Taylor Hall 306

October 7, 2004

1.&n= bsp; = ; Faculty Marshall, Oris Griffin, called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.. Members present included:

Aash= ir Nasim, Psychology; April Roth= , Communication Studies; Bill Knorpp, Philosophy and Religion; Bob Jerome, Economics; Bob Lembright, History; Brian K. Miller, Business;

Broo= ks Marshall, Finance and Business Law; Carmenza Kline, Foreign Languages and Literatures; Claudia O’Neill, Nursing; Craig Shealy, Psychology (Gr= ad); Cynthia Gilliatt, English; David Bernstein, Computer Science; Dietrich Maune, Media Arts and Design;

Edga= r Parker, Mathematics and Statistics; Elizab= eth Cole, Accounting; Elizabeth Gu= mnior, Writing Program (for Traci Pi= pkins); George Wynn, Marketing; Jennifer McCabe, Libraries; = Jim Ruff, English; Joe Rudmin, Physics; John Singer, Kinesiology &am= p; Recreation Studies; John Wolf, Military Science; Karen Ford<= /b>, Social Work;

Kare= n Santos, Education; Kenneth G.&= nbsp;Lewis, Senate Treasurer, ISAT; Kent Zimme= rman, Senate Speaker, Management; Mark Rooker, Art and Art History; Mary Fitzgerald, Political Scienc= e; Michael Smilowitz, Communication Studies; Nikitah Imani, Sociology & Anthropology (for Laura Lewis); Ois Griffin, Education; Roberta Mitchell, C.L.A.S.S.;

Roge= r Hall, Theatre and Dance; Scott Eato= n, Geology; Sharon Babcock, Biology;

Stephanie Chisolm, Health Science; Thomas Wood, Computer Info Systems.

Guests included: Teresa Gonzalez and Su= san Wheeler, Office of the Provost. Solange A. Lopes-Murphy, Senate Secretary, Education was not present. The student Darci Mitchell took notes and recorded the meeting so that S. Lopes-Murphy could generate the minutes.

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2.<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>         = Approval of Minutes: Kent Zimmerman asked for approval of the minutes of April 29. Minutes were approved. Changes were recommended for Septe= mber 2 minutes. Joe Rudmin made changes. Instead of, “J= oe Rudmin is against the resolution” as stated originally in the minutes, the following statement was introduced “Joe Rudmin said that, given t= he responsiveness of the VPAA’s staff, the proposed committee is not needed”. The September 2 minutes will be revised to incorporate the proposed change. Motion then was made for approval = of the September 2 minutes. Minutes = were approved.

3.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>         Treasurer’s Report: Ken Lewis reported that there was $1,304.01 in the flower fund and $7,041.51 in the senate’s university account. <= /span>

4.    &= nbsp;    Topics Discussed:

§Ant= iplagiarism Software

o = Ralph Alberico & Jeff Clark discussed plagiarism prevention and detection. A report was distributed to the fa= culty on this topic.

o = Karen Santos announced a workshop on November 4 & 5 for new faculty on Academ= ic Dishonesty.

o = Senate members discussed possibilities to engage students in writing assignments a= nd prevent them from plagiarizing.

§Sur= veys

o = Cynthia Gilliatt requested surveys for third year review to be completed. So far, she has just received nine= . Cynthia also presented the issue of tuition relief for faculty families. According to her, the VA House of Representatives said no. JMU made such request in 1966 and = the answer was “no”. According to the VA 2133B Code, this is not a possibility. Senators discussed the possibility= of lobbying for law change and searching for private funds to support this initiative.

5. = Provost’s Report: Teresa Gonzalez annou= nced that the Board of Visitors meeting would happen October 8. The focus would be on student life= and faculty research. Other issue= s to be discussed would be faculty salaries and the reorganization of the Colleg= e of Arts & Letters (CA&L).

&= nbsp; The timetable for the CA&L reorganization would be as follows:

v&nb= sp; first year – exploration – the i= dea is to come up with a series of questions within units by mid November to identify common themes.

v&nb= sp; Spring 2005 – bring groups from across colleges together for discussion.

v&nb= sp; Summer/Fall 2005 – present reactions t= o a variety of suggested models of reorganization.

v&nb= sp; Spring 2006 – identify the workable model. SHEV must approve it.<= /p>

Teresa Gonzalez emphasized = the importance of participation from faculty, especially from those who will be directed affected by the new structure.&nb= sp; She also recommended identifying connections that can be established among colleges. Teresa heard = and reacted to faculty concerns regarding:

v&nb= sp; collaboration among colleges,

v&nb= sp; the hiring of new faculty for the reorganized CA&L,

v&nb= sp; the fragmentation the reorganization may bri= ng to the existing unit,

v&nb= sp; the power of the reorganized unit(s) within = the university,

v&nb= sp; the pace with which the reorganization is to take place,

6. = Sp= eaker’s Report: Kent Zimmerman passed out report he would give the Board of Visitors on October 8. The re= port contains issues of faculty retention and faculty development. Among those issues are: the ratio = of tenured faculty to student ratio, percentage of full time faculty in tenure positions, percentage of temporary employees.

Senators discussed commitme= nt of tenured faculty compared to untenured or temporary employees in important organizational and programmatic decisions, in addition to faculty load reduction & increase in faculty/student ratio. Senators reacted to some of the wo= rding in the report regarding the commitment of faculty holding RTAs positions. Kent Zimmerman emphasized that the report represented the Speaker and not the Senate. The group expressed displeasure ab= out the Speaker’s Report to the Board of Visitors. Kent Zimmerman agreed to address t= hose concerns.

7. &nbs= p; Committee Reports:

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&= nbsp; A. Nominations and Elections: No report. =

&nbs= p; B. Academic Policies: No report. Committee needs members.

C. Faculty Concerns: Stephanie Chisolm talked about= the committee’s discussion on conducting an assessment on the faculty and students’ perception of the Honor Council. Stephanie asked senators to email = her to share their thoughts regarding how to conduct this assessment. Regarding students’ awarenes= s of the Honor Code, the suggestion was to add a tutorial Freshman Year on plagiarism and the Honor Code. That would become part of the student’s academic record.

D. &nb= sp; Budget Priorities: Elizabeth Cole needs more people on the committee.

E. &nb= sp; The Faculty Appeals Committee: There are four people on the committee. George Wynn stated he needs one te= nured person or RTA from each college. He needs someone from ISAT, Education, and Science & Mathematics. If the Senate does not fill the committee, faculty members who are not senators can be elected to serve on = the Faculty Appeals Committee.

F. &nb= sp; The Committee on Academic Policies: David Bernstein discussed the resolutio= n on the process of creating new colleges. Recommendations to the university are that

o = Some of the set deadlines are too close – the dates should be moved from mid-November to spring 2005. = Teresa Gonzalez suggested that CA& L should decide on the timeline.

o = Faculty should be able to put forth all proposals.

o = Faculty involvement should be high and modeled around Virginia Tech. Teresa G

8. &nbs= p; New Business: None.

&nbs= p; Jim Ruff moved that the meeting be adjourned at 5:06 p.m. Craig Shealy seconded it.

Respectfully submitted,

Solange A. Lopes-Murphy

Secretary of the Faculty Se= nate