The second meeting of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly for 1997-98 was convened in 25 Law Building, Minneapolis campus, on Thursday, February 19, 1998, at 4:57 p.m. Checking or signing the roll as present were 113 voting faculty/academic professional members, 32 voting student members, 2 ex officio member, and 9 nonmembers. President Mark Yudof presided.

Agenda Items I. and II. are considered to be noncontroversial or "housekeeping" in nature and are offered as a "Consent Agenda" to be take up as a single item with one vote. Any item will be taken up separately at the request of a Senator. A majority of those members present and voting is required for approval.

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS - Civil Service: Duane Nelson. Students: Lee Hutton, Kim Sveum.

STUDENT BEHAVIOR - Students: Dustin Berger, Todd Kimlinger, James Kroger, Jill Lange, Kevin McDowell, Adam Spees.

FOR INFORMATION:

ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER PROVOSTAL STUDENT CONSULTATIVE - Students: Christian Calaguas, Lisa Lidahl, Sara Olson, Amy Stefaniak, Michael Vollmer.

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES - Faculty/PA: W. Phillips Shively. Students: Mark Ott.

STEERING - Students: Martin OíHely, Laura Taken. Ex Officio: Jesse Berglund.

EMILY HOOVER, Chair
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

DISCUSSION:

The Consent Agenda was approved without discussion.

APPROVED

MOTION:

That the Faculty Assembly and UMD faculty senators approve the following slate: Avner Ben-Ner, Linda Brady, Thomas Clayton, Roberta Humphreys, Geoffrey Maruyama, Fred Morrison, V. Rama Murthy, James Perry.

FOR INFORMATION:

The Nominating Committee appointed by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly at its November 13, meeting, to name candidates to fill, by the election process, one 1998-99 and three 1998-2001 Twin Cities/UMD faculty positions on the Senate Consultative/Assembly Steering Committee presents the following eight names, from which four are to be elected by mail ballot by the Twin Cities and non-represented UMD faculty:

FOR 1998-99 TERM

ROBERTA HUMPHREYS: 1972*, Professor of Astronomy, Institute of Technology. University Senate member: 1983-86, 1990-93, 1996-99. Committee participation (past and present): Senate Consultative Committee; Senate Educational Policy Committee; Senate Faculty Affairs Committee; Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee; University and Faculty Senate Vice Chair; Search Committee for Provost of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; Search Committee for Dean of IT; Science and Scholarly Advisory Board; IT Consultative Committee (Chair).

GEOFFREY MARUYAMA: 1976*, Professor of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts. University Senate member: 1983-86, 1989-92. Committee participation (past and present): Senate Committee on Committees (Chair); Senate Consultative Committee; Senate Faculty Affairs Committee (Chair); Intercollegiate Athletics Committee; Senate Finance Committee; College of Education Consultative Committee (Chair); College of Education Senate; College of Education Diversity Committee (Chair); eight University-wide search committees. Other: Faculty Legislative Liaison, 1989-91.

FOR 1998-2001 TERM

AVNER BEN-NER: 1988*, Professor and Director, Industrial Relations Center, Carlson School of Management. University Senate member: 1994-97. Committee participation (past and present): Professional Studies Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee; Senate Faculty Affairs Committee (chair); Provost's Council; Senate Faculty Retirement Plan Subcommittee (chair); Senate Finance and Planning Committee; Center for Labor Policy Advisory Board; Institute of Public Affairs Ph.D. Planning Committee; University Health Plans Task Force; U of M Hearing Officers' Panel; School of Management Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee; AAUP Twin Cities Board of Directors.

LINDA BRADY: 1987*, Professor of Food, Science, and Nutrition; College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences. University Senate member: 1994-97. Committee participation (past and present): Council on Liberal Education; Senate Student Affairs Committee; Council on Undergraduate Biology Education Task Force; Visions for Change Steering Committee; COAFES Curriculum Committee; COAFES Deanís Search Committee; Graduate School Fellowship/Block Grant Committee; University Quality Improvement Project; 1996 Little Red Oil Can Award for Service to St. Paul Campus; 1996 Michigan State University College of Human Ecology Centennial Outstanding Alumni; Journal of Nutrition and The Biochemical Journal Editorial Boards. Other: McKnight Land Grant Professor 1989-92.

THOMAS CLAYTON: 1968*, Professor of English Language and Literature, Adjunct Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts. University Senate member: 1973-76, 1977-80, 1982-85, 1987-90, 1991-94, 1996-99. Committee participation (past and present): Senate Academic Standing and Relations Committee; Senate Educational Policy Committee (chair); Senate Faculty Affairs Committee (chair); Senate Honors Programs Committee; Senate Use of Human Subjects in Research Committee; CLA Dean Search Committee; University Task Force on Mandatory Retirement; Morse-Alumni Teaching Award Selection Committee; Graduate School Ad hoc Committee on Doctoral Programs (chair); Task Force on the Quality of Graduate Education and Research; CLA Assembly; Task Force on College Priorities. Other: current chair, Classical Civilization Program.

FRED MORRISON: 1969*, Professor of Law, Law School. University Senate member: Senate Parliamentarian. Committee participation (past and present): Senate Finance and Planning Committee (Chair); Senate Consultative Committee (Ex Officio); University Tenure Committee (Chair); University Grievance Committee (Chair); Acting University Grievance Officer; Law School Planning and Accreditation Committee (Chair); Law School International Programs Committee (Chair). Other: Former Acting Dean.

V. RAMA MURTHY: 1965*, Professor of Geology and Geophysics and Director, Lower Division Programs, Institute of Technology. University Senate member: 1974-77, 1992-95, 1996-99. Committee participation (past and present): Senate All-University Honors Committee; Senate Committee on Committees; Senate Library Committee; Search Committee for three Vice Provosts; Selection Committee for the Josie Johnson Award in Human Rights and Social Justice; Presidentís Committee on Teaching and Learning; Member and Chair of IT Consultative Committee; Presidentís Committee on Supercomputing; Presidentís Task Force on Excellence through Diversity; Graduate School Committee on Masters in Liberal Education; Graduate School Research Executive Committee (ex-officio); U of M Representative to Universities Consortium for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); Minority Advisory Committee to the President; Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development; Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Minority Affairs; Chair and Member of Board of Directors of the Minnesota Supercomputing Center; Regentsí Advisory Committee for Presidential Search; Search Committee for IT Dean; Search Committee for Head, Mechanical Engineering; IT Administrative Council. Other: Mr. and Mrs. George W. Taylor Distinguished Professor-1994; Institute of Technology Professor-1996; President, U of M Twin Cities Chapter of American Association of University Professors (AAUP)-1997; Member, AAUP National Committee on College and University Teaching, Research and Publications (1997-00).

JAMES PERRY: 1982*, Professor of Forest Resources, College of Natural Resources. University Senate member: 1987-90, 1993-96. Committee participation (past and present): Professional Studies Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee; Executive Committee Water Resource Science Graduate Program (Chair); Graduate School Task Force on Distance Education (Ex Officio); Graduate Faculties in Forestry, Water Resource Science, Conservation Biology, Plant Biology; College of Natural Resources Single Quarter Leave Committee; Board of Directors, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy; Editorial Board, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Global Change; Institute for Forestry, Agriculture, and Home Economics Faculty Consultative Committee; College International Education Officer; College of Natural Resources Faculty Consultative Committee (Chair); College of Natural Resources Promotions and Tenure Committee; Bush Sabbatical Leave Committee; Fullbright Committee for Africa (Chair); Peer Review Panel for US EPA; Minnesota Environmental Education Board; Board of Directors, Minnesota Academy of Science; Regional Coordinator for the UMTC-UW Madison collaboration; Director of the Center for Natural Resource Policy and Management; Director of Graduate Studies in Water Resources.

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. Recent 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:

The terms of Carole Bland (Medical School), Victor Bloomfield (College of Biological Sciences), Virginia Gray (College of Liberal Arts), and Russell Hobbie (IT) expire at the end of the academic year.

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*Date of initial appointment at the University.

CHARLES CAMPBELL, Chair
AMOS DEINARD
JAMES LUBY
GAIL PETERSON
JEAN QUAM
KENDALL WALLACE

DISCUSSION:

The slate of names for the Senate Consultative/Assembly Steering Committee election was approved without discussion.

APPROVED

PREAMBLE:

The following amendments to the Assembly Constitution and Bylaws are necessary to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Faculty Consultation. Refer to Item VII on the University Senate agenda.

MOTION 1:

To amend the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution, Article II. 1., Membership, as follows: [new language is underlined]

ARTICLE II. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

1. Membership

The Assembly shall be composed of the following voting membership: (a) the president of the University; (b) the Twin Cities campus members of the Senate Consultative Committee, who shall serve as ex officio voting members; and (c) the elected faculty, academic professional, and student representatives of the various institutes, colleges, and schools of collegiate rank, and the Graduate School. Only elected faculty/academic professional representatives or properly designated faculty/academic professional alternates shall serve as the Faculty Assembly; the elected student representatives shall serve on the Minnesota Student Association Forum, or the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, as designated by the student constituency in the electing college. Each member of the Assembly shall represent the Twin Cities campus as a whole, but members are expected to communicate on a regular basis with their respective college governance bodies and constituent groups concerning Twin Cities governance issues. The Twin Cities campus academic officers with class titles 9302-9329 shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members. Chairs of the Twin Cities college faculty consultative committees and the chair of the Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee shall, if not otherwise elected, serve as ex officio nonvoting members. The student body president shall, if not otherwise elected, serve as an ex officio nonvoting member.

MOTION 2:

To amend the Assembly Bylaws, Article III. 5, Provostal Faculty Consultative Committees, as follows: [language to be deleted is struck out]

5. PROVOSTAL FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES

There shall be a Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee (PFCC) within each of the provostries on the Twin Cities campus. Each PFCC shall represent the faculty at large of its respective provostry and not the individual institutes, colleges, schools, or departments within the provostry.

Membership

The Provostal Faculty Consultative Committees shall be composed as follows:

Academic Health Center: 8 faculty members [2 from the Medical School and 1 each from Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Veterinary Medicine, and the UMD School of Medicine].

Arts, Sciences, and Engineering: 6 faculty members [2 each from the College of Liberal Arts and the Institute of Technology and 1 each from the College of Biological Sciences and General College].

Professional Studies: 9 faculty members [1 each from Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences; Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Education and Human Development; Human Ecology; Law; Management; University of Minnesota Extension Service; Natural Resources; and Public Affairs].

Members shall be nominated in accordance with procedures established for the Faculty Consultative Committee election and elected by college. Terms of office shall be three years with terms beginning July 1 and terminating June 30. No member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive full terms. Elections shall be so adjusted that the terms of approximately one third of the members shall expire each year.

In case of a faculty vacancy, the remaining members of the Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee by majority vote shall fill the vacancy by interim appointment until the next general election. In the event of changes in collegiate structure, the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee shall be authorized to redistribute the membership within the appropriate PFCC.

Each Provostal Faculty 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 the faculty.

b. To meet regularly with the provost and other academic officers to represent the viewpoints of the faculty.

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.

d. To meet periodically with Faculty Senate/Assembly members from the respective provostry to facilitate communication with the faculty.

e. To meet with the Faculty Consultative Committee/Twin Cities Campus Faculty Assembly Steering Committee at least annually.

f. To report to the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee.

g. To submit an annual report to the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee.

MOTION 3:

To amend the Assembly Bylaws, Article III. 7., Steering Committees, as follows [new language is underlined]

Faculty Steering Committee

. . . .

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To meet separately, when necessary, to discuss with the president, or others, matters of concern to the faculty.

b. To serve as the executive committee and steering committee of the Faculty Assembly.

c. To meet regularly with the Provost and Executive Vice President to address issues relevant to the Twin Cities campus or clusters of collegiate units.

d. To meet periodically with the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences to facilitate communication and coordination of policies and efforts across the Twin Cities campus.

e. To meet periodically with groups of senators and college consultative committee chairs from the represented units to facilitate communication of concerns between the faculty and administration.

WITHDRAWN

MOTION:

To approve the following membership of a Nominating Committee to select Twin Cities faculty/academic professional candidates to stand for election to the Senate/Assembly Committee on Committees: W. Andrew Collins (chair), Catherine French, M. Janice Hogan, Toni McNaron, Ted Oegema.

COMMENT:

The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying Twin Cities faculty and academic professionals interested and willing to stand for election to the Senate/Assembly Committee on Committees, and will present a slate of candidates to the Assembly at its next meeting. If approved, the Faculty Assembly will elect two to serve 3-year terms on the Committee on Committees.

VICTOR BLOOMFIELD, Chair
FACULTY ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE

DISCUSSION:

The membership of the Nominating Committee was approved without discussion.

APPROVED

The Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP) and the Provost for Arts, Science, and Engineering appointed a subcommittee last year (Winter 1997) to consider complaints that arose from students taking courses on both the Minneapolis campus and the St. Paul Campus. The complaints related to the students' inability to move between the two campuses and take courses in a timely manner; a number of faculty reported that it was disruptive to have students enter classes late or leave early in order to get to or from a class on the other campus. Prior to fall 1996, the class schedules on the two campuses were staggered; that staggering ended at the request of a number of faculty, staff and administrators on the St. Paul campus, primarily because the St. Paul campus was losing a class hour during the day. The request was granted by SCEP.

The "staggered class" subcommittee considered numerous options regarding the scheduling of classes as well as transportation issues and issues related to semesters, and actually walked the campuses and rode the buses in order to judge the amount of time it takes to get different places.

Proposed Schedule for the Twin Cities Campus beginning Fall 1999:

Period I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

East Bank/West Bank 7:45-8:35 8:50-9:40 9:55-10:45 11:00-11:50 12:05-12:55 13:10-14:00 14:15-15:05 15:20-16:10 16:25-17:15

Saint Paul 8:15-9:05 9:20-10:10 10:25-11:15 11:30-12:20 12:35-13:25 13:40-14:30 14:45-15:35 15:50-16:40 16:55-17:45

COMMENT:

1. This schedule allows 15 minutes passing time within each campus

2. Cross-passing time is 45 minutes from Minneapolis to St. Paul, and 50 minutes from St. Paul to Minneapolis. To manipulate the schedule so the time between classes is less leads to the situation that the period is acceptable for students going one way, but becomes unacceptable the other.

3. The East Bank/West Bank start time is earlier as that is a transit hub for students coming commuting to the University. Many students leave from the East Bank for St. Paul.

4. This allows both campuses the full allotment of class periods during the day.

LAURA COFFIN KOCH, Chair
EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE

WITHDRAWN

The meeting was adjourned at 5:02 p.m.