Faculty Council
Monday, September 9, 1991
4:00 p.m, 105 Fenton
Meetings are open to all members of the campus community, space permitting.
AGENDA
- Approval of the agenda.
- Approval of the minutes of the May 6, 1991 meeting.
- Report of the President: D. MacPhee.
- Report of the Chairperson: M.L. Lunde.
Report of the Search Committee for the Vice President for Development and College Relations (R. MacVittie).
Presentation of Proposed Search Committee for Dean of Natural and Social Sciences:- W. Foeller, chair (Acting Dean; Economics)
- N. Boynton (Mathematics)
- M. Dowd (Political Science; Business)
- K. Fox (Biology)
- R. Klassen (Theater Arts)
- H. Lawson (Chemistry)
- C. Prevet (Physical Education)
- J. Stephens (Sociology)
- Student (to be named by the Committee)
- Report of the Vice Chair: S. Warner
- Report of the Faculty Senator: J. Straight
- Report of the chair of the Governance Committee (J. Westwood)
- Report of the Commencement Committee (K. West)
- Report of the College Scholarship Committee (M. Dimitri)
[Item was deleted from agenda before adoption] - New Business
0. Chairperson M. L. Lunde called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m.
1. Chairperson M. L. Lunde asked for a motion to approve the printed Agenda, minus Item 9. M. Nelson made the motion; seconded by R. Belliotti. The motion was passed.
2. A motion was made by M. Seyedian to approve the Minutes of the May 6, 1991 meeting with a correction of a typographical error; seconded by M. Nelson. Motion passed.
3. Report of the President: Full text of President MacPhee's address at the Opening Faculty Meeting is now being circulated. It includes more detail than his verbal presentation, especially details of the College's financial situation from V. P. for Administration, D. Burdette. He is pleased with outcome of recent budget allocations for Fredonia relative to the rest of SUNY and other public universities. However, caution and a tight budget are still very much in order while we plan for the future.
President MacPhee expressed pleasure with ways in which the Comprehensive Institutional Plan is being implemented. Recently grants have been awarded to T. Steinberg, M. R. Amiran, R. Ambrosetti, K. Mantai, B. Kilpatrick, D. Jelski, J. Bowser, T. Janik, M. Yepes, J. Gilbert, L. Dunst, J. Elwinger, N. Bowser, and V. Conover for a variety of projects implementing specific goals of the Plan. Funding for these grants is partly from earnings of College Foundation's Program Endowment.
Retention of minority faculty and staff (whom we seek actively) is sometimes more difficult than their recruitment. We have this year lost four faculty and staff of color. The concurrent loss of these people, although the four are very different cases, dramatically highlights a problem of very great concern to us. We are studying these cases to see what, if anything, we can learn from. R. Dipert: Some of us never met some of those new faculty. Perhaps we should be making greater personal efforts to make them feel welcome. M. Nelson: We corporately (that is, the UUP) have probably not done enough, and each of us must support this initiative individually as well. MacPhee: We are very interested in ways to improve our performance in these areas.
4. Report of the Chairperson, M. L. Lunde: Chairperson Lunde called on R. MacVittie who gave the report of the Search Committee for Vice President for Development and College Relations. Committee has studied the procedures established by Faculty Council, and has consulted with D. O'Rourke regarding Affirmative Action procedures and requirements. Committee is concerned that the search remain confidential until the stage of inviting candidates to campus. To date, 21 candidates have been eliminated with the committee's thanks; 30 candidates still remain under consideration, after the withdrawal of one such candidate. Committee will select from these a small number, not yet defined, to invite to campus.
Chairperson Lunde asked for a motion to approve the Executive Committee's proposed Search Committee for Dean of Natural and Social Sciences (as listed in Agenda). M. Nelson so moved; seconded by P. Andrews. The motion passed unanimously.
Chairperson Lunde announced that T. McNeil will assist College Senate Secretary R. Dipert with his duties during the remainder of his term. FC members are asked to phone requests for excused absences to McNeil at 3247.
Candidates are now sought for Vice Chair of Faculty Council and for College Senate Secretary. Elections will be in December for terms beginning January 1992. To volunteer your candidacy for either position, please see Chairperson Lunde ASAP.
5. Report of Vice Chair, S. Warner: Expressed a concern that coffee pots in faculty lounges around campus, formerly significant gathering points and wellsprings of collegiality, should be reactivated; and fruit juice should be similarly available. M. Nelson: The union has attempted to do this without much success. Chairperson Lunde: Interesting idea. Anyone willing to assume such an obligation, please see her.
6. Report of Faculty Senator J. Straight: Items for consideration at Faculty Senate's October meeting should be referred to him soon.
7. Report of the chair of the Governance Committee J. Westwood: (no report).
8. Report of the Commencement Committee, K. West: C. Willeford has resigned from committee; your nominations for a replacement member are solicited. For last year's Commencement, an alcohol policy was established with confiscation the penalty for possession; this appreciably raised the level of decorum. Seating was a problem, due to graduates' using alternative sources to obtain academic regalia. More than 400 were seated in Ice Rink overflow seating area. Counterfeit tickets have become a problem; new tickets will be difficult to counterfeit. Improvements have been made in seating for handicapped. Saturday, May 16 will be Commencement Day 1992. Your suggestions for future speakers are sought.
9. New Business: (none).
10. At 4:36 p.m. M. Nelson moved to adjourn, seconded by J. Westwood. Motion passed.
ATTENDANCE (Expiration dates for terms of office in parentheses):
Professional Staff/Management:
P. Andrews (1992)
S. Clarke (1993)
V. Conover (1993)
P. Deakin(1993)
T. Kflu (1993)
T. Malinosky (1993)
S. Maloney (1992)
T. McNeil (1991)
K. Porpiglia (1992)
B. Servatius (1993)
Arts, Education and Humanities:
R. Belliotti (1993)
M. Charbonnet (1993)
R. Dipert (1991)
J. Gillette (1991)
R.Klassen (1992)
M.L. Lunde (1992)
M. Nelson (1993)
T. Schwalbe (1992)
Natural and Social Sciences:
J. Croxton (1991)
M. Grady (1992)
T. Janik (1993)
K. Mantai (1993)
M. Seyedian (1992)
Students:
[none present].
Ex Officio:
D. Burdette
M. Dimitri
D. Hess
D. MacPhee
W. Rockett
H. J. Straight
S. Warner
J. Westwood
Guests:
C. Gawinski
H. Mahoney
R. MacVittie
C.Sims
K. West
C. Willeford
Excused Absences:
D. Johnson (1992)
G. Sebouhian (1992)
A. Raspini [sabbatical] (1993)
J. Romal (1993)
W. Foeller
J. Hurtgen
A. Wheeler.
Unexcused Absences:
J. Chilberg (1991)
S. Royal (1991)
J. Berkley (1991)
J. Hansen (1991)
F. Krohn (1993)
P. Sinden (1993)
R. Weist (1992)