, (Presiding Officer); D. Niedner, M. O’Toole,
J. Rowan, K.
Rowberg, A. Russell, J. Tazbir, P. Turbek, Chancellor
Cohen, Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs N. Ibrahim, Vice
Chancellor for Student
Services L. Bryant, Parliamentarian R. Stankowski, E.Vockell,
and Secretary
A.Agosto-Severa.
ABSENT: V.
Damusis, M. Eisenstein, M. Mojtahed, SGA President R. Garcia
GUESTS: B. Pellicciotti, R. Rivers, 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 modify the agenda to include a curriculum document from the school of LASS. After considerable discussion regarding the inclusion of the document on the agenda it was decided that curriculum documents must be presented to the Senate agenda through the Senate’s standing committee Curriculum and Educational policy. Motion FAILED.
Motion to approve the agenda as submitted
was made by Professor Rowan. Seconded by Professor Tazbir.
Motion PASSED Agenda was approved.
III. Approval
of the Minutes
The Chair called for the approval of the
November 5, 2003 minutes
The minutes were approved with the corrections
to reflect that Professor Mitra
and Dr. Leo Bryant were present. The
Chancellor corrected the second line of
the first bullet of the Chancellor’s report to
read the Comprehensive campaign
was to raise 10.8 million in support of the Strategic
plan and that he would make
the cod available. Professor Lerner made a motion
to approve the minutes.
Seconded by Professor Turbek. The
minutes were approved as corrected.
IV. Chancellor’s
Report
· Chancellor Cohen reported on campus accreditation. He received a letter from our accrediting body and they noticed that we were listed as a baccalaureate institution and our Masters degrees were listed under the accreditation at Purdue West Lafayette. After meeting with the Lafayette Provost, Purdue Calumet has an agreement that we will be listed as a Masters level institution. It is important that in the public documents about us we are acknowledged that we offer Masters at our campus.
· The consortium of Education agreement of Northwest Indiana has a project to address language, arts and math literacy in elementary and middle schools. The goal is to improve the test scores for students taking standardized tests and closed the gap between white students and students of color. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs will work with the deans and School of Education to try to identify federal funding sources.
· There
have been several campus policies in place such as 1) smoking policy; 2)
cell phone policy and 3) hospitality guidelines. The Chancellor
has asked the Wellness committee to develop a process to improve compliance
for the campus smoking policy and eliminate smoking in front of the doorways.
There has been a substantial change in the Purdue policy on how certain hospitality
expenses are to be handled on campus. The change is that for
identifiable expenses, including recruiting expenses formerly charged to
PRF (Purdue Research Foundation) accounts may now be charged to the state
accounts. The downside is that PRF funds are not subject to
open records laws but state funds are open and anyone can ask for disclosure
of the information under the public records law. Purdue Calumet must be judicious
about the way we use hospitality funds. The business officers
have been briefed on the regulations and are available to answer any questions.
The third issue is clarification of the cell phone use policy. Effective
January 1, staff members who have been issued a university cell phone, must
reimburse the university if they make personal calls. Also
if the staff member makes university calls on their personal phone, they
may submit a reimbursement form. We are subject to open records
and examination of the phone records.
· The Chancellor reported that our goal with the comprehensive campaign is to raise 10.8 million and he shared a brochure and a cd.
· Chancellor Cohen invited comments from Dr. Nabil Ibrahim.
· Dr. Ibrahim distributed a draft document on the vision of Academic Affairs. The council has been working on the mission and vision in academic affairs on how to sharpen the vision and mission to assist with the implementation of the strategic plan, enhance the university mission and promote the programs.
Vision statement:
By 2009 PUC will become
The university of choice for quality undergraduate and graduate education
in the Calumet Region
Recognized for scholarship in applied research and creative endeavor
The force that fuels innovation and drives economic development in NW Indiana
Mission statement:
PUC is a regional comprehensive university that prides itself in
Educating a diverse population of graduate and undergraduate students with
the knowledge base necessary for rewarding careers and inspiring them to
succeed as productive citizens and lifelong learners.
Supporting the faculty in the creation of a high quality learning environment.
Supporting faculty research/scholarly activities and building niche areas
of academic excellence
Engaging the university’s intellectual capital in regional economic development.
Offering quality extended education and outreach programs.
· Dr. Bryant reported on the creation of the task force to develop guidelines for Academic Integrity. This committee will have broad based participation from campus departments as well as student representatives. He also announced the Residency Hall Programming Committee which is currently working with the Housing Committee in terms of planning student life programs.
· The
Chancellor distributed a draft drawing of the proposed Parking Garage which
will be located by Porter Hall. The rationale for the relocation
was the cost of moving utility lines at the original location off of 169th Street.
IV. Report
of the Chair of the Senate
· Chair
Mura reported that she attended the November 6th Intercampus
Faculty Council meeting at Purdue Lafayette. She also attended
the November 7th Board of Trustees meetings. The
board approved our proposal for splitting the Engineering department. The
Chair reported that Ken Burns presented a historical view of Purdue University
facilities through the decades.
The faculty senate is in discussions on the creation of an instrument to
evaluate academic advising.
· Professor Mura invited all to attend the forum for Strategies in Teaching sponsored by the faculty academy on January 30th.
· Professor
Mura asked Senator Conners to report on the West
Lafayette Senate meeting.
· Professor
Conners – No report.
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 Action
Professor Vockell made a motion to approve the document. Seconded
by
Professor Lerner. Document PASSED
Report of the Curriculum & Educational Policy
Committee
The following documents were approved by the Curriculum
and Ed Policy
Committee.
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New Course Proposal: F&N 121, Vegetarian Nutrition |
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New Course Proposal: FM 375, Sport-Related Tourism and Leisure Management |
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WOST 1xx Fresh(wo)man Experience |
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New Course Proposal: HTM 375, Sport-Related Tourism and Leisure Management |
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Purdue System Computer Graphics Technology Courses: CGT 442, CGT 446, and CGT 450 to be added to the Purdue University Calumet master course list. |
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CGT 416 Senior Design Project prerequisite change |
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Revision to the IET AS and BS degree |
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Revision to the MET AS and BS degree |
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New course: CIS 111 Introduction to Human Computer Interaction. |
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CIS 180 Intro to IT Project Management |
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OLS 335 Safety and Health Prog. Mgmt. change course number |
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OLS 333 Safety Laws, Codes, Regulations, & Stds. new title |
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OLS 334 Fire Prot. & Storage of Haz. Mtrls. descript. & title change |
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OLS 341 Fund. of Environmental Health new course |
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New Course CIS 446 Web Development III |
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Change in curriculum: Bachelor of Science in Computer Technology: |
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OLS 343 Hazardous Materials new course |
Motion to approve report was made by Professor Rowberg. Seconded by Professor Choi.
Report PASSED
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 has met and sent out an email
regarding the academic calendar and fall break. They are in
the process of evaluating the survey results.
Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee.
Professor Tazbir reported
that the committee has documented the process for creating the freshman
experience courses and there will be a resource manual. Eric Wignall has
created a website.
Faculty Affairs Committee.
Professor Vockell announced that the committee
met and approved
Senate Document 03-05 presented at this meeting. The
committee is working on
a draft document of the procedures.
Nominating Committee.
Professor Niedner will be sending out notification for membership on the
Compensation & Benefits committee.
Student Affairs Committee.
Professor Choi reported
that the committee will be reviewing the process for establishment of textbook
rental for students.
Student Government.
R. Garcia was not present- No report
IX. Other New Business.
None
X. Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned
at 4:40 p.m.