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Faculty Senate Minutes


MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY SENATE
September 18, 2003


PRESENT: G. Anderson, T. Archie, I. Benz, W. Brewer, D. Brown, F. Burger, S. Cable, S. Callan, L. Chrzan-Williams (Vice President), D. Cox (President), K. Doyle, K. Farrell, M. Filozof, C. Gilbert, E. Grissing, M. Harris, A. Hughes, K. Humphrey, J. Kaufman, R. Kuempel, E. Laidlaw, D. Leach, A. Leopard, M. Marino, J. McCauley, M. McKinzie, S. Murphy, P. Peterson, M. Reed, S. Ruckert, P. Sarantis, L. Silvers, J. Smith, E. Stewart, M. Timmons, T. Tugel (Secretary),
H. Wheeler, W. Willard
ABSENT: M. Bower, T. Digiacomo, J. Ekis, T. Keys, G. Toth
GUESTS: C. Adams, A. Andreu, V. Avalone, E. Baker, D. Beech, S. Blacklaw, M. Boester, S. Bottoni, G. Bouk,
K. Canfield, C. Casalinuovo-Adams, D. Cecero, C. Cooper, M. Deagman Reed, R. Degus, R. Detmer, P. Emerick,
M. Ernsthausen, A. Felicetti, T. Flansburg, C. Forde, J. Glocker, M. Hachee, S. Kilmer, J. Mahar, K. Marhatta, E. Morris, M. Murphy, J. Nelson, S. Perry, A. Ranczuch, S. Rock, S. Salvador, J. Santos, T. Shamblin, B. Smith, H. Williams

1. Meeting called to order: 3:38 p.m.

2. Announcements
a. D. Cox introduced Senate officers and recognized new senators, returning senators and guests. Invitations were
extended to faculty and professional staff to consider the Faculty Senate as a means of college-wide involvement.
b. H. Murphy, Senate secretary, was thanked for her service to the senate. The process to hire a replacement has been initiated.

3. Guest Speakers: Janet Glocker, Vice President of Academic Services and Angel Andreu, Assistant Director of Research reviewed the 2002 Faculty Survey results conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). Of note were several areas in which faculty responses varied significantly from those in the past. These included satisfaction with salary and fringe benefits (declined), satisfaction in relationships with administration (increased) and percentage of faculty reporting the review/promotion process as a source of stress (increased). The complete survey, which includes responses in the areas of personal and professional goals, educational goals and teaching practices, sources of stress, social views, faculty perceptions of the institution, involvement with reform efforts and job satisfaction, are available in both the DCC and Brighton libraries. Results may also be found at www.gseis.uda.edu/heri/faculty.html. J. Glocker welcomes further discussion of the results.

4. Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the May 2003 meeting were approved as amended.

5. Standing Committee Reports
Chairs for each of the standing committees were introduced: Elizabeth Laidlaw (Academic Policies), Holly Wheeler
(Curriculum), Susan Cable (NEG), Bill Brewer (Professional Development), and Joe McCauley (SCAA). Each
provided an overview of their committee functions, with L. Chrzan-Williams filling in for Terry Keys (Planning.) Faculty
interested in serving on ad hoc committees of the senate should submit their names to D. Cox.

6. Old Business
a. J. McCauley (SCAA) clarified the recent realignment within Student Services must maintain the reporting
arrangement required by the grant funding EOP, thus the Director of EOP will continue to report directly to the
Vice President of Student Services.

b. E. Laidlaw (Academic Policies) reported responses to the Senate's proposal addressing the inclusion/exclusion practice regarding a student's change of program have been received from S. Salvador (VP Student Services) and J. Glocker (VP Academic Services).

Meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,


Donna Cox Terri Tugel
President Secretary

Minutes approved at the October 16, 2003 Faculty Senate meeting.

Terri Tugel
Faculty Senate
10/20/2003