Faculty Senate Minutes

May 7, 2008

Officers attending: Nick Reeder, President; Bill Boyko, Vice-President; Susan Callender, Secretary

Senators attending: Cindy Schoonover, Georgann Enright, Derek Allen, Jim Shimko,

Tom Singer, Moez Ben-azzouz, Eric Kraus, Amanda Romero, Nolan Long, Luis Gonzalez, Dave Stover

Senators not attending: none

Others attending: Laurel Mayer, Shari Rethman, Karl Hess, Ken Kohlenberg, Brenda Seufert, Dean Cole, Gwendolyn Jones, Saundra Schuster

Nick called the meeting to order at 2:30 in rm. 7-L21.

1. Approval of the minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes for April 23, 2008 were approved.

2. Nick asked the senators and visitors to introduce themselves. Afterwards, he summarized why

Brenda Seufert, College Ombudsman; Dean Cole, Senior Director, Student and Academic Support

Services, and Gwendolyn Jones, Manager, Student Leadership Development and Student Judicial

Affairs were invited .

Dean Cole discussed the due process that students must undergo when a complaint on conduct occurs.

In most instances, the first step is to contact Dean Cole; however, the Sinclair campus police may also

be contacted. The visitors agreed that early intervention is critical. Gwendolyn Jones said that her

office has a power point presentation for faculty on disruptive classroom behavior. Saundra

Schuster, Mary Gaier, Charles Gift, and Tom Huguley are the members of the Behavior Assessment

Team. This team provides early intervention regarding disturbing (disruptive) student behavior in order

to have a quicker alternative to the institutional process. An email will be sent to faculty to introduce

this team and their charge.

Derek Allen briefly summarized the Finance sub committee meeting that he attended.

Nick encouraged senators to email their constituents to remind them to vote on the

two changes in the constitution and bylaws. * Motion- The electronic voting will end May 16^th

at 12:00a.m. *The motion passed.

Nick also stated that the Board does not want to listen to and approve the list of faculty names that have

been promoted, received merit, and gained tenure; the Board wants to relinquish this power

to the President. Senators discussed the pros and cons of this matter.

Luis Gonzalez summarized the feedback he and Derek Allen received concerning the preliminary

plan for the faculty information sessions on college governance models. Senators agreed that

every effort should be made to maintain a balanced tone in the sessions.

Bill Boyko’s recommendation for an annual faculty evaluation of the performance of Chairs and

Deans was tabled until the next senate meeting

The meeting adjourned at 4:15.

The next senate meeting will be Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 2:30 in rm. 7-L21.