Minutes of the February 13, 2003 Faculty Meeting

President Thomforde called the meeting to order at 11:31 and Associate Pastor Jennifer Koenig provided the opening blessing.

 Approval of the Minutes of the December 2002 Faculty Meeting

Moved and approved.

President's Remarks

President Thomforde thanked all who invited him into classes during interim as well as the band and choir tours.

Chris Chiappari encouraged participation in The St. Olaf Globalization and Social Responsibility Conference 2003: Resistance to Injustice, scheduled February 20-22.

Barb Lundberg, Vice President and Dean of Enrollment, provided an update on admissions, and reported on the ongoing work with the Admissions, Retention & Financial Aid Committee on new admission policies and financial aid. Open discussions will be held, and a detailed email will follow.

IDOCS

Wendy Allen, on behalf of the International and Domestic Off-Campus Studies Committee, moved for approval of IDOCS 02/03-2, that the St. Olaf's program with Ferris University (Japan) be moved from pilot status to full status, as set forth in said green sheet. Motion passed.

Wendy Allen, on behalf of the International and Domestic Off-Campus Studies Committee, moved for approval of IDOCS 02/03-3, Art TA 222 as the Field Supervisor-taught course for the Fall 2003 Term in Asia, as set forth in said green sheet.

CEPC

David Booth welcomed two members of the CEL, Brad Kmoch and Tracy Modory, should any questions come up about internships and guidelines and policies.

David Booth, on behalf of the Curriculum & Educational Policies Committee, moved for approval of CEPC 02/03-6, Guidelines for Academic Internships. Discussions followed regarding limit of academic internships and the relationship of internship to independent study. The internship must be carried out as part of an existing program. CEPC did not look into the academic credibility, but did provide policies to the Advisory Committee which should be directed to the Dean's Council. Motion passed.

David Booth, on behalf of the Curriculum & Educational Policies Committee, moved for the approval of recommendation of four names for Honorary Degrees in connection with the upcoming 100 year Music Celebration: Dominick Argento, Frederick Fennell, Helmuth Rilling and Leon Fleisher.

Community Time

Arnie Ostebee reported that the small group meeting for the purpose of discussing Community Time -- Arnie Ostebee, Eida Berrio, David Booth (CEPC), Bryn Geffert (RPC) and Christi Larson (SGA) -- agreed to recommend the continuation of Community Time. A motion was made to this effect. Discussions followed regarding the procedures for the waiver of the 7-day rule, and the validity of a motion made directly at the meeting. President Thomforde briefly clarified his original guidelines for Community Time: 1st Thursday of the month - faculty meeting; 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month - community events and celebrations; 3rd Thursday of the month - committee meetings (faculty, student, administrative, etc.); 5th Thursday - unscheduled. Community events are open to all; responsibility of advertising the event belongs to the party(ies) sponsoring the event.

Objection to the procedure of the motion. Motion for waiver of seven-day rule. Motion passed. Original motion still on the floor. After further discussion, motion made to postpone the original motion until the March Faculty Meeting. Motion passed by hand count 52 to 51.

The class schedule will be prepared with the Community Time in place. Faculty opinion and student opinion polls were suggested.

Dean's Remarks

Jim May, Provost and Dean of the College, welcomed back those on sabbatical and those back from Interims abroad and on Term in Asia and Global Semester. He encouraged all to use the expertise of students who have participated in the programs.

Dean May recapped his business the last few months: being heavily involved in tenure and promotion procedures and involved in the interviewing process for sixteen new tenure track positions. He indicated how pleased he was with the pool of candidates. He thanked all for the work. Anne Walter recognized Rob Rutherford, a recent addition to the Biology department.

Announcements

Dan Forstner introduced himself as a new member of the Education Department.

Gary Gisselman thanked the Office of International and Off-Campus Studies for aiding in his first experience with an off-campus program.

Gary Wicks announced the lunch with Woodrow Wilson Fellow, William S. Reese, following the Mini-Convo on February 18, 2003.

Paul Zorn brought attention to the recent notice from the Institutional Research and Planning Office about undergraduate origins for PH'ds and the high scoring for St. Olaf.

Corliss Swain announced the upcoming Belgum Lectures. Fred Stoutland will deliver the series titled "How To Believe in Free Will" on February 26 ("Why it Seems So Hard") and March 5 ("Making It Easier").

Bill Carlson commented on his wonderful experience seeing learning taking place during the Global Semester.

Ed Langerak announced that Steinar Bryn will lead a workshop on "Dialog As a Tool for Conflict Resolution" Thursday, February 20.

Meeting adjourned at 12:21 p.m.

Mary Sue Lovett
Faculty Secretary