Minutes

of

the Purdue University Calumet

Senate Meeting

of December 1, 2004

SFLC 321 - 3rd Floor

PRESENT: Senators J. Agrawal, C. Boiarsky, Y. Choi, J. Coffey, S. Conners, M. Dakich,
        M.Darayseh, M.Didelot, D. Gray, A.Gregory, J. Hack ((Presiding Officer),
        L. Hollingsworth, N. Jackson, S. Lerner, M. Longas, M. Marthaler, A. Mitra,
        L. Mura, M.O'Toole, , D. Punday, A. Russell, R. Stankowski, J. Tazbir,
        Chancellor Cohen, Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs N. Ibrahim, Vice Chancellor
        for Student Services L. Bryant, Vice Chancellor Advancement J.Kaufman,
        Parliamentarian F. Colucci, Student  Government E. Bottando, and Secretary
       A.Agosto-Severa.

ABSENT:  M. Mojtahed, K. Rowberg, P. Turbek

GUESTS:  B. Pellicciotti, L. Osika, M. Davis, D. Sharp, D. Korchek, R. Biddings,
                  Chronicle reporter

I.          Call to Order.

Chair J. Hack called the Senate meeting to order at 3:40 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 Mura.   Professor Conners reported that her committee wishes to move the Calendar template and documents for action at today's meeting.   Motion PASSED Agenda was approved as submitted.

III.       Approval of the Minutes
            The Chair called for the approval of the November 3, 2004 minutes.  Motion to approve
             the minutes was made by Professor Lerner.  Seconded by Professor Conners.  Motion
            PASSED.   Minutes were approved.
 

IV.       Chancellor's Report 

·        Vice Chancellor Bryant reported on the death of a Purdue Calumet student Diane Huntington.

·        Dr. Bryant also reported that SFLC 100 space is being renovated to enhance the student experience on campus.  Many spaces around campus are being upgraded to provide conversation and lounge areas for students.

·        Vice Chancellor Judith Kaufman was introduced by the Chair.

IV.       Report of the Chair of the Senate

·       Chair Hack reported that this was the last meeting of the fall semester.

·       The Chair also reported that the Agenda committee agreed to send out an invitation to key administrative staff to participate in the Senate meetings as resource.  Those invited include, B. Pellicciotti, R. Kovach, M. Kull, D. Sharp, R. Riddering, S. Howard, R. Biddings, H. Shein, and J. Kaufman

·       Professor Hack met with the Chancellor to discuss posting the Promotion and Tenure documents on the website.

·       The Chair attended the Board of Trustees meeting at Lafayette.  The agenda included a report on the resolution on Compensation & Benefits, renaming of several schools to Colleges and President Jishke's report on enrollment and progress the strategic plan.

·       Professor Hack commented on the problems with civility in the classroom and the growing concern expressed from Sarah Howard, Asst. Dean of Students on student conduct in the classroom.

·       Senator Conners reported on the Lafayette senate meeting.  The document for the creation of the non-tenure track research professor has been tabled. They also discussed the document on Vincennes University being granted permission by the commission to grant bachelor degrees.  Other Community Colleges may be
seeking commission approval.

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 Longas seconded.

MGMT 04-01

Revision of a degree, Associate of Business program

MGMT 04-05

Revision of a degree, BA Business program

MGMT 04-06

Change in pre-req, Mgmt 311 Management Information systems

MGMT 04-07

Change in pre-req, Mgmt 404 Tax Accounting

TECH 04-34

Revision course number  and title , OLS 363 Systems of self management

TECH 04-35

Revision in pre-req , OLS 485 Leadership for Team development

TECH 04-36

Revision in pre-req, OLS 486 Management of Change

TECH 04-37

New course, OLS 340 Fundamentals of Construction Safety

TECH 04-42

Revision in pre-req CIS 140 Introduction to Networking

TECH 04-43

Revision pre-req and course description , CIS 241 Web development

TECH 04-44

Revision pre-req CIS 286 Computer Operating systems

TECH 04-45

New option, Computer Information systems & Information technology Bachelor of Science degree

LSS 04-02

New course, BHS 3xx, Teaching very young children with special needs

LSS 04-03

New course, BHS 2xx CDA Portfolio and Experience

LSS 04-04

New course,  BHS 4xx Supervised experience in Early Childhood Programs

A motion to approve the report was made by Professor Mura.  Seconded by Professor Lerner

                                                                                                  Report PASSED

Faculty Affairs Senate Document 04-02 (Evaluation software)             For Action
 Professor Boiarsky presented the document discussed at last month's senate meeting. The document edited to reflect E-campus not E-listen which is more affordable. This cost will be $40,000 for a lifetime license.
Professor Mura made a motion to approve the document as amended.  Professor Lerner seconded.  Motion passed- Document Approved.

Faculty Affairs Senate Document 04-03 (Resolve CORE)                    For Action
 Professor Boiarsky introduced this document.  Professor Mura made a motion to amend the document to eliminate the wording "student assessment" to read "a core set of items for course, teaching, and/or learning evaluation will be determined by each department and administered via an electronic software program such as E-Campus.  Professor Lerner seconded.  Document Approved.

Academic Support Services Senate Document 04-05 (Academic Calendar)
Professor Conners moved the document for action.  This calendar adds the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as a break.  Professor Lerner seconded.   For Action
Document Approved

Academic Support Services Senate Document 04-06 (Calendar Template)
Senator Conners moved the document for action.  Professor Lerner seconded
Document Approved                                                                       For Action

Note that the start date of the document is 2006 not 2005.
 Academic Support Services Proposed Academic Calendar (Calendar Template) (2006-07 through 2010-11)  
                                                                                                        For Discussion

Faculty Affairs Senate Document 04-07(Chancellor Report)         For Discussion
The Senate recommends that the Purdue Calumet will report to the PUC senate.  The Chancellor agreed to report on salaries.  He commented that salary comparisons are made against benchmark groups and that we have made some progress in some areas such as graduation and retention rates, but not salaries.

Status Report on Vista & WEB-CT - L. Osika & M. Davis       For Information
Liz Osika provided a status update on WebCT Vista. She reported that the goals for  VISTA are 1) to provide a stable and responsive system, 2) develop a process to get faculty up and running quickly, and 3) provide necessary support systems to faculty and systems.  Her team is continuing to solidify strategic partnerships between WebCt, West Lafayette, and PUC.

VI.       Unfinished Business.

VII.     Reports of the Committees.


Agenda Committee.
 Professor Conners reported that the committee met and prepared today's agenda.


Academic Support Services Committee.
Professor Conners congratulated the committee for development of the calendar.

Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee.
 Professor Tazbir no report.
  

Faculty Affairs Committee.
Professor Boiarsky reported that all documents were prepared by the committee and

Presented at today's meeting.  The documents on Promotion/Tenure and Joint
appointments will be presented at the February meeting.

Nominating Committee.
Professor Mojtahed not present- no report.
 

Student Affairs Committee.
 Professor Choi no report.

Student Government.
 Eve Bottando to submit electronic report.

IX.       Other New Business.
            The Chair returned to the beginning of the report to the Chancellor's report.

·        The Chancellor reported on the Business plan competition, there were over 90 submitted initially.  The top five were presented and 3 were selected.  The top winners were Safe Risk, Access Recovery, and Hogan consulting - computing consulting. We partnered with Purdue North Central.

·        The Technology Center is moving in and they have about eight companies.

·        The Water Institute has received an appropriation of about one million dollars and approximately three million for High Speed computing grant.

·        SLT considering Outlook Exchange as the email to replacement for Groupwise.

·        Professor Ibrahim reported that wireless communication system is in place in the Library building and a test site for the campus wide wireless technology.  He encouraged faculty to participate in the business plans, also as a part of the grant will be to help place students in internships with companies.  This year we have placed 20 students in internships and paid by the Lilly grant. The Water institute is an inter-disciplinary initiative and there is room for participation across all schools to develop it to become the economic arm of Northwest Indiana

·        The High Speed Computing grant we partnered with Notre Dame, and Purdue Lafayette.  This initiative is the development of a virtual technology center similar to the technology used by IMAX theatres.
           

X.        Adjournment.
 The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.