FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
Dr. George Cronk, Chair of the Senate,
called the meeting to order at
I.
REVIEW OF MINUTES: The February 17, 2004, Faculty Senate
Minutes were approved without objection.
II.
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT: At the
March 16 meeting of the Senate Officers with Dr. Winn, Executive VP Laughlin,
and Academic VP Levinson the following were discussed:
A.
Calendar
1.
There are problems with the fall schedules in the
years of 2004, 2005, and 2006, which are yet to be worked out.
2. On April 13 Department meetings are scheduled (re-scheduled from April 6, the first day of Passover). April 13 is the last day of Passover, so that creates a problem for a few of the faculty. Dr. Cronk referred to an e-mail which he recently sent:
a)
The elections must be held on April 13.
b)
If, in any given department or sub-departmental
discipline group, there are objections to the April 13 date based upon
religious grounds, then that department or discipline group must arrange
to hold a special election for the purpose of electing its departmental or disciplinary senators
on another date and time, to be determined by the department or discipline
group.
c)
Any such special election must be conducted at such
time (e.g., on Tuesday April 20, 2:40-3:35 PM) that will allow the results
thereof to be known before the upcoming General Faculty Conference, which
will take place on Tuesday, April 27, and at which senators at large will be
elected.
d)
If some members of the Nominations and Elections
Committee cannot be available for the April 13 elections, then the Chair of
said Committee shall designate other Committee members and/or, if necessary,
non-Committee members to administer said elections.
Since we are a secular institution, the
Executive Committee and the Administration are looking toward eliminating some
of the religious holidays that, in particular, play havoc with the spring and
fall calendars.
B.
Middle States:
Dr. Peter Dlugos asked Senators to consider working on Middle States
Study Groups and to encourage members of their constituencies to do so as well.
He distributed a form on which Senators and others could sign up for Self-Study
work.
III.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Robyn Monaco, a student government
council member, spoke on behalf of students with disabilities. As an advocate
for this group of students, she urged Senators to be aware of special needs
students.
IV.
OLD BUSINESS: None.
V.
NEW BUSINESS:
Proposal to Change the Grading Scale
A motion was made to table.
PASSED: Majority voice
vote.
SR#68-03/04 Course Modifi. ACC-462 Co-Op Work Experience - Accounting
PASSED: 39 - 1 - 2
As a package:
SR#69-03/04 Course Deletion ACC-209 Integrated Accounting on Microcomputers
SR#70-03/04 Course Addition ACC-2XX Peachtree Accounting/Excel Applications
SR#71-03/04 Curric. Modif. AAS.BUS.ACCT Accounting
PASSED: 38 - 0 - 3
SR#72-03/04 Curriculum Modif. AAS.AH.MLT Medical Laboratory Technology
A motion was made to postpone (no one
was present to speak to questions).
PASSED:
32 - 6 - 8
The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary
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