Chairperson Dr. George Cronk called the meeting to order at 3:55 p.m.

I. REVIEW OF MINUTES: The Senate approved the November 13, 2001, Faculty Senate minutes as presented without objection.

II. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
A. Dr. Cronk reported that he had not yet received from all the Senators the form distributed at last month's meeting regarding the college's five-year plan and objectives. In this document Dr. Winn asks the senators to rank order six goals and return the form to Dr. Cronk.
B. At their December 4 meeting with the President, Academic Vice President, and Executive Vice President, the Officers of the Senate presented the concerns of the Senators regarding the three-year calendar. The Administration is reviewing the calendar in an effort to place any scheduled days that are different from the actual day of the week (for example, Thursday schedule on Wednesday) earlier in the semester rather than at the end of a semester. They will report to the Senate Officers soon.
C. The Administration informed the Officers about the student evaluations:
1. The evaluations must be used in all classes in one of the two semesters each year for all tenured faculty and in all classes in both semesters each year for all non-tenured faculty.
2. Evaluations are to be administered in all ALP, AIMS, and EBS classes, with the instructor explaining the form beforehand and discussing the questions afterwards in relation to difficulty in order to obtain feedback.
3. Students should be advised that they can choose to skip any questions that they do not care to answer.
4. ETS will process the evaluations and issue reports which are presented to the faculty member.
5. ETS will not return the forms, but in accordance with the faculty contract, faculty should hold onto the reports for seven years.
Professor Silverberg, who served as chair of the committee (created by President Winn) that selected the ETS form, offered that the committee recommended using the narrative form in addition to using the ETS form.
Questions were asked, and Dr. Cronk answered them: (1) Yes, we will have opportunity to react to the adequacy or inadequacy of the ETS form; (2) Yes, the College Administration is committed to a quantitative form (without excluding the use of a supplemental narrative form); and (3) Middle States does not require a quantitative form; that was a local administrative decision.

III. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Good and Welfare. Professor Helff reported that $500 was collected at the Holiday Get-Together Lunch for the Nick Anagnostakos scholarship fund and that $250 was collected for the Employee scholarship fund.

IV. OLD BUSINESS:
SR#20-01/02 Course Modification ART-259 Computer Graphics for the Web Developer
PASSED: 35-0-1

V. NEW BUSINESS
As a package:
SR#16-01/02 Curriculum Modification AAS.BT.WEB.MGT Web Development and Management
SR#17-01/02 Certificate Modification CERT.NET.WEB Networking and Web Development
SR#18-01/02 Curriculum Modification AAS.BT.INFO Information Technology
PASSED: 36-0-1

As a package:
SR#21-01/02 Course Deletion WEX-261 Biomechanics of Exercise
SR#22-01/02 Course Deletion WEX-284 Sports Medicine II - Theory & Practice
PASSED: 35-1-1

SR#30-01/02 Course Modification MAT-130 Contemporary Mathematics
PASSED: 37-2-1

SR#33-01/02 Curriculum Modification Legal Nurse Consultant Option
PASSED: 38-0-0

As a package:
SR#34-01/02 Curriculum Addition AA Option in Cinema Studies Concentration
SR#35-01/02 Course Addition CIN-1XX Special Topics in Cinema I
SR#36-01/02 Course Addition CIN-2XX Special Topics in Cinema II
SR#37-01/02 Course Modification ART-105 History of Animation
SR#38-01/02 Course Modification THR-140 Introduction to the Cinema
SR#39-01/02 Course Modification THR-240 The Classic Cinema
A vote was taken to call the question:
PASSED: 20-14-0

The package (34-39):
PASSED: 35-1-3

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Professor Marjorie Webster, Secretary