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INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST
2009-10 FACULTY SENATE
November 3, 2009
Whitewater Hall Room 132
11:00 AM
Presiding: Laverne Nishihara, Faculty Senate President
Present: Armstead, S; Baldwin, L; Barbre, J ;Battraw, J; Baumann, P; Bingaman, R; Braxton-Brown, G; Breymier, T; Bullock, D; Cheung, O; Clapp-Itnyre, A; Clark, K; Curry, M; DeSantis, K; Dulemba, L; Fell, M; Felton, K; Fitzgerald, E; Folkerth, M; Frantz, D; Gabston, M; Harper, J; Heffron Williamson, M; Helton, E; Humphries, P; Jance, M; Jayasuriya, K; Kathuria, H; Kriese, P; Kunshek, R; Lafuze, J; Lundy, D; Ma, H; Mahaffey, J; McFadden, S; McKinley, E; Mohamed, W; Morgan, A; Morse, M; Nishihara, L; Olson, D; Passet, J; Paydar, N; Peacock, F; Pomper, M; Ramsey, R; Rankin, S; Richards, L; Roswell, R; Sabine, N; Scane, M; Scott, W; Seddighin, M; Simon, J; Stager, J; Stolle, C; Thomas Evans, M; Watkins, M; Whitt, P; Wilde, J; Wilson, E; Yates, F.
Absent: Baker, D; Beach, D; Blakefield, M; Bow, C; Branstrator, P; Buckner, B; Cooksey, A; Dempsey, K; Doerger, D; Greer, K; Henderson, T; Huffman, E; Knuths, J; Maurer, J; McFadden, B; Rivard, T; Rybas, N; Samborsky, E (on leave); Scales, T; Shapiro, S; Slattery, E (on leave); Stanforth, D; Thornburg, E; Tolley, R; Weber, G.
Guests: Dooley, D, VC Administrator; Itnyre, R, Visiting Faculty; Kim, A, Visiting Faculty; Wright, K., Staff
Call to order
Quorum was reached and the meeting was called to order at 11:04 am by Laverne Nishihara, Faculty Senate President.
- Approval of Minutes
The minutes for the October 6, 2009 meeting were approved as presented. - President’s Report—Laverne Nishihara
It was previously announced at the last meeting President McRobbie’s State of the University address had been rescheduled for October 12th. However, he was having a little trouble recovering from a procedure so his October 12th address has been postponed, possibly until spring. Hitesh Kathuria and Laverne Nishihara participated in the October 27th meeting of UFC and there were two items of relevance to this faculty. There was discussion of a draft of review procedures for core school deans. These are procedures for evaluating deans that are in multi-campus programs, for example, the dean of the school of education or nursing. There have never been review procedures for these core school deans and we will report to you as the draft is developed. The second item discussed were proposed nomenclature changes in the IU Bloomington academic guide and what came up was that on the different campuses the Chief Academic Officers have different titles. On this campus the Chief Academic Officer has the title of Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and on other campuses this title may be different. This may eventually affect all-IU policies and the handbook because there has been a proposal to use “Chief Academic Officer or representative” in all-IU policies to avoid confusion. - Chancellor’s Report—Chancellor Paydar
We are all saddened by the loss of Tom Thomas and the chancellor had the pleasure of working with him a little but most of you have had that pleasure for a longer time. What he has done for fine arts and for our campus is enormous. We need to recognize his accomplishments and a group of faculty has been asked to arrange a tribute that will be worthy of what he has done.
At the last meeting, the budget was discussed and $340,000 is the stimulus money that is allocated when the state cut the money from IU East. Worst news is that the state came forward with the revenue for the first quarter of this fiscal year and it was ¼ billion dollars less than projected. In three months we earned less by ¼ billion dollars and in one year Indiana will have 1 billion less than what was projected. This has made all of the campuses and state offices worried because that has major implications. We are working to find efficiencies to find ways to save the $340,000 that will come out of our base budget. This is now adding another twist and we will keep you updated as we know more. We do know enrollment and retention is very important so again, thank you for your hard work. However the projections from high schools for the next ten years continue to go down and our market is shrinking. We have to expand geographically and that is where the expansion of online courses comes in.
Tom Raper Hall was dedicated on October 13th and was a wonderful event for our campus. We started the beautification project about 6 months ago and we won an award for installation. We now have a ¼ million dollars to go towards the continuous growth of the beautification project but we want to work with IU on how we can do a master plan of the campus.
Discussion: There was a suggestion that the art gallery be named after Tom Thomas.
- Standing Committees
- Agenda Committee—Markus Pomper
Voting Item: Mission in Strategic Plan
The mission was moved and seconded by the Agenda Committee.
Discussion: There was concern that for many years we have referred to the regions as East Central Indiana and now it is being stated as Eastern Indiana. There was also clarification that the mission statement is the mission of the campus and shows what we are about. Then the plan is to back up the mission in detail to show the goals of the campus. There was also some concern with the grammar within the plan; however the floor decided to keep the plan as it already is.
The mission statement was approved unanimously and the motion carried.
Voting Item: Resolution to Endorse Strategic Plan
Discussion: The Strategic Plan can be put in place without an endorsement of the faculty; however Nasser Paydar asked that the faculty be given the opportunity to endorse the plan. There was concern about the listing of degree examples that the university plans to develop in the future. A suggestion was brought forth that it may be more appropriate to say that the university plans to create master’s degrees where needed. This could be done instead of listing programs that may or may not be appropriate to this campus or this region. It was also stated the action items will be updated and looked at yearly whereas the mission will not be updated for about 5 years. The plan is a work in progress and the action items can be adjusted as needed. There was also a concern that under the title Excellence in Teaching and Learning there is very little emphasis on teaching. To answer the concern, a comment was made that each of the action items under the objectives help explain what the goals are. Each item may not directly say teaching; however the items include information that discuss teaching and explain what the intended goal is.
The Resolution to Endorse the Strategic Plan was approved unanimously and the motion carried.
- Athletics Committee—Neil Sabine
Voting Item: Resolution to Add Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
Information Item: Track and Field Budget
The Resolution to Add Men’s and Women’s Track and Field was moved and seconded by the Athletics Committee.
Discussion: There was concern for the costs that it will take to bring track and field to IU East and then what does the campus do when the money is no longer there? Track and field is a flexible program and does not require a specific amount of students to participate. The athletes can qualify individually even if there are not enough students to make a full team. The cost is therefore more flexible than a sport like basketball where a full team is required. There was a question of why the facility cost was listed as zero on the budget. At this time track and field athletes will be using Richmond High School’s track and equipment to train and prepare for competition. Richmond High School does not charge Indiana University East to use their facilities. What is the break-even point? How many students have to be involved to not lose money? It was noted that only 10 students would have to participate in the sport for the university to break even in costs. The main expense that cannot be predicted is the cost of travel. We do not know at this time where the athletes will be competing and how many would need to travel to each event.
The Resolution to Add Men’s and Women’s Track and Field was approved unanimously and the motion carried.
- Curriculum Committee—Bob Ramsey
Voting Items: New Course Requests
ENG-W230 Writing in the Sciences
The course was moved and seconded by the Curriculum Committee.
Discussion: None
The course was approved unanimously and the motion carried.
ENG-W470 Senior Seminar: Professional and Technical Writing
The course was moved and seconded by the Curriculum Committee.
Discussion: There was a question of who the course is intended for and if it would be offered online. The response was that it will be a senior seminar option offered online or in the classroom for those pursuing a professional and technical English track.
The course was approved unanimously and the motion carried.
MUS-X401 Performance Seminar and Masterclass
The course was moved and seconded by the Curriculum Committee.
Discussion: It was noted that the last course that was brought forth at the last meeting was incorrect. It was listed as X410 and the course number actually needed to be X401. This had to be changed because Bloomington already has a class established with the X410 listing.
The course was approved unanimously and the motion carried.
- Nominating Committee—LaDonna Hatley Dulemba
Information Items: Election Results for P & T vacancy, Faculty Board of Review; forecast of upcoming elections
From last month’s election the winner for the P & T committee was Alisa Clapp-Itnyre. The winners of the Faculty Board of Review elections were Denise Bullock, Paul Kriese and Susan Shapiro. It was also noted that in February there will be an election to find the Faculty Senate president and the UFC representative.
- Academic Affairs Report – Executive Vice Chancellor Richards
The Strategic Plan is something that will continually be edited, added to, and changed as needed. The new master’s degree programs that were talked of earlier are being discussed with deans and all programs need evaluation. Our goal is to add more programs and we will add them as we feel necessary. The examples that are listed in the plan are just examples that have been mentioned in the past.
- Old Business
None. - New Business
Elvinet Wilson is IU East’s representative to the Learning Technology Steering Committee. She will need feedback from the faculty on the committee’s priorities for next year.
It was noted that the campus’s reputation is highly respected in the state. There has been attention on IU East for how the campus is continuing to expand and create new opportunities for individuals in this region. One worry was that when Graduate Council of Indiana University allocated how many seats every campus should have, it did not provide us with a seat. One seat goes to Kokomo and IU East. Chancellor Paydar filed an objection to have a request to have that changed. Alisa Clapp-Itnyre is our candidate and Nasser insisted that we should have a seat at that table.
The meeting adjourned at 11:51 a.m.
