1995-96 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA No. 5
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY MINUTES
MAY 16, 1996
The fifth meeting of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly for 1995-96 was
convened in 25 Law Building, Minneapolis campus, on Thursday, May 16, 1996, at
2:00 p.m. Checking or signing the roll as present were 117 voting
faculty/academic professional members, 18 student members, 3 ex officio
members, and 5 nonmembers. Mr. Joel Bergstrom, Vice Chair of the Assembly,
presided.
I. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR FOR 1996-97
Action
Ms. Mary Jane Sommerville, student senator, was unanimously elected vice
chair of the Assembly for 1996-97.
II. REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES ELECTION
Action by Faculty and Academic Professional Members
MOTION:
That the Faculty Assembly approve the following slate of nominees to
fill two 1996-99 vacancies on the Assembly Committee on Committees.
JUDITH GASTON, Continuing Education Specialist, Continuing Education and
Extension. Senate membership: University Senate, 1988-91 and 1994-97;
Disabilities Issues Committee, 1994-97 (chair, 1994-96); Faculty Affairs
Committee, 1993-96; Library Committee, 1988-91; Student Behavior Committee,
1985-88.
EMILY HOOVER, Associate Professor; Horticultural Science; College of
Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences. Senate membership: University
Senate, 1991-94; Equal Employment Opportunity for Women Committee, 1995-98.
MARY JO KANE, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies, College of
Education and Human Development. Senate membership: University Senate, 1994-
97.
CAROL MILLER, Associate Professor, American Studies, College of Liberal Arts.
Senate membership: University Senate, 1989-93 and 1995-98; Faculty Affairs
Committee, 1995-98; Judicial Committee, 1987-88.
INFORMATION:
The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws specify that the Assembly shall
elect by written ballot at its spring quarter meeting faculty/academic
professional members to fill vacancies on the Assembly Committee on Committees
from a slate of candidates provided by a special nominating committee. Other
candidates may be nominated by petition of 12 members of the Assembly.
Petitions to nominate candidates not on the slate must be in the hands of the
Clerk of the Assembly on the day before the meeting at which the election is
to be conducted.
The elected Twin Cities faculty/academic professional members of the
committee whose terms continue at least through 1996-97 are:
Ann Burkhart, Law School
Martin Dworkin, Medical School
M. Janice Hogan, College of Human Ecology
V. Rama Murthy, Institute of Technology
JOHN HOWE, Chair
CAROLE BLAND
CLARENCE CARTER
KENNETH HELLER
ROBERT JONES
NAOMI SCHEMAN
DISCUSSION:
The slate of candidates was approved by the Faculty Assembly, after
which Professors Emily Hoover and Carol Miller were elected to three-year
terms on the Committee on Committees.
APPROVED
III. ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE
Provostal Consultative Committees
Action
MOTION:
To amend Article III of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws as
follows: (new language is in CAPS; language to be deleted is is in [bracktes])
Article III. Twin Cities Campus Assembly Committees
1. Committee on Committees
. . . .
2. Council on Liberal Education
. . . .
3. Educational Policy Committee
. . . .
4. Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
. . . .
5. PROVOSTAL FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES
. . . .
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. . . . .
B. . . . .
C. THE CHAIR OF EACH PROVOSTAL FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SHALL MEET
QUARTERLY WITH THE CHAIR OF THE RESPECTIVE PROVOSTAL STUDENT
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO BOTH FACULTY AND
STUDENTS, AND THE TWO COMMITTEES SHALL MEET JOINTLY AS DEEMED NECESSARY
BY THE CHAIRS.
(re-letter remaining duties)
[This Article III, Section 5, shall become null and void on June 30, 1997.]
6. PROVOSTAL STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES
THERE SHALL BE A PROVOSTAL STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (PSCC) WITHIN EACH
OF THE PROVOSTRIES ON THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS. EACH PSCC SHALL REPRESENT THE
GRADUATE, PROFESSIONAL, AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ITS RESPECTIVE PROVOSTRY
AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTES, COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, OR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN
THE PROVOSTRY.
MEMBERSHIP:
THE PROVOSTAL STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES SHALL BE COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS:
ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER: 8 STUDENT MEMBERS
ARTS, SCIENCES, AND ENGINEERING: 6 STUDENT MEMBERS
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: 8 STUDENT MEMBERS
THE MEMBERS OF EACH PSCC SHALL BE EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL
AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, EXCEPT THE ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER WHICH SHALL HAVE
ONLY ONE UNDERGRADUATE MEMBER. MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS (MSA AND GAPSA). MSA AND GAPSA SHALL ALSO APPOINT
ALTERNATES FOR STUDENTS WHOSE CLASSROOM RESPONSIBILITIES CONFLICT WITH PSCC
MEETING TIMES.
EACH PROVOSTAL STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SHALL ELECT ITS CHAIR FROM
AMONGST ITS MEMBERS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM OF OFFICE. THE CHAIR SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION TO THAT POSITION.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. TO MEET AT LEAST MONTHLY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF CONCERN TO STUDENTS.
B. TO MEET REGULARLY WITH THE PROVOST AND OTHER ACADEMIC OFFICERS TO
REPRESENT THE VIEWPOINTS OF STUDENTS.
C. THE CHAIR OF EACH PSCC SHALL MEET QUARTERLY WITH THE CHAIR OF THE
RESPECTIVE PROVOSTAL FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF
CONCERN TO BOTH FACULTY AND STUDENTS, AND THE TWO COMMITTEES SHALL MEET
JOINTLY AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CHAIRS.
D. TO MEET PERIODICALLY WITH THE STUDENT SENATE/TWIN CITIES CAMPUS STUDENT
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FROM THE RESPECTIVE PROVOSTRY TO FACILITATE
COMMUNICATION WITH THE STUDENTS.
E. TO MEET WITH THE STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE/TWIN CITIES
CAMPUS STUDENT ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE QUARTERLY.
F. TO REPORT TO THE STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE/TWIN CITIES
CAMPUS STUDENT ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE.
G. TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS STUDENT ASSEMBLY
STEERING COMMITTEE.
[6] 7. STEERING COMMITTEES
. . . .
[7] 8. STUDENT BEHAVIOR COMMITTEE
. . . .
[8] 9. SUPPORT SERVICES COMMITTEE
CARL ADAMS, Chair
Assembly Steering Committee
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, the bylaw amendment was approved 123 to 0.
APPROVED
IV. OLD BUSINESS
NONE
V. NEW BUSINESS
NONE
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m.
Martha Kvanbeck
Abstractor