MOTION:

To approve the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly minutes, which are available on the Web at the following URLs. A simple majority is required for approval.

ROBERTA HUMPHREYS, Clerk
UNIVERSITY SENATE/
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

DISCUSSION:

With no discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved.

APPROVED

Constitutional Amendments to Article II. Twin Cities Campus Assembly (Ex Officio membership)

Approved by the:

Twin Cities Campus Assembly September 28, 2000 Administration January 22, 2001 Board of Regents February 9, 2001

As an amendment to the Senate Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority of all voting members of the Senate (105) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate present and voting at each of two meetings. As amendments to the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority of all voting members of the Assembly (91) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate present and voting at each of two meetings. This is the first meeting at which these motions are being presented.

MOTION:

To amend the University Senate Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, as follows (language to be deleted is struck-out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE III. SENATE COMMITTEES

3. CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES

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Student Consultative Committee

Membership

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- Students shall serve a one-year term, and are eligible for re-election. No student member is eligible to serve more than three consecutive terms.

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MOTION:

To amend the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws, Article III, Section 7, as follows (language to be deleted is struck-out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE III. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES

7. Steering Committees

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Student Steering Committee

Membership

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- No undergraduate student member is eligible to serve more than three consecutive years.

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COMMENT:

The Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC) has recently reviewed current term limits on SSCC and the Student Steering Committee. In accordance with the proposed changes in student committee term limits and student senator term limits, we propose to eliminate any reference to term limits within the SSCC and Student Steering Committee sections of the University Senate and Twin Cities Campus Assembly bylaws as student committee term limits will be covered under the Rules of the University Senate and Twin Cities Campus Assembly.

JASON REED, Chair
STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

DISCUSSION:

Jason Reed, Chair of the Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC), stated that this amendment removes the term limit listed in the Bylaws for the Student Senate Consultative Committee.

With no discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved with 111 in favor and 0 opposed.

APPROVED

To approve the following six names to stand for election to the Senate Consultative Committee/Twin Cities Assembly Steering Committee, from which three are to be elected by mail ballot by the Twin Cities and non-represented UMD faculty: Arthur Erdman, Candace Kruttschnitt, Leonard Kuhi, Judith Martin, Wesley Miller, and Julia Robinson. A simple majority is required for approval.

FOR INFORMATION:

The Nominating Committee names candidates to fill by the election process three 2001-04 Twin Cities/UMD faculty positions on the Senate Consultative/Assembly Steering Committee, presents the following six names, from which three are to be elected by mail ballot by the Twin Cities and non-represented UMD faculty:

ARTHUR ERDMAN: 1971* IT Distinguished Professor and Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology. University. Senate member: 1985-1989 (Alternate, 1983-1984), 1997-2000. Committee participation (past and present): Advisory Committee on Athletics, Senate Judicial Committee, Senate Finance Committee, All-University Human Subjects Committee, Senate Committee on Student Affairs, Presidential Scholars Selection Committee, Senate Committee on Committees, Physical Plant and Space Allocation Committee (Chair), Academic Health Center Conflict Review and Management Committee, Assembly Committee on Support Services, University Energy Conservation Committee, University Advisory Committee on the Special Interactive Computational Laboratory, Sports Medicine Advisory Board, Men's Crew Coach for the U of M Rowing Team, University Hybrid Computer Advisory Committee (Chair), Design Institute Executive Committee, Co-Director of the Occupational Injury Prevention and Safety Program, Member of the University Committee to Evaluate the Facilities Models, Biomedical Engineering Center Advisory Board, IT Single Quarter Leave Committee (Chair), University 4-H Computer Project Development Committee, IT Committee on Undergraduate Experience and Honors Program, IT Single Quarter Leave Committee (Chair), IT Alumni Society Board of Directors, Productivity Center (Board), Mechanical Eng. Strategic Planning Committee (Chair), ME Long Range Planning (Chair), ME Upper Division Honors Program (Chair), Biomedical Engineering Department: Associate Director for External Relations, Executive Committee, Promotion and Tenure Committee (Chair).

CANDACE KRUTTSCHNITT: 1979*, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts. University Senate member: 1992, 1997-2000. Committee participation (past and present): Regents' Professorship Nominating Committee, President's Distinguished Faculty Mentor Program, Council on Liberal Education, Planning Committee for President's Forum on Teaching and Learning, Senate Committee to Review Intercollegiate Athletics, Advising Review Committee for Provost Hopkins, Stout-Wallace Graduate Fellowship Section Committee, Council for Policy, Planning and Budget, Senate Judicial Committee, Bush Sabbatical Selection Committee, Review Committee for Dean Julia Davis., Chair CLA Assembly, Council of Chairs, Executive Committee, Leadership Committee, Budget Advisory Committee, Student Academic Affairs, Search Committee for Assistant to Associate Dean, Search Committee for CLA Analyst (Chair), Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee, Composition and Communication Policy Advisory Board, Curriculum Committee, Consultative Committee.

LEONARD KUHI: 1989*, Professor and Chair, Department of Astronomy, Institute of Technology. University Senate member: 1993-96. Committee Participation (past and present): Former Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Senate Committee on Research (Chair), Faculty Consultative Committee (Ex officio), Senate Committee on Finance and Planning (Ex officio), All-University Honors Committee, Senate Subcommittee on Incentive for Managed Growth, Change to Semesters Implementation Task Force, Change to Semesters Coordinating Group, Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the Research University, Search Committee for Chancellor (Morris), Regents Presidential Search Advisory Committee, Search Committee for Vice President: University Services, Enterprise Project Review Committee, Faculty Education Advisory Committee, Working Group on Intellectual Property Policy, Faculty One Stop Advisory Committee.

JUDITH MARTIN: 1975* Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, College of Liberal Arts. University Senate member: 1993-2000. Committee participation (past and present): CLA Assembly, CLA Curriculum, Instruction & Advising Committee, CLA Honors Committee, CLA Red Motley Award Committee, CLA Bush Sabbatical Committee (Chair), Senate Committee on Educational Policy (Chair), Alumni Award Committee, Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Provostal Advisory Committee, Bush Faculty Mentor, Senate Committee on Academic Integrity, Twin Cities Steering Committee of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Senate Consultative Committee (Ex Officio).

WESLEY MILLER: 1980*, Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical School. University Senate Member: 1989-90, 1998-2001. Committee participation (past and present): Director for the Physical Diagnosis course, director of the Blood Pathophysiology course, Director of Internal Medicine Clerkships in 1996, Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine, Medical School Dean's Faculty Advisory Committee, many leadership positions in the Medical School and Academic Health Center.

JULIA ROBINSON: 1980*, Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Chair College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) Assembly. University Senate member 1988-1991. Committee participation (past and present): Equal Employment Opportunity for Women Committee, Provostal Consultative Committee for Professional Schools, CALA Promotion and Tenure Committee, CALA Curriculum Committee (Chair), CALA Research Council (Chair), CLA Assembly Member, IT Consultative and Appeals Committee, Graduate School Divisional Council Representative, IT Library Committee, IT Commission on Women, University Commission on Women.

The Assembly Steering Committee serves as the executive committee of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly and forms the Twin Cities membership of the Senate Consultative Committee. Senate and Assembly legislation has merged the Twin Cities faculty and non-represented UMD faculty for purposes of Senate Consultative/Assembly Steering Committee elections. Should a non-represented UMD faculty member be elected, that individual will be a member of the Senate and Faculty Senate Consultative Committees, but shall not be a member of the Assembly Steering Committee.

Additional nominations, certified as willing to stand for election, may be made by (1) petition of 12 voting members of the faculties, provided that the petition is in the hands of the Clerk of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly the day before the Twin Cities Campus Assembly meeting, and (2) nominations on the floor of the Assembly. The faculty representatives of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly shall reduce by vote the slate to twice the number to be elected.

Currently serving with terms continuing at least through next year are:

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*Date of initial appointment at the University.

Deon Stuthman, Chair
Martin Dworkin
Shirley Garner
Jo-Ida Hansen
Mostafa Kaveh
Norma Ramsey

DISCUSSION:

With no discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved.

APPROVED

To approve the following four names to stand for election to the Academic Health Center Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee, from which two are to be elected by mail ballot by the faculty from the College of Pharmacy and the College of Veterinary Medicine: Tom Larson, Michael Murphy, Michael O'Sullivan, and Ronald Sawchuk. A simple majority is required for approval.

FOR INFORMATION:

The Nominating Committee names candidates to fill by the election process two 2001-04 faculty positions (one each from the College of Pharmacy and the College of Veterinary Medicine) on the Academic Health Center Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee, presents the following four names, from which two are to be elected by mail ballot by the College of Pharmacy and the College of Veterinary Medicine faculty:

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

TOM LARSON: 1981*, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy. University Senate member: NONE. Committee participation (past and present): AHC Rural Health School Executive Committee (Chair), AHC Rural Health School Site Development Committee (Chair), College of Pharmacy Education Policy Committee (Chair), College of Pharmacy Admissions Committee (Chair), College of Pharmacy Endowed Chair Advisory Committee (Chair), AHC Search Committee Endowed Chair Pharmacotherapy in the Elderly, College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. and External Pharm.D. Curriculum Committee, College of Pharmacy Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Minnesota DPH Primary Care Workforce Workgroup, Minnesota DPH Health Care Access of Rural Elderly Workgroup, Minnesota Rural Health Association Board of Directors, Pharmacy Rural Education Practice and Policy Institute (Chair), and American College of Clinical Pharmacy Fellow.

RONALD SAWCHUK: 1972*, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy. University Senate member: NONE. Committee participation (past and present): Health Sciences Policy and Review Council, Graduate Faculty Nominations and Course Proposals Committee, Advisory Committee on Animal Care Facilities, Health Sciences Learning Resources Committee, Health Sciences Policy and Review Council, Biological Sciences Policy and Review Council, BSPRC Graduate Faculty Nominations Subcommittee (Chair), AHC Faculty Research Development Proposal Review Committee, Fellow of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Sciences, and of AAAS.

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE:

MICHAEL MURPHY: 1987*, Associate Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine. University Senate member: NONE. Committee Participation (past & Present): AHC Phase I and Phase II Strategic Planning Committee, Strategic Planning, Research, Faculty Council, and Post-Tenure Review Committees. Officer of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology and Northland Chapter of the Society of Toxicology.

MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN: 1998*, Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine. University Senate member: NONE. Committee Participation (past and present): AHC Faculty Research Development Grant Review Committee, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, CVM Animal Biomedical Seminar Series Program Committee, CVM "Vision for Pathology" Committee, CVM Search Committee for Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, CVM Search Committee for comparative and diagnostic pathologist positions, Molecular Veterinary Biosciences Graduate Program Advisory Committee, VPB Search Committee for Microbial Genomic

The Academic Health Center Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee serves as the executive committee of the Academic Health Center Faculty Assembly and reports to the Twin Cities Campus Assembly.

Additional nominations, certified as willing to stand for election, may be made by (1) petition of 12 voting members of the faculties, provided that the petition is in the hands of the Clerk of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly the day before the Twin Cities Campus Assembly meeting, and (2) nominations on the floor of the Assembly. The faculty representatives of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly and UMD Faculty Senators shall reduce by vote the slate to twice the number to be elected.

Currently serving with terms continuing at least through next year are:

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*Date of initial appointment at the University.

Deon Stuthman, Chair
Martin Dworkin
Shirley Garner
Jo-Ida Hansen
Mostafa Kaveh
Norma Ramsey

DISCUSSION:

With no discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved.

APPROVED

The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

Rebecca Hippert
Abstractor