Vol. XL, No. 14
MINUTES OF THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING
April 5, 2006
The Faculty Senate of Southeast Missouri State University met on Wednesday, April 5,
2006, in the Party Room of the University Center. The following Senators were present:
James Champine (Chair), Michael Cobb (Chair-Elect), David Smith (Membership
Committee Chair), Rick Althaus, Mary Elizabeth Ambery, Kim Dillivan, Marc Fulgham,
Priscilla Hornby, Arrick Jackson, Elaine Jackson, Daniel MacLeay, Jim McGill, Cheryl
Milde, Bruce Mims, Debbie Beard (Alternate), Jayanti Ray, David Reinheimer, Sophia
Scott, Haohao Wang, David Glick (Alternate), Xuesong Zhang, and Min Zou. Vice
Provost Fred Janzow and Student Government Liaison Heather Valle were also present.
Absent and not represented by their Alternates were: Ronald Clayton, Mary Ann DeLine,
Kathy Gilliland, Bonnie Stepenhoff, Marc Strauss, Rebecca Summary, and Martha
Zlokovich.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Approval of minutes Vol. XL-13 was moved by Senator Scott and seconded by Senator
Dillivan. The motion carried.
REPORT FROM THE CHAIR
Chair Champine reported that Sandy Scroggins is still looking for volunteers for the April
30th Recognition program. Sandy can be reached at extension 2080. Chair Champine
thanked Senators Ambery and Zou once again for volunteering.
Chair Champine reported that the Senate Executive Committee met with President
Dobbins on Monday April 3. He indicated that they discussed compensation, the FiveYear Calendar, the River Campus, Three Rivers Community College, and the new Men’s
Basketball coach.
Chair Champine indicated that there will be open forums at 3:30 PM at the Show Me
Center meeting rooms with each Men’s Basketball coach candidate. Candidate Scott
Edgar will be Thursday April 6, Jay Spoonhour will be Friday April 7, and Rod Barnes
will be April 10, 2006.
Chair Champine reminded all committee chairs to prepare a written report on their
committee’s activities. He asked the committee chairs to please send an electronic
version to Dana at dmglass@semo.edu.
The chair reminded the Senate about the upcoming election of senate officers, Chair-elect
and Membership chair, on April 19. The first half of that meeting will include closing
action on Old Business, reports from committees, and ceremonies for senators whose
terms have expired. The second half of that meeting will be attended by the new senate
that will elect executive officers.
REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON
Vice Provost Fred Janzow reported that pre-registration for the Fall 06 semester begins
April 10. He reminded Senators that students now have to have an alternate PIN to have
access to the portal to register.
Dr. Janzow reported that he had met with the Higher Learning Commission about the
North Central Accreditation process. Dr. Janzow asked the Senate to start paying close
attention to the upcoming AQIP Action Projects. He invited the Senate to visit the
Higher Learning Commission website for more information.
Dr. Janzow reported that the Promotion and Sabbatical Leave Committee will be
reviewing the dossiers of the faculty coming through for promotion shortly.
REPORT FROM THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT LIAISON
Student Government Liaison, Heather Valle reported that the WINGS program started
last weekend. She indicated that they had several riders and believed that it went very
well.
Heather Valle urged Senators to encourage their students to take part in the upcoming
student elections.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
Documents
Senator MacLeay reported that the Documents Committee has been communicating by
email. They have prepared a resolution for the document Procedures for Updating the
Faculty Handbook, which will be considered under old business.
Professional Affairs
Senator Bruce Mims indicated that Professional Affairs has not met. However, they have
completed the letter concerning Promotion and Tenure and plan to distribute the letters
tomorrow.
Governance
Senator Zlokovich was unable to attend the meeting.
Compensation
Senator Milde reported that the President indicated that faculty may get a 3% increase as
opposed to the 2.5% that the Compensation Committee had requested. She reported that
the President indicated that the additional funds were due to the off-campus centers not
losing as much money.
Academic Affairs
Senator Reinheimer reported that Academic Affairs completed the Five-Year Calendar,
and it will be considered under new business.
Membership
Senator Smith reported that Mike Cobb was re-elected so that he could serve as Faculty
Senate Chair next year and Marc Fulgham has also been re-elected to serve another term
on the Senate. He indicated that they were the only two senators whose terms were
ending in 2006.
Senator Smith indicated that he will invite faculty who are interested in serving on open
committee positions to submit a paragraph stating why they want to be on that specific
committee and why they believe they are qualified to do so.
OLD BUSINESS
Chair Champine distributed copies of the proposed resolution regarding Suggested
Guidelines for Effective Use of Student Evaluation of Instruction. There was a motion
(Mims/Reinheimer) to accept the resolution. A presentation was made by Senator Mims,
Senator Cobb, Senator Smith, and Senator Althaus. There was extensive discussion of
issues relating to the document. The question was called by Senator Smith (Scott
seconded). The senate voice was divided, and when the house was sampled, the result
was 8 in favor, 9 opposed, and 2 abstentions.
Senator MacLeay distributed copies of the proposed resolution regarding Procedures for
Updating the Faculty Handbook. There was a motion (MacLeay/Scott) to approve the
resolution. Chair Champine called for a vote, and it passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
Senator Reinheimer distributed copies of the proposed Five-Year Calendar bill. Senator
Reinheimer moved to suspend the rules and take up the bill immediately; Senator Althaus
seconded. The rules were suspended. After discussion on the bill, there was a motion
(Reinheimer/Althaus) to approve the bill. Chair Champine called for a vote, and it passed
unanimously.
Senator Althaus distributed a proposed resolution requesting a change in the University
Non-discrimination Policy to be considered at the next Faculty Senate meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
The motion to adjourn (Scott/Champine) was recognized and approved at 4:59 p.m.
The next Faculty Senate Meeting will be April 19 in the University Center Party
Room at 3:00 PM.
Approved April 19, 2006