This is a concurrent meeting of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly. There are 239 voting members of the University Senate, 182 voting members of the Faculty Senate, and 198 voting members of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly. A simple majority must be present for a quorum. Most actions require only a simple majority for approval. Actions requiring special majorities for approval are noted under each of those items.

MOTION:

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

http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/usen/030327sen.html

3. TRIBUTE TO DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

FACULTY/ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS/STAFF

H. Wesley Balk
Professor
Theatre and Dance
1932 – 2003

Annette Boman
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Duluth
1966 – 2003

Lorne M. Chanin
Professor
Electrical Engineering
1927 – 2003

Robert Curtis
Professor
Accounting – Duluth
1924 – 2003

Rex Lovrien
Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
1928 – 2003

Cornelia McCune
Staff
University Counseling and Career Services
1907 – 2002

George G. McCutcheon
Professor
General College
1911 – 2002

Burton Paulu
Professor
CCE Learning Technologies
1910 – 2003

Paul P. Phillips
Assistant Program Director
Physical Plant
1931 – 2003

Robert H. Stumm
Librarian
Law Library
1916 – 2003

William D. Trethewey
Professor
Mineral Resource Research Center
1916 – 2003

STUDENTS

Robert W. Brown
College of Continuing Education

Mahalia J. Houts
General College

Kristin Marx
Carlson School of Management


4. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ACTIONS
Information

FOR INFORMATION:

In the recent election to fill vacancies on the Assembly Steering/Senate Consultative Committee, Professors Jean Bauer and Daniel Feeney were elected to three-year terms (July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2006). The members of the Faculty Consultative Committee for 2003-04 will be:

Jean Bauer, College of Human Ecology
Sue Brorson, University of Minnesota - Crookston
Tom Clayton, College of Liberal Arts
Arthur Erdman, Institute of Technology
Daniel Feeney, College of Veterinary Medicine
Mary Jo Kane, College of Education and Human Development
Candace Kruttschnitt, College of Liberal Arts
Marvin Marshak, Institute of Technology
Judith Martin, College of Liberal Arts
Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain, University of Minnesota - Morris

FOR INFORMATION:

Following the March 27, 2003, University Senate/Twin Cities Campus Assembly meeting, an electronic vote was taken to pass two bylaw amendments. At the end of the three working day voting period, 132 votes in favor of and no votes opposed to the amendments were received. Therefore, these amendments have been approved.

On February 18, 1999, in adopting a policy on "Collection and Reporting of Grade Data and Syllabus Requirements," the Senate Committee on Educational Policy was required to provide to the Senate "data on the mean grade point average by designator and course level, on the percentage of As awarded by course level, and overall collegiate grade point averages . . . for grades awarded each Fall Semester." The policy also provides that "data should be reported for all undergraduate students."

COMMENT:

These data will be distributed at the meeting.

MOTION:

To amend the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Statement of Standard Undergraduate Academic Policies and Practices, as follows (new language is underlined, language to be deleted is struck out):

Admissions

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4. Re-admission: The Twin Cities campus does not have a re-admission policy for students who leave school for an extended period.

Undergraduates are expected to maintain continuous registration. Undergraduates who have not been granted a "leave of absence" (see #12) and who do not register for two consecutive semesters a semester (in day school or University College, but excluding summer session) shall be placed on "Inactive" status. Following one semester of non-registration, a student Students shall be sent information regarding both the meaning of Inactive status and the University's Leave of Absence policy at matriculation. Students on Inactive status will need to contact their college office or the appropriate University College office (for students not wishing to remain active in their current program and not decided about an alternative) for approval to regain Active status before registering for another term.

Students in good academic standing at the time they became Inactive should routinely be allowed to return to Active status.

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12. Leave of Absence (LOA): Some colleges have a leave of absence policy for students who decide to leave school and not register for a period of time and who notify the college of their intent. There is variation in requirements for return and whether a student is to follow old or new program requirements.

Colleges and programs are sometimes proactive in recommending that students take a leave of absence or "stop out," usually for personal reasons. This is a very individualistic practice. In recommending that a student "stop out," leave of absence policies and procedures should be used.

There should be a standard leave of absence form for all Twin Cities colleges; the form should have a place for indicating how long the leave of absence will be.

All colleges shall have a leave of absence policy for students who plan to leave school for more than two a semesters. Students who follow the policy and whose leave is approved in accord with college policy need not apply for re-admission when they return. Colleges may condition re-admission on availability of space in a program, and if so, must caution the student that re-admission will be conditioned upon availability of space.

All students shall be informed, when they request a leave, whether they will be held to old or new program requirements upon their return. If the leave of absence is for more than two academic years (i.e., four semesters), the student must follow new program requirements.

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COMMENT:

The Council of Undergraduate Deans recommended to the Committee on Educational Policy that the leave of absence policy be amended so that any time a student intends not to enroll for a semester he or she should obtain a leave of absence if he or she contemplates returning to the University later. The current policy allows students to leave ("stop out") for one semester and return without consequence the next semester. This change would require a student to obtain a leave of absence if leaving for even one semester.

The Committee agreed with the Council that the change would help students think more carefully about "stopping out" of school. It would also set in place a mechanism by which students will be notified that they need to obtain a leave of absence (if, for example, they have not done so but have not enrolled, they will receive a letter indicating they should seek a leave of absence).

A major reason for the change is to create the expectation that the University expects continuous registration, expects them to enroll for four years, graduate, and leave. By allowing students to "drop in" and "drop out" without talking to a college advisor, the University implicitly encourages students to prolong their undergraduate education.

Students would learn about this policy during orientation, would receive a yearly reminder the University sends via email, and there would be a posting on the web during registration. The Office of the Registrar will work the colleges on the timing of the notification to students that they have been placed on inactive status; that notice would come sometime after the second week of the term. Students who do not register at the end of the assigned queue and have not requested a leave of absence will be sent a reminder that they should register, that help is available, and if they do not register by the start of classes next semesters that they will be placed on inactive status.

Finally, the new policy would simplify the processing of financial aid because the University would have more definite knowledge about students who would and would not need aid.

MOTION:

To approve the 2006-07 Crookston, Morris, and Twin Cities campus calendars.

Crookston 2006-07

Fall Semester 2006 (73 class days)

MOTION:

To amend the Protocol for Senate Committee Involvement in Central Administrator Searches as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined). Note that section Roman numerals and titles are underlined in the original.

I. Formation of Search Committees

Search committees are typically established to fill major University central administrative positions. The positions to which this section of the protocol is addressed include the following:*

President**
Executive Vice President and Provost
Senior Vice President
Vice President
Associate/Assistant Vice President
Chancellor
Provost
Associate/Assistant Provost
Vice Provost
Associate/Assistant Vice Provost
General Counsel
University Librarian
Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Director, Intercollegiate Athletics (Twin Cities campus)

Members of search committees for these positions, and their chairs, shall be chosen by the appointing authority after consultation with appropriate Senate committees, as follows.

The appointing authority shall ask the Faculty Consultative Committee and Student Senate Consultative Committee, or other appropriate committee (as set out in Section III of this protocol) to submit, by a specified date, names of the faculty and students who should serve on the search committee. The number of individuals nominated should be greater than the number who will serve on the search committee (perhaps twice as large), in order to allow for those who decline to serve and to provide the appointing authority some flexibility in the choices. The appointing authority will select the search committee from among those individuals or will explain to the Senate committee why the search committee membership deviated from the list of individuals nominated. The Faculty and Student Senate Consultative Committees may also identify the names of other individuals (who are not faculty or students) who the appointing authority may wish to consider selecting for search committee membership.

If the Senate committees are unable to provide names to the appointing authority by the date specified, he or she may proceed to appoint the search committee without Senate committee consultation. It is assumed the Senate committee would be given at least two weeks notice of the need for nominees to the search committee.

The Faculty Consultative Committee and the President or other administrator may agree that identification of faculty members for other administrator search committees is appropriate; this protocol should also be followed in such instances. The same is true for the Student Senate Consultative Committee.

II. Committee Responsibility for Search Committees and Interviews

The following Senate*** committees will be given the opportunity to participate in nomination of search committee members and interviews of candidates for the positions noted, in accord with the provisions of Section III of this protocol. Interviews with committees will be scheduled irrespective of the scope of the search (full, limited, or non-competitive appointment); in the case of non-competitive appointments, the committee will be given the opportunity to interview the candidate before [underlining in original text, not an amendment spring, 2003] the position has been offered to the candidate.

Note: The Faculty Consultative Committee may draw on former FCC members to participate in the interviewing process. The Student Senate Consultative Committee may designate student representatives (other than members of the SSCC) to participate in the interview process.

III. Interviewing Protocol, Candidates for Administrative Positions with Senate Committees

It is understood that committee interviews, especially during the summer or when scheduled on short notice, may not involve a majority of committee members or consistent representation for several candidates. It is not the intent of this protocol that the hiring process be slowed or hindered by the possible unavailability of committee members. The committee interviews are scheduled to give committee members the opportunity [underlined in original text, not an amendment spring 2003] to participate in the search process; if they are unavailable or do not attend, the hiring process should nonetheless go forward.

The committee will be supplied, in advance of the interview, copies of the position description and the curriculum vitae of each candidate.

The committee will assemble and discuss, in advance of the arrival of the candidate, how it wishes to conduct the interview.

The candidate will meet with the committee.

The candidate will depart; the committee will then meet in closed session to discuss the candidate(s) and to decide upon its comments or recommendation to the appointing authority.

These comments or recommendation, including any minority or dissenting views, will be submitted as quickly as possible to the appointing authority. The committee's views (with minority or dissenting views) will be submitted as a single document, prepared by the chair or his or her designee, rather than as individual responses to the appointing authority.

The Faculty Consultative Committee and the President or other administrators may determine that faculty participation in interviews with candidates for other positions is desirable; FCC may delegate responsibility for participating in such interviews to other committees of the Senate or the Assembly. FCC may also designate additional committees or individual faculty members to participate in any interviews. The same is true for the Student Senate Consultative Committee.
When more than one committee is appropriately involved in candidate interviews, the committees may schedule a joint session.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

The protocol was adopted by the Senate on February 18, 1993, as part of a consent package, without debate, and approved by the administration on April 26, 1993.

Revised Fall, 1998, to reflect changes in the University's administrative organization and titles of senior officers.

*In the parlance of the categorization of administrative appointees at the time this protocol is written, it covers class numbers 9301-9305, 9314, 9316, 9321-9328, and a few of the individuals in class 9330.

**The selection of the University President is the legal responsibility of the Board of Regents and the search committee for this office is drawn from the members of the Board. This committee has customarily involved the Senate Consultative Committee in the search, either relying on SCC to act as a search advisory committee or asking SCC to appoint such an advisory committee. It is presumed that this practice would continue.

***And, for the Directors of Intercollegiate Athletics (Twin Cities), the (Twin Cities) Assembly Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics. Advisory Committee on Athletics and the Faculty Academic Oversight for Intercollegiate Athletics

COMMENT:

These changes (1) add the coordinate campus chancellors to the list of positions for which the Faculty Consultative Committee should be consulted about nominating search committee members, and (2) clean up a number of title and committee changes that have occurred since the last time the protocol was amended. It also corrects the internal section reference (II, not III) in Section I.

Agenda Items 14. through 22. are offered as a one motion to be taken up as a single item with one vote. Any item will be taken up separately at the request of a senator. All items are being presented for the first time.

As an amendment to the Senate Constitution, a motion requires either a two-thirds majority of all voting members of the Senate (160) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate (120) at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Assembly Constitution, a motion requires either a two-thirds majority of all voting members of the Assembly (132) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate (100) at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Senate Bylaws, a motion requires either a majority of all voting members of the Senate (120) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate present and voting at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Assembly Bylaws, a motion requires either a majority of all voting members of the Assembly (100) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Assembly present and voting at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Senate/Assembly Rules, a motion requires a simple majority.

To amend Article III, Section 2 of the University Senate Constitution as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE III. UNIVERSITY SENATE

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4. Election of University Senate Members

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c. Deans, vice presidents, chancellors, provosts, the University Librarian, and the General Counsel No individual (whether faculty or academic administrative or professional) holding a position carrying as any part of its title president, vice president, chancellor, provost, dean, executive director, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff shall be eligible for election to the Senate as members of the faculties under "a" hereof, nor may the University Librarian or anyone who is a dean. Individuals with less than a one-third time appointment as assistant or associate dean shall be eligible for election to the Senate as members of the faculty under "a" hereof. (Article III, Section 4a, shall not be construed to conflict with Article III, Section 1, which provides that the president of the University is a voting member of the Senate. The president is not an elected member of the Senate.)

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COMMENT:

This and several subsequent motions are intended to align membership rules for the Senate/Assembly and their committees. At present the rules vary somewhat. These amendments basically provide that no central administrator or any dean may serve as a voting member of the Senate/Assembly or their committees. Assistant and associate deans with less than one-third-time appointments may serve as voting members/chairs of committees and as voting members of the Senate.

It is the view of the Consultative Committee that any individual who holds a central administrative position (vice president, provost, etc.) will be dealing with issues that can come before a committee and it is inappropriate that those with administrative responsibility also have voting rights on governance committees. This same logic applies to chancellors. Deans also have administrative authority that differentiates them from faculty, student, P&A, or civil service members of committees. On the other hand, faculty members serving as very part-time assistant or associate deans remain primarily faculty members and are unlikely to be dealing with institutional issues that come before these committees or the Senate, so they should not be barred from committee or Senate service.

To amend Article II, Section 1a of the University Senate Bylaws as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE II. RULES FOR COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

1. Eligibility for Membership

a. Individuals holding academic administrative or professional titles are eligible to serve as voting members of Senate committees even if they are not qualified for membership in the Senate, except that no individual (whether faculty or academic administrative or professional) holding a position carrying as any part of its title president, vice president, chancellor, provost, dean, executive director, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff shall be eligible for election appointment to the Senate as members of the faculties under "a" hereof a Senate committee, nor may the University Librarian or anyone who is a dean. Individuals with less than a one-third time appointment as assistant or associate dean may serve as voting members of Senate committees. Individuals with academic administrative or professional titles are not eligible to serve on the Senate Judicial Committee or on the Tenure Committee. Individuals with academic administrative or professional titles are only eligible to serve on the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, the Senate Library Committee, Senate Research Committee, and the Senate Committee on Student Academic Integrity if they are also eligible to serve in the Senate.

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Refer to the comment for Item 14.

To amend Article II, Section 1a of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE II. RULES FOR COMMITTEES OF THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

1. Eligibility for Membership

a. Individuals holding academic administrative or professional titles are eligible to serve as voting members of Assembly committees even if they are not qualified for membership in the Senate Assembly, except that no individual (whether faculty or academic administrative or professional) holding a position carrying as any part of its title president, vice president, chancellor, provost, dean, executive director, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff shall be eligible for election appointment to the Senate as members of the faculties under "a" hereof an Assembly committee, nor may the University Librarian or anyone who is a dean except in cases where a decanal position is specifically provided for as part of the membership of a committee. Individuals with less than a one-third time appointment as assistant or associate dean may serve as voting members of Assembly committees. Individuals with academic administrative or professional titles are only eligible to serve on the Assembly Committee on Educational Policy and the Student Behavior Committee if they are also eligible to serve in the Assembly.

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Refer to the comment for Item 14.

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

3. CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES

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Faculty Consultative Committee

Membership

The faculty of the Twin Cities campus and those faculty members on the Duluth campus eligible to vote in elections for the Senate shall elect eight 8 members, and the faculties of the Crookston and Morris campuses shall each elect one faculty member. Faculty members shall be nominated and elected by procedures established by each campus faculty, subject to the following provisions:

- All members of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall hold regular appointment at the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor. Members of the Deans’ Council are not eligible for election. Individuals holding, in addition to their professorial title, a position carrying as any part of its title, for any percentage time, president, vice president, chancellor, provost, dean, executive director, librarian, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff may not serve on the committee. Individuals holding, in addition to their professorial title, an administrative appointment as department chair or department head (or its equivalent, such as center director) are eligible to serve on the committee.

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The ex officio members of the Faculty Consultative Committee are:

--The vice chair of the Faculty Senate shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the Faculty Consultative Committee. (ex officio voting).

--The chairs of the Educational Policy, Faculty Affairs, Finance and Planning, and Research Committees shall be (ex officio nonvoting). members of the committee. If a non-faculty member is appointed as chair of one of these four committees, then the faculty members of that committee shall elect from among themselves a representative to the Faculty Consultative Committee.

--The past chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee for the year following his or her service as chair, irrespective of the term to which that individual was originally elected (ex officio non-voting).

--There shall also be One ex officio, nonvoting member of the committee who shall representative of the faculty on the Duluth campus eligible to vote in Senate elections (ex officio non-voting). This representative shall be elected in accord with procedures established by the eligible Duluth faculty. The ex officio Duluth representative may send an alternate to Faculty Consultative Committee meetings.

--The faculty legislative liaison(s) (ex officio, non-voting).

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The Faculty Consultative Committee believes that continuity in discussions of issues would be greatly enhanced if the individuals who serve as chair of FCC continue to serve on the Committee in an ex officio capacity for the year after their service as chair. At present, someone elected to serve as FCC chair in his or her third year of service essentially disappears from governance after his or her term ends; this abrupt termination can (and has) resulted in discontinuities in the ability of the faculty to consult effectively with the administration and Board of Regents on significant issues. It would be helpful if that individual were to remain on the committee for an additional year, able to participate in the discussions, attend meetings, and take on other assignments from the committee as requested. (Several of the Big Ten universities have a chair-elect/chair/past chair arrangement to ensure continuity. This proposal embraces at least the "past chair" element of those arrangements.)

For example, if someone were elected to the committee 2002-2005, and served as chair 2004-05, this bylaw provides that the individual would continue to serve as an ex officio member 2005-06 even though originally only elected to serve 2002-05. This bylaw provision would not come into play if (1) someone were elected to serve as chair during his or her second year on the committee and (2) were not re-elected as chair his or her third year: in this event, the person would already be serving as a member of the committee, although not as chair. (This is not hypothetical; individuals have been elected to serve as chair during their second year on the committee and then served the third year of their term, but not as chair.)

The addition of the faculty legislative liaison merely affirms what is already in the Senate Rules; that individual already serves ex officio non-voting on the committee. This addition, however, does admit of the possibility that there might be more than one faculty legislative liaison (as there are during the current year, when Professors Marshak and Morrison stepped forward and agreed to divide the responsibilities following the death of Professor McEvoy).

The past chair would not be a member of the Senate Consultative Committee.

The Faculty Consultative Committee recommends that the Duluth ex officio representative on the Committee be permitted to send an alternate when his or her responsibilities do not permit attendance at every meeting.

The rule for committees of the Senate and Assembly is that alternates are not permitted, because service is personal, but that rule does not apply uniformly in the case of ex officio representatives. There are a number of instances where ex officio representatives are permitted to send a representative. The Duluth faculty represented on the Faculty Consultative Committee have requested this privilege as well and the Committee recommends it be granted.

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

ARTICLE III. RULES FOR COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

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3. Terms of Membership, Chairing of Committees, and Removal of Members for Absences

Non-student appointments to committees of the Senate shall be made for terms of three years, with appointments so adjusted that the terms of approximately one third of the members expire each year. Faculty/academic administrative or professionals with administrative appointments (class titles 9302-9329) of 50 percent or more time are ineligible to serve on Senate committees, except ex officio. who hold a position carrying as any part of its title president, vice president, chancellor, provost, executive director, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff may not serve as a voting member of a Senate committee, nor may anyone who is a dean, except ex officio. Individuals with less than one-third-time appointments as assistant or associate deans may serve as voting members of Senate committees.

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Refer to the comment for Item 14.

To amend Article III, Section 3 of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Rules as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE III. RULES FOR COMMITTEES OF THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

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3. Terms of Membership, Chairing of Committees, and Removal of Members for Absences

Non-student appointments to committees of the Assembly shall be made for terms of three years, with appointments so adjusted that the terms of approximately one third of the members expire each year. Faculty/academic administrative or professionals with administrative appointments (class titles 9302-9329) of 50 percent or more time are ineligible to serve on Senate committees, except ex officio. who hold a position carrying as any part of its title president, vice president, chancellor, provost, executive director, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff may not serve as a voting member of an Assembly committee, nor may anyone who is a dean, except ex officio, except in cases where a decanal position is specifically provided for as part of the membership of a committee. Individuals with less than one-third-time appointments as assistant or associate deans may serve as voting members of Assembly committees.

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Refer to the comment for Item 14.

To amend Article III, Section 6a of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

6A. FACULTY ACADEMIC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

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Membership

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No appointed member of the committee may accept any tickets, team travel, or other benefit or favor from the athletics departments except as specifically authorized by the President and the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee.

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The Faculty Academic Oversight Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics is an exclusively faculty committee (because it has the responsibility for reviewing transcripts of individual students, something that students and others should not be involved in). Because it is an all-faculty committee, it is the faculty members of the Assembly Steering Committee (that is, the Twin Cities members of the Faculty Consultative Committee) who should vote on whether the committee members will be permitted to accept tickets, etc.

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

The motion will be distributed at the meeting.

To amend Article III, Section8 of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

The motion will be distributed at the meeting.

Questions to the President should be submitted in writing to the University Senate office no later than Tuesday, April 22, 2003.

MOTION:

That the Twin Cities Campus Faculty Assembly confirm the reappointment of Mr. Randy Croce and Professor Kathryn Hanna for additional three year terms to fill one academic professional vacancy and one faculty vacancy on the Nominating Committee. A simple majority is required for approval.

RANDY CROCE: Coordinator, Industrial Relations Center, Carlson School of Management. University Senate member: None. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Committee on Committees, 2001-03.

KATHRYN HANNA: Associate Professor of General Biology, College of Biological Sciences. University Senate member: None. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Committee on Committees, 2002-03.

INFORMATION:

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws specify that the Nominating Committee may present the name of individuals, eligible for re-election, to the Assembly for confirmation of reappointment without another candidate on the ballot to fill the position.

MOTION:

That the Twin Cities Campus Faculty Assembly approve the following slate of nominees to fill four 2002-05 Twin Cities faculty vacancies on the Committee on Committees. A simple majority is required for approval. Once the slate is approved, a ballot will be distributed for voting.

ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER
ED COMBE: Professor of Oral Sciences, School of Dentistry. University Senate member: None. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): AHC Faculty Consultative, 2002-05.

CHERYL ZIMMERMAN: Professor of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy. University Senate member: None. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Judicial, 1996-97.

CARLSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
TO BE NAMED

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SUBIR BANERJEE: Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Institute of Technology. University Senate member: 1984-89, 1991-92. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Committee on Committees, 1991-92, 1993-94.

WILLARD MILLER: Professor of Mathematics, Institute of Technology. University Senate member: 1992-95. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): None.

SOCIAL SCIENCES
V.V. CHARI: Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts. University Senate member: 2002-05. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): None.

MEGAN GUNNAR: Professor of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development. University Senate member: None. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Educational Policy, 1992-96.

INFORMATION:

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws specify that the Assembly shall elect by written ballot at its spring semester meeting faculty and academic professional members to fill vacancies on the Assembly Committee on Committees from a slate of candidates provided by the 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 term continue at least through 2003-04 are:

Carol Chomsky, Law School
Catherine French, Institute of Technology
Richard Poppele, Medical School
Lynne Schuman, HHH Institute of Public Affairs
Deon Stuthman, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Joel Weinsheimer, College of Liberal Arts