ACADEMIC SENATE MINUTES
(Approved)
May 1, 2002 Volume
XXXIII, No. 17
Call
to Order
Vice Chairperson Carolyn Bathauer called the meeting
to order at 7:00 p.m.
Seating of New Senators
Matt
Anderson, Graduate Student
Matt
Aper
Emily
Berg
Andrew
Chusid
Nicole
Clemmons
Shane
Cunningham
Jeff
Gaylor
Pam Hoover
Danielle
Kuglin
Katy
Lacio
Mark
Ligunas
Nick
Maroules, Student Trustee
Sarah
Meyer
April
Niemann
Jenny
O'Brien
Hiren
Patel
Emily
Reynolds
Sonthana
Thongsithavong
One Graduate Student Vacancy
CAS
GROUP A
Mike Plantholt, MAT
GROUP B
Hassan Mohammadi, ECON
Lane Crothers, POS
GROUP C
Lee Brasseur, ENG
Barb Kurtz, FOR
CAST
Richard Boser, TECH
Frank Waterstraat, HEALTH SCIENCES
CFA
Bill O’Donnell, Art
COE
Ken Jerich, C&I
COB
Ramaswamy Radhakrishnan, MQM
NTT FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
(Term:
2002-2003)
Phyllis Feaster, ENG
Faculty Continuing on the Senate:
Joe Armstrong, BSC
Paul Borg, MUS
Jim
Coliz, ACS
Thomas Crumpler, C&I
Harry Deutsch, PHIL
Eileen Fowles, Mennonite
Marian Hampton, THE
Dan Holland, PHY
Jack Howard, MQM
Steve Landau, PSY
Maribeth Lartz, SED
Ken Lindblom, ENG
Pat Meckstroth, Milner
Mohamed Nur-Awaleh, EAF
John Pryor, PSY
Khalid Razaki, ACC
James Reid, FOR
Kerry Tudor, AGR
Susan
Winchip, FCS
Administrative Representation:
President
of Illinois State University: Vic Boschini
Provost:
Al Bowman
College
Dean Representative (Deans Attend Senate Meetings on a Rotating Basis)
Chairperson
of Chairs’ Council: David Barone
Vice
President for Finance and Planning: Stephen Bragg
Vice
President of Student Affairs: Helen Mamarchev
Undergraduate
Associate Vice President: Eric Thomas
Graduate
Associate Vice President: Gary McGinnis
Staff Representation:
Civil Service Council Representative: Martha Burk
Senator
Crothers called the roll and declared a quorum.
Election of Officers (Senate Chairperson, Secretary)
Senate Chairperson: Lane
Crothers
Senate Secretary: Paul
Borg
Faculty Members:
Jim Reid
Jack Howard
Eileen Fowles
Khalid Razaki
Student Members:
Ryan Allen
Nicole Clemmons
Mark Ligunas
Election of
Faculty Member to Campus Communications Committee for 2002-2004:
John Pryor, CAS
Approval of Minutes of April 17, 2002
Motion XXXIII-137: To
approve the Senate minutes of April 17, 2002. The minutes were unanimously
approved.
Chairperson's
Remarks:
Senator Crothers: Thanked
numerous people for their help in getting him oriented to the new position of
Chairperson of the Academic Senate. He included thanks to President Vic
Boschini, Provost Al Goldfarb, Interim Provost Al Bowman, Vice President
Stephen Bragg, SGA President Carolyn Bathauer, former Senate Chairperson Curt
White, and Senate secretary, Cynthia James. He noted that 2002-2003 would be an
active year and that the Senate would have the opportunity to have a great deal
of influence on how the University operates in the future.
Senate Vice Chairperson/Student Government Association President's
Remarks:
Senator Bathauer: The
Student Government Association has formed two ad hoc committees to address the
issues of a daytime transit system for Illinois State University and a
September 11 Remembrance Day. SGA will begin interviewing for the RSO Faculty
Advisory position next week.
Administrators' Remarks:
· President Boschini: Congratulated Senators Crothers and Borg on their elections as Senate Chairperson and Secretary, respectively. He stated that the Provost Search Committee would begin meeting in June of 2002 in search of a replacement for Provost Al Goldfa