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Faculty Senate Minutes - 9/23/04


MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FACULTY SENATE
September 23, 2004

PRESENT: T. Archie, I. Benz, P. Bishop, C. Boettrich, F. Burger, S. Cable, S. Callan, B. Connell,
L. Chrzan-Williams (Vice-President), D. Cox (President), K. Doyle, J. Ekis, X. El Rayess, S. Fess,
S. Forsyth, T. Gilbert, E. Grissing, A. Hughes, K. Humphrey, N. Karolinski, P. Keyes, D. Leach,
A. Leopard, M. Marino, J. McCauley, J. McKenna, D. Mueller, N. Murage, S. Murphy, J. Nelson,
P. Peterson, M. Rizzo, S. Ruckert, D. Shaw, J. Smith, E Stewart, J. Thompson, M. Timmons, V. Toth,
T. Tugel (Secretary), P. Wakem, H. Wheeler, W. Willard, H. Wynn-Preische
ABSENT: T. Digiacomo, R. Hammell, M. Pastorella
GUESTS:  S. Blacklaw, K. Canfield, D. Cecero, B. Connolly, M. Fetzner, K. Marhatta, K. O’Shea,
L. Silvers, A. Stainton, T. Vinci,
Student Representatives:  G. Roseler, C. Thomas

1.      Meeting called to order: 3:35 p.m.
2.      Announcements
a.      D. Cox recognized new senators, returning senators and guests, which included students from the EDU 500 service learning course.  Clenita Thomas and Gretchen Roseler were announced as non-voting student representatives of the Faculty Senate.

b.      Members of the Senate Executive Committee met during July and August to finalize the charge for the ad hoc committee following up on the Senate promotion study done in 1999.  The Executive Committee also completed chair and membership assignments to the Senate’s standing committees for the upcoming year. 

c.      D. Cox met with Vice President Susan Salvador to address faculty concerns regarding the appointment of Susan Baker to the level of Assistant Vice President without SCAA involvement.  S. Salvador views the appointment as a promotion rather a new job position within the College, thus does not require SCAA to be involved.

d.      College Facilities reports 49 new phones were installed over the summer, completing the work in buildings 6, 9, 9a, 11 and 12.  Work is progressing on the installation of emergency phones in building hallways.  Facilities will begin to address signage issues on campus.

e.      Training for new senators will be held on October 7 at 3:00 pm in the Board Room.

3.      Guest Speakers:
a.  Marie Fetzner, Educational Technology Services– Banner Update
The transition to Banner as the College’s information system is underway. Banner, which is accessible through the web, will provide easier interface for College faculty, staff, students and alumni.  M. Fetzner reported the cut-over from FRS to Banner Finance took place on September 1, 2004 and Banner Human Resources will go live on January 1, 2005.  Formal training for the Banner Student module has begun and MCC’s first student registration on Banner will be for Summer 2006 sessions.

Banner represents a massive institutional project in the area of technology.  Faculty can access news regarding Banner at https://web.monroecc.edu/MCCBanner. Banner project updates appear every Wednesday in the MCC Tribune.  A banner update archive is located on the MCC Banner website. 

M. Fetzner is requesting input for ways to make faculty interface with the system as user-friendly as possible.  The website includes a list of approximately twenty institutions that use Banner as its information system.  She encouraged faculty, if they know colleagues at these institutions, to inquire about pros and cons of using the system.  Betsy Ripton met with the Senate Executive Committee and extended an invitation for faculty to work with the Banner training team for the student module and D. Cox is following up on this request.

b. Valarie Avalone – Middle States Update
MCC has begun the work for Middle States re-accreditation.  A steering committee was selected in Spring 2004 and has developed an outline for the two-year re-accreditation process, which has been approved.  In addition to the Steering Committee, thirteen other self-study committees involving 125 individuals have been formed and are beginning their work.  These committees will be seeking input through a variety of means, such as focus groups and/or surveys.  Faculty can access information regarding specific “standards” on the Middle States homepage, via the a-z index on MCC’s homepage.

Nominations for Chancellor’s awards will be requested beginning in October with nomination deadlines in December.

4.      Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the June 10, 2004 meeting were approved.

5.      Standing Committee Reports
Chairs for each of the standing committees were introduced: Bonnie Connell (Academic Policies), Holly Wheeler (Curriculum), Susan Cable (NEG), Donna Mueller (Planning), Anne Hughes (Professional Development), and Joe McCauley (SCAA). The chairs provided an overview of their respective committee’s functions.

SCAA (J. McCauley)
Due to the resignation of Dusty Swanger as Associate V.P of Workforce Development and Technical Education, the SCAA Committee was involved over the summer months with the hiring of his replacement.

6. Old Business
Holly Wheeler presented the top ten issues for the Senate’s 2004 – 2005 agenda, as determined by the June Faculty Senate survey.  Senators were invited to suggest ways the Senate might deal with each of these.

 
· Mandatory orientation:  Currently all new students are invited to campus for an orientation program in which a number of topics are covered by administrators, faculty and student leaders.  Separate events are held at the Brighton and Damon campuses.  Mandatory orientation could involve 5000 students.  It was suggested an ad hoc committee be formed with representation from both campuses to study this issue and report back to Academic Policies.

· Academic honesty policies that are consistent and provide serious consequences. 
· Civility issues on campuses: J. Glocker and S. Salvador have formed a committee to study these issues.  Betty Stewart reported the committee is currently meeting with 7 members, but others are welcome. Jay Nelson volunteered to join B. Stewart as the second Senate representative.

· Hold an open forum on mandatory reading course:  TRS has requested this and by-laws allow the Senate to set an open hearing to address this issue.

· Revisit the late registration and drop/add period:  Faculty agree late registration is disruptive to teaching and learning and does not foster student success in a course.  However, the fact that a substantial amount of revenue is generated by late fees, the Senate does not view this as an issue that can be negotiated.

·Safety concerns on Brighton campus: Since an established group, the Campus Health and Safety Committee, chaired by Leah Dyer, already exists, the Senate will not view this as an issue requiring further Senate involvement unless faculty request to join the committee. 

·Better promotion of Senate information:  The Senate website should be running soon which will address this issue.
·Revision of the final exam schedule. 

D. Cox invited additional comments on these issues be sent to her via e-mail.

Meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Donna Cox               Terri Tugel
President               Secretary

Minutes approved at the October 21, 2004 Faculty Senate meeting.




 

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