Minutes

of

the Purdue University Calumet

Senate Meeting

of March 2, 2005

SFLC 321 – 3 ^rd Floor

PRESENT : Senators J. Agrawal, C. Boiarsky, Y. Choi, J. Coffey, S. Conners, M. Dakich,
M.Darayseh, G. Schultz , D. Gray, A.Gregory, J. Hack ((Presiding Officer),
L. Hollingsworth, N. Jackson, S. Lerner, M. Longas, M. Marthaler, A. Mitra,
M. Mojtahed, L. Mura, M.O’Toole, J. Rowan, A. Russell, R. Stankowski, J. Tazbir,
Chancellor Cohen, Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs N. Ibrahim, Vice Chancellor
for Student Services L. Bryant, Interim Vice Chancellor M. Kull, Parliamentarian
F. Colucci, Student Government E. Bottando, and Ms. Sandy Czekaj

ABSENT: Secretary A.Agosto-Severa, D. Punday,K. Rowberg, P. Turbek

GUESTS : L. Osika, L. Feldman, Chronicle reporter

I. Call to Order.

Chair J. Hack called the Senate meeting to order at 3:35 pm.

II. Approval of the Agenda.

The Chair called for a motion to approve the revised agenda. Professor Lerner made a motion to approve the agenda. Seconded by Professor Longas Motion PASSED Agenda was approved as submitted.

III. Approval of the Minutes
The Chair called for the approval of the February 2, 2005 minutes. Motion to approve
the minutes was made by Professor Lerner. Seconded by Professor Gregory. Motion
PASSED. Minutes were approved as submitted.

IV. Chancellor’s Report

• The Chancellor’s presented photographs and floor plans of University Village. He encouraged faculty to use the University Village as a recruiting tool as March and April will begin the primary recruiting efforts for housing. The 396 bed unit facility will cost $399.00 per month. Residents will share a four bedroom/two bathroom suite which includes a kitchen and living room. There will be a full time director living on the property along with nine resident assistants. The no alcohol policy will be enforced on the property. The Purdue Calumet website has a frequently asked questions link for more information.

Vice Chancellor reports:

• Vice Chancellor Ibrahim reported the retirement of Barbara Synos and announced the hiring of Tania Sanders. He also announced the beginning efforts of the Distance Education and Extended Learning Department and requested the help of the faculty in working with Bela Bowley to assist in growing the programs.

• Dr. Ibrahim stated that a marketing plan for the Academic Learning center is now in place to create awareness for the fall 2005 semester. Graduate programs, certificates and freshmen level courses will be offered at the Academic Learning Center.

• Vice Chancellor Bryant announced the re-structuring of the Student Services fee allocation committee. The re-structuring will allow for more student involvement, more diversity and more involvement from governance groups. Dr. Bryant encouraged faculty to discuss housing with students and commented that efforts have been made to have student programming and planning for both commuter and on-campus students.

IV. Report of the Chair of the Senate

• Chair Hack discussed some of the activities and committees she has participated in on behalf of the Senate. She helped the co-chairs of the Academic Learning Center committee, Michelle Grant and Henry Shein with the selection of the furnishings for the center. The worked to ensure the environment will be appropriate for learning for both students and faculty.

• Dr. Hack attended the PUC Alumni Awards ceremony where John Bobalik received an award and Skye Holman, our fall 2004 Commencement speaker was recognized.

• Chair Hack also represents the Senate on the Task force for Civility who is reviewing the code of conduct for students. There are fifteen members on the task force who are developing a draft document including changes such as extending the code of conduct to the entire campus rather than limiting it to behavior in the classroom only. They will also be discussing and reviewing the student’s perception on how they feel they are being treated on the campus. When completed, the information will be presented to students at PUC 101 and to faculty at the New Faculty Orientation.

• Leticia Herr presented a power point on enhancements and revisions made to the faculty senate website. Enhancements include, updated photographs, an updated listing of committees and user friendly navigational buttons. In addition each committee now has their own web page, the Center for Instructional Excellence is now linked to the Faculty Affairs website and the Council of Faculty Delegates has been added with most documents being searchable.

• Professor Conners reported for the University Senate at Purdue Lafayette. She reported that the convocation with President Jischke was the bulk of their conversation most of the information did not pertain to our campus. She noted that the research faculty document passed.
  

V. Special Business of the Day

Report of the Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee
The following documents were approved by the Curriculum and Educational

Policy Committee. For Action

Professor Mura made a motion to approve the report. Professor Lerner seconded.

Report PASSED

Professor Choi presented Student Affairs-(SAS 04-01) Senate Doc 05-02 TurnItIn Student Integrity Resolution. Professor Lerner made a motion to approve. Y. Choi seconded.

PASSED

Professor Boiarsky commented that the committee did a lot of research before coming up with the resolution for joint appointments. Their research included looking at other schools that have joint appointments. The revised documents make the joint appointment more generic between departments and/or schools. The committee has been struggling with which school’s criteria a committee would follow when assessing a joint appointment. A suggestion was made to have subcommittee or task force address specific issues. Senator Boiarsky requested these documents be adopted for now in support of faculty already in joint assignments.

Professor Boiarsky made a motion to move Faculty Affairs- Senate Doc 05-03 Tenure Procedures for Joint Appointments Campus Wide to action. Professor Gregory seconded. PASSED

Professor Boiarsky presented and made a motion to move Faculty Affairs- Senate Doc 05-04 Promotion Procedures for Joint Appointments Campus Wide for action. Professor Darayseh seconded. Senate document 05-04 was moved for action. Professor Boiarsky motioned for approval of SD 05-04. Senator Rowan seconded. PASSED

Professor Boiarsky moved Faculty Affairs- Senate Doc 05-05 Resolution on Awards for Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Service Faculty Awards-to action. Seconded by Professor Darayseh. PASSED

Senator Stankowski made a motion to move Nominating- Senate Doc 05-06 Creation of Subordinate Committee on Student Academic Integrity for action. Seconded by Professor Lerner

PASSED

VI. Unfinished Business.

None

VII. Reports of the Committees.

Agenda Committee.
Professor Conners reported that the next Agenda committee meeting is March 24 ^th .

Academic Support Services Committee .
No report

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee.

Professor Tazbir presented the CEP report for approval at this meeting.

Faculty Affairs Committee.
Professor Boiarsky commented that the committee is researching the definition of faculty
who can vote on Senate matters.

Nominating Committee .

Professor Mojtahed – A new senate chair will be elected at the April meeting.

Student Affairs Committee.
Professor Choi reported that the committee is recommending that satisfaction surveys be distributed: one for faculty and one for students. They will report back to senate when they have something in writing. Also researching a textbook rental system for students.

Student Government.
E. Bottando reported that the application process has been opened for Student Government. She also encouraged faculty to identify student leaders in their classrooms and encourage them to apply. The application can be found at mystudentgov.com. Student government representatives are available to come in to the classrooms to talk with students regarding the importance of student government.

IX. Other New Business.
Status of Course Management Systems – L. Osika For Information

Liz Osika discussed the spreadsheet pertaining to the course management system that was

sent out with the agenda. 65% of our students are using the web for courses. Of these, 22% are enrolled in a complete distance learning course. She announced that Blackboard is going away at the end of the spring 2005 semester. The system will be available to faculty until the end of December in order to allow them time to get their information form the system. Training on VISTA has been taking place. Those instructors who have not yet participated in training are being contacted individually.

Report of the Way finding Committee – L. Feldman & E. Bottando

Professor Feldman presented a power point on the work that the way finding committee has been participating in. The committee has been actively developing a plan to assist first time visitors to our campus with navigating to and from parking lots and finding their way within buildings and between departments. The plan is expected to be completed before fall 2005 semester. Professor Feldman asked for feedback regarding the plan.

There will be a Demystifying Tenure and Promotion seminar on March 4 ^th in Alumni Hall.

10. Adjournment.
    The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Ms.Sandra Czekaj, Associate Registrar