2006-07 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER
28, 2006
UNIVERSITY SENATE MINUTES: No. 1
FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES: No. 1
STUDENT SENATE MINUTES: No. 1
The first meeting of the University Senate and
Faculty Senate was convened in 25 Mondale Hall, Minneapolis campus, on Thursday,
September 28, 2006, at 2:33 p.m., as a joint meeting of the bodies. Coordinate
campuses were linked by telephone. Checking or signing the roll as present were
21 academic professional members, 18 civil service members, 108
faculty/faculty-like academic professional members, and 19 student members.
President Bruininks presided.
1. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE
ACTIONS
Information
University Senate
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Statement on the Regents Policy on Investments Social Concerns
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Approved by the:
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University Senate April 6, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration August 16, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents Summer 2006
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Resolution on a Vendor Code of Conduct
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Approved by the:
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University Senate April 6, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration August 21, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents - no action required
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Faculty Senate
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Resolution on the Faculty Waiting Period
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Approved by the:
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Faculty Senate March 3, 2005
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Approved by the:
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Administration – *See comment
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents – no action required
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* The administration fully endorses the resolution for members of the
University’s faculty. Enforcing a faculty retirement waiting period for
incoming faculty clearly has had, and would continue to have, a negative effect
on our ability to recruit top-notch faculty. It also provides an unequal
retirement benefit among faculty at the University of Minnesota. The
administration will seek the required approval from the Board of
Regents.
With respect to waiving the waiting period for professional and
administrative (P&A) employees at the University, The President has asked
Carol Carrier, Vice President for Human Resources, to conduct a market analysis
to compare this benefit with similar classes of employees at other universities.
A working group has already begun an analysis of compensation and classification
issues related to the work performed in the P&A classifications.
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Resolution on Tuition Benefits
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Approved by the:
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Faculty Senate April 7, 2005
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Approved by the:
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Administration – *See comment
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents – no action required
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*Comment 1 - I support competitive benefits for University employees, but
first have a responsibility to examine the financial implications of
implementation. By way of this memorandum, I am charging Vice Presidents Carol
Carrier, Richard Pfutzenreuter, and others they deem necessary to develop a
cost-benefit analysis of the proposal for my review.
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* Comment 2 - The administration supports core principles and objectives
outlined in this resolution, and strives to provide competitive benefits for all
University employees. At this point in time, the arguments in favor of this
particular benefit are not persuasive as it would impact slightly less than 2%
of the University's employee population in any given year, representing a
markedly unequal benefit for a very small percentage of employees at a time when
the University is working to provide competitive benefits that support members
of the entire workforce. The President believes that our expanded scholarship
initiative represents a stronger approach to supporting the University and its
employees.
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Constitutional Amendment (Definition of faculty and faculty-like academic
professionals)
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Approved by the:
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Faculty Senate April 11, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration August 21, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents PENDING
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2010-11 Crookston and Duluth Calendars
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Presented for information to:
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Faculty Senate April 11, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration – no action required
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents – no action required
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Amendments to the 2007-08 and 2008-09 Morris Calendars
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Approved by the:
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Faculty Senate April 6, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration August 21, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents – no action required
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2009-10 and 2010-11 Morris and 2010-11 Twin Cities Calendars
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Approved by the:
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Faculty Senate April 6, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration August 21, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents – no action required
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Policy and Protocol on the Evaluation of Instruction
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Approved by the:
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Faculty Senate May 4, 2006
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Approved by the:
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Administration August 21, 2006*
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Approved by the:
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Board of Regents – no action required
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* Approved, with the following assumptions:
- option for individual faculty to choose from the test bank of questions will
only be available through the electronic format, not the paper format; and
- incorporation of new student release questions will need to wait on
resolution of the alternative wording for the 4 mandated questions on instructor
evaluation, as preparation of new paper forms should incorporate all changes to
avoid unnecessary time and effort redesigning paper forms multiple
times.
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2. CLERK OF THE SENATE REPORT
Committee on
Committees Election Results
Information for the Faculty
Senate
FOR INFORMATION:
In the recent election to fill Twin
Cities vacancies on the Committee on Committees, Professors Priscilla Gibson, J.
Michael Oakes, Michael Sadowsky, and Tom Scott were elected to three-year terms
(July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009).
STUART GOLDSTEIN, CLERK
UNIVERSITY
SENATE
3. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Change in
Waiver Provisions for Student Athletes
Information for the Faculty
Senate
The Faculty Consultative Committee, in its charge, has the authority
“...to act on behalf of the Faculty Senate when a decision is required
prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate and when a decision is
required when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting of the
Faculty Senate in a timely fashion; such actions will be reported to the Faculty
Senate at its next meeting and the Faculty Senate may then overrule the Faculty
Consultative Committee.”
Pursuant to that grant of authority, the Faculty Consultative Committee
approved the following policy change on June 1, 2006 (language added is
underlined; language deleted is
struck-out).
POLICY ON ELIGIBILITY AND CONTINUATION
I. GRADE POINT AVERAGE STANDARDS FOR ELIGIBILITY AND
CONTINUATION
A. In order to be eligible for practice and competition
in athletics during the first year, a student-athlete must meet all applicable
Big Ten and NCAA rules.
B. To be eligible for competition in any term
following the conclusion of summer school of student’s first year, a
student-athlete must meet all applicable Big Ten and NCAA rules and per this
policy maintain a University Of Minnesota cumulative Big
Ten grade point average of no less than 2.00.
C. If the student-athlete is eligible under Big Ten and NCAA rules on the
first day of the term but does not meet the requirement in IB, the
student-athlete shall become eligible for competition during the term when the
student reaches the 2.00 standard. (For example, an incomplete is completed
after the first day of class such that a student-athlete’s cumulative
Big Ten GPA is would now be at least a
2.00).
D. Student-athletes who fail to meet the 2.00 GPA
standard requirement for competition will maintain their
eligibility for athletic financial aid if they meet the Big Ten Conference
standard for receipt of such financial aid.
II. STANDARDS FOR
MAINTAINING CREDITS:
A. All student-athletes must register for a
minimum of 26 credits during the regular academic year (fall and spring
semester).
B. Exemptions from the minimum credit rule may be made for
extenuating circumstances by the director of the McNamara Academic Center
(hereafter, MAC) in consultation with the athletics
director.
C. Student-athletes must receive approval from the director of
the MAC prior to withdrawing from a class.
D. In order to be eligible for
competition during any year, a student-athlete must meet all applicable Big Ten
and NCAA rules with respect to credit completion and progress towards a
degree.
REPORTING:
Each term the director of the MAC will
provide the Faculty Academic Oversight Committee On Intercollegiate Athletics
(FAOCIA) a grade report which includes the number of student-athletes per team
whose Big Ten grade point average falls below the 2.00 standard and an academic
plan for each student-athlete included on that list. In the fall of each year
the director of the MAC will provide the FAOCIA a graduation report detailing
the graduation data for each team for the previous six
years.
WAIVERS:
The faculty members of the Faculty Academic
Oversight Committee On Intercollegiate Athletics, by majority vote upon appeal
from the Athletics Director, may waive the provisions of IIB, and/or the 2.00
standard of IB for an individual student-athlete. Waivers may be granted on the
basis of improved academic performance and not on the basis of athletic
skill.
This policy shall apply to all student-athletes, including
transfer students. Calculation of a transfer student’s cumulative Big
Ten grade point average shall be in accord with normal University practice
(e.g., grades earned at the coordinate campuses will continue to be factored
into the University of Minnesota GPA).
PROCESS FOR
REQUESTING A WAIVER
- The athletics director must make a written request to the chair of FAOCIA to
waive the 2.00 standard.
- If warranted, the chair of FAOCIA will schedule a meeting at which the
student-athlete and coach will be asked to present the circumstances and any
other mitigating circumstances.
- The athletics director, MAC director and academic counselor should also be
present at this meeting.
- After all circumstances have been presented, the voting members of FAOCIA
will go into closed session and vote on the request.
- The committee’s decision to waive or not waive the request will be
communicated in writing to the athletics director, coach, student, academic
counselor and the director of MAC.
- The staff to the committee will communicate in writing, to the
registrar’s office, the committee’s decision.
- Any student-athlete who has been suspended for academic reasons will not
be considered for a waiver.
WAIVERS FOR
STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO ARE LEAVING THE UNIVERSITY
- The athletics director must make a written request to the chair of FAOCIA
to waive the 2.00 standard.
- If warranted, the chair of FAOCIA will schedule a meeting at which the
athletics director and coach will present the circumstances. Presence of the
student-athlete is strongly encouraged but not required.
- The director of the McNamara academic center and academic counselor
should also be present.
- After all circumstances have been presented, the voting members of FAOCIA
will go into closed session and vote on the request.
- The committee’s decision to waive or not waive the request will be
communicated in writing to the athletics director, coach, academic counselor and
the director of the MAC.
- The staff to the committee will communicate in writing, to the
registrar’s office, the committee’s decision.
- Any student-athlete who has been suspended for academic reasons will not
be considered for a waiver.
The FAOCIA will consider
the following factors in its deliberations:
- Student-Athletes cum GPA
- Reasons for leaving
- GPA of previous semester
- Other
INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT
The FAOCIA’s decision to restore the eligibility to a
student-athlete who has fallen below the 2.0 required by the University of
Minnesota but is above the 1.8 GPA required by the Big Ten in the second year or
1.9 in the third year, may include an individual academic performance contract.
If a contract is warranted, the following steps will be taken:
- The chair of FAOCIA, or the chair’s representative, will design an
academic performance contract for the student-athlete. A majority of the
members of the FAOCIA must review and approve the initial contract. (Subsequent
revisions of the contract may or may not be voted on at the discretion of the
FAOCIA members.)
- The chair of FAOCIA will schedule a meeting to review the contract with the
student-athlete, coach, academic counselor and athletics director. The contract
is to be signed by the student-athlete, coach, academic counselor, athletics
director, and chair of FAOCIA.
- The academic performance contract will be specific in listing tasks,
deadlines, and methods of reporting efforts and/or progress. While the ultimate
responsibility is with the student-athlete, specific monitoring responsibilities
may be assigned to the coach, the academic counselors, and others. For example,
the student-athlete may be required to meet with the FAOCIA to review
progress.
- If deemed necessary, the chair of FAOCIA and/or the faculty representative
may consult with present or past faculty of the student-athlete and other
academic counselors.
- The chair of FAOCIA shall distribute copies of the contract to the
student-athlete, the coach, the academic counselor, the athletics director, and
the director of academic counseling. A copy of the contract will be kept on
file in the office of the staff of the FAOCIA.
The effective
date of this regulation is July 1, 1987.
Approved by the FAOCIA fall
semester 2001 and 2002; approved by the Assembly Steering Committee, spring,
2003
Approved by the Twin Cities members of the Faculty Consultative
Committee, spring, 2006.
CAROL CHOMSKY, CHAIR
FACULTY CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
4. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Approval of
Outside Consulting and Commitment Policy
Information for the Faculty
Senate
The Faculty Consultative Committee, in its charge, has the authority
“...to act on behalf of the Faculty Senate when a decision is required
prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate and when a decision is
required when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting of the
Faculty Senate in a timely fashion; such actions will be reported to the Faculty
Senate at its next meeting and the Faculty Senate may then overrule the Faculty
Consultative Committee.”
Pursuant to that grant of authority, the Faculty Consultative Committee
approved the following policy change on June 1, 2006.
Revision of the Outside Consulting Policy
Current policy and process:
- Faculty and P&A staff who want to conduct outside consulting must
complete a Request for Consultant or Outside Service Agreement form (the
“ROC”).
- The department head approves it and then the dean.
- Generally, they can have one day a week during the term of their appointment
to do outside consulting without getting prior approval. They must get prior
approval if they want to do more than three days a month.
- The activity must be reported annually on the Report of External
Professional Activities (“REPA”)
- Intercollegiate Athletics Staff have different forms, approval process, and
thresholds.
Reasons for revision:
- Regents asked for changes (removing procedures, clarifying delegations,
merging similar policies)
- Compliance Officer believes the University is at risk because we have no
conflict of commitment policy
- Some deans have mentioned problems with faculty who receive approval for an
arrangement but because the approval does not get reviewed or renewed, the
arrangement becomes troublesome (i.e., some approvals are twenty years old and
would not be approved if they were requested now)
Summary
of changes:
- Regents’ policy will be a Regents’ policy with an administrative
policy and procedures.
- Regents’ policy on Outside Affiliations: Intercollegiate Athletics
Staff will be incorporated into the Regents’ policy and the
administrative policy and procedures.
Reason: Regents and
Intercollegiate Athletics office do not believe they need a separate policy for
that department.
- The Regents’ policy on Outside Affiliations will be
incorporated into the Regents’ Policy on Outside
Consulting.
Reason: Suggested by the Regents.
- The title has changed from Outside Consulting, Service Activities, and
Other Work to Outside Consulting and Other
Commitments.
Reason: A need to add the word
“commitments” without making the title too long.
- Policy principles related to outside commitments apply to all employees.
Policies specifically related to outside consulting apply to full-time faculty
and professional and administrative staff.
Reason: Some
principles, such as using the University name for advertising, should apply to
all employees. Other principles, such as obtaining prior approval for
consulting, apply only to employees who can conduct outside consulting during
their University time.
- The benefit of conducting outside consulting during University time applies
to full-time faculty and P&A staff (75% time and above). Other employees
must use vacation time to conduct consulting.
Reason: The
ability to conduct outside consulting is a benefit that most colleges and
universities extend to their academic employees. Part-time academic employees
have time outside of their University appointment to conduct consulting.
- Consulting thresholds are not changed. However prior approvals must be
renewed annually.
Reason: The current thresholds are fair and
reasonable. However, because circumstances within a department can change,
department heads must have the ability to review and cancel prior approvals.
- The policy now includes a “framework” of factors for deans and
department heads to consider when evaluating disclosure
forms.
Reason: The review process for evaluating requests for
outside activities should not be tainted by personal bias or differences in
norms across colleges. This framework provides standards for evaluation and the
reviewer must provide a reason for denying a request on the disclosure
form.
- There are now unallowable activities (e.g., full-time employment outside of
the University during the term of appointment).
Reason: The
University must make clear to reviewers and employees conducting outside
activities what activities cannot be allowed.
- An element of conflict with the University’s mission has been
added.
Reason: The emergence of on-line teaching and
competition with local colleges has created situations when outside activities
do not enhance a faculty member’s University work but detract from it by
competing for students or research opportunities.
- Changes specific to Intercollegiate Athletics
staff:
- Time limitations are now the same as for faculty and other P&A staff
(was 8-hour day, is now 10-hour day; part-time employees must do consulting
during non-University hours)
- They will use the ROC to request approval for consulting arrangements. The
form will be approved by the Athletics Director and appeals will be considered
by the Assistant VP for Regulatory Affairs.
Policy Review
Committee:
- Gary Balas, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and
Mechanics
- Vic Bloomfield, Interim Dean of the Graduate School (no longer in this
position)
- David Hamilton, Interim Vice President for Research (no longer in this
position)
- Judith Martin, Professor, Department of Geography
- Fred Morrison, Professor, Law School
- Tom Schumacher, Director, Compliance Office
- Jim Ysseldyke, Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development
(on leave)
Policy Workgroup:
- Richard Bianco, Assistant Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, Office of
the Vice President for Research
- Sharon Reich Paulsen, Assistant Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs
and Provost
- Melinda Sewell, Program Director for Research Policy, Office of the Vice
President for Research
- Barbara Shiels, Associate General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel
- Kathryn Stuckert, Assistant, Office of the President
- Regina Sullivan, Associate Department Director, Intercollegiate
Athletics
Revision Process:
- Policy review committee began meeting in October 2003
- David Hamilton and Chris Maziar presented a “Framework Document”
to faculty governance in April and May 2004.
- Committee met in fall 2004 to put language from the Framework Document into
the policy.
- Committee last met on November 23, 2004.
- Policy workgroup convened in summer 2005 following transition period in
Provost’s Office and Office of the Vice President for Research.
- Regents Policy Work Group began reviewing revisions to the Regents’
Policy around December 2005.
- Policy workgroup finalized administrative policy draft for outside review in
March 2006.
CAROL CHOMSKY, CHAIR
FACULTY CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
5. TRIBUTE TO DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITY
FACULTY/ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS/STAFF
Chester
G. Anderson
Professor
English
1923 – 2006
C. LuVerne
Carlson
Assistant Vice President
Support Services
1920 –
2006
Edward W. Ciriacy
Professor
Family Practice
1924 –
2006
Edwin F. Cook
Professor
Entomology
1918 –
2006
Laurence K. Cutkomp
Professor
Entomology
1916 –
2006
Anthony Diggs
Director
Student Activities Office
1967
– 2006
Gary E. Duke
Professor
Animal Science
1937 –
2006
David W. Fox
Professor
Computer Science
1928 –
2006
Eugenijus Gedgaudas
Professor
Radiology
1924 –
2006
Andrew A. Gordon
Academic Professional
Theatre Arts and
Dance
1961 – 2006
Robert J.
Gorlin
Professor
Dentistry
1923 – 2006
Andrew J.
Hein
Assistant Dean
Graduate School
1930 – 2006
Peter
Kaufmann
Professor
Chemistry
1917 – 2006
Marian
Kienholz
Professor
University Libraries
1926 – 2006
Ann
Kranz
Professor
Social Work
1969 – 2006
Mary B.
Lampe
Professor
Education
1922 – 2006
Edwin H.
Lewis
Professor
Marketing and Business Law
1909 – 2006
Lee
R. Martin
Professor
Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences
1916
– 2006
Manfred Meier
Coordinator
Neuroscience
1929 –
2006
Valerius L. Michelson
Professor
Landscape Architecture
1916
– 2006
Johannes Nitsche
Professor
Mathematics
1925 –
2006
Jack H. Oppenheimer
Professor
Genetics, Cell Biology, and
Development
1927 – 2006
Dale Schatzlein
Director
Concerts
and Lectures
1948 – 2006
William
Schofield
Professor
Psychiatry
1921 – 2006
Jeane
Sword
Staff
College of Education and Human Service Professions –
Duluth
1925 – 2006
Leonard Unger
Professor
English
1916
– 2006
Kewen K. Yin
Professor
Bio-Based Products
1946
– 2006
STUDENTS
Sudi B. Abdi
College of Biological
Sciences
Abidah Adams
Institute of Technology
Ashton F.
Anderson
College of Liberal Arts
Norma J. Beckedahl
University of
Minnesota – Crookston
Andrew Dickinson
Graduate
School
Kelly A. Kendzior
College of Continuing Education
Todd
A. Ryan
General College
6. INTRODUCTIONS
Dean Connie
Delaney, School of Nursing; Vice President Rusty Barceló, Equity and
Access; Chancellor Jacqueline Johnson, University of Minnesota –
Morris
Professor Carol Chomsky, Chair of the Senate Consultative Committee
(SCC), introduced Connie Delaney, Dean of the School of Nursing; Rusty
Barceló, Vice President for Equity and Diversity; and Jacqueline Johnson,
Chancellor of the University of Minnesota - Morris.
7. SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
Professor Carol Chomsky, Chair of the Senate Consultative Committees
(SCC), said that the SCC is the executive committee of the University Senate and
includes 10 faculty, 7 students, 2 civil service staff, 2 academic
professionals, and the University Senate Vice Chair as its voting members. The
committee meets monthly to discuss issues of common interest from each of the
separate consultative bodies.
Two weeks ago, the committee received a
presentation on the renovation of Northrop Auditorium and discussed guidelines
for committee members and chairs. She invited all senators to read the minutes
from these meetings.
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MOTION
A
Consent Agenda
Action by the University
Senate
Agenda Items 8. and 9. are considered to be non-controversial or
“housekeeping” in nature and are offered as a “Consent
Agenda” to be taken up as a single item with one vote. Any item will be
taken up separately at the request of a senator. (A simple majority is required
for approval.)
8. MINUTES FOR MAY 4, 2006
MOTION:
To approve the University Senate and Faculty Senate
minutes, which are available on the Web at the following URL. A simple majority
is required for approval.
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/usen/060504sen.html
STUART GOLDSTEIN, CLERK
UNIVERSITY
SENATE
9. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
2006-07
Committees of the University Senate
University Senate committee memberships for
2006-07:
DISABILITIES ISSUES - Faculty: Patrick McNamara
(chair), Tammy Berberi, Marilyn Bruin, James Gambucci, Maria Gini, Kathryn
Kohnert, Alex Lubet, David Marks, Julia Robinson. Academic
Professionals: Amy Hewitt, Carol Rachac. Civil Service: Kari
Branjord, Maureen McManus. Students: Rachel Garaghty, Emily
Smith. Ex Officio: Eric Schnell, 1 to be named.
EQUITY,
ACCESS, AND DIVERSITY - Faculty: Naomi Scheman (chair), Jennifer Gunn, Walt
Jacobs, Joo-inn Lee, Louis Mendoza, Margaret Moss, Joanna O’Connell, Lee
Penn, 1 to be named. Academic Professionals: Patricia Jones-Whyte,
Hawona Sullivan Janzen. Students: Jonathan Bringewatt, 5 to be named.
Civil Service: Susan Cable, Don Cavalier. Ex Officio: Rusty
Barcelo, Carolyn Chalmers, Anne Phibbs, Claire
Walter-Marchetti.
FINANCE AND PLANNING - Faculty: Judith Martin
(chair), Joseph Konstan, Michael Korth, Ian Macmillan, Justin Revenaugh, Terry
Roe, Karen Seashore, Charles Speaks, Warren Warwick, Aks Zaheer. Academic
Professionals: Marcie Jefferys, Thomas Klein. Civil Service: Rose
Blixt, Kathryn Olson. Students: Mikael Moseley, 3 to be named. Ex
Officio: Daniel Feeney, Steve Fitzgerald, Darwin Hendel, Lincoln Kallsen,
Kathleen O’Brien, Richard Pfutzenreuter, Thomas Stinton, Michael Volna,
George Wilcox, John Ziegenhagen.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES -
Faculty: Nancy Herther (Chair), Alan Ek, Douglas Ernie, Joan Hughes, Greg
Laden, Andy Lopez, Stuart Speedie, Jim Waddell, Bonnie Westra. Academic
Professionals: Mark Sanders, Dale Swanson, Sue Van Voorhis. Civil
Service: Deanette Schmidt. Students: Mahmoud Sadrai, 2 to be named.
Ex Officio: Steve Cawley, Eric Celeste, Linda Jorn.
LIBRARY -
Faculty/PA: James Orf (chair), John H. Anderson, Andrea Berlin, David
R. Brown, C. Barry Carter, Jay Hatch, Anatoly Lieberman, Nora Paul, Otto Strack,
Danielle Tisinger, Yoichi Watanabe, Susan Wick, David Zopfi-Jordan.
Students: Kate Lohse, 3 to be named. Ex Officio: Jonathan
Binks, LeAnn Dean, Joan Howland, Wendy Lougee, Bill Sozansky, Owen
Williams, 1 to be named.
SOCIAL CONCERNS - Faculty: Mani Subramani
(chair), Katherine Fennelly, David Fox, Craig Hassel, Kenneth Heller , Catherine
Jordan, Ajay Skaria,. Academic Professionals: Joseph Marchesani,
Jennifer Oliphant, Todd Tratz. Civil Service: Elizabeth Richardson,
Benton Schnabel, Julia Washenberger. Alumni: Peter Hiniker, Brandi
Hoffman, Richard Lidstad. Students: David Gysbers, Mira Reinberg, Samuel
Stone, 5 to be named. Ex Officio: Carolyn Chalmers, Greg
Schooler, Amelious Whyte.
STUDENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY - Faculty/PA:
Tom Shield (chair), Mark Bellcourt, Shawn Curley, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez,
Linda Jones, Paul Myers, Robert Pepin, Micky Trent. Students: Abbie
Stohlmann, 4 to be named. Ex Officio: Sharon Dzik, Laura Coffin
Koch.
STUDENT BEHAVIOR - Faculty/PA: Michael Rodriguez (chair),
Jane Carlstrom, Lorraine Francis, Francis Harvey, Jeanne Higbee, Patricia
Jones-Whyte, Michelle Koker, Nicole Letawsky-Shultz, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos,
Paul Porter, Keith Russell, Becky Yust. Students: Abby Bar-Lev, Camille
Crary, Christopher Gorman, Katina Petersen, Kimberly Roan, at least 5 to be
named. Ex Officio: Sharon Dzik.
FOR
INFORMATION:
ALL-UNIVERSITY HONORS - Faculty: Pete Magee
(chair), Laura Gurak, Lois Heller, Brad Hokanson, Allen Isaacman, David Pui,
Richard Richards, Ronald Sawchuk. Academic Professionals: Stacie
Haugen, Jean Kucera. Alumni: David Hagford, Andrea Hjelm, Todd Klingel,
Juanita Luis, Eric Pehle. Civil Service: 2 to be named. Students:
3 to be named. Ex Officio: Gerald Fischer, Cheryl Jones, Krista
Lemos, Jessica Mooney, Billie Wahlstrom, 1 to be named.
SENATE
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES - Academic Professionals: Nan Kalke (chair), Lynne
Schuman, Kyla Wahlstrom, 1 to be named. Faculty: David Born, Anna Clark,
Robert Gehrz, Pricilla Gibson, Gordon Hirsch, Joan Howland, Tom Johnson, Mary Jo
Kreitzer, Perry Leo, J. Michael Oakes, Carl Rosen, Michael Sadowsky, Tom Scott,
1 to be named. Students: To be named (chair), John Faustgen, Ronald
Miller, 5 to be named.
SENATE CONSULTATIVE - Faculty: Carol
Chomsky (chair), Gary Balas, Nancy Carpenter, William Durfee, Megan
Gunnar, Emily Hoover, Scott Lanyon, Nelson Rhodus, John L. Sullivan, Jennifer
Windsor. Academic Professionals: Jacqueline Cottingham-Zierdt, Stacy
Doepner-Hove. Civil Service: Cathy Marquardt, Margaret Wolff.
Students: Joshua Beiningen (chair), Jeni Kiewatt, Anthony Kouba, Daniel
Moore, Trent Senenfelder, 2 to be named. Ex Officio: Jean Bauer, Barbara
Elliott, Mary Jo Kane, Judith Martin.
NAN KALKE, CHAIR
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was approved.
APPROVED
_______________________________________________________________
END
OF MOTION A
10. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT
Action
by the University Senate
MOTION:
To amend Article II, Section 5 (H) of the University
Senate Bylaws as follows (language to be added is underlined). As an
amendment to the University Senate Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority
of all voting members of the University Senate (125) at one regular or special
meeting, or a majority of all members of the University Senate present and
voting at each of two meetings. This is the first meeting at which this motion
is being presented.
ARTICLE II. COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
(Changes to this article are subject to vote only by the University
Senate)
...
5. University Senate Committee
Charges
...
H. SENATE COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES
...
Duties and
Responsibilities
...
c. To review and forward as
appropriate to the University Senate any proposed changes to the charge,
membership, or ex officio members for committees of the University Senate prior
to approval from the University
Senate.
...
COMMENT:
The Committee on Committees
(ConC) was asked by last year’s Faculty Consultative Committee Chair to
consider an amendment to the ConC charge which would give responsibility for all
other committee changes to the ConC and therefore allow ConC to provide
oversight and consistency when committees are proposing changes.
NAN KALKE, CHAIR
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was approved with 173 in favor, none opposed, and no
abstentions.
APPROVED
11. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS
AMENDMENT
Action by the University Senate
MOTION:
To amend Article II, Section 5 (I) of the University
Senate Bylaws as follows (language to be added is underlined). As an
amendment to the University Senate Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority
of all voting members of the University Senate (125) at one regular or special
meeting, or a majority of all members of the University Senate present and
voting at each of two meetings. This is the first meeting at which this motion
is being presented.
ARTICLE II. COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
(Changes to this article are subject to vote only by the University
Senate)
...
5. University Senate Committee
Charges
...
I. SENATE CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
...
Duties and
Responsibilities
...
f. To prepare and distribute the agenda
for each meeting of the University Senate in accordance with the Constitution,
Bylaws, and Rules of the University Senate. Notwithstanding any other
provisions in these Bylaws or the Senate Rules, the Senate Consultative
Committee shall have final authority over the docket of the University Senate
meetings.
...
Executive
...
h. To provide for a
Business and Rules Committee composed of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Faculty
Consultative Committee, the Chair and one additional member of the Student
Senate Consultative Committee, one academic professional member of the Senate
Consultative Committee, one civil service member of the Senate Consultative
Committee, the Clerk of the Senate, and the Vice Chair of the Senate. The Chair
of the Senate Consultative Committee shall serve as chair of the Business and
Rules Committee. The Business and Rules Committee shall be responsible for
drafting the docket of the University Senate but final authority for
approving the docket shall rest with the Senate Consultative
Committee.
...
COMMENT:
There have been
occasions when it was unclear who had final authority over which items would
appear on the docket of the University Senate. Inasmuch as SCC is the executive
committee of the University Senate, responsible for the conduct and flow of
business to the University Senate, it is logical that SCC should have
responsibility for the docket. If items can appear on the docket without review
and approval by SCC, there is risk that items will appear prematurely, that
politically or otherwise sensitive items will appear inappropriately, or that
items that are not germane to the business of the Senate will be on the docket.
These two amendments are intended to clarify the locus of authority for docket
items.
These changes do not affect the ability of individual Senators to
bring items up under New Business at any Senate meeting.
CAROL CHOMSKY, CHAIR
SENATE CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was approved with 177 in favor, none opposed, and no
abstentions.
APPROVED
12. SENATE CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
Discussion by the University Senate
Professor Carol Chomsky, Chair of the Senate Consultative Committee (SCC),
asked senators for their comments on the questions posed in the printed
agenda.
A senator said that academic professionals are concerned about
college and department mergers and heard from employees about what happened to
them as the merger deadline approached. He asked that adverse consequences be
communicated early to all employees and that solutions be worked on with
involvement from affected groups. He also asked the administration to be aware
of opportunities for promotional ladders within the new colleges.
Another
senator noted that communication with students is needed in each phase of
strategic positioning. A mechanism for feedback should be created on the web to
hear concerns from all affected and interested parties.
A senator spoke
that while staff do not have many issues with the strategic positioning goals,
they would have liked more civil service staff serving on the task forces. Once
changes are implemented, she cautioned that these not be done so fast as to
cripple services to students and staff while the changes are taking
place.
Another senator then said that preparation for teaching assistants
is a big concerns for students. The Center for Teaching and Learning Services
provides resources, but these services are not mandatory and greatly vary by
department. Another concern for students is campus violence and communication
of these incidents. There have been several attacks lately on or around campus,
but only one UMPD email and it was several days after the incident. Early
notification should be the goal in these situations.
A senator stated
that there is a concern about Twin Cities strategic positioning goals
overshadowing those of the other campuses and research facilities. What is
being pushed for the Twin Cities may or may not already exist in other places,
or may not be a feasible option for some areas.
Another senator then
noted that the ethnicity section on University applications varies depending on
the college or program to which a student is applying, which makes it hard for
students to know how to complete this section. He proposed a standard ethnicity
section be used on all University applications.
A senator then said that
academic professionals are a vulnerable classification due to the combining of
positions in merged colleges and because of the need to further clarify the
classification. She also noted that the statistics being used to rate the
University as a top 3 institution do not include professional staff as one of
their categories.
A senator then noted that the new budget model is
hampering the ability of some departments because of a fear of no future
funding. She reminded the administration that new policies need to work for the
greater good of the University.
13. PRESIDENT’S REPORT
President Bruininks announced the kick-off of the Driven to Discover
campaign. This is an effort to inform the broader community of the mission,
values, and impact of the University on the state of Minnesota and the lives of
its citizens. The campaign is designed to capture the essence of the University
in terms of its leadership and advancement of knowledge.
He said that
more stories and advertisements will be coming in an effort to integrate
education and research, and carry this work forward to the public. The
University is also asking that more questions and suggestions be submitted to
engage the public in the shape of the effort.
President Bruininks then
said that this is a big week for the University. Groundbreaking takes place
today for Hanson Hall, the Scholars Walk officially opens Friday at noon, and
the Wall of Discovery will be showcased as part of the Scholars Walk, and the
stadium groundbreaking is scheduled for Saturday.
He said that the next
discussion of the University is access and affordability of higher education.
70 percent of state citizens think that rising tuition is a problem. The
University has several initiatives to help students. It has created the
Founder’s Opportunity Award which provides a free-rise to all
Pell-eligible students. This will fund 5000 students per year, 30 percent of
which are students of color. The University also has the Promise for Tomorrow
award for all students. This effort began with $5-7 million for student
scholarships, which ranked the University last place in the Big Ten. This fund
now has close to $150 million and can help 6000 student scholars and fellows.
Next month it will be announced that the new goal for this fund will be $250
million.
Lastly, President Bruininks addressed the biennial budget,
noting that the University needs to make its case to the public. Currently,
University funding is $8 million below the 2000 level and $117 million below the
Higher Education Price Index. The University needs to highlight its strong,
enduring, and predictable partnership with the state and the public. The budget
includes a moderate student increase along with a strong state investment. 75
percent of the request covers core University needs, such as compensation, while
25 percent addresses academic priorities and initiatives. The proposal will go
the Regents in October for review and November for action.
14. QUESTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT
Q: There are currently disputes between deans involved in
interdisciplinary centers which is an impediment to interdisciplinary
collaboration. What can be done to resolve this situation?
A: What is
being described is not visionary leadership and does not follow the University
policy to share ICR dollars. The University cannot become a top three
institution unless this issue is resolved, so the administration will be working
on this.
Q: How will the model for the honors college be reconciled with
current curricular models in the colleges?
A: There is a faculty
committee working on this issue. Where strong programs currently exists, they
will be preserved, but there are many ways to increase interdisciplinary studies
for honor students. The Provost can provide more details at a later date once
the committee has finished its work.
Q: What has changed at the
legislature that will make them listen to the University?
A: Support for
the University is strong. There is a growing resistance to taxes except to
invest in areas of human capital and education. The state has not been good at
setting its own priorities and awarding funding based on those priorities. The
University needs to open a dialogue to show that it is a top priority for the
state and show how its priorities are aligned with those of the
state.
15. UNIVERSITY SENATE OLD BUSINESS
NONE
16. UNIVERSITY SENATE NEW BUSINESS
Professor Judith Martin, Chair of the Finance and Planning Committee
(SCFP), made a motion to suspend the rules to vote on the following motion from
the committee:
MOTION:
To approve the following
statement.
Statement on the Food and Beverage RFP
The Senate Committee on Finance and Planning has been updated on the
process for developing the Request for Proposals for the University's food and
beverage contract beginning in July, 2008. We appreciate the effort University
Services is putting into improving food service, developing a more effective
contract and communicating the process.
Based on what we have learned,
the Committee recommends that the University place attention in the RFP and
contract process on the desire of many in the University community for
healthier foods. We note that this concern may be
implied within the goals to improve performance and operational efficiencies,
and while we noted that University wellness/nutrition representatives are
identified as stakeholders, we recommend more explicit acknowledgment of this
concern in the process. The Committee makes the following two
recommendations for this process.
1. The Executive Steering Committee
should include as a member an individual University faculty expert on healthy
foods and nutrition.
2. The Advisory Committee should consult
specifically with departments and faculty in the University who are experts on
nutrition and health, such as Food Science and Nutrition and appropriate
departments in the Academic Health Center on the healthy foods goals for the RFP
and the selected contractor.
Adopted unanimously 9/22/06
JUDITH MARTIN, CHAIR
FINANCE AND PLANNING
COMMITTEE
The motion was seconded and approved.
Professor Martin said that
the University’s contracts for food and beverage expire in 2008, so the
University will be beginning an RFP process soon. SCFP felt that University
experts in food and nutrition were missing from the bidding process. This
statement asks the administration to consider their inclusion.
With no
discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved.
APPROVED
17. UNIVERSITY SENATE ADJOURNMENT
The University Senate was adjourned.
18. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
Professor Carol Chomsky, Chair of the Faculty Consultative Committees
(FCC), said that the FCC is the executive committee of the Faculty Senate. The
committee meets three times per month and regularly consults with the President
and Provost.
FCC has been following up on the strategic positioning
process and is responding to several administrative initiatives. FCC is also
determining which recommendations are of interest to faculty, such as possible
changes to Faculty Tenure.
The committee has also received reports on
interdisciplinary research and teaching; the new budget model and implications
for units; diversity, equity, and multiculturalism; metrics and measurements;
the mandatory teaching evaluation questions; and liberal education requirements.
The committee also receives regular updates on the progress of Regents policy
review.
Lastly the committee is working to enhance its reach for
consultation. The committee has scheduled a series of meetings with department
heads, will travel to Morris, and will be meeting with faculty senators. She
noted that a notice was sent to all faculty regarding the availability of FCC
minutes and that it is the responsibility of each faculty senator to be aware of
issues being brought to the Faculty Senate.
19. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Discussion
by the Faculty Senate
Professor Carol Chomsky, Chair of the Faculty Consultative Committees
(FCC), asked faculty senators for their comments on the questions posed in the
printed agenda.
A senator said that the erosion of trust by the faculty
takes aim at the heart of an academic community and detracts from the mission of
the University. The mission is not about compliance or babysitting, but it
about sharing and creating knowledge.
Another senator then noted that
direct communication is needed between the task forces and implementation
groups, since many task forces have not been further consulted once they issued
their final reports. The administration needs to involve faculty and staff
expertise and not lose sight of the intelligence that it already has at the
University.
A senator stated that the new budget model is a disincentive
to interdisciplinary teaching due to its model for tuition recovery and he would
hate to see classes not taught due to a revenue stream issue.
Another
senator then said that there is a disincentive for new faculty to propose
liberal education courses. Instead, old courses are all that it offered which
can lead to a fragmented student experience. Faculty need to take charge of the
liberal education review.
A senator then said that another concern of the
new budget model is how to better count various items to receive funds or pay a
tax. This decision is being left up to each college, but this does not solve
the problem that currently exists.
_______________________________________________________________
MOTION
B
Consent Agenda
Action by the Faculty Senate
Agenda Items 20. and 21. are considered to be non-controversial or
“housekeeping” in nature and are offered as a “Consent
Agenda” to be taken up as a single item with one vote. Any item will be
taken up separately at the request of a senator. (A simple majority is required
for approval.)
20. SENATE OFFICERS
The chair of the Faculty Senate recommends the following officers for
2006-07:
Clerk – Professor Stuart Goldstein
Parliamentarian
– Professor Kristin Hickman
21. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
2006-07 Committees
of the Faculty Senate
Faculty Senate committee memberships for 2006-07:
ACADEMIC
FREEDOM AND TENURE - Faculty: Tom Clayton (chair), Tracey Anderson, William
Doherty, Tina Huang, Candace Kruttschnitt, Karen Miksch, John Mowitt, Ronald
Siegel, Terrence Simon, Jianyi Zhang. Ex Officio: Arlene Carney, Carol
Carrier, James Farr.
EDUCATIONAL POLICY - Faculty/PA: Richard
McCormick (chair), William Bart, Vernon Cardwell, April Knutson, James Leger,
Claudia Neuhauser, Peh Ng, Paul Siliciano, Donna Spannaus-Martin, Cathrine
Wambach, Douglas Wangensteen, Joel Weinsheimer. Students: Maureen
Cisneros, 5 to be named. Ex Officio: Gail Dubrow, Craig
Swan.
FACULTY AFFAIRS - Faculty: Geoffrey Sirc (chair), Matthew
Bribitzer-Stull, Vladimir Cherkassky, A. Saari Csallany, Janet Ericksen, Kathryn
Hanna, Morris Kleiner, Steven McLoon, Luis Ramos-Garcia, Roderick Squires, Oriol
Valls, Larry Wallace, Timothy Wiedmann, Virginia Zuiker. Academic
Professionals: Erin George, Jane Miller. Ex Officio: Arlene Carney,
Carol Carrier, Dann Chapman, Tom Clayton, Theodor Litman. Students:
Kelly Risbey, 1 to be named.
JUDICIAL - Faculty: James Farr
(chair), David Biesboer, Lisa Brosseau, John Budd, Sauman Chu, Shawn Curley,
Ernest Davenport, Amos Deinard, Caroline Hayes, Joan Howland, Alice Larson,
Sanford Lipsky, Karin Musier-Forsyth, Paula O’Loughlin, S. Douglas Olson,
Tom Scott, Clifford Steer, William Turner, at least a to be
named.
RESEARCH - Faculty: Steven Ruggles (chair), Linda
Bearinger, James Cotter, Dan Dahlberg, Sharon Danes, Donald Dengel, Stephen
Ekker, Genevieve Escure, J. Stephen Gantt, Paul Johnson, James Luby, Virginia
Seybold, George Trachte, Sanford Weisberg, 1 to be named. Academic
Professionals: Barbara Van Drasek, Jean Witson. Civil Service: Selam
Rodriguez. Students: Ellen McKinney, 2 to be named. Ex Officio:
Richard Bianco, Arlene Carney, Robin Dittmann, Timothy Mulcahy, Mark Paller,
Federico Ponce de Leon, Thomas Schumacher, Charles Spetland, Michael
Volna.
FOR INFORMATION:
ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER FACULTY
CONSULTATIVE - Faculty: Kathleen Krichbaum (chair), Susan Berry, Peter
Davies, Stephen Ekker, Lois Heller, Brian Isetts, George Maldonado, Paul Olin.
Ex Officio: Dan Feeney.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ATHLETICS -
Faculty/PA: Melissa Avery (chair), Linda Brady, Douglas Hartmann, Perry Leo,
Steven McCarthy, Laurie McLaughlin, S. Douglas Olson, Maria Sera, Richard
Weinberg. Civil Service: Duane Nelson. Alumni: Linda Mona, Jerry
Noyce. Students: Jonathan Loveall, Katherine Meyer, Suzannah Mork, 1 to
be named. Ex Officio: J.T. Bruett, Frank Kara, Joel Maturi, Mark
Nelson.
FACULTY ACADEMIC OVERSIGHT ON INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS -
Faculty: Perry Leo (chair), Melissa Avery, Linda Brady, Thomas Brothen, John
Remington, Mark Seeley, Richard Weinberg, Anthony Weinhaus, 1 to be named.
Ex Officio: J.T. Bruett, Frank Kara, Mark
Nelson.
FACULTY CONSULTATIVE - Faculty: Carol Chomsky (chair),
Gary Balas, Nancy Carpenter, William Durfee, Megan Gunnar, Emily Hoover,
Scott Lanyon, Nelson Rhodus, John L. Sullivan, Jennifer Windsor. Ex Officio:
Jean Bauer, Barbara Elliott, Mary Jo Kane, Kathleen Krichbaum, Judith
Martin, Richard McCormick, Steven Ruggles, Martin Sampson, Geoffrey
Sirc.
NOMINATING - Faculty: Jean Quam (chair), F. Ronald Akehurst,
Susan Berry, Arthur Erdman, Catherine French, Gary Gardner, Judith Garrard,
Leslie Schiff, W. Phillips Shively. Academic Professional: 2 to be
named.
NAN KALKE, CHAIR
FACULTY COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was approved.
APPROVED
_______________________________________________________________
END
OF MOTION B
22. FACULTY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT
Action by
the Faculty Senate
MOTION:To amend Article IV, Section 2 (b) of the Faculty
Senate Bylaws as follows (language to be added is
underlined). As an
amendment to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority of
all voting members of the Faculty Senate (83) at one regular or special meeting,
or a majority of all members of the Faculty Senate present and voting at each of
two meetings. This is the first meeting at which this motion is being
presented.
ARTICLE IV. COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY SENATE (Changes to
this article are subject to vote only by the Faculty
Senate)...
2. Eligibility for
Membership...
b. Individuals holding
academic staff titles are eligible to serve as voting members of Faculty Senate
committees even if they are not qualified for membership in the Faculty Senate,
except that no individual holding a position carrying as any part of its title
President, vice president, chancellor, provost, executive director, dean,
counsel, attorney, controller, or chief of staff may serve as a voting member of
a Faculty 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 shall be eligible to serve as a voting member and chair of a
Faculty Senate committee. Individuals whose appointment responsibilities are
primarily faculty but who incidentally have an administrative title and
responsibilities within an academic department or its equivalent are eligible to
serve as voting members and chairs of Faculty Senate committees.
An
individual serving as a voting member of a Faculty Senate committee who is
appointed to a position which would bar them from service as a voting member on
the committee shall resign from that committee. If the individual is appointed
only to an interim or acting position, the chair of the Faculty Consultative
Committee may, with the consent of the Faculty Consultative Committee, waive the
requirement that the individual resign from the
committee....
COMMENT:On occasion Senate
committee members are appointed on an interim or acting basis to administrative
positions, the occupants of which are barred from voting membership on
committees by Article IV(2)(b) of the bylaws. Sometimes these interim or acting
appointments are short-term and the position can vary in level. As a general
rule, FCC believes that individuals appointed to such administrative positions
should step aside, but that there should be exceptions allowed. (In one recent
case, for example, one Senate committee member was appointed interim associate
dean in his college; the committee chair and committee members, however, very
much wished him to remain on the committee and voted unanimously that he should
do so.) If this bylaw amendment is approved, the following guidelines will
govern the action of the FCC chair or vice chair when the question
arises.
Note: In the guidelines that follow, the amended bylaw is
repeated because, for administrative purposes, the guidelines would be
maintained as a separate document for use by FCC. The redundancy is
intentional.
Guidelines for Senate Committee Members
Who Receive
Interim Administrative Appointments
The Bylaws of the Faculty Senate provide that "no individual holding a
position carrying as any part of its title President, vice president,
chancellor, provost, executive director, dean, counsel, attorney, controller, or
chief of staff may serve as a voting member of a Faculty 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 shall be eligible to
serve as a voting member and chair of a Faculty Senate committee. Individuals
whose appointment responsibilities are primarily faculty but who incidentally
have an administrative title and responsibilities within an academic department
or its equivalent are eligible to serve as voting members and chairs of Faculty
Senate committees. An individual serving as a voting member of a Faculty Senate
committee who is appointed to a position which would bar them from service as a
voting member on the committee shall resign from that committee. If the
individual is appointed only to an interim or acting position, the chair of the
Faculty Consultative Committee may, with the consent of the Faculty Consultative
Committee, waive the requirement that the individual resign from the
committee."
On occasion, faculty members serving on or chairing Senate
committees or subcommittees will be appointed, on an interim or acting basis, to
an administrative post whose occupant would, under Faculty Senate bylaws, be
barred from continuing committee service. The following guidelines apply in
those instances:
1. The general assumption is that the individual will
resign from the Senate committee, whether serving as chair or committee
member.
2. At the request of the committee chair (or another committee
member if the individual given the interim administrative appointment is the
committee chair), or on the initiative of the Faculty Consultative Committee
(FCC), the FCC chair may waive the requirement that the committee member resign
from the committee. (In the absence of the FCC chair, the vice chair may issue
the waiver.) The FCC chair should consider the following factors in deciding
whether to waive the requirement:
--Whether the individual given the
interim appointment is a candidate for the permanent position (if not, the
waiver request should be viewed more favorably);
--If the interim
appointment is for a short period of time (if so, the waiver request should be
viewed more favorably);
--The level of the interim appointment (e.g.,
vice president versus associate dean; the "lower" the level, the more favorable
should be the view of the request for waiver);
--The opinion of the chair
of the committee in question.
3. While it is possible that an individual
with an interim administrative appointment might be permitted to continue to
serve as a committee chair, normally it would be expected, even if the
individual remains on the committee, that he or she would step down as chair for
the duration of the interim administrative appointment. The FCC chair may,
however, overrule this expectation as well.
4. Before notifying the
committee chair or the faculty member in question,
(a) the FCC chair will
notify the FCC of his or her decision to grant or deny the waiver, and
(b) FCC by majority vote may overrule the decision of the chair to grant
or deny the waiver request.
CAROL CHOMSKY, CHAIR
FACULTY CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was not approved with only 77 in favor, none opposed, and no
abstentions.
NOT APPROVED
23. FACULTY SENATE BYLAWS
AMENDMENT
Action by the Faculty Senate
MOTION:
To amend Article IV, Section 5 (H) of the Faculty
Senate Bylaws as follows (language to be added is underlined). As an
amendment to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority of
all voting members of the Faculty Senate (83) at one regular or special meeting,
or a majority of all members of the Faculty Senate present and voting at each of
two meetings. This is the first meeting at which this motion is being
presented.
ARTICLE IV. COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY SENATE (Changes to
this article are subject to vote only by the Faculty
Senate)
...
5. Faculty Senate Committee
Charges
...
H. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
...
Duties and
Responsibilities
...
f. To be responsible for the preparation
and distribution of the agenda for each meeting of the Faculty Senate in
accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules of the Faculty Senate.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in these Bylaws or the Senate Rules, the
Faculty Consultative Committee shall have final authority over the docket of the
Faculty Senate meetings.
...
Executive
...
i. To
provide for a Business and Rules Committee composed of the Chair and Vice Chair
of the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Clerk of the Senate, and the Vice
Chair of the Senate. The Chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall serve
as chair of the Business and Rules Committee. The Business and Rules Committee
shall be responsible for drafting the docket of the Faculty Senate but final
authority for approving the docket shall rest with the Faculty Consultative
Committee.
...
COMMENT:
There have been
occasions when it was unclear who had final authority over which items would
appear on the docket of the Faculty Senate. Inasmuch as FCC is the executive
committee of the Faculty Senate, responsible for the conduct and flow of
business to the Faculty Senate, it is logical that FCC should have
responsibility for the docket. If items can appear on the docket without review
and approval by FCC, there is risk that items will appear prematurely, that
politically or otherwise sensitive items will appear inappropriately, or that
items that are not germane to the business of the Senate will be on the docket.
These two amendments are intended to clarify the locus of authority for docket
items.
These changes do not affect the ability of individual Senators to
bring items up under New Business at any Senate meeting.
CAROL CHOMSKY, CHAIR
FACULTY CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was not approved with only 77 in favor, none opposed, and no
abstentions.
NOT APPROVED
24. FACULTY SENATE BYLAWS
AMENDMENT
Action by the Faculty Senate
MOTION:
To amend Article IV, Section 5 (G) of the Faculty
Senate Bylaws as follows (language to be added is underlined). As an
amendment to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, the motion requires either a majority of
all voting members of the Faculty Senate (83) at one regular or special meeting,
or a majority of all members of the Faculty Senate present and voting at each of
two meetings. This is the first meeting at which this motion is being
presented.
ARTICLE IV. COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY SENATE (Changes to
this article are subject to vote only by the Faculty
Senate)
...
5. Faculty Senate Committee
Charges
...
G. FACULTY COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES
...
Duties and
Responsibilities
...
c. To review and forward as
appropriate to the Faculty Senate any proposed changes to the charge,
membership, or ex officio members for committees of the Faculty Senate prior to
approval from the Faculty Senate.
[Subsequent bullets would be
relettered.]
...
COMMENT:
The Committee on Committees
(ConC) was asked by last year’s Faculty Consultative Committee Chair to
consider an amendment to the ConC charge which would give responsibility for all
other committee changes to the ConC and therefore allow ConC to provide
oversight and consistency when committees are proposing
changes.
NAN KALKE, CHAIR
FACULTY COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES
DISCUSSION:
With no discussion, a vote was taken and the
motion was not approved with only 77 in favor, none opposed, and no
abstentions.
NOT APPROVED
25. FACULTY SENATE OLD BUSINESS
NONE
26. FACULTY SENATE NEW BUSINESS
NONE
27. FACULTY SENATE ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
Rebecca Hippert
Abstractor