UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE

UNIVERSITY SENATE MEETING

VOL. 45, NO. 1

 

September 9, 2008

 

 

Members Present:

Julie Aminpour, Robin Baker, Ned Beach, Lori Bica, Jennifer Brockpahler, Michael Carney, Barbara Davis, Patrick Day, Margaret Devine, Chip Eckardt,  Jeff Erger, Douglas Faulkner, Martha Fay, Lyle Ford, Mitchell Freymiller, Andrea Gapko, Kirby Harless, Susan Harrison, Thomas Hilton, Ann Hoffman, Robert Hollon, Rosemary Jadack, Jeffrey Janot, Debra Jansen, Andrew Jepsen, Dale Johnson, Lia Johnson, Fred Kolb, Carol Koroghlanian, Heather Kretz, Brian Levin-Stankevich, Barbara Lozar, Brian Mahoney, John Mann, Sean McAleer, Mike Morrison, Jill Olm, Jill Pastrana, Geoffrey Peterson, Rick Richmond, Mitra Sadeghpour, Sherrie Serros, Nick Smiar, Lori Snyder, David Sommers, Linda Spaeth, Marie Stadler, Todd Stephens, Jan Stirm, Charles Tomkovick, Sharon Westphal, Marty Wood, Deborah Wright, Rebecca Wurzer

 

 

 

Members Absent:

Janice Bogstad, Jacqueline Bonneville, Larry Honl, Robert Hooper, Karl Markgraf, Mehdi Sheikholeslami, Jeanne Skoug, Steve Tallant, Charles Vue

 

Guests:

Mary Jane Brukardt, Donald Christian, Stephanie Jamelske, Andrew Phillips, Gail Scukanec, Earl Shoemaker

 

 

 

The regular meeting of University Senate was called to order by Chair Wood at 3:06 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 in the Tamarack Room of Davies Center.

 

 

1. Without objection, 45^th Session of University Senate to be conducted using Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 2000 Edition, 10^th Edition, with following Order of Business adopted: Approval of Minutes; Chancellor’s Remarks; Unfinished Business and General Orders; New Business; Chair’s/Faculty Representative’s Report; Academic Staff Representative’s Report; Reportable Items from Committees; Special Reports; Special Orders; Miscellaneous Business of the Body; Announcements; Adjournment

 

• Without objection, Order of Business changed for current meeting to accommodate university and senate elections.

 

2. Recognition of New Senators

• Julie Aminpour, Continuing Education; Lori Bica, Psychology; Chip Eckardt, Learning & Technology Services; Douglas Faulkner, Geography & Anthropology; Martha Fay, Communication Journalism; Lyle Ford, Physics & Astronomy; Kirby Harless, Housing & Residence Life; Thomas Hilton, Information Systems; Andrew Jepsen, University Recreation; Carol Koroghlanian, Foundations of Education; John Mann, History; Jill Olm, Art & Design; Mitra Sadeghpour, Music & Theatre Arts; Lori Snyder, Geology; David Sommers, Counseling Services; Marie Stadler, Communication Sciences & Disorders; Todd Stephens, Special Education

3. Minutes of May 6, 2008 University Senate meeting approved as distributed

 

• Chancellor’s Remarks – Chancellor Levin-Stankevich
• Welcome back to the new academic year
• As a Chancellor you realize that you have to ask people to help
• Have done a lot of that over the last few months
• Asked people to step in upon Andy Soll’s departure
• Two searches have started
  • Vice Chancellor for Administration, Finance & Facilities
  • Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  • Should be in time to get advertisements into key publications during this key time period
• Many have stepped forward over the course of last semester and this summer
  • PEEQ, Equity Scorecard project, Planning Committee, Strategic Plan and others
  • Susan Turell stepped in for Dean of Undergraduate Studies
  • Marty Wood accepted Interim-provost
• A lot of things going on right now
• We will have to work through the transition
• More charrettes this year
• We have a new budget process we are transitioning to
• Process of making initial requests that are due in a very short period of time
• In addition, we are getting ready for our HLC visit next fall (next September)
• Will host Board of Regents meeting on this campus most likely on homecoming weekend in October next year
• Had great year in terms of enrollment
  • 8000 plus applications for freshman admission
  • Freshman profile is up again, in terms of academic capacity of our students
  • Admissions has done a great job
• Enrollment management is only as good as the last class then you start over with the first student again
• Last year was probably the biggest senior graduating class we’ve seen for most of our working careers
• It’s going to be more of a challenge as we need to adjust our message to meet the goals we’ve set in our strategic plan and to reflect the kind of students who are going to benefit from that
• All in all will be a very busy year
• As chancellor I will do a lot of asking people to help
• Need to communicate effectively
• Who knows what Madison will throw at us when the legislature kicks in or who knows what the economy will do or how local elections will result in terms of  our local representation
• Need to hear your concerns so attend charrettes
• Need help ensuring that we are doing a good job
• Consulted with APC and will continue to work with them
• Will make an extra effort to communicate formally and informally
• If this isn’t the result of shared governance,  then I don’t know what is
• This is the direction of the institution and is defining our future
• Big football game this Saturday against Whitewater so go and cheer on the Blugolds
• Look forward to working with you another year

 

 

5. Unfinished Business and General Orders

A.    University-wide Elections – Elections to fill vacancies on University Committees

1.     At-Large University Academic Staff Senator Election

• Nominees: Earl Shoemaker, Student Support Services; Ann Rupnow, Continuing Education; Jennifer Lee, Student Affairs
• No additional nominations from floor

           

     Elected as At-Large University Academic Staff Senator: Jennifer Lee

 

B.    University Senate Elections – Elections for University Senate Committees   
        1.             Executive Committee Election

• Faculty Nominees: Jan Stirm, English; John Mann, History; Jeff Janot, Kinesiology; Todd Stephens, Special Education; Susan Harrison, Mathematics; Mitchell Freymiller, Biology; Lia Johnson, Art & Design
• Academic Staff nominees: David Sommers, Counseling Services; Rick Richmond, LTS; Robin Baker, Athletics
• No additional nominations from floor
• Run-off tie between Lia Johnson and Jeffrey Janot

 

 

Elected to Executive Committee:

• Sue Harrison, Arts & Sciences replacement
• Todd Stephens, Education & Human Sciences replacement
• Mitch Freymiller, Biology; Jan Stirm, English; John Mann, History; Rick Richmond, Learning & Technology Services; Jeffrey Janot, Kinesiology;  for Any Area replacement

 

 

2.     Faculty Personnel Committee Election

• Nominees: Jill Pinkney-Pastrana, Foundations of Education; Sherrie Serros, Mathematics
• Nominations from the floor: Lia Johnson

 

MOTION by Senator Freymiller to suspend the rules to allow slate of nominees to stand as members on Faculty Personnel Committee seconded and PASSED without dissention.

 

 

Elected to Faculty Personnel Committee: Jill Pinkney-Pastrana (1 year term), Sherrie Serros (3 year term), and Lia Johnson (1 year term)

 

 

3.     Academic Staff Personnel Committee Election

• Nominees: IAS Vacancy: Lori Snyder, Geology; APAS Vacancy:  Robin Baker, Athletics; Kirby Harless, Housing & Residence Life; Julie Aminpour, Continuing Education
• No additional nominations from floor

 

MOTION by Senator Freymiller to suspend the rules to allow Lori Snyder to stand as the Instructional Academic Staff member on the Academic Staff Personnel Committee seconded and PASSED without dissention.

 

 

Elected to Academic Staff Personnel Committee: Julie Aminpour

 

4.     Academic Policies Committee Election

• Nominees: Barbara Lozar, Psychology; John Mann, History; Thomas Hilton, Information Systems; Lyle Ford, Physics & Astronomy; Douglas Faulkner, Geography & Anthropology
• No additional nominations from floor

MOTION by Senator Erger to suspend the rules and vote for only three people in order to determine who would secure the 3 year term on the committee versus a 1 year term seconded and PASSED without dissention.

 

Elected to Academic Policies Committee: Barbara Lozar, 3 year term; Douglas Faulkner, 3 year term; Lyle Ford, 3 year term; John Mann, 1 year term; Thomas Hilton, 1 year term

 

5.     Compensation Committee Election

• Nominees: Fred Kolb, Economics;
• Additional nominations from the floor: Carol Koroghlanian, Foundations of Education; Barbara Davis, Nursing
• Fred Kolb withdrew his name due to a sufficient amount of nominees

 

 

Elected to Compensation Committee: Carol Koroghlanian

 

 

6.     Nominating Committee Election

• Nominees from University Faculty: Marie Stadler, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Carol Koroghlanian, Foundations of Education; Mitra Sadeghpour, Music & Theatre Arts
• Additional nominations from floor: Barbara Davis

 

Elected to Nominating Committee: Barbara Davis and Mitra Sadeghpour

 

 

• Nominees from University Academic Staff: Julie Aminpour, Continuing Education
• Additional nominations from floor: Jennifer Lee, Student Development and Diversity; Deborah Wright, Health Services

 

Elected to Nominating Committee: Deborah Wright and Jennifer Lee

 

• Nominations needed in order to fill One University Faculty or University Academic Staff vacancy on the Nominating Committee

 

 MOTION by Senator Harrison that all names that were nominated for the Nominating Committee that have not been elected be placed on the ballot for the ANY AREA University Faculty or University Academic Staff  vacancy on the Nominating Committee seconded and PASSED without dissention.

 

 

• Nominations determined from the above motion: Julie Aminpour, Continuing Education; Carol Koroghlanian, Foundations of Education; Marie Stadler, Communication Sciences & Disorders

 

Elected to Nominating Committee: Marie Stadler

 

 

7.     Faculty Representative to UW System

• Beginning in 2009-2011
• Nominees: Marty Wood

 

MOTION by Senator Harrison to close nominations seconded and passed without dissention.

 

 

Elected as Faculty Representative to UW System: Marty Wood

 

 

8.     Academic Staff Representative to UW System

 

Without objection, nominations and election will be postponed until the next Senate meeting to determine who is able to run for the position

 

 

9.     Interim-Senate Chair and Faculty Representative to UW System

• Our by-laws state that the Vice-Chair is to take over in the absence of the chair
  • Vice-Chair Gapko is already on an overload
  • Would prefer to remain in the Vice-Chair position
• Urge nominating committee to recruit
• Come prepared to vote next time
• The sooner faculty could find out the better
• There will be an electronic ballot
• Short deadline
• Have the vote as soon as possible
• Faculty Representative is a 20% release
• Academic Staff Representative is a 20% release
• Chair has a 40% release
• Talk with your Chair to see if it can be done in addition to your duties as opposed to release time
• The sooner we find out the better as the semester has already started
• Would be useful if people would go to their chair
• Each position will be voted on separately
• Faculty Representative is to be voted on by just Senate Faculty
• Chair is to be voted on by all Senate faculty and academic staff
• Faculty Representative involves a Friday commitment
• There will be video hook-ups this year
• Less travel this year
• Thursday’s are needed for the Academic Staff  Representative meeting
• Bob Hollon nominated for Chair

 

MOTION by Senator Harrison that by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2008 all interested Interim-Chair and Faculty Representatives to UW System parties have their names to Secretary Kenney in order for her to prepare a ballot and voting to expire at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 seconded and PASSED without dissention.

 

 

6. New Business

• 3 committees had suspended elections
• One was the Budget Committee
  • Was judged to be not all that useful as a committee as they listened to what the budget was and what it was going to be and said alright then
• Chancellor charged a task force with a new kind of budget process
• There is now an opportunity for a newly envisioned Senate Budget Committee to play a more formidable role in creation of the University budget
• We will at least have a seat at the table
• Suggestion that we elect a Budget Committee and ask that committee to reconstitute itself and rewrite its operating procedure and figure out a way that it can work with the new budgeting process so faculty and academic staff have a significant role in the actual formation of budgets in the years to come
• Plan to hold elections 2 weeks from now
• Concern that the committee is faculty heavy
• May want to look at the make-up of the committee
• The structure doesn’t need to change as it did have representation
• To change structure would require constitutional change
• Budget Committee would be thinking of new ways to write that language and to look down the road to change the actual function and structure of the Budget Committee
• Budget task Force has been disbanded
• Have Nominating Committee bring forward names

 

 

7. Chair’s/Faculty Representative’s Report – Chair Wood

• My term as Senate Chair would have ended at the end of this academic year but last spring I was elected to a second term, which begins next fall
• The Chancellor asked me to serve as Interim-Provost for this year
• I will serve as your Chair again next fall
• My name is on the ballot for Faculty Representative to UW System as the position will not start until next fall

 

 

8. Academic Staff Representative’s Report – Senator Brockpahler

• First meeting is September 18, 2008 and will be in Madison

 

9. Miscellaneous Business

• None

 

10. Announcements

• Customary for elected members of committees to constitute a first meeting

 

11. Special Reports

A.) PEEQ

• Budget Item: Call for proposals went out
• Dean Scukanec reporting on behalf of Andy Phillips
• Opportunities coming forward at charrettes
• Can get information about the gold arrow priorities that were presented at the Blugold Breakfast
• Get information about the new budgeting process and how to submit a proposal
• Get information about the Process for Evaluating and Enhancing Quality (PEEQ)
• Times and dates for the charrettes handed out
• Questions can get answered about budget proposal questions
• Opportunity to get information and provide input
• Will have a website available
• Criteria that will be out there will be in draft form
• Will be a busy year
• Trying to keep the size manageable but also want to include pertinent information
• Want participation
• Presentation will last 45 minutes
• No evening times available
• One set for the last Senate session of the month (September 30)

 

 

Without objection, meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

 

Submitted by,

 

Tanya Kenney

Secretary to the University Senate