Senate
Reference No. 03-32
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Faculty
FROM: Jane Grant, Chair
Senate
Executive Committee
DATE: 29 March 2004
SUBJ: End-of-the-Year Committee Reports
Attached are brief
reports from Senate committees and subcommittees of their activities and
actions for the past year. Also attached
is the annual report from the NCAA Faculty Representative.
Chairs:
Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory
Subcommittee (T. Adkins)
Subcommittee on Athletics (D. Young)
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee (G. Bullion)
Calendar Subcommittee (G. Blumenshine)
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee (G. Hickey)
Curriculum Review Subcommittee (C. Lawton)
Developmental Studies Subcommittee (T. Swim)
Distance Education Subcommittee (R. Weiner)
Educational Policy Committee (B. Abbott)
Faculty Affairs Committee (D. Oberstar)
General Education Subcommittee (B. Parke)
Grade Appeals Subcommittee (L. DeFonso)
Graduate
Subcommittee (D. Turnipseed)
Honors Program Council (D. Mueller)
International Services Advisory Subcommittee (P. Dragnev)
Library Subcommittee (D. Oberstar)
Nominations and Elections Committee (R. Friedman)
Professional Development Subcommittee (L. Hite)
Student Affairs Committee (S. Isiorho)
University Resources Policy Committee (G. Bullion)
NCAA
Faculty Representative (E. Blumenthal)
Senate Reference No. 03-32
TO: The Senate
FROM: Tiff Adkins, Chair
Academic
Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee (ACITAS)
DATE: March 22, 2004
SUBJ: End-of-the-Year Report, 2003-04
A brief summary of ACITAS
activities:
• The
Committee discussed and supports the premise for the establishment of a faculty
computer laboratory.
• At
the request of the Executive Committee, ACITAS investigated the rationale of
Information Technology Services mandating a screen saver for all faculty
computers on the IPFW campus. A report
was provided to the Senate for information only for the January 2004 meeting.
• ACITAS
provided recommendations for content and arrangement of information for a new
IPFW faculty and staff Web page to the Web Advisory Committee (March 2004).
Committee members:
Samantha Birk (ex officio,
voting) Ed
Moritz, 2002-05
George Bullion, 2003-06 Donald
Mueller, 2003-06
John Fitzgerald (ex officio,
nonvoting) Robert
Murray, 2003-06
Brad Gilbreath, 2003-06 Mark Myers, 2002-05
Margaret Kimble, 2001-04 Koichiro
Otani, 2002-05
Robert Kostrubanic (ex
officio, nonvoting) Richard
Sutter, 2001-04
Linda Meyer, 2003-06 Judith
Violette (ex officio, voting)
Senate Reference No.
03-32
To: The
Senate
From: Subcommittee
on Athletics
Date: March 29,
2004
Subj: Annual
Report, 2003-04
As charged, SCOA has met to review and approve the
athletic schedules of all teams. In
addition, we have met to review the budget.
The committee is also meeting to construct a policy statement regarding
guidelines to be used when planning athletic schedules, with special focus on
travel concerns. The committee is also considering requesting the appointment
of an assistant Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) to be of the opposite sex
of the Faculty Athletic Representative, in order to stay in line with gender
equity concerns. A subcommittee of SCOA
has also met to hear two student-athlete eligibility appeals.
Respectfully submitted,
David Young, Chair
SCOA
Subcommittee on Athletics
Elliott
Blumenthal, 2003-08 Mark
Pope (ex officio, nonvoting)
Patricia
Farrell (Alumna) Gary
Steffen, 2003-06
Arthur
Friedel, 2003-06 William
Utesch, 2003-06
Kelley
Hartley (ex officio) David
Young, 2001-04, Chair
Bernie
Lohmuller, 2003-04 Kimberly
McDonald, 2003-06
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Budgetary Affairs
Subcommittee:
To: IPFW
Faculty Senate
From: 2003-04
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee
George
W. M. Bullion, Chairperson
Subject: BAS
2003-04 Report of Activities
Date: March
26, 2004
BAS has met with members of the IPFW
administration to receive their reports on budgetary matters and to discuss BAS
budgetary concerns during the course of this academic year. Specifically, BAS held the following
meetings with administrators during the course of this academic year:
1. Vice
Chancellor for Financial Affairs, Walt Branson-discussion of current year's
budget.
2. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
Dr. Susan Hannah-discussion of matters pertaining to the academic budget and
also provided input on faculty budget priorities. .
3. Director of Athletics, Mark
Pope-received his report relative to budgetary concerns pertaining to the
operation of the DI athletic program in 2002-03.
BAS has not generated any reports or
recommendations that either required or will require action by the University
Council in this academic year.
Budgetary Affairs Membership:
Elaine Blakemore, 2002-05 David
Erbach, 2003-04
Harold Broberg, 2003-06 Brian
Fife, 2002-05
George Bullion, 2002-05, Chair Kimberly McDonald, 2001-04
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06 David
Oberstar, 2003-06
Senate Reference No. 03-32
TO: The Senate
FROM: Calendar
Subcommittee
Gary Blumenshine, Chair
DATE: March
18, 2004
SUBJ: End-of-Year
Report
The
Calendar Subcommittee discussed, and drew up revisions for, the Summer
Sessions, henceforth to be called Summer Semester. We drew up the new Calendar for Academic Year
2006-2007 using the standard formula for Fall and Spring Academic Semesters,
and using the revised summer formula for the Summer Semester; also, the
Subcommittee proposed similar revisions in the Summer Sessions for the current
and subsequent Academic Calendars, previously enacted. The proposal for Summer Semester had the
unanimous support of the Subcommittee.
Members:
Prasad
Bingi, 2003-05
Gary
Blumenshine, 2003-05, Chair
Charles
Champion, 2003-05
Brad
Gilbreath, 2003-05
Penny
Leverman, 2003-05
Patrick
McLaughlin (ex officio, nonvoting)
James
Moore, 2003-05
Julie
Nothnagel, 2002-04
Susan
Skekloff, 2002-04
Senate Reference No. 03-32
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Gail Hickey, Chair
Continuing Education Advisory
Subcommittee
Subject: Annual Report, 2003-2004
Date: March 29, 2004
The Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee
received no items for consideration during the 2003-2004 academic year.
Dr.
M. Gail Hickey, Chair
Continuing
Education Advisory Subcommittee (6
Faculty & 1 Administrator)
Margit
Codispoti, 2002-05 Zhongming
Liang, 2003-06
Marcia
Dixson, 2001-04 Dennis
Marshall, 2001-04
Gail
Hickey, 2003-06, Chair Deborah
Conklin (ex officio)
Solomon
Isiorho, 2002-05
Senate
Reference No. 03-32
TO: The
Senate
FROM: Carol
Lawton, Chair
Curriculum
Review Subcommittee
DATE: March
25, 2004
SUBJ: End
of Year Report
The Curriculum Review
Subcommittee reviewed three proposals this year: name change of the Modern
Foreign Languages Department to "Department of International Language and
Culture Studies" (11/06/03), Business Option for Mathematics Majors
(2/5/04), and name change of the Department of Manufacturing Technology to
"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology"
(2/18/04). The committee found that all three proposals required no Senate
review.
Members
C. Lawton, Chair
M. Codispoti
R. Duchovic
G. Hickey
W. Ludwin
D. Mansour‑Cole
J. Moore
R. Narang
D. Oberstar
J. Purse‑Wiedenhoeft
B. Salmon
S. Sarratore
Senate Reference No. 03-32
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Terri Jo Swim, Chair
Developmental Studies
Subcommittee
Date: March 29, 2004
Subject: Annual Report, 2003-04
Nothing to
report.
Membership:
Rachelle Darabi
(ex officio) Terri Jo Swim,
2003-06, Chair
Karol Dehr,
2003-06 Douglas
Townsend, 2001-04
James Haw,
2002-05 Dianna
Zook, 2002-05
Rebecca Konkin,
2003-06
Senate Reference No. 03-32
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Richard Weiner, Chair
Distance Education
Subcommittee
Subject: Annual Report, 2003-04
Date: March 26, 2004
Brief Report on Distance Education
Subcommittee’s Activities and Actions
The subcommittee submitted no documents to
the Senate this year, but did discuss a number of concerns, some of which will
be addressed in a Subcommittee meeting scheduled for April 2004. At meetings
during the Fall Semester members raised a wide range of issues that they wanted
the committee to discuss and address.
Susan Hannah took part in this discussion, for at one meeting she presented
information about the “Distance Education Planning Task Force” and answered
questions. Four sets of issues were
addressed:
One set of queries addressed plans for the
future of Distance Education: How much
did distance learning intend to grow?
What new courses were being considered?
Were there plans for degree or certificate programs awarded entirely
through Distance Education? How did
distance learning fit into IPFW’s strategic plan?
Another set of questions centered on
teaching technology: What technologies
were currently being used? Did instructors need more education in using
technologies? What new technologies were
being introduced and how would they enhance teaching and make it easier for
students to access classes? How would
the introduction of
Another group of questions concentrated on
Distance Education faculty policies. This seemed especially important given the
huge increase in distance learning courses offered over the past two or three
years. The main question had to do with
pay: was there a consistent pay policy?
Another set of queries focused on
students: How could the cost of courses
be kept down? What were the
differences in costs for courses offered via TV, DVD, Video, and internet? What
explained the differences? What
solutions could be offered to the problem of students’ cheating?
To get a better
grasp on these issues and to come up with solutions another Distance Education
Subcommittee meeting has been planned for April 2004. Some individuals who play
significant roles in Distance Education will give reports. David Wood will talk
about enrollments. Deb Conklin will
discuss faculty pay. And Samantha Burke will discuss Web CT/VISTA, which has
posed challenges to both faculty and students.
Membership:
George Bullion,
2002-05 Mary Lehto
(ex officio, non voting)
Tony Cardenas (ex
officio, nonvoting) Dennis Marshall, 2001-04
Deborah Conklin
(ex officio, nonvoting) Linda Meyer, 2002-05
Jack Dahl (ex
officio) Ramesh
Narang, 2002-05
John Fitzgerald
(ex officio, nonvoting) Robert Sedlmeyer, 2003-06
Linda Hite,
2002-05 Richard
Weiner, 2003-06, Chair
Senate Reference No. 03-32
MEMORANDUM
TO: Jane
Grant, Chair
Senate
Executive Committee
FROM: Bruce Abbott, Chair
Educational
Policy Committee
DATE: 26 March
2004
SUBJ: End‑Of‑Year
Committee Report
Senate EPC has been quite active this academic year. The committee submitted the following reports
requiring action to the IPFW Faculty Senate:
1. SD 03‑04 Dissolution of Academic Advising as Senate Subcommittee
2. SD 03‑07 Amendment to Academic Regulations
3. SD 03‑16 Academic Calendar 2006‑2007
4. SD 03‑17 Amendments to the Academic Calendars 2004‑2005
The folowing was submitted to the IPFW Faculty Senate for
information only:
Senate Reference
No. 03‑07 IPFW Repeat Policy
Other business undertaken by EPC included:
1. "Best practice" reminder to
faculty concerning student use of laptops in the classroom.
2. How the registrar should handle grades
of PI and SI for Purdue students. (No
change of academic regulations required.)
3. Information literacy goal statement
from the Library Subcommittee returned with suggested rewording.
4. Honors Program Council document
returned to the Council for inclusion of original wording, with changes indicated
by strike‑outs and boldfaced additions.
5. Problems in
nonuniform application of academic renewal rules were discussed.
6. Executive
Committee’s request to investigate the nature of student advising on campus was
undertaken. Faculty advisors were surveyed.
We are currently awaiting a report from the new academic advising council.
7. A proposal to establish a diversity
component in baccalaureate degree programs was developed. Faculty feedback was sought via email and an
open faculty forum on the subject and used to improve the proposal. The document has been submitted for action
during the April IPFW Faculty Senate meeting.
Committee Members:
Bruce Abbott, 2002-04, Chair David Oberstar,
2001-04
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06 Jane
Purse-Wiedenhoeft, 2003-04
Susan Hannah (ex officio) George
Schmelzle, 2003-05
Patrick McLaughlin (ex
officio, nonvoting) Jonathan
Tankel, 2003-06
Senate Reference No. 03-32
To: Fort
Wayne Senate
From: David
Oberstar, Chair
Faculty
Affairs Committee
Subject: Annual
Report, 2003-04
Date: March
25, 2004
• The committee reviewed the promotion and
tenure procedures documents of the departments of Chemistry, Geosciences,
Visual Communication and Design, Fine Arts, Manufacturing Technology, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Technology Comments and suggestions were
sent back to each of those departments.
• A resolution amending SD 88-13 so as to
permit only tenured faculty to serve on promotion and tenure committees at all
levels was forwarded to the Senate, where it was subsequently adopted.
• Promotion and tenure documents from the
departments of Chemistry, Modern Foreign Languages, Engineering Music, and
Theater, as well as the School of Health Sciences and the Library were reviewed
and approved for compliance with the "tenured only" provision of SD
03-10.
• The committee reviewed the recommendations
of the 2003-04 campus Promotion and Tenure Subcommittee regarding the
construction and presentation of promotion and tenure cases.
• Draft revisions of the upward feedback
survey forms for the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and Deans were reviewed by the
committee. Further changes were
suggested and agreed upon by the body.
• A
resolution amending SD 88-25, as amended by SD 01-13, to change the word
"rank" to "title" in reference to the designation
"Senior Instructor" was forwarded to the Senate, where it was
subsequently adopted.
Faculty Affairs Committee
Elaine Blakemore, 2003-05 Hedayeh Samavati, 2003-04
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06 Nashwan Younis, 2003-05
Susan Hannah (ex officio)
Senate Reference No. 03-32
General
Education Subcommittee
Year-End
Report to Senate
March
30, 2004
The General Education Subcommittee (GES)
has completed the following during the 2003-2004 Academic Year.
Five course proposals have been considered
and passed. These are:
THTR 117 (Area 5) Tap 1
THTR 121 (Area 5) Jazz Dance
PSY 334 (Area 6) Cross Cultural Psychology
POL Y350 (Area 6) Politics of European
Union
EDUC E346 (Area 6) Discipline/Parenting
for Young Children
In addition, the GES has passed and sent
the proposal for a Diversity Requirement to the EPC. The GES continues to work on the assessment
initiative.
Submitted by:
Beverly N. Parke, Past Chair
General Education Subcommittee
Membership:
Gary Blumenshine, 2003-06 Ali Rassuli, 2003-06
Sue Mau, 2002-05 Steven
Sarratore (ex officio)
Kimberly McDonald, 2002-05 Thomas Stucky, 2002-05
Beverly Parke, 2001-04, Chair Jonathan Tnakel, 2003-06
Senate Reference No. 03-32
MEMORANDUM
TO: The
Senate
FROM: Grade Appeals Subcommittee
DATE: March 25, 2004
RE: End of year report for 2003-2004
1. One grade appeal was submitted to the
committee in Fall semester, and one in Spring semester. The first appeal did not meet the criteria
for a hearing by this committee. The
second appeal is currently under consideration.
2. Some minor changes to the grade appeals
document are under consideration.
Membership:
Charles Champion, 2002-05 Mitchell Sherr, 2001-04
Nancy Cothern, 2001-04 Susan Skekloff, 2003-06
Lenore DeFonso, 2002-05,
Chair David Turnipseed, 2003-06
Sally Hartman, 2003-06 Audrey Ushenko, 2001-04
David Oberstar, 2002-05
Senate Reference No. 03-32
TO: The Senate
FROM: Graduate Subcommittee
David Turnipseed, Chair
DATE: March 29, 2004
SUBJ: Annual Report, 2003-04
During the 2003-04 academic
year, the Graduate Subcommittee discussed the appropriate use of graduate
students as teachers and the need for resources to support graduate education.
Graduate Subcommittee:
Marla Baden, 2001-04 Glenda Moss, 2003-06
Harold Broberg, 2003-06 Steven Sarratore (ex officio)
Jane Grant, 2001-04 Anson Shupe, 2003-06
Richard Hess, 2002-05 Carol Sternberger,
2002-05
Solomon Isiorho, 2003-06 Thomas Stucky, 2002-05
AnnMarie LeBlanc, 2002-05 Joy Turnheim, 2001-04
Linda Meyer, 2003-06 David Turnipseed, 2003-06, Chair
Senate Reference No. 03-32
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Senate
FROM: Donald Mueller, Chair
Honors Program Council
DATE: 29 March 2004
SUBJ:
End-of-the Year Honors
Program Council Report
No report received.
Membership:
Shelley Arvin, 2003-05 David Maloney,
2003-05
Melanie Bookout, 2002-04 Donald Mueller, 2003-05
Shree Dhawale (ex officio) Steven Sarratore (ex officio)
Gail Hickey, 2002-04 Audrey Ushenko,
2003-05
Brenda Lundy, 2002-04 Ryan Brown, 2003-04
Jennifer
Huntley, 2003-04
Senate
Reference No. 03-32
To: Fort
Wayne Senate
From: Michael
Nusbaumer, Chair
IU
Committee on Institutional Affairs
Subject: Annual
Report, 2003-2004
Date: March
29, 2004
The
IU Committee on Institutional Affairs solicited nominations and conducted the
elections of the Faculty Board of Review and the representatives to the Indiana
University University Faculty Council.
Robert
Bean, 2003-06
Margit
Codispoti, 2003-06
Solomon
Isiorho, 2002-05
Michael
Nusbaumer, 2002-04, Chair
James
Toole, 2003-06
From: International Services Advisory
Subcommittee
Peter
Dragnev, Chair
Subject: End-of-the-Year Report
Date: March
17, 2004
This
year our subcommittee has accepted a motion to add another voting faculty
member in order to comply with Senate regulations. The paperwork has been forwarded to the
Educational Policy Committee.
Members:
Peter
Dragnev, Chair
Jane
Ehle (ex officio)
Linda
Fox, 2003-06
Zhongming
Liang, 2003-06
James
Toole, 2003-06
Wen-hui
Tsai, 2001-04
Connell
Nelson (ex officio)
Senate Reference No. 03-32
TO: The Senate
FROM: Library Subcommittee
DATE: March 25, 2004
SUBJ: End-of-year report
• The Information Literacy resolution sent to
the University Resources Policy Committee in spring 2003 was forwarded to the
Educational Policy Committee. EPC
returned it to the Library Subcommittee with the request that it be given some
"teeth." The librarians, when
asked to review and consider changes to the resolution, expressed reluctance to
change the resolution in any way that would appear to add a burden on
faculty. The status of the resolution
remains undecided.
• The committee reviewed and approved the
Special Needs Funds requests.
• Throughout the year the director of the
library briefed the committee on all of the changes that have been and are
occurring in the library in terms of physical renovations and technology
changes.
Library Subcommittee:
Sally Hartman, 2001-04 Kathleen Murphey, 2001-04
Linda Hite, 2001-04 David Oberstar, 2002-05, Chair
Jay Jackson, 2003-06 Judith Violette (ex
officio)
Connie Kracher, 2001-04
Senate Reference No. 03-32
To: The
Senate
From: Nominations
and Elections Committee
Margit
Codispoti
Ron
Friedman, Chair
Dennis
Marshall
Lesa
Vartanian
Date: March 11,
2004
Re: Committee
Report
1. The committee conducted elections for
the Presiding Officer of the Faculty and Speaker of the Indiana University
Faculty.
2. The committee will conduct elections
for Senate committees and subcommittees before the semester ends.
Nominations and Elections:
Margit Codispoti
Ron Friedman
Dennis Marshall
Lesa Vartanian
Senate Reference
No. 03-32
To: Fort
Wayne Senate
From: Linda
Hite, Chair
Professional
Development Subcommittee
Subject: Annual
Report, 2003-04
Date: March
25, 2004