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Faculty Senate Minutes of October 5, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Thomas Breslin with the following Senators and visitors present:

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & THE ARTS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Jaime Canaves Malek Adjouadi David Dolata Geoffrey Smith Jacek Kolasinski Ibrahim Tansel Absent: Sabri Tosunoglu Phillip Church Kuang-His Wu Absent: COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES Osama Mohammed Dawn Addy Joan Baker John Berry SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM Thomas Breslin Neil Reisner Julian Edward Carlos Suris Piero Gardinali Alan Gummerson COLLEGE OF LAW Kenneth Johnson David Walter Leonard Keller Howard Wasserman Aurora Morcillo Joe Patrouch Joerg Reinhold LIBRARY Gene Rosenberg Lauren Christos Dev Roy Andy Grof Heather Russel Victor Uribe WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Enrique Villamor Dietrich Lorke Dean Whitman – Alternate Georg Petroianu Absent: Ch Rao Rebecca Friedman Steven Heine Gail Hollander COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH Mary Levitt SCIENCES Felice Lifshitz Jennifer Doherty-Restrepo Yvette Piggush Sandra Jones Richard Tardanico Florence Keane Heather Russell Amy Paul-Ward STEMPEL COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH & COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SOCIAL WORK Krishnan Dandapani Nasar Ahmed Delano Gray Fatma (Rose) Huffman Shahid Hamid Ray Thomlison Clark Wheatley Absent: Dinesh Batra GUESTS: Suchi Mishra Nick Autiello Christin Battle COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Elizabeth Bejar Leonard Bliss Jeffrey Gonzalez Marc Weinstein Steve Kelly Absent: Tonja Moore Martha Pelaez Brian Peterson Helena Ramirez SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY Damaris Rubio Percival Darby Debra Sheridan David Talty Doug Wartzok Kathleen Wilson Min Yao I. Approval of the Agenda – Motion: The Agenda was moved and approved II. Approval of the Minutes of the September 14, 2010 meeting – Motion: The minutes were approved III. Chairperson’s Report – Chair’s Oral Report to the Senate, October 5, 2010  Flu season reminder: Thursday , October 7, from 11:00 am to 2 pm, in the GC Ballroom at the Maidique Campus the FIU Faculty Group Practice will be administering flu vaccine at no charge if you are insured by a University-offered health plan—bring your insurance card. A $20 charge will apply for all Self-pay. If you plan to participate, please wear a comfortable shirt that allows your arms to be exposed.  Visit http://[email protected] to study the draft of the University’s new strategic plan.  The Joint Committee to look at the structure and membership of the Faculty Senate met for the first time 2 weeks ago and discussed the role of the medical school. The committee, which includes Senators Addy, Bliss and Gummerson, is looking at UCF, U. of Houston, and the University of Arizona among the others. The committee is interested to see if having a medical school makes a difference in the structure and function of the Faculty Senate.  Thanks to Dev Roy and the Nominating Committee, we have filled all vacancies on our committees and all Senators are fulfilling our constitutional requirement that they serve on a Senate Committee for at least one year.  Committees have been very busy and the minutes of their meetings are being posted on the Faculty Senate web page as they come in. In my written report, I’ve updated you on the status of two committees, the Library Committee, and the Honorary Degree and Awards, which, in addition to proposing an all-electronic on-line application process, has proposed simplifying the application process by reducing the amount of required documentation.  The BBC Committee is reviewing the draft strategic plan to understand and comment on its implications for BBC.  The UCCOC is collecting proposals for the core curriculum—today is the first deadline; November 9 is the next deadline. Instructions and additional information are on-line. This semester, the Committee reviews half the courses in the UCC, which includes English Composition, Quantitative Reasoning and Natural Sciences. The committee will review the Humanities, Arts, and Social Inquiry next semester.  The Curriculum Committee will publish the first curriculum bulletin tomorrow on Univmail and on the Senate website. It will include 15 existing upper division courses proposed for GL designation.  The Ad Hoc Global Learning Curriculum Oversight Committee will review 15 courses per bulletin with a goal of 90 per year.  The On-line Review Committee has requested that Dean Elam attend the Senate to address its concerns.  At its next meeting, the Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Committee will review implementation of the lab space matrix, lab space for new faculty, and start-up funds for new faculty.  The Nature Preserve and Campus Environment Committee will be focused on fund raising and the strategic plan.  The Ad Hoc Building and Environment Committee reports that the FIU College of Business Administration is ranked #7 for teaching students about sustainability.  The Committees, all 19 of them, do the basic work of the Senate and their efforts are crucially important to the success of the collegial governance process.  Remember to attend this week’s Faculty Convocation Events. For those, unlike myself, who are not teaching at that time, tomorrow evening from 5 pm to 6:30 pm at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, there will be a concert, courtesy of the FIU School of Music, and a reception afterwards at the Frost Art Museum. Thursday afternoon from 3 to 4:30 pm at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, the Faculty Convocation and Awards Ceremony will take place, and on Friday, from noon to 2 pm, in the Graham Center Ballrooms, the Faculty Convocation Luncheon, courtesy of the Provost’s Office, and Panel Discussion take place. Remember the Iron Law of graduate school: NTDFM-- Never Turn Down a Free Meal.  Art Herriott spoke about the role of Emeritus faculty and how FIU will be engaging them. To find out more- [email protected]. IV. Action Items: A. Approval of Committee By-Laws Motion#10/11:07: The Faculty Senate approves the Committee By-Laws as posted on Faculty Senate website.

V. Reports: A. Provost’s Report—Provost Wartzok  Dr. Breslin has been appointed to lead a committee of faculty senate chairs/vice chairs studying the potential impact of the Bologna Accord on the SUS.  Provost requested comments on the strategic plan  Invited everyone to attend the Krugman lecture Oct. 15  Space and Scheduling will no longer be housed in the office of the registrar. It will now be under Jeff Gonzalez in Institutional Planning and Research.

B. Update on Enrollment – Steven Kelly, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services Dr. Kelly’s report is in Appendix A. C. UFF Report—Kathleen Wilson, UFF-FIU President  October 14 & November 18 UFF will host open house.  Entering new open bargaining cycle beginning in October  UFF Chapter meeting will be held Oct. 29, 12:30-2:30.  December 9 will be the UFF Holiday party in the Faculty Club.  Tobacco-Free policy visa-vie faculty must be bargained as a “term or condition of employment”  Outside activities form must be filled out and signed only for all extra compensated activities or if you may have a conflict of interest in any compensated or uncompensated activity. This only applies to in-unit faculty. It is not necessary to report summer activity if you are a 9 month employee .

D. SGA Report – Helena Ramirez, MMC SGA President Helena Ramirez reported on student activities at MMC, asked for faculty to notify her of upcoming events so she can get the word out at SGA meetings. E. SGA Report—Christin Battle, BBC SGA President – CiCi Battle reported on BBC student events and made a similar plea to bridge the gap between students, staff and faculty. Contact her at [email protected]. She will e-mail the Senate about future events. VI. Unfinished Business - none VII. New Business Academic Policies Committee will be handling promotions.

Next Senate meeting will be scheduled for October 26. Motion- was passed to adjourn.

Respectfully , Dawn Addy, Secretary Appendix A: Enrollment Services Report – Fall Semester 2010

Unique Summer 2010 University-wide Headcount Summer 2009 27,333 Summer 2010 30,050 Difference: +2,717 (+9%)

Unique Fall Semester 2010 University-wide Headcount Fall 2009 39,720 Fall 2010 42,315 Difference: +2,595 (+7%)

Summer/Fall New Student Enrollments New Students Enrolled o2009 FTIC 3,147 o2010 FTIC 3,983 Difference: +836 (+27%) New Transfer Students Enrolled oFall 2009 Transfer 5,284 oFall 2010 Transfer 5,502 Difference: +218 (+4%)

Fall Graduate School Enrollments Fall 2009 1,970 Fall 2010 2,209 Difference: +239 (+12%)

External Factors of Economy; Readmits Summer 2010 797 Fall 2010 949 Summer and Fall Combined: 1,746

Veteran Students Fall 2009 605 Fall 2010 977 Difference: +371 (+61.5%)

SAT Scores, GPA Admissions Minimum Standards: Summer = SAT 1400/ACT 20/GPA 3.0; Fall = SAT 1570/ACT 23/GPA 2.8 Average Scores, Summer Enrolled SAT o2009 1540.87 o2010 1491.31 Average Scores, Summer Enrolled GPA o2009 3.47 o2010 3.30 Average Scores, Fall Enrolled SAT o2009 1728.73 o2010 1700.64 Average Scores, Fall Enrolled GPA o2009 3.74 o2010 3.70 Financial Aid  Total Disbursements to Date o2009 – 2010 $83,937,339.79 o2010 – 2011 $140,954,285.13

 Number and Percent of Undergraduate (UGRD) Students on Financial Aid oFall 2009 17,686 57% oFall 2010 22,300 68%

 Fall Pell (per student) Range; Average Allotment; Number and % of UGRD Recipients oFall 2009 $488 – $2,675; $2,034; 8,571 28% oFall 2010 $277 - $2,755; $2,098; 13,550 41%

 Undergraduate Direct Loan Total Amounts; Number and % of UGRD Recipients oFall 2009 $30,637,000 8,003 26% oFall 2010 $36,095,196 9,479 29%

Course Scheduling  Summer Lecture Sections oSummer 2009 Lower Level 542; % Seats Filled: 81.4% oSummer 2009 Upper Level 799; % Seats Filled: 76.4% oSummer 2009 Graduate Level 466; % Seats Filled: 67.9% oTotal Summer 2009 Lecture 1,807; % Seats Filled: 76.5%

oSummer 2010 Lower Level 542; % Seats Filled: 90.5% oSummer 2010 Upper Level 828; % Seats Filled: 80.6% oSummer 2010 Graduate Level 556; % Seats Filled: 55.8% oTotal Summer 2010 Lecture 1,926; % Seats Filled: 77.9%

oFall Lecture Sections oFall 2009 Lower Level 1,133; % Seats Filled: 89.7% oFall 2009 Upper Level 1,667; % Seats Filled: 86.0% oFall 2009 Graduate Level 1,000; % Seats Filled: 66.3% oTotal Fall 2009 Lecture 3,800; % Seats Filled: 83.9%

oFall 2010 Lower Level 1,173; % Seats Filled: 88.3% oFall 2010 Upper Level 1,782; % Seats Filled: 87.1% oFall 2010 Graduate Level 1,165; % Seats Filled: 51.2% oTotal Fall 2010 Lecture 4,120; % Seats Filled: 80.0% The Concierge Experience – Fall 2010 Start-up With full support from the Provost’s Office during the Fall enrollment peak period (August 16 through September 7), fifteen employees from the Enrollment Services division were stationed in the PC hallways and at other MMC locations to assist students with their enrollment needs. Concierge staff carried iPads that were linked to PantherSoft and were able to inform, research and resolve many problems students faced in enrollment and financial situations, right on the spot.  A “Welcome Desk” was established at the east entrance to PC where Concierge members we able to greet and assist students as they came into the building.  A “Forms” window was created at the Registrar’s Office to help students hand in or pick up forms quickly.  The Health Center staffed the front counter in the Registrar’s Office to help students with immunization and insurance hold issues.  An intense pre-planning and cross-training throughout the division was conducted during July and August helped make the Concierge Service a great success.  There were fewer students in line, faster responses to student needs and information disseminated, and generally fewer problems or delays than ever before. The Concierge Service will continue its development and will be offered this coming Spring semester at both MMC and BBC. The model serves as a successful planning instrument for the future Student Academic Support Center.