MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FACULTY SENATE
June 9, 2005
PRESENT: I. Benz, C. Boettrich, S. Cable, S. Callan, B. Connell, D. Cox (President), K. Doyle,
S. El Rayess, S. Fess, S. Forsyth, T. Gilbert, R. Hamell, A. Hughes, N. Karolinski, A. Leopard,
M. Marino, J. McKenna, D. Mueller, S. Murphy, J. Nelson, S. Ruckert, D. Shaw, J. Smith,
B. Smithgall, E Stewart, M. Timmons, V. Toth, T. Tugel (Secretary), H. Wheeler, W. Willard,
H. Wynn-Preische
ABSENT: P. Bishop, F. Burger, L. Chrzan-Williams (Vice-President), T. Digiacomo, J. Ekis,
E. Grissing, K. Humphrey, P. Keyes, D. Leach, J. McCauley, N. Murage, M. Pastorella,
P. Peterson, M. Rizzo, J. Thompson, P. Wakem
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: O. Arthur
GUESTS: J. Alas, D. Cecero, K. Collins, M. Fugate, D. Smith
Meeting called to order: 3:40 pm
2. Announcements: D. Cox
D. Cox thanked the Faculty Senate for all their help during her two years as President. She
passed the gavel to Terri Tugel, incoming President and welcomed Vice President
Sue Cable and Secretary Holly Wheeler.
3. Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the May 19, 2005 meeting were approved.
4. Standing Committee Reports
Academic Policies – B. Connell
The committee has approved new guidelines for Mathematics Placement Testing previously approved by the Placement Testing Committee.
Curriculum: H. Wheeler
The Curriculum Committee has given final approval to the following proposals:
NC32S TEK 200 Laboratory Data Preparation and Analysis with MathCad
CR 73S HED 118: Introduction to Safety
CR68S ART 271 Twentieth Century Art and Ideas
CR79S CIS 201 Web Site Programming and Design
CR80S CIT 101 Surveying
CR81S CPT 115 Introduction to Networks
CR83S CIT 112 Civil/Construction Drawing II
CR84S CIT 122 Construction I” Elements of Building Construction
CR85S CIT 204 Strength of Materials
CR86S MET 203 Technical Mechanics, Statics
CD10S CPT 203: Embedded Microcontroller Programming and I/O
PR21S Computer Information Systems AAS
PD 2 Instrumentation Technology
The following proposals are posted for faculty review:
CD11S NUR 071 Fundamentals of Nursing Review
CD12S NUR 072 Preparation for NUR 112
CD13S NUR 073 Maternal Child Nursing Review
CD14S ELT 141 Telecommunication Electronics
CD15S ELT 140 Telecommunication Electricity
CD16S TLC 112 Fiber Optic Measurements
CD17S TLC 202 Telecommunications IV
CD18S TLC 201 Telecommunications III
CR87S TLC 101 Telecommunications I
CR88S TLC 111 Fiber Installation and Maintenance
CR89S TLC 102 Telecommunications II
PR22S Telecommunications Services Technology
This year the committee has reviewed 145 curriculum proposals, approving 101 to date. The
committee has worked with the Curriculum Office to update the curriculum database,
including the addition of a spell-checker, and welcomes suggestions from the faculty.
NEG – S. Cable
The vote on the proposed amendments to Faculty Senate bylaws has been concluded. All proposals passed with the exception of extending voting membership to technical assistants, which was defeated by seven votes. If approved by the Board of Trustees in August the amended bylaws will be implemented in September.
Planning: D. Mueller
No report.
Professional Development: A. Hughes
Seventy-six people have registered for the June 14th Professional Development workshop “From Havoc to Harvard: Relating to students of the 21st century”. Registrations are still being accepted.
SCAA - D. Cox:
The searches for Director of Institutional Research and Director of Campus Center have been completed and recommendations forwarded to the administration. The search for Dean of Technical Education will be continuing though the summer. J. McCauley will make sure faculty receive communications regarding any scheduled open hearings.
D. Cox thanked all the committees and chairs for their work this year.
7. Old Business
Senators were asked to prioritize the list issues raised by faculty during the May meeting or since sent to the Executive Committee:
A. Academic Honesty
· honor code
· consistent and universal definition of plagiarism
· universal consequences
· some permanence on transcript
· students who are failing a class because of plagiarism can withdraw without penalty
· to facilitate common campus wide understanding of forms of plagiarism and proper discipline-specific documentation, the Faculty Senate should support upgrading and revising The New Guide to Writing Research Papers
B. Book Store Issues
· order number of books by number of students in class
· pressure to not bundle books with special ISBN
· buy back during and before final exams
C. Withdrawal policy
· too liberal
· one time withdrawal “rule” after the deadline is not in APC resolutions
D. Quality of Classrooms
· technology constantly breaking down
· shabby looking classrooms
· broken chairs and desks
· overcrowded classrooms
· not enough desks
E. Re-examine status of dual credit in light of some four-year colleges not accepting it as transfer credit
F. Hold open hearings on various topics
· model academic discussions/passion for newer faculty
· possible topics: Do we have a vision as a whole for curriculum? Where are we headed? What role do faculty members play?
G. Permanent Academic Bill of Rights Committee
H. Recognize the proliferation and nature of a liberal arts education to raise aawareness across the disciplines
I. Academic Calendar
· change to mirror four year institutions
· eliminate February and April breaks and add a March break
· finish earlier in May
· close college on Jewish holidays
J. Food Service for DCC
H. Move the concern/issue sharing part of All College Meeting before the actual Senate business
Stasia Callan, Mary Timmons and Mary DiSano addressed the Faculty Senate about The New Guide to Writing Research Papers, published by MCC and requested the Senate support their initiative to upgrade and revise the current document.
8. New Business
There was no new business.
Meeting adjourned at 4:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Cox Terri Tugel
President Secretary
Minutes approved at the September 22, 2005 Faculty Senate meeting.
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