| MINUTES FACULTY SENATE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR December 14, 2004 RSC 111, 2:30 PM |
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| PRESENT: David Beran, Hal Bertilson, David Carroll, Orv Clark, Ted Cox, Maria Cuzzo, Martha Einerson, Chris Kemnitz, David Kroll, Peter Nordgren, Chuck Reichert, Cecilia Schrenker, Nick Sloboda, Gloria Toivola, Julius Erlenbach, David Prior, Mary Lee Vance, Teri Kronzer, Liz Blue, and Rob Schimke. | ||
| EXCUSED: Matthew Faerber and Tim Cummings. | ||
| ABSENT: James Holter and Susan Loonsk. | ||
| APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion (G. Toivola/M. Einerson) to approve the November 16 Faculty Senate minutes passed. The December 5 Executive Committee minutes were adopted. | ||
REPORT OF THE CHANCELLOR: Julius Erlenbach. A $1.2 billion deficit is projected for next year. The governor and his staff are looking at every option. Campuses have been told to prepare a 10% budget reduction exercise. What is defined as administration for the purpose of these cuts is based upon the Legislative Audit Bureau definition, which is broader than NACUBO. There are concerns about this broader definition. The Governor is suggesting that the state use the student auxiliary reserves on campuses which have capital plans and have the students borrow. Such a strategy will lead to the costs of debt service. This has implications for the RSC project. The Board of Regents is negotiating with DOA on this issue. Sabbaticals have been approved by the Board. Fifty-seven graduates were in attendance at the December graduation ceremony. President Riley will be on campus for opening day of spring semester. He will be given 1-1/2 hours to speak to us and respond to our questions. A question was asked about the status of day care as it relates to the new academic building. Chancellor Erlenbach responded that there may be some legal issues. PR programs in GPR facilities may not be legal. The administration is looking at other possibilities. One is the Newman Center. Another is a free-standing facility on campus. On another campus $1.5 million was spent for a free-standing day care center. The planning process for the new academic building begins on July 2005. |
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REPORT OF THE PROVOST: David Prior. Summer college planning is going well. We were able to guarantee core general education courses to students before advisement week. It costs about $60,000 - $70,000 to make that guarantee. About 70 students would not have gotten the course under the old rules. Provost Prior reported that an on-line pilot for selected general education courses will be tested during Spring 2005. The purpose will be to see if it will assist us in overcoming the general education bottleneck. The five (5) courses proposed for the pilot are History 151, 152, WST 150, Music 170, and Remedial Math. In each case the department has been consulted and did not have faculty interested in teaching these courses. Provost Prior discussed UW-Superior Foundation support. Investment yield has been down. The Foundation meets on January 14, 2005. Some monies may become available for distinguished lecturer, student research grants, and faculty development. |
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| REPORTS | ||
| Chair--David Carroll. No report. |
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| Secretary--Hal Bertilson. No report. |
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Faculty Representative--Nick Sloboda. The Faculty Representative report from November 19 is hyperlinked at Faculty Representative Report. Senator Sloboda drew our attention to the 10% reduction moving to be something that is not merely an exercise. Individual Senates may at a future time wish to pass some resolutions. |
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| Planning, Budgeting, and Review Council--Peter Nordgren. | ||
| 1. | Minutes of the 12-3-04 PBRC meeting. | |
| 2. | Final Report on the Review of Programs within the Department of Health and Human Performance (5-14-04). The purpose of including the program reviews with the agenda is not to have the Senate act on them, but to have Senators aware of these recommendations. Senator Toivola asked what the Administration will be doing about the recommendations. Provost Prior said he is working closely with the department regarding the criticisms. Mike Wallschlaeger will continue to serve as Chair through the spring. Senator Kroll reported that the Department is taking action. Courses are being slashed. Course changes are being forwarded to the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council. | |
| 3. | Report on the Review of the Programs within the Distance Learning Center (11-4-04). Distance Learning was authorized as an individualized major. PBRC recommended that the authorization go through UW System Administration. Provost Prior supports a new major in Distance Learning coming to faculty governance. | |
| 4. | Information and Instructional Technology Plan. Motion (P. Nordgren/H. Bertilson) to approved the Technology Plan passed. | |
| Personnel Council--Chris Kemnitz. | ||
| 1. | Personnel Rules Final Report (November 2004). Motion (C. Schrenker/M. Einerson) that Chemistry and Communicating Arts complete their reports in superior quality by March 1 or stand in front of the Senate to explain passed. The motion also stipulated that all other department reports are accepted. | |
| 2. | Department workload policy. Motion (C. Schrenker/P. Nordgren to submit department workload policies to the second Department Chair meeting of Spring Semester 2005 and for the Department Chairs to develop policy passed. Provost Prior stated that workload policy development relates well to another project the chairs are working on--S&E budget equity across departments. | |
| 3. | Unclassified Staff Personnel Portfolio. Motion (H. Bertilson/O. Clark) that the unclassified staff personnel portfolio minimum requirements be required starting with assistant professors hired for the Fall 2005. Anyone already here and coming up could choose to use the minimum requirements and format or chose not to. The motion passed. It was further recommended that the Promotion Committee review this format and minimum requirements and be sure that promotion content/format is consistent with this format. | |
| Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council--Tim Cummings. No report. | ||
| Graduate Council--Terri Kronzer. No report. | ||
| Student Senate--Rob Schimke. The Student Senate is working on a book exchange program. Rob is working with the Superior Mayor to have a student representative on the City Council. The Student Senate is coordinating the letter writing campaign on the budget issue so that letters from all the campuses would be sent to the Governor at the same time. | ||
| Academic Staff Senate--Mary Lee Vance. No report. | ||
| OLD BUSINESS | ||
| 1. | Inclement Weather Policy Motion
(C. Schrenker/T. Cox) to approve the Inclement Weather Policy passed
including the stipulation the the policy will be publicized via everyone
email, the Promethium, syllabi, and class schedule books. |
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| 2. | SPBC Document. Motion (C. Kemnitz/O. Clark) to approve the SPBC document passed. | |
| NEW BUSINESS | ||
| 1. | Auxiliary Funds. Motion (O. Clark/G. Toivola) that the UW-Superior Faculty Senate insists that the State not raid the student auxiliary funds for the purpose to pay down the budget shortfall passed. | |
| ADJOURNMENT | ||
| Minutes prepared by Hal Bertilson, Faculty Senate Secretary, January 23, 2005. | ||