Minutes of the Faculty Assembly, September 9, 2004

1. The meeting was called to order at 3:09 p.m. and an opening prayer offered by faculty assembly chair, Ryan Dye.

2. Before proceeding to assembly minutes, two announcements were made. The first announcement was made by K. Rogers, CAB liaison, regarding an upcoming speaker sponsored by CAB. The speaker will be Mary Lightfine, a member of Doctors Without Borders. Her talk, “Mary Lightfine, Nurse Without Boundaries,” will take place on Tuesday, September 21, at &:30 p.m. For more information call the CAB office at 6395. The second announcement was made by K. Trujillo regarding the United Way Campaign. Dr.Trujillo noted that SAU is currently at 35% participation in United Way, which is still not at the 50% goal. Dr. Trujillo also reminded those present that there are many very nice prizes yet to be awarded and those who haven’t returned pledge forms have time to do so.

3. A motion to approve the April minutes was made by R. Serianz, seconded by K. Kelly, and passed.

4. K. Hickerson presented the Information Technology Update in place of I. Kremer and discussed the many accomplishments of the IT department over the summer. Dr. Hickerson introduced J. Fredenburg, computer support specialist, who then informed us of the proactive approach that the IT team is taking. IT will be advising faculty members of upcoming changes before they are actually implemented and they will be offering more training opportunities to faculty members who wish to learn to use the programs installed on their machines. Faculty present were provided with a handout describing new Microsoft programs that will be available for faculty computers. For more information contact the IT Department at 6368.

5. Next on the agenda was the second reading of the motion to disband the Bachelor of Elected Studies committee in favor of faculty oversight of the BES degree. R. Serianz moved for approval of this reading, J. Correa Kaiser seconded the motion and the motion carried.

6. The next item to be acted upon was the second reading of the proposal to revise the Handbook description of the Faculty Grievance Committee. This reading was presented by R. Serianz. A motion to approve the second reading was made by T. Schlabach and seconded by J. Enslein. The motion was then passed by the faculty.

7. T. Schlabach then presented a second reading of the Faculty Finance Committee proposal. This second reading came with a friendly amendment from T. Burns to change the membership structure to adequately represent all three colleges in accordance with the directive in the faculty handbook. An additional friendly amendment, made by B. Pitz, was added to instruct that the membership be drawn from the faculty with 1 member from the Department of Accounting, Law, and Taxation or the Department of Economics, Finance, and Decision Science; 2 members from the College of Arts and Science; 1 member from the College of Business; and 1 member from the College of Education and Health Sciences. A motion to accept this reading with its accompanying friendly amendments was made by Fr. B. Miclot and seconded by R. Serianz. After short discussion, the motion was voted upon and approved.

8. Assembly Chair R. Dye advised the faculty that the departure of A. Hakeman from the University left an opening on the Board of Studies. The College of Education and Health Sciences decided to ask Janet Enslein to serve a one-year replacement term, and nominations for a regular, full-term replacement will take place in the Spring.

9. R. Dye also noted that nominations will be taken for the Faculty Finance Committee next week and elections will follow shortly thereafter.

10. A motion for adjournment was made by R. Serianz and seconded by B. Miclot. The assembly adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

C. DeVolder, secretary