PRESENT: Senators, H. Abramowitz C. Barczyk, C. Boiarsky, J. Castro-Urioste, F. Colucci, , K. Corey, D. Detmer, T. Elmendorf, M. Fatthizadah, J. Johnson, B. Mania-Farnell, P. McGrath, N. Parashar, T. Pavkov (Sergeant at arms), J. Pena, L. Rittenmeyer, T. Roach, R. Stankowski, N. Tarfulea, J. Tazbir, E. Vockell, C. Winer (Presiding Officer), L. Zimmerman, Chancellor Cohen, Interim Vice Chancellor P. Gerard, Vice Chancellor J. Kaufman, Vice Chancellor M. Dalgarn, Vice Chancellor K. Johnston, Secretary A. Agosto-Severa,

ABSENT: S. Conners, J. Robinson Student Government,
J. Agrawal- West Lafayette Representative

GUESTS: S. Czekaj, R. Kovach, R. Rivers, G. DeFelice, A. Sakili, T. Gregory, R.

Kamali, B. Pellicciotti

I.               Call to Order.
         Chair Winer asked those Senators serving on various committees to take photos
         for updating the website.

The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:35 pm

II.               Approval of the Agenda.
          The chair called for motion to approve the Agenda. Professor Elmendorf moved
          to approve the Agenda. Seconded by Professor Rittenmeyer                        PASSED

III.               Approval of the Minutes for November 5, 2007 meeting
         Chair Winer called for a motion to approve the minutes of November 7, 2007
         meeting. Professor Barczyk moved to approve the minutes. Seconded by
         Professor Rittenmeyer.             Motion approved                                      PASSED

IV. Chancellor’s Report.

The Chancellor welcomed Dr. Peggy Gerard to the meeting. She will become the Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs effective January 1, 2008. The Search committee has met and the process is underway for Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Maureen Marthaler has been appointed Chair of the Search committee. Professor Jane Walker is serving as Acting Dean of the School of Nursing.

The Chancellor reported that he received a letter in November from the Higher Learning Commission for the recommendation on the re-affirmation of our accreditation through the Aqip process. The team of 20 peer reviewers who reviewed the documentation found no areas where we needed to be singled out for corrections. Steven Spangel, who directs the AQIP project stated in his letter that this is a new process for AQIP and applauded our efforts as one of the pioneer institutions going through this new process and the wonderful work in continuous improvement we are doing at Purdue Calumet.

The Strategic Planning has been meeting and is in the process of preparing a draft document to be presented to the campus community by January, 2008. They will be seeking campus-wide input in early spring.

The Voluntary System of Accountability the National Organization of Land Grant Colleges and Universities and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities have developed a common format for presenting data about our institutions. Most of the measures are taken from IPEDS. This is meant to give people who are interested in making comparisons a common format. President Cordova has reported to ICHE that Purdue University will participate in this process. This project will be handled through our Institutional Research office This process will also include some type of standardized testing for assessing student learning outcomes.

Report of the Chair of the Senate
The chair reported that he has been meeting with University Forum and is also serving on the Strategic Planning committee which has a great deal of faculty representation.

Chair Winer also reported that there will be a Faculty Convocation meeting on February 1^st in Alumni Hall from 1-3pm.

V. Special Business of the Day
Report of the Curriculum Education Policy Committee Professor Rittenmeyer moved to

approved the report Seconded by Professor Elmendorf PASSED

Document Title

LSS 07-01 Change in course configuration ENGL 033

EDU 07-01 Change EDCI 499 to Pass/No Pass

EDU 07-02 Change EDCI 498 to Pass/No Pass

EDU 07-03 Change EDCI 497 to Pass/No Pass

EDU 07-04 Change EDCI 489 to Pass/No Pass

MGMT 07-03 Revision of requirements of BA in Business

Faculty Affairs Committee:

            Senate Document 07-20   Faculty certification of distance education courses   For Action
            Professor Elmendorf presented SD 07-20 and moved the document for approval.
            The motion was seconded by Professor Rittenmeyer.                            PASSED

Senate Document 07-23 Resolution on box checking for promotion documents For Discussion

Professor Elmendorf presented SD 07-23 which deals with President’s Form 36
regarding the University Promotion policy. The proposed resolution states that it

is inappropriate for promotion committees on our campus to judge candidates for

promotion on the basis of which box, if any, may be checked in item 6 on

President’s form 36; committees should instead consider candidates on the basis

            of the entire body of work presented in the application for promotion.
            Professor Elmendorf reported that the Senate direct the committees to not
            just simply look at boxes checked on a cover sheet but rather look at the entire
            work being submitted for promotion.
            West Lafayette report: The Chair announced that there is no report on the West
             Lafayette senate

            Professor Boiarsky reported that the faculty lunchroom will be up and running
            when school resumes in the Spring. The Chancellor will be providing free coffee
            during the opening. The location will be partitioned off and not be available on

Wednesday because this conflicts with the RHIT luncheons. The Chair asked

that the group have a sign in book to help keep track of the usage of the room.

I. Unfinished Business.

None

II.               Reports of the Committees.
         Agenda Committee                                                       L. Rittenmeyer
         Agenda committee met and developed today’s agenda.

Academic Support Services Committee S. Conners
No report.

Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee L. Rittenmeyer
The chair reported that the committee met and prepared the curriculum report presented at this meeting. She also reported on the two sub-committees reporting to the CEP. They are General Education assessment and Experiential Learning. Professor Tazbir reported that both instructions and forms can be completed online for EXL classes. There will be EXL grants provided to faculty who are interested in developing courses the deadline is February 15^th. The posting date deadlines are on the website.
The Chair reported on the work of the General Education Assessment Committee. She met with Beth Pellicciotti and Becky Stankowski to review the background of general education assessment as it relates to AQIP. The committee has identified two guidelines which include definition of the criteria which will be used to certify courses. They are benchmarking University of Wisconsin-Stout. The second group will be developing the process for certifying or conducting assessment they are working on University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Faculty Affairs Committee A. Elmendorf
Professor Elmendorf reported that the committee met to discuss the Provost’s revisions to the Promotions and Tenure documents.

Nominating Committee C. Barczyk
The nominating met to discuss the further population of the Grievance committee. They will be soliciting participation through the end of the academic year. Next semester the committee will be sending out the Committee Preference survey.

Student Affairs Committee T. Roach
Professor Roach called on H. Abramowitz to report on the policy which allows for student access to buildings which includes offices and labs after hours. There is now a policy in place.

Student Government J. Robinson
No report

III. Other New Business

IV. Adjournment meeting adjourned 4:55 p.m.-

Respectfully submitted: Anne Agosto-Severa, Secretary to the Senate