PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET
UNIVERSITY
SENATE MEETING
02-April-2008
Draft
3:30-5:00pm,
Student Union & Library 321
ABSENT: Chancellor Cohen, N. Parashar, D. Rinke, Vice Chancellor M. Dalgarn,
J. Robinson
GUESTS: A. Mitra, K. Tobin, R. Rivers,
R. Kovach
I. Call to Order.
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 Rinke
moved
to approve the agenda. Seconded by Professor Green. PASSED
III. Approval
of the Minutes for March 5, 2008 meeting
Chair Winer called for a motion
to approve the minutes of March 5, 2008
meeting. Professor Elmendorf requested minor
corrections which he will
communicate to the secretary.
Professor Elmendorf moved for approval of the
minutes. Seconded by Professor Vockell. PASSED
with pending corrections
IV. Chancellor’s Report.
The Chair announced that
Chancellor Cohen was in Washington and asked Interim Vice Chancellor Dr. Gerard
to present a brief report to the senate. Dr Gerard reported that there will be
official notification regarding the faculty market adjustments. In the last
strategic plan for 2001 goals were identified for faculty and staff
excellence. The goal was to address the
faculty salaries to be more competitive with peer institutions. About a year ago a committee was appointed by
Dr. Ibrahim to conduct a salary benchmark study on faculty salaries. The committee concluded their work in the
summer of 2007. The report was then presented
to the Vice Chancellor’s office. Senior Leadership team also reviewed the
committee’s findings. The Deans were
then given the charge of looking at a systematic way of applying the
adjustments. This increase will allocate
a total market adjustment of over $500,000 and these adjustments will bring
Purdue Calumet will be 100.3 percent above the national median. The proposed adjustments will impact
approximately111 out of 221 Tenure or Tenure track faculty.
Professor Kozel asked Dr. Gerard about the rationale for the summer
course offerings and reduced instructional budget. Dr. Gerard reported that Academic Affairs did
not have the budget to offer that same course schedules as in past years. The Deans were instructed to work with their
department heads to try and achieve some economies of scale and try and reduce
instructional costs and still provide the service to students. She encouraged the Deans to review those
courses with low enrollments or that could be offered as combined sections.
Report of the
Chair of the Senate
The chair reported that the constitution that was approved last year and has
been at Lafayette both in Provost and Attorney.
They have recommended some changes.
Now it is forwarded to the Agenda committee for discussion. This will be completed before next month’s
senate meeting. The goal is to have a
constitution approved for the 2008-09 academic year.
Several faculty members
attended the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) Faculty conference
in Indianapolis. Professor Parashar and
Green also attended the meeting.
Professor Tobin led the meeting and there will be a follow up meeting
later in April. The agenda for ICHE
includes; college completion rates, taking the community college to the next level,
embracing accountability, and making Indiana University and Purdue University the
best research universities in the Midwest.
Chair Winer recognized Sarah Howard, Assistant Vice
Chancellor in Student Affairs and Dean of Students. Sarah shared information on how to handle at
risk students. The Students in Crisis
Prevention and Intervention team comes up with a plan to help students develop
a plan to stay connected and persist to graduation. Sarah provided a helpful booklet, developed
by the committee, which will help everyone with referring students who may be
distressed, disturbed or dysregulated.
V. Special
Business of the Day
The Chair changed the order
of the Agenda and asked Professor Kozel to lead, on
behalf of
the Nominating Committee, the
election of the Senate Chair. Professor
Winer asked the two
candidates to briefly address
the Senate. Professor Elemendorf and Rittenmeyer presented
brief comments regarding their
candidacy. Professor Kozel
distributed the ballots for voting.
The votes were counted and will be reported later in the meeting.
Report of the Curriculum Education Policy Committee.
Professor Rittenmeyer moved for
approval of the report. Seconded by Professor Elmendorf. PASSED
Document Title
MGMT-
CC 08-05 New option Equine Management
MGMT-
CC 08-07 New Course EQU 450 Horse Show Project
Management
MGMT-CC 09-08 New
Course EQU 320 Equine Taxation
MGMT-CC
09-09 New Course EQU 400 Equine
Legal Issues
MGMT CC 09-10 New Certificate in Equine Management
MGMT-CC
08-12 New Course EQU 420 Horse
Racing and Gaming
MGMT-CC 08-13 New Course EQU 330 Equine Sport Facility
Management
MGMT-CC 08-14 New Course EQU 370 equine International
Sales and Marketing
MGMT-CC 08-16 New Course Internship for Equine
Management Program
MGMT-CC 08-17 New Course EQU 200 Software for Equine
Management
MGMT-CC 08-18 New Course EQU 100 Introduction to Equine
Management
MGMT-CC 08-19 New Course EQU 220 Global Perspective of
Equine Industry
MGMT-CC 08-21 New Course EQU 350 Equine Operations
MGMT-CC -8-21 New Course EQU 340 Equine Ethics
EMS -08-05 Change in Course Title,
Pre-requisite and description
EMS 08-09 New Course BIOL 488 Biological
Science Internship
EMS 08-10 New Course BIOL 489 biological
Science Research
EMS 08-11 Change in course pattern NRES
202
EMS 08-14 New Course designation for an
existing course CHM 131
Changed to SCI XXX
EMS 08-15 Add ANSC 101
Animal Agriculture. From another campus
LSS 07-36 Change in prerequisite for
COM 429
Approved
Experiential Learning Documents
Document
Number Course
MGMT 08-16 EQU 300
MGMT 08-07 EQU 450
EMS 08-09 BIOL 488
EMS 08-10 BIOL 489
TEC 08-05 CGT 256
LSS -07-26 FR 201
LSS 07-27 FR 202
LSS07-28 FR 261
LSS -07-29 FR 461
LSS 07-30 FR 490
LSS 07-31 FR 515
TEC 08-02 MET/IET/MFET 495
TEC 08-01 MET 461
EMS 08-12 NRES 491
LSS-07-32 SPAN 201
LSS 07-33 SPAN 202
MGMT 08-23 CIS 400
TEC 08-23 CGT 141
TEC 08-04 CGT 216
TE 08-06 CGT 309
TEC 08-07 CGT 411
TEC 08-08 CGT 416
LSS 07-34 SPAN 451
LSS 07-35 SPAN 481
Senate Document 08-02 Curriculum and Ed Policy Committee General
Education
Approval Process For Discussion
Professor Rittenmeyer
presented this document for discussion.
Professor Green reviewed
the process and reported that
the approach will be similar to the experiential learning
course approval process. The
document will be presented to Senate at the May meeting for
action.
Senate Document 08-03 Curriculum and Ed Policy Committee General
Education
Assessment Process
For Discussion
Professor Rittenmeyer
presented this document for discussion.
Faculty Affairs Committee – Professor Elmendorf
Senate Document 06-06 (2nd Revision) Faculty Affairs Committee
Revisions to Promotion
Procedures For Action
Professor Elmendorf
presented this document for action. Seconded by Professor Rittenmeyer.
PASSED
Nominating Committee – Professor Barczyk
Senate Document 08-04 Nominating Committee Subordinate committees for
2008-09
Professor Kozel reported that the Nominating committee met and
completed the
assignments and a document
will be coming forward at next month’s meeting
For Discussion
Election of Senate chair for 2008/2009 Nominating Committee For Action
Presentation of Professor Rittenmeyer as the Chair
of Senate for 2008-09.
VI. Unfinished Business.
None
VII. Reports of the Committees.
Agenda Committee L. Rittenmeyer
Agenda committee met and
developed today’s agenda. The Agenda
will be
reviewing and finalizing the
Constitution.
Academic Support Services Committee L.
Green
Professor Green reported that reviewed the academic calendar through 2010 and
the dates fall within the guidelines.
The committee will be reviewing the proposed merger with the Library and
CTIS.
Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee L. Rittenmeyer
Professor Rittenmeyer reported that there will be additional documents coming
forward from the General Education assessment sub-committee and Experiential
Learning at next month’s senate meeting.
There will also be a recommendation that the previous chairs of those
committees remain in those positions for the upcoming year.
Faculty Affairs Committee A.
Elmendorf
Professor Elmendorf reported that the Committee reviewed the faculty grievance
survey.
Nominating Committee C.
Barczyk
Professor Kozel conducted the election of the Chair
of the Senate and reported that Professor Barczyk has sent out the ballots for
the at-large representatives.
Student Affairs Committee T.
Roach
No Report
Student Government J.
Robinson
Not present, no report
VIII. Other New Business
The Chair reported that this
month’s Board of Trustees meeting will include, the
Budget
Adjournment meeting adjourned 4:45 p.m.-
Respectfully
submitted: Anne Agosto-Severa,
Secretary to the Senate