Senate Reference No. 04-21
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Faculty
FROM: Jane Grant, Chair
Senate Executive Committee
DATE: 30 March 2005
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 (A. Friedel)
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee (G. Bullion and B. Fife)
Calendar Subcommittee (G. Blumenshine)
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee (G. Hickey)
Curriculum Review Subcommittee (C. Lawton)
Developmental Studies Subcommittee (J. Garrett)
Distance Education Subcommittee (R. Weiner)
Educational Policy Committee (J. Tankel)
Faculty Affairs Committee (N. Younis)
General Education Subcommittee (M. Masters)
Grade Appeals Subcommittee (S. Hartman)
Graduate Subcommittee (D. Turnipseed)
Honors Program Council (D. Mueller)
International Services Advisory Subcommittee (J. Toole)
Library Subcommittee (G. Miller)
Nominations and Elections Committee (M. Codispoti)
Professional Development Subcommittee (P. Lin)
Student Affairs Committee (S. Isiorho)
University Resources Policy Committee (B. Abbott)
NCAA Faculty Representative (E. Blumenthal)
Senate Reference No. 04-21
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Senate
FROM: Tiff Adkins, Chair
Academic Computing and Information Technology
Advisory Subcommittee (ACITAS)
DATE: March 29, 2005
SUBJ: End-of-the-Year Report, 2004-05
A brief summary of ACITAS activities:
Committee members:
Samantha Birk (ex officio, voting)
George Bullion, 2003-06
Dan Coroian, 2004-07
John Fitzgerald (ex officio, nonvoting)
Brad Gilbreath, 2003-06
Robert Kostrubanic (ex officio, nonvoting)
Linda Meyer, 2003-06
Kenneth Modesitt, 2003-06
Ed Moritz, 2002-05
Donald Mueller, 2003-06
Robert Murray, 2003-06
Mark Myers, 2002-05
Koichiro Otani, 2002-05
Judith Violette (ex officio, voting)
Michael Wolf, 2004-07
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: The Senate
From: Subcommittee on Athletics
Date: March 24, 2005
Subj: Annual Report, 2004-05
Report of the Subcommittee on Athletics (SCOA) to the Senate March 24, 2005
1. Art Friedel was elected chair, Tony Wilson and Billy Foreman are the student representatives.
2. Two appeals were heard from women participating in women’s sports at the end of the first semester. One had a GPA of 1.67 and the other had 1.69 when our requirement for continuation of participation is 1.70. Both appeals were granted with conditions.
3. Due to a change in NCAA GPA requirements, we had to change ours:
a) at the end of the first semester, since the NCAA has no requirement for this period, it remains at 1.70.
b) after summer school of the first year, i.e. at the beginning of the sophomore year, it is now 1.80.
c) at the beginning of the junior year, the GPA must be 1.90.
d) at the end of the first semester of the junior year, the GPA must be 2.00.
4. Art Friedel, chair, was appointed by Mark Pope to the advisory committee to help select the next mens basketball coach.
5. On March 3, the intercollegiate athletics program at IPFW received full certification, without condition, from the National Collegiate Athletics Association Division I. It is the highest possible certification level issued by the NCAA.
6. The committee approved schedules for fall and winter sports. Baseball, golf, men’s volley ball, and softball schedules were not available at this time.
Subcommittee on Athletics
Lowell Beineke, 2003-06 Mark Pope (ex officio, nonvoting)
Elliott Blumenthal, 2003-2008 (Fac. Rep.) Abbie Renaker (Comp. Coord)
Patricia Farrell Anson Shupe, 2004-07
Billy Foreman, 2004-06 (student) Gary Steffen, 2003-06
Arthur Friedel, 2003-06, Chair William Utesch, 2003-06
Kelley Hartley (ex officio) Robert Vandell, 2004-07
Bernie Lohmuller, 2004-05 Lesa Vartanian, 2004-05 (Asst. Fac. Rep)
Kimberly McDonald, 2003-06 Tony Wilson, 2004-06 (student)
David Oberstar, 2004-07
Senate Reference No. 04-21
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee:
To: IPFW Faculty Senate
From: 2004-05 Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee
George Bullion, Co-Chair
Brian Fife, Co-Chair
Subject: BAS 2004-05 Report of Activities
Date: March 24, 2005
BAS considered three action items in the 2004-2005 academic year:
1. BAS has formally requested that the Chancellor and other top level administrators responsible for the DI athletic program develop a new five year plan with updated budget projections for the program, both with and without conference affiliation, and make these projections available to BAS by January 1, 2006.
2. BAS has studied the DI program's finances and submitted a resolution to the URPC, along with supporting documentation, that expresses concern with the program's finances and calls for campuswide dialogue that addresses this critical matter during the 2005-2006 academic year. URPC has been requested to act on this resolution and submit it to the Fort Wayne Senate for its consideration in September, 2006.
3. BAS created a biennial report for the Fort Wayne Senate.
Budgetary Affairs Membership:
Elaine Blakemore, 2002-05 David Erbach, 2004-07
Harold Broberg, 2003-06 Brian Fife, 2002-05, Co-Chair
George Bullion, 2002-05, Co-Chair David Oberstar, 2003-06
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06 David Turnipseed, 2004-07
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: The Senate
FROM: Calendar Subcommittee
Gary Blumenshine, Chair
DATE: March 24, 2005
SUBJ: End-of-Year Report
During the first semester of the academic year the Calendar Subcommittee prepared and endorsed the Academic Calendar for the appropriate forthcoming academic year according to the IPFW Academic Calendar Formula, updated last year to include a Summer Semester. The new Calendar was passed forward to the upper committee and Senate for approval. During the second semester of the academic year a problem arose requiring further modification to the Calendar, a situation caused by one College teaching classes outside the Calendar Formula parameters. This problem was resolved by instituting a Winter Intercession between the first and second semesters of the academic year. Subsequently, the current and all future calendars were revised to include the new Winter Intercession. These revisions were then sent to the upper committee and the Senate for approval after full endorsement by the Calendar Subcommittee. The Winter Intercession is now included in the IPFW Academic Calendar Formula. As a result of changes to the IPFW Academic Calendar Formula this year and last, the entire calendar of the Roman Year is now part of the IPFW Academic Calendar with the exception of prescribed National and Institutional Holidays.
Respectfully submitted,
Gary B. Blumenshine
Chair, Senate Calendar Subcommittee, 2004-2005
Members: P. Bingi, C. Champion, B. Gilbreath, P. Leverman, P. McLaughlin (ex officio),
J. Moore, K. Murphey, Julie Nothnagel, B. Watts (student)
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Gail Hickey, Chair
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee
Subject: Annual Report, 2004-2005
Date: March 23, 2005
During the 2004-2005 academic year, the IPFW Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee considered the following issues and recommended the following action:
Continuing Studies Dec. 7 2004 Memorandum:
This memorandum, which was sent to faculty currently teaching Continuing Education courses, expressed decisions communicated through the VCAA Memorandum 03-08, dated July 2004. At issue was the instruction to Departments, that Departments send a copy of the Department's faculty teaching evaluations to the Office of Continuing Studies.
Deb Conklin and David Wood, from the Office of Continuing Studies, met with the Advisory Committee explaining that course evaluations were important to gain feedback on courses; that generally the information in evaluations was not used to reprimand faculty; and that Continuing Education did not seem to be releasing faculty course evaluations to other parties.
Advisory Committee members expressed a number of opinions about the procedural changes reflected by the VCAA Memorandum 03-08. A major area of concern surrounded the process by which VCAA Memorandum 03-08 was created. The Advisory Committee determined VCAA Memorandum 03-08 had not been brought before the Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee, nor had it been brought before the Faculty Senate prior to implementation.
Recommendation to the Office of Continuing Studies:
The Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee agreed that the following recommendation should be forwarded to the Office of Continuing Studies: The IPFW Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee advises the Office of Continuing Studies (CE) to include an Informed Consent statement on each CE contract. The statement would advise faculty who teach CE credit courses that course evaluation data will be collected both from their department and from CE.
Respectfully submitted, March 23, 2005
M. Gail Hickey, Chair
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee (6 Faculty & 1 Administrator)
Margit Codispoti, 2002-05 Zhongming Liang, 2003-06
Deborah Conklin (ex officio) Paul Lin, 2004-07
Gail Hickey, 2003-06, Chair Richard Weiner, 2004-07
Solomon Isiorho, 2002-05
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: Jane Grant, Chair, Senate Executive Committee
FROM: Carol Lawton, Chair, Curriculum Review Subcommittee
DATE: March 28, 2005
SUBJECT: End‑of‑Year Report
The Curriculum Review Subcommittee reviewed three proposals this year: Religious Studies Minor (9/9/04), Certificate in Risk and Emergency Management (1/21/05), and Bachelor of Science in Interior Design (1/21/05). The committee found that all three proposals required no Senate review.
Members
C. Lawton, Chair
M. Codispoti
R. Duchovic
J. Garrett
L. Graham
W. Ludwin
D. Mansour‑Cole
J. Manzer
R. Narang
D. Oberstar
J. Purse‑Wiedenhoeft
S. Sarratore
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Jerry Garrett, Chair
Developmental Studies Subcommittee
Date: March 26, 2005
Subject: Annual Report, 2004-05
The Developmental Studies Subcommittee has received information on success rates for students who take a developmental course at IVY Tech, transfer that credit to IPFW, and then take a follow-up course at IPFW. The committee is meeting to review the information received, and to decide on any action/recommendations the committee needs to make.
Dr. Hannah has asked that the committee compare IPFW students’ grades in subsequent courses, as well as the grades of all other transfer students, to get a full picture. The committee is working on this task as well.
Membership:
Rachelle Darabi (ex officio) Terri Jo Swim, 2003-06
Karol Dehr, 2003-06 Douglas Townsend, 2004-05
Jerry Garrett, 2004-07, Chair Dianna Zook, 2002-05
James Haw, 2002-05
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Richard Weiner, Chair
Distance Education Subcommittee
Subject: Annual Report, 2004-05
Date: March 25, 2005
Nothing considered this year.
Membership:
George Bullion, 2002-05 Thomas Laverghetta, 2004-07
Tony Cardenas (ex officio) Mary Lehto (ex officio)
Deborah Conklin (ex officio) Linda Meyer, 2002-05
Jack Dahl (ex officio) Ramesh Narang, 2002-05
John Fitzgerald (ex officio) Robert Sedlmeyer, 2003-06
Linda Hite, 2002-05 Richard Weiner, 2003-06, Chair
Senate Reference No. 04-21
MEMORANDUM
TO: Jane Grant, Chair
Senate Executive Committee
FROM: Jonathan Tankel, Chair
Educational Policy Committee
DATE: 30 March 2005
SUBJ: End‑Of‑Year Committee Report
1. Revising Goals and Objectives of the IPFW Baccalaureate Degree.
2. Proposed Academic Calendar for 2007-2008 and revisions to Academic Calendars for 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008.
3. Proposed revisions to the Academic Regulations and Procedures.
Committee Members:
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06 Ahmad Karim, 2004-05
Nancy Cothern McFarland, 2004-05 Patrick McLaughlin (ex officio)
Peter Dragnev, 2004-07 David Oberstar, 2004-07
Susan Hannah (ex officio) Jonathan Tankel, 2003-06, Chair
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: The Senate
FROM: Faculty Affairs Committee
Nash Younis, Chair
DATE: March 18, 2005
SUBJECT: END-of-the-Year Report
During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Senate Faculty Affairs Committee submitted the following reports requiring action to the IPFW Faculty Senate:
Other business undertaken by the committee included:
Faculty Affairs Committee
Lowell Beineke, 2002-05 Max Montesino, 2004-06
Elaine Blakemore, 2003-05 Hedayeh Samavati, 2004-07
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06 Nashwan Younis, 2003-05, Chair
Susan Hannah (ex officio)
Senate Reference No. 04-21
General Education Subcommittee
Year-End Report to Senate
March 28, 2005
The General Education Subcommittee (GES) has completed the following during the 2004-2005 Academic Year.
Three course proposals have been considered and passed. These are:
ECON 340 (Area VI) Introduction to Labor Economics
REL 301 (Area IV) Introductio n to Islam
FREN F310 (Area IV) Topics in French Literature in Translation
Considered, but not yet approved or pending:
INTR 330 Area IV) Culture and Design
PHYS 326 (Area VI) Physics for computer graphics and animation II
In addition, the GES continues to work on the assessment initiative.
Submitted by:
Mark F. Masters, Chair
General Education Subcommittee
Membership:
G. Blumenshine
M. Masters, Chair
S. Mau
K. McDonald
A. Rassuli
S. Sarratore (ex officio)
J. Tankel
N. Younis
Senate Reference No. 04-21
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Senate
FROM: Grade Appeals Subcommittee
DATE: March 30, 2005
RE: End of year report for 2004-2005
No report received.
Membership:
C. Champion
L. DeFonso
C. Ganz
S. Hartman
D. Oberstar
A. Rassuli
S. Skekloff
S. Tannous
D. Turnipseed
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: The Senate
FROM: Graduate Subcommittee
David Turnipseed, Chair
DATE: March 23, 2005
SUBJ: Annual Report, 2004-05
During the 2004-05 academic year, the Graduate Subcommittee discussed the formation of an IPFW Graduate Faculty and the research and other requirements that faculty should meet to teach graduate courses.
Graduate Subcommittee:
Harold Broberg, 2003-06 Linda Meyer, 2003-06
Jane Grant, 2004-07 Glenda Moss, 2003-06
Richard Hess, 2002-05 Pamela Sandstrom, 2004-07
Linda Hite, 2004-07 Steven Sarratore (ex officio)
Solomon Isiorho, 2003-06 Anson Shupe, 2003-06
AnnMarie LeBlanc, 2002-05 Carol Sternberger, 2002-05
William Ludwin, 2004-05 David Turnipseed, 2003-06, Chair
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: The Senate
FROM: Donald W. Mueller, Jr., Chair Honors Program Council
DATE: March 25, 2005
SUBJECT: Honors Program Council activity report for academic year 2004-05
The Honors Council has had a very active and productive year.
The first notable action was the revision of the Honors Council by-laws. The changes were made to:
1. clarify and update the mission of the Honors Program to better meet the needs of the student and fit in with changes at IPFW,
2. state explicitly the Council approved Honors Program admission requirements, especially for first-year and transfer students,
3. explain more fully Honors Program courses, especially H-Option contract courses, and
4. clarify the Honors Certificate requirements.
These changes were approved by the Senate in October of 2004. (See SD 04-4).
An Honors Eligibility event for students attending IPFW was held on October 17, 2004. This event was successful due to the efforts of Dr. Shree Dhawale, Director of the Honors Program, volunteer honors students, and council members. Another event for honors eligible freshman is scheduled for April 17, 2005.
The Council deliberated on various course proposals. Kenneth Borden’s proposal to offer an honors version of PSY 240 (Introduction to Social Psychology) was approved and is being offered this spring. Honors Course Development Grants were awarded to Shari Troy (Theater) and Karen Moustafa (Management and Marketing) to create new honors courses and to Joy Turnheim Smith (OLS) and Ahmed Mustafa (Biology) to convert existing courses to honors courses. Karen Moustafa’s new honors course entitled “International Organizational Behavior” has been scheduled for the Fall 2005.
Honors Program Council members also evaluated proposals for the June Enoch Honors Program Scholarship and Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship. Students Marcus Rogers (Philosophy) and Maria Acosta (Spanish) were awarded teaching assistantships, while Nathaniel Hubley and Robert Kocks were awarded scholarships to take honors courses.
As part of the ongoing work, the Council has been working on an assessment plan. The assessment plan currently consists of two measures: (1) student and faculty evaluations of honors courses, (2) student and faculty evaluations of H-option and (2) faculty and Honors Program Council evaluation of honors projects. Data from student and faculty evaluations of Honors Courses and H-Option courses have been compiled and the data indicate that both students and faculty are very satisfied with the Honors Courses and the Honors Program. This spring two students, Ryan Brown and Jennifer Huntley, will be presenting their Honors Projects. These projects will be evaluated to further assess the program. However, the council is still working on finalizing the program assessment plan.
Finally, the Honors Program will be relocating in the basement of the Walb Union some time during the summer. Please visit Honors Program in its new location.
Approximately 422 students are in the Honors Program, with over 80 students enrolled in Honors Courses each semester. Ten honors courses are being offered in the Spring Semester 2005. Honors Mahatma Gandhi course will be offered for the last time during Summer Session I because Richard Johnson will be retiring at the end of that semester.
Members of the council for the academic year 2004-2005:
Shelley Arvin David Maloney
Ryan Brown (student) John Manzer
Melanie Bookout Mark Masters
Kathleen Casey (student) Donald Mueller (chair)
Shree Dhawale (director) Steve Sarratore
Audrey Ushenko
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Brian Fife, Chair
IU Committee on Institutional Affairs
Subject: Annual Report, 2004-2005
Date: March 24, 2005
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.
Indiana University Committee on Institutional Affairs (4 Senators & Speaker)
Robert Bean, 2003-06
Margit Codispoti, 2003-06
Brian Fife, 2004-06, Chair
Solomon Isiorho, 2002-05
James Toole, 2003-06
MEMORANDUM
To: The Senate
From: International Services Advisory Subcommittee
James Toole, Chair
Date: March 28, 2005
Subj: End of Year Report for 2004-2005
During the 2004-2005 academic year, the subcommittee advised the Office of International Services on matters pertaining to the recruitment, retention, and well-being of international students at IPFW.
Membership:
Jane Ehle (ex officio)
Linda Fox, 2003-06
Zhongming Liang, 2003-06
Paul Lin, 2004-07
Connell Nelson (ex officio)
Susan Skekloff, 2004-07
James Toole, 2003-06, Chair
Marietta Wolczacka, 2004-05 (student)
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: The Senate
FROM: Library Subcommittee
DATE: March 25, 2005
SUBJ: End-of-year report
The Senate Subcommittee activities included the following for the academic year 2004-2005:
1. Approved 14 proposals for special needs funds and revised the guidelines.
2. Considered speakers to bring to campus.
3. Reviewed the library information literacy activities relative to the competencies established by the subcommittee.
4. Subcommittee members served on the University Archives Task Force and helped evaluate the new database for faculty scholarly works.
Library Subcommittee:
Avon Crismore, 2002-05 Donald Mueller, 2003-06
Barry Dupen, 2004-07 Kathleen Murphey, 2004-07
Jay Jackson, 2003-06 David Oberstar, 2002-05
Ahmad Karim, 2004-07 Judith Violette (ex officio)
Geralyn Miller, 2004-07, Chair
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: The Senate
From: Nominations and Elections Committee
Margit Codispoti, Chair
Ronald Friedman
James Toole
Nashwan Younis
Date: March 24, 2005
Re: Committee Report
The committee conducted elections for the Presiding Officer of the Faculty and the Speaker of the Purdue University Faculty.
The committee is preparing ballots for Senate committees and subcommittees and will conduct elections for these in March and April.
Nominations and Elections:
Margit Codispoti, Chair
Ron Friedman
James Toole
Nash Younis
Senate Reference No. 04-21
MEMORANDUM
TO: Fort Wayne Senate
FROM: Paul Lin, Chair, Professional Development Subcommittee
SUBJECT: Professional Development Subcommittee End-of-the-Year Report
DATE: March 22, 2005
COPY: Kenneth Bordens, Margit Codispoti, Shree Dhawale, Linda Hite, David Oberstar, and Carl Drummond (ex officio).
Membership
§ The first meeting of PDS was called by Linda Hite on September 14; and Paul Lin was elected as Chair of the committee.
§ Prof. Ahmad Karim chose to resign from the committee in October 2004 due to the conflict of interest - his sabbatical leave application.
§ Current committee members include Kenneth Bordens, Margit Codispoti, Shree Dhawale, Linda Hite, Paul Lin, David Oberstar, and Carl Drummond (ex officio).
Committee Activities
§ The committee members met several times in room ET 207, during Fall 2004, to review and recommend 2005 IPFW and PRF Summer Grant applications (31 received) and 2005-2006 Sabbatical leave applications (20 received)
§ The recommendation and ranking for the 31 IPFW and PRF Summer Grant applications was forwarded to Dr. Hannah, Vice Chancellor, in December 5, 2004 for consideration.
§ The recommendation and ranking for the 20 Sabbatical Leave applications was forwarded to Dr. Hannah, Vice Chancellor, in December 5, 2004 for consideration
§ The IPFW International Travel Fund/Grant applications for the time between July 1 and December are due on June 1; and the committee will review and recommend the received applications in the early June.
Senate Reference No. 04-21
To: Fort Wayne Senate
From: Elaine Blakemore, Chair
PU Committee on Institutional Affairs
Subject: Annual Report, 2004-05
Date: March 10, 2005
The Purdue CIA considered no items of business during the 2004-05 academic year.
Purdue University Committee on Institutional Affairs (4 Senators & Speaker)
Lowell Beineke, 2002-05 Ronald Friedman, 2004-06
Elaine Blakemore, 2003-05, Chair Zhongming Liang, 2004-06
David Erbach, 2004-05
Senate Reference No. 04-21
TO: Executive Committee
Jane Grant, Chair
FROM: Student Affairs Committee
Solomon Isiorho, Chair
DATE: March 16, 2005
SUBJ: End-of-Year Report, 2004-05
SAC looked at two items for the 2004-05 academic year:
1. We discussed and passed “Priority Registration for Rostered Athletes SD 04-7.”
2. Discussed the need for having a policy in place for the potential abuse of the system by students. It was concluded that it was not necessary at this point.
Committee membership:
Peter Goodmann, 2003-06
Timothy Grove, 2003-06
Brittany Hess, 2004-05 (student)
Solomon Isiorho, 2002-05, Chair
Erin McConaha, 2004-05 (student)
Max Montesino, 2003-06
Edna Neal (ex officio)
Hedayeh Samavati, 2004-07
James Toole, 2003-06
Senate Reference No. 04-21
From: University Resources Policy Committee
Bruce Abbott, Chair
To: Jacqui Petersen
Subject: End‑of‑year Committee Report
Date: 28 March, 2005
URPC conducted the following business:
1. Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs Walter Branson to meet with URPC at its request to discuss the financial aspects of the IPFW Strategic Plan.
2. URPC has been asked by the Budgetary Affairs Committee to formally act on a resolution it recently drafted and will be taking up this resolution in April.
URPC Membership:
B. Abbott
W. Branson (ex officio)
J. Brennan
M. Codispoti
J. Dahl (ex officio)
D. Danielson (ex officio)
F. Darwish (student)
M. Douglas
P.Dragnev
C. Erickson
P. Goodmann