After some protested the name “Human Sciences” for the college resulting from the combination of the Colleges of Family and Consumer Sciences and Education on Tuesday, the Faculty Senate was forced to approve the name in the same vote as its decision to approve the combination.

The name and combination were approved after the senate deadlocked 33-33 and Faculty Senate president Sanjeev Agarwal cast a tie-breaking vote in approval.

“I think the name is a deal-breaker,” said Bill Woodman, university professor of sociology.

He said he was willing to vote down the entire combination if the name Human Sciences went along with it.

Carla Fehr, assistant professor of philosophy, said she felt bullied when the name change was included with the combination vote.

Jack Girton, former Faculty Senate president and associate professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, said the combination was originally presented as one proposal for the Faculty Senate to vote on, and it cannot be split into two votes because of the name.

“Our role is not to amend but to make a recommendation to the president,” Girton said.

Faculty from the two colleges who came up with the name Human Sciences pushed to keep it and presented some of their research findings again.

“Slapping together two names into one doesn’t represent the idea of collaboration that we want,” said Ann Marie Fiore, associate professor of textiles and clothing.

Daniel Russell, professor of human development and family studies, said social science professionals must realize that the name Human Sciences does represent the proposed combined college.

Arnold Van Der Valk, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, said the name was presented before the Faculty Senate, which is a broader representation of the university than just the faculty from the combining colleges.

“Human Sciences will confuse a lot of folks. It seems to under-represent the College of Education,” Van Der Valk said.

David Carter-Lewis, professor of physics and astronomy, voted against the combination because the name is misleading, he said.

Girton recommended that the Faculty Senate pass the combination proposal, send it to ISU President Gregory Geoffroy and recommend that the name be changed.

“I would hope that we can discuss the name later and still send the proposal to President Geoffroy,” said Ben Allen, provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Before the official vote on the combination and name change took place, the Faculty Senate voted unofficially against the name change, with 37 against the change, 31 for it and one abstained.

For the college combination, the unofficial vote was 60 for the combination, eight against and one abstained.

The final vote in which the change to Human Sciences was included in the combination proposal was 33 for and 33 against with one vote abstained and the tie-breaker from Agarwal.