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University Senate Meeting
March 22, 2004Attendees: David Applebaum, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, Lorin Arnold,
Joe Bierman, Lori Block, Carl Calliari, Bruce Caswell, Jay Chaskes, Eric Constans,
Steve Crites, Joanne Damminger, Joe Davey, Gini Doolittle, Tom Fusco, John Gallagher,
Kathy Ganske, Jim Haugh, Judy Holmes, Gabriela Hristescu, Diane Hughes, Olcay
Ilicasu, Martin Itzkowitz, Frances Johnson, David Klassen, Lee Kress, Kristyn
Kuhlman, Phillip Lewis, Janet Lindman, Mary Marino, Mark Matalucci, Jeff Maxson,
Stuart McGee, Ellen Miller, Eric Milou, Janet Moss, Pat Mosto, James Newell, Terry
O’Brien, Joe Orlins, Julie Peterson, Anne Phillips, Robi Polikar, Karen
Siefring, Edward Smith, Sonia Spencer, Robert Sterner, Eileen Stutzbach, Skeff
Thomas, Sandy Tweedie, Cindy Vitto, Tricia Yurak, Faye ZhuNot in Attendance/Represented
by Alternate: Charles Schultz (out due to injury) represented by Bob Newland,
Barbara Williams represented by Joy XinNot in Attendance: James Abbott, Herb Appelson,
Greg Biren, Julia Chang, Richard Earl, Dorie Gilchrist, Karlton Hughes, Denyse
Lemaire, Bela MukhotiMotion to approve the agenda, seconded and carried.Motion
to approve minutes of February 16, 2004, seconded and carried.
Special Report: Ed Ziegler, University Marketing
This seems an appropriate time to consider whether we should change our logo.
The current university logo was created quickly to serve after the institution
was named a university; then we went into a capital campaign and did not want
to change the logo during the campaign. Now that the capital campaign has been
completed, it is time to examine whether our current logo represents us well.
In addition, there are some problems with our logo. For example, the current logo
makes it difficult for the university to sell clothing because students have expressed
the fact that they do not care for the way it looks. It has also been found that
it does not work well when sent electronically because of the detail of the cupola.
The new logo will be designed on campus by Curt Kapus from University Publications,
a professional designer and an alumnus. University colors, mascot, and seal will
not change, but we are also considering changing our slogan.About two weeks ago
a committee was set up to guide the process. The first step is to do some research
to get an idea of what we believe are the strengths of the University. The logo
should reflect the sense of descriptive words that have recurred during this initial
stage, such as “dynamic,” “progressive,” “exciting.”
The committee will then come back to various constituency groups, including the
Senate, once there are drafts of a design. The process will continue until we
have consensus on a logo design. We would like to have a new logo in place by
the fall, but there is no deadline. The logo committee will also generate a graphic
identity policy for consistent use of the university logo.It was suggested that
a senator be added to this committee.
Standing Committee Reports:
Student Relations: Lorin Arnold, Chair
Lorin reported a minor change in wording regarding amplification equipment (Principles,
section 5) in the Suggested Rowan University Policy to Assure Free Speech and
Peaceful Assembly. Other suggestions were made from the floor: -Principles, section
1 should read: No records regarding the purpose or participants in a protest will
be maintained by the University.
-Principles, section 4 should clarify the difference between posted materials
(which must, in accord with Posting Policy, bear the name of the sponsoring organization
or individuals) and distributed materials, which are expected but not required
to list information on the sponsoring organization or individuals.
-Disruptive Activity, pg 3, section b. regarding “Fighting Words”
should possibly be reworded in order to more clearly define “fighting words”
as “words designed to provoke an immediate retaliatory reaction” or
should be dropped altogether.
-It was also suggested that the Academic Freedom clause of the AFT contract be
integrated into the Overview.Lorin will follow-up with the suggested changes and
investigate the legalities of some of the wording in the free speech policy.
Motion to have policy discussed further at the next meeting approved by a vote
of 30 “yes,” 6 “no,” and 3 abstentions.
Lorin will bring the policy back to the Student Relations Committee.Campus Aesthetics
& Environmental Concerns: Skeff Thomas, Chair
Motion to introduce a resolution regarding Rowan University Environment/Building
Practices, seconded and carried.
The resolution is designed to ensure environmental responsibility and encourage
a University-wide commitment to common environmental principles and practices.
Over the past eight months many discussions have taken place with the Campus Master
Plan Committee, and many principles within the environmental resolution have been
incorporated into the guiding principles of the master plan.
In response to a question, Skeff indicated that LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) Certification will not be possible with the new Education
Building, although some LEED principles will be incorporated into the building.
The new Fine & Performing Arts Center is the first building that could possibly
obtain LEED certification. Discussions about West Campus have also been ongoing,
and the first building of the South Jersey Tech Park will be moved to a better
location (from an environmental standpoint).-Suggested change for resolution paragraph
three, second sentence to read: Rowan University will endeavor to follow the best
current practices in our interaction with the natural environment.Motion to approve
non-friendly amendment to change, seconded and carried.Motion to approve the resolution
as amended, seconded and carried.A question from the floor about recycling led
to the response that Facilities personnel would be coming to the next meeting
of this committee. Concern was expressed about the fact that recyclables in Savitz
are commingled.Learning Outcomes Assessment: Anne Phillips, Chair
Anne Phillips commended her committee for their work in putting together goals
and recommendations, with special thanks to Roberta Harvey for having done the
majority of the actual writing. The LOAC goals and recommendations have been discussed
by the Senate Exec and revised accordingly. The document is now ready for Senate
discussion.
Middle States now requires that learning outcomes assessments be an ongoing activity
and be recorded. The committee is committed to a faculty-owned, faculty-controlled
process of assessment. Results of assessment should not be held against those
applying for recontracting, tenure, and promotion; rather, credit should be given
for engaging in assessment activity. Assessment activities should be established,
continuous, and embedded as part of the academic process; should contribute directly
to student learning; should take full advantage of existing processes and offices;
and should be driven at the programmatic level by the individuals working directly
with students.
- Suggestions were made to add some general language about funding in Recommendation
1 and also Recommendation 3. (Some departments need funding in order to use assessment
instruments of choice.)
- Questions were raised about the six hours of reassigned time for the Coordinator
of Assessment and how that would fit in the redefined workload that we expect
to occur. It was also suggested that a stronger rationale be made for the reassigned
time by adding information about the specific duties of the Coordinator of Assessment.
- It was suggested that, under “Goals,” the word “sustainability”
be clarified and “in learning outcomes assessment” be added at the
end of that sentence.
- Motion to approve LOAC Goals and Recommendations was withdrawn so that the document
can be reviewed by the LOAC in light of the comments and suggestions made today.Curriculum:
Phillip Lewis, Chair
The following curriculum proposals were announced:Process C:
Liberal Arts & Science: Math/Science
SCC#03-04-806
Certificate of Graduate Study: Secondary Math Education
-Graduate levelInterdisciplinary
Physics/Chemical Engineering/Electrical Engineering
SCC#03-04-911
Concentration in Materials Science
-Undergraduate levelProcess A: associated approved course proposals:Physics/Chemical
Engineering/Electrical Engineering
SCC#03-04-908
Materials Science
-Undergraduate –level 400SCC#03-04-909
Materials Science
-Graduate –level 500Motion to approve, seconded and carried.Career Development:
Sonia Spencer, Chair
The deadline for materials to be submitted is March 31st. It is believed that
eleven copies are to be submitted, but Sonia will confirm that information.
There is $40,000 available for career development.Academic Policies & Procedures:
Martin Itzkowitz, Chair
Martin met with Ted Schoen and Mark Weaver of the College of Business to discuss
AP&P concerns about a proposed MBA program to be set up in Greece. The committee
is currently reviewing a proposed policy to enable students holding a Rowan baccalaureate
degree to return for a second baccalaureate degree.Sabbatical Leave: Janet Lindman,
Chair
Sabbaticals will be funded at the contractual rate of three-quarter pay for the
semester, one-half pay for the year. The University Budget & Planning Committee
has recommended funding to cover replacement personnel for those who go on sabbatical
from last year’s list (those who deferred) and those recommended this year.
Those recommended for year-long sabbaticals will be approved. Those deferred from
last year and those recommended this year for semester sabbaticals will be asked
if they intend to take their sabbatical or defer. For those deferred, there is
no guarantee 100% funding for semester sabbaticals will be restored. Research
& Technological Resources: Gabriela Hristescu, Chair
Committee meeting scheduled for Friday, March 26th, 10:50 am to 12:05 pm, in the
Computer Science conference room.
Note: This meeting has been rescheduled for Friday, April 6th, 10:50 am to 12:05
pm, in the Computer Science conference room.Promotion: John Gallagher, Chair
The committee is processing the portfolios of 38 applicants for promotion. Fifty-one
originally signed up for promotion last fall. Thirteen applicants either did not
submit their promotion materials, or withdrew from the process.
The committee had to assist in solving college level promotion committee membership
problems. The College of Business needed to adjust its membership and the College
of Communication reduced its membership to three.
The University committee will submit a number of recommendations to the AFT Bargaining
Committee to refine the process and make responsibilities clear. The committee
will recommend that due dates be stated clearly at each stage. The committee is
using a new agreement compatible instrument to direct its work of certifying applicant
portfolios and the promotion process.
The agreement states that the University committee must certify its findings to
the Provost by April 2nd.Tenure & Recontracting: James Newell, Chair
The T&R Committee has completed all reviews for the 2003-2004 academic year,
and has turned its attention to issues of process.Senate Constitution Committee:
Plans are underway to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Senate.General Education
Review: The committee has formed and the first meetings have focused on philosophy
of our general education models and models common at our peer/aspirant schools.
Five meetings for the remainder of the spring semester have been planned to the
committee will have a report and possibly a resolution for the end-of-the-year
Senate meeting on May 12th.Campus Master Plan Committee: The committee will be
taking up the issue of sequencing of construction projects. A number of issues
need to be looked at in terms of funding and logistics. The committee has been
invited to work with developers of Rowan Boulevard and the hotel complex, which
will be the anchor at this end of the boulevard. The developer and the boro are
optimistic that construction could begin as early as this fall. Senate President’s
Report:
-The Senate held a special working session with President Farish, the Cabinet,
the Academic Affairs Council, SGA officers, and selected administrators on February
24th. The next special working session will be held on Thursday, April 8th at
2:00 PM in room 126 of the Campbell Library.
-There has been an approximate 50% response to the Senate survey from full-time
faculty and professional staff. The deadline for survey responses was March 12th.Announcements:
-The Provost has asked for volunteers to serve on a committee to evaluate applications
and recommend awards for the new Separately Budgeted Service (SBS) Program.
-There is a need for one faculty and one professional staff member to volunteer
for the selection committee for the Joseph Barnes A. Award for Outstanding Service
to Rowan University. Nominations are due in the Senate office by April 12th.
-The Chairs Council conducted its first meeting on March 3rd. Pat Mosto was nominated
as Coordinator, and elected by unanimous ballot. This is a one-year term, with
a possibility of a second year renewal.
-Senators whose terms expire at the end of the 2003-2004 academic year have been
notified. Departments with senators whose terms are expiring need to hold elections
and notify the Senate with the results.
-Professional staff ballots will be going out next, and Senator-At-Large nominations
will be sent when the professional staff election is complete.
-Carl Calliari has announced his retirement to be effective June 30, 2004, after
thirty-nine years of service at Glassboro State College/Rowan University. In accordance
with past practice, Kathie Small, who received the next highest number of votes
in last year’s senator-at-large election, will fulfill the second year of
Carl’s term.
-Richard Earl from Public Relations/Advertising will be completing Hal Vogel’s
term as department senator.
-Department chair elections must be completed by secret ballot and reported to
the appropriate Dean and the University Senate office by April 30th.
-Textbook orders for summer and fall are due at the Bookstore by April 15th.
-The next Academic Affairs Open Forum will take place at noon on April 15th in
Rowan Hall.
-The Senate Constitution Review Committee is planning a 35th Senate anniversary
celebration in May.Open Period: George Brelsford
- A “Seeing-Eye Puppy Program” will begin this fall semester. Four
groups of residential students will be hosting the seeing-eye puppies, with the
object of training and socializing them in preparation for their becoming seeing-eye
companions. The pups will accompany the students on and off campus, including
the classroom. Each student will receive a card that identifies them as a participant
in the program, and the puppies will also have tags. Students will ask permission
to bring puppies to class. George stressed that it is appropriate to say “no”
if faculty or any students in the class do not feel comfortable about bringing
a puppy into the classroom, for whatever reason.
-The townhouse permits have been received. We expect to have 160 beds by fall
of 2004. Students will be given the option to move in mid-semester or spring for
those units that come on line later. The parking garage will be the last building
to be constructed and will provide parking for residential students, commuters,
and faculty/staff.
Student Affairs is currently advertising for an Assistant Dean of Students/ Director
of Judicial Affairs. Meeting Adjourned
Senate Resolution #040322-1
A resolution regarding Rowan University and the EnvironmentThe University Senate
adopts this resolution as a recommendation to the Campus Master Plan Committee,
the University Administration, and the University Board of Trustees. The intent
is to open a university-wide discussion about environmental responsibility, which
will result in a university-wide commitment to sound environmental principles
and practices. Rowan University’s commitment to promote such principles
and practices will provide leadership in South Jersey and act as an example for
state institutions of higher education to follow. While such a commitment could
be made at any time, it is unlikely that the University will experience another
such period of explosive growth any time in the near future. The decisions now
being made will shape the course of the university over the next decades. We as
educators, as consultants to business and industry, as a business incubator, as
a community of citizens and scholars have the responsibility and the opportunity
to assume the position of environmental leadership, both for the benefit of students,
staff and faculty, and for the community and the region. Resolution on
Environmental Responsibility, Smart Growth and Building PracticesWhereas: Preservation
of the natural environment is essential to the health of life on Earth, including
our own life and that of our descendants, and
Whereas: Rowan University has the duty and opportunity to educate and influence
its faculty, staff and students and benefit the community by teaching and modeling
environmental values, and
Whereas: Rowan’s proposed expansion, including new campuses and new buildings,
presents an opportunity to assume a position of environmental leadership in South
Jersey in its use of energy and resources, in the way it locates and constructs
its buildings and in the way it uses its land, and
Whereas: Nationally and locally recognized standards exist by which sound environmental
practices regarding the sustainability and environmental impact of new buildings,
land use, and institutional life and growth can be measured, and
Whereas: Fundamental decisions about the future of the university should be made
with the knowledge, consultation, and participation of the whole university community,
and
Whereas: The university community, building on the work of the master planning
committee, should encourage campus-wide dialog about environmental values that
will guide the forthcoming growth and development of the main campus, the Camden
campus, and the proposed development of the west campus, recognizing that this
discussion be sustained and expanded,Therefore be it resolved thatIn all current
operations and future growth, Rowan University will adhere to sound environmental
principles and practices, and will be a leader in South Jersey in promoting such
principles and practices. Rowan will make care for the environment a part of its
daily life and image, in such a way that students, staff, faculty, and members
of the larger community will be inspired to do likewise. The University commits
itself to a continuing, full, and open public discussion of university policy
in these areas. Within the constraints of responsible fiscal stewardship and the
academic mission of the school, Rowan University will endeavor to follow the best
current practices in our interaction with the natural environment.Addendum:
At present we understand the best current practices to include:Global/national
level- New Jersey Higher Education Partnership on Sustainability
(http://www NJHEPS.org)
Goals of NJHEPS:
1.Create knowledge, attitudes, skills and practices on each campus that support
environmental sustainability.
2. Support Campus Teams consisting of faculty, administrators, staff and students
committed to:
1)Carry out specific projects to make the campus more sustainable through innovations
in curriculum, research, campus facilities management and public policy outreach
that might be replicated on other campuses
2)Undertake a campus environmental inventory
3)Develop a campus environmental action plan
4)Communicate the message of sustainability to the campus
3.Partner with other stakeholders in sustainability efforts including government,
public schools, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and community groups.
4.Encourage other institutions to pursue these goals by modeling "best practices"
and disseminating the results. Program The Sustainable Campus Initiative is a
comprehensive, Five-Year Plan (2001-2005) to change curriculum, research, campus
facility operations and community outreach that focuses initially on reducing
campus impact on global climate change. The SCI utilizes six consonant, interrelated
strategies:
1.Education for Sustainability- the expansion of sustainability-related instruction
in the curriculum 2.Energy efficiency and conservation measures aimed at climate
change and allied with the DEP's New Jersey Sustainability Greenhouse Gas Action
Plan to reduce both energy costs & emissions3.High performance "green
design" at a time of major spending for construction & renovation in
education ($550 million in bond money for higher education, $8.3 billion for K-12)
which can greatly reduce total life-cycle energy costs & emissions 4.Sustainable
materials use and "green" procurement 5.Student activism in promoting
this agenda 6.Media campaign aimed at the education sector and the public.2) Regional
Level-New Jersey Office of Smart Growth
(http://www.nj.gov/dca/osg/smart/index.shtml)
What is Smart Growth?Smart Growth is the term used to describe well-planned, well-managed
growth that adds new homes and creates new jobs, while preserving open space,
farmland, and environmental resources. Smart Growth supports livable neighborhoods
with a variety of housing types, price ranges and multi-modal forms of transportation.
Smart Growth is an approach to land-use planning that targets the State’s
resources and funding in ways that enhance the quality of life for residents in
New Jersey. Smart Growth principles include mixed-use development, walkable town
centers and neighborhoods, mass transit accessibility, sustainable economic and
social development and preserved green space. Smart Growth can be seen all around
us: it is evident in larger cities such as Elizabeth and Jersey City; in smaller
towns like Red Bank and Hoboken, and in the rural communities like Chesterfield
and Hope.In New Jersey, Smart Growth supports development and redevelopment in
recognized Centers—a compact form of development—as outlined in the
State Development and Redevelopment Plan, with existing infrastructure that serves
the economy, the community and the environment.3) Local level- U.S. Green Building
Council (http://www.usgbc.org).The U.S. Green Building Council has designed for
new construction and renovation of existing buildings. These standards are known
as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Standards. LEED standards
are the nationally recognized standard for environmentally sound construction.
They are rigorous and comprehensive, and they are clearly the standard to meet.
Following them has not proved to be significantly more costly at the outset, and
in the long run it is often less expensive due to savings in energy, water use,
waste disposal and the like.
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