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Faculty Senate November Minutes


MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FACULTY SENATE

November 13, 2003
PRESENT: G. Anderson, I. Benz, W. Brewer, D. Brown, F. Burger, S. Cable, S. Callan, L. Chrzan-Williams,
D. Cox (President), K. Doyle, K. Farrell, M. Filozof, C. Gilbert, E. Grissing, J. Kaufman, R. Kuempel, D. Leach, A. Leopard, M. Marino, J. McCauley, M. McKinzie, S. Ruckert, P. Sarantis, J. Smith, M. Timmons, T. Tugel (Secretary), H. Wheeler,
H. Wynn-Preische
ABSENT: T. Archie, P. Bishop, M. Bower, T. Digiacomo, J. Ekis, M. Harris, A. Hughes, K. Humphrey, T. Keys, E. Laidlaw, S. Murphy, M. Pastorella, P. Peterson, L. Silvers, E. Stewart, G. Toth, W. Willard
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES: C. O'Brien,
GUESTS: K. Canfield, D. Cecero, C. Cooper, B. Connolly, C. Fogal, J. Glocker, D. McConkey, E. Otero, J. Glocker, F. Rinehart

Meeting called to order at 3:40 p.m.

Announcements (D. Cox)
Due to weather concerns the meeting's agenda will be shortened. Dr. Salvador, scheduled to update faculty on
the residence halls and campus center, will be invited to address the Senate at December's meeting.

b. Joe McCauley has volunteered to serve as parliamentarian for the Senate meetings.

Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the October 16, 2003 meeting were approved as written.

Action Items:
H. Wheeler presented the following curriculum proposals for Senate approval:
PD 1(fall): Industrial Instrumentation Technology - AAS
PD 2(fall): Industrial Instrumentation Technology Certificate

Both proposals were approved.

Standing Committee Reports
Academic Policies
(no report)

Curriculum (H. Wheeler)
The committee has given final approval to the following curriculum proposals:
CR5(fall) ACC 102: Accounting Principles II
CR6(fall) HUM 101: Introduction to Human Services
CD5 COM 201: Graphic Arts II
NC5(fall) IDE 260: CAD for Interiors II

Proposals for HUM 160 (Contemporary Urban Issues), CE 263 (Coop Ed - Interior Design) and PR2 (fall) (Health Career Studies) are posted for faculty review.

Senators will be asked to vote on revised guidelines for Program Assessment, originally approved by the Faculty Senate in December 2001. These revisions, approved by the Faculty Senate's Curriculum and Executive Committees, do not change the original intent of the previously approved document, but serve to clarify the processes it outlines. Senators will receive an electronic copy of the proposed revisions and are asked to share the document with their constituents. Stuart Blacklaw and Francis Dearing will attend December's meeting to answer questions or address concerns faculty may have.
NEG (S.Cable)
Mark Pastorella has been elected to represent the area of Registration and Records.
With Michelle Reed's recent appointment as interim Dean of Students at DCC she is no longer a member of the voting faculty and has resigned her Senate seat. A replacement has been nominated and the name will be presented to the Executive Committee at its next meeting.

Planning (Kim Doyle)
December 9 is the deadline for internal grants applications.
Faculty are reminded an ad hoc committee is in place to address issues/concerns related to classrooms. The Classroom Committee is chaired by Ed Martin.

Professional Development (W.Brewer)
Applications for NISOD awards are due on Wednesday, December 3. The nomination process has been streamlined to require copies of the nominee's last three Faculty Activity Reports and two letters of support.
The January 13 Professional Development workshop will focus on mental health issues. The workshop will be on Tuesday, January 13 from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the Campus Center. Breakfast will be included.

SCAA (J. McCauley)
D. Swanger met with the committee to review the timeline for hiring an Associate Dean of Workforce Development. The review of resumes will begin soon with plans to contact qualified applicants during February. It is hoped interviews can be conducted during March and the position filled by the end of May.

Old Business
Tom Cooper, scheduled to update the Faculty Senate on recent events regarding the SUNY's proposal for a system wide value-added assessment, postponed his presentation until December's meeting. He did however, provide copies of documents related to recent events in this proposal. Senators were asked to review these documents and share them with their constituents. The topic will be placed on December's agenda for discussion.

New Business
There was no new business.


Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,


Donna Cox Terri Tugel
President Secretary

Minutes approved at the December 11, 2003 Faculty Senate meeting.




Sandy Wynne
Faculty Senate Office
12/15/2003