Minutes From the Meeting of the Faculty Assembly

April 19, 2001

1. The meeting was called to order at 3:06 by K. Colwell

2. The Nominations committee presented two candidates for the position of 2001-2002 chair-elect: D.Hilden and L. Brown. A motion to close nominations was made A. Kaiser, seconded by J. Correa Kaiser; ballots were distributed, collected and tallied. Chair-elect for the upcoming year is Linda Brown.

3. K. Colwell described the progress on administrative evaluations and requested approval of committee members for next year (‘01-‘02). Those members include A. Lensing, D. O’Connell, B. Hughes, J. Stauff, and K. Colwell. A motion to approve was made by A. Ambrose and seconded by K. Trujillo.

4. M. Baldwin discussed the Joint Admissions Program (with Eastern Iowa Community Colleges) and noted that the intent is to get students connected academically with the University prior to earning 30 credits. The goal for fall is approximately 10 students. A SAU advisor would help with the selection of courses that would then transfer to SAU. Equivalences should be posted to the web soon.

5. A report on the retirement proposal from the faculty finance committee was presented by K. Siska. The process for retirement and incentives was codified and reviewed by attorneys and the administration. The committee is requesting approval to submit the proposal to the President for his review and approval. Questions regarding insurance coverage were raised (e.g. the possibility of a person taking retirement incentives remaining under SAU medical insurance beyond COBRA). Siska promised that the committee would look into the possibility and review the relevant statements.

A motion to pass the report on to the president was made by A. Lensing and seconded by T. Schlabach.

6. A recommendation was made to accept the reports of committees. P. Jacobson moved to accept, the motion was seconded by A. Ambrose.

7. R. Legg addressed progress on General Education changes and indicated that he will be meeting with groups of faculty rather than the faculty as a whole. However, weekly summaries are posted to the Gen. Ed. web page. R. Legg encouraged all faculty to communicate with him or any other member of the committee.

8. As there was no new business, a motion to adjourn was made by B. Jacobson and seconded by A. Lensing.

Respectfully submitted,

C. DeVolder