FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
Dr. George Cronk, Chair of the Senate,
called the meeting to order at
I.
REVIEW OF MINUTES:
The October 14, 2003, Faculty Senate Minutes were approved without
objection.
II.
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT:
A.
Dr. Cronk reported that at the October 28 Senate
Officers’ Executive meeting with the President the following items were
discussed:
1. The Faculty
General Conference scheduled for Wednesday, January 14, 2004, will meet on Tuesday,
January 13, 2004. The adjunct faculty
conference will meet on Tuesday evening, January 13, 2004. The Senators accepted this without objection.
2. A
college-wide textbook policy is being formulated by the College Administration,
with input from the Senate Executive Committee, and will eventually come to the
Senate.
III.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A.
Constitution Committee: The Constitution Committee will present a
draft of the newly-revised Faculty Constitution at the December meeting
B.
A request was made for the Academic Standing
Committee to come up with a written policy to be published in the catalog
addressing the College’s Withdrawal policy.
This should state that students who withdraw are not allowed to attend
the classes from which they have withdrawn.
Past practice in some departments (e.g., Mathematics) has been to permit
students who have withdrawn without refund of fees to continue to attend class
in preparation for retaking the course in a succeeding semester. A suggestion was made that the date of the last
day to Audit be the same as the last day to Withdraw.
C.
Good and Welfare.
Professor Helff thanked those who have contributed and invited others to
do the same.
IV.
OLD BUSINESS:
None.
V.
NEW BUSINESS:
SR#39-03/04 Course Modification CIS-158 Introduction to Computer Science
PASSED: 41 – 0 - 4
SR#43-03/04 Course Addition GEO-1XX Human Geography
PASSED: 42 – 0 – 0
SR#45-03/04 Course Addition ART-2XX Digital Photography
PASSED: 41 – 0 - 0
SR#46-03/04 Course Modifications LAN-2XX World Language Conversation Courses
Motion was passed
to table this because no one from the Department of World Languages and Cultures
was there to represent this resolution.
PASSED: 39 – 1 - 2
Copies of the Administration’s proposed
new scheduling grid and guidelines were included in the Agenda packet. A lengthy discussion concerning these took
place, and pros and cons for the new concept were offered. Various potential problems—especially of
complying with the operational guidelines accompanying the scheduling grid—were
aired and discussed. One member of the
committee that worked on the grid and guidelines, Professor Sandi Silverberg,
answered many questions that were raised.
The meeting
was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Secretary
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