Minutes of Faculty Senate Meeting

April 27^th, 2005

Members present:

• Don Lanza
• Pat Crotty
• Pat Bailey
• Jim Knox
• Sarah Thomason
• Joel Brooks
• Brad Fox
• Robert Alfonso
• Pat Wurth
• Bill Schramm
• David Puckett
• Robert Safdie
• Mike Goggin
• Robert Benson
• Lauri Sammartano
• George Meghabghab
• Don Windham
1. Sarah Thomason moved that the minutes of the March meeting be approved. The motion passed unanimously.
2. Bill Schramm gave an update on the Benroth Award. He stated that the portfolios are being reviewed and the three candidates will be selected by April 29^th.
3. Brad Fox gave the following update on the Faculty Evaluation Committee activities: the committee has been putting together a distance education evaluation instrument which has been put into WebCT to be used as a pilot for five current courses. The pilot will gather feedback from the students in the courses using the instrument.
4. Sarah Thomason gave the following report on the Promotion and Tenure Policy Committee; the committee has met for at least 20 hours. They are making good progress to streamline the process along TBR policy guidelines.
5. TBR subcouncil report: from Betty Denison states that faculty will receive a 2% pay raise during the 2005-2006 academic year.
6. Elections of officers for 2005-2006 academic year was held. The following were elected:

President, Robert Safdie

Vice President, Don Lanza

Secretary, Pat Crotty

Respectfully submitted:

Pat Wurth, outgoing Secretary

Amendment August 26, 2005:

7. Faculty Senate members expressed concern about the Presidential Search Committee and that the process would occur too quickly. Faculty Senate charged Robert Alfonso (outgoing Faculty Senate President) and Robert Safdie (in-coming Faculty Senate President) work with the Chancellor for process information and to provide information to faculty over the summer break.

Minutes were approved 8/26/2005 with above amendment/addition.