THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY SENATE

VOLUME XXV

MINUTES OF MEETING #409 15 APRIL, 1999,

APPROVED: 2 SEPTEMBER, 1999

PRESENT:

ADSC: Schoening, Sherman

LA: Enger, Schenker, Bollinger, Meister, Waring, McDuffie, Bliss, Sitaraman

ENG: Hayes, Leonard, Shen, Boykin, Swain, Wessling

NUR: Brookman, Hays, Warren, Cash

SCI: Christopher, Lawton, Garstka, Lumpkin, Delugach, Richards, J. Li, Kunin, Zhang, W. Li, Comfort, Miller, Lieu

LIB: J. Warren

ABSENT WITH PROXY:

ADSC: Floyd

LBAR: Neff, Wilkerson, Williams

ENGR: Hawk

NUR: McLeod

SCI: Hinke

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:

LBAR: Dasher, Hanks

ENGR: Wells, Jarem, Nordin, Abushagur, Landrum, Frederick

SCI: Baird, Hillman

0. President Delugach called the meeting to order at 12:40 p.m.

1. Draft Minutes of Meeting #408 were unanimously approved after one minor correction. Motion by Bliss, seconded by Comfort.

  1. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee Reports were accepted as presented.

3. A. Senate Committee Reports:

1. Executive: The Senate Executive Committee met April 8 and discussed an issue presented by Staff Senate, set the agenda for today’s meeting and discussed the meeting of the combined Senate Executive Committees.

2. Faculty and Student Development: No Report.

3. Finance and Resources: No Report

4. Governance and Operations: No Report. Elections at this meeting. Announcement of Campus wide elections.

 
    1. Personnel: No Report.
    2. Undergraduate Curriculum: Dr. Comfort reported that most all the business is completed. He reported there is one item that should be dealt with today or within the next week.
    3. Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs: No Report.
  1. University Committees: Library Committee: Dr. Schenker reported the selection of the Architect will begin after the first of May. Opportunity for bids is coming to a close.
  1. Officer Reports:
    1. Ombudsperson: No report.
    2. President-Elect: No Report.

President: Dr. Delugach reported he has been to several meetings (Board meetings, System meetings, campus meetings, etc.) as Faculty Senate President. The next meeting will be the Board meeting on May 6 and 7. He informed the Senate there are several public sessions they might want to attend. He told the Senate he will send them information as he receives it. He asked for input from them of items of interest he might include in his presentation.

4. President Franz Report:

Not Present

5. Provost McManus Report:

Dr. McManus reported on the Library and Sports/Recreation Facility progress.

He engaged in some discussion regarding cutting the serials in the Library. They will try to avoid this by an increase in the Library budget.

Dr. McManus encouraged faculty to become involved in the Institutional Mini-Grant opportunities.

Dr. Delugach included a plea from Reva Bailey for faculty to get grades in on time.
  1. Election of University Standing Committees. The Faculty Senate voted for these positions and returned the ballots to Peggy. The results will be announced in a memo later.

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  2. Ratification of Faculty Senate Officers for 1999/2000 by the New Senate. Craig Hanks-President, Jane Cash-President-Elect, Robert Lawton-Ombudsperson, Dr. Lumpkin moved, seconded by Dr. Brookman to accept the results of the election and ratify the officers. The vote was 35 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions.
  3. Approval of Faculty Senate Committees for 1999/2000 by the New Senate. With a correction to Dr. Bliss College affiliation and moving the Nursing faculty to different Committees and adding them to Committees where they had no representation, Dr. Lumpkin moved, seconded by Dr. Floyd that the Committee assignments be accepted.
  4. Business suspended for Senate Committees to elect Chairs.
  5. Reconvened for report of election of Senate Committee Chairs. Undergraduate Curriculum: Phil Richards, Science; Finance and Resources: John Jarem, Engineering; Personnel: William Garstka, Science; Faculty and Student Development: James Swain, Engineering; Governance and Operations: Tommy Williams, Liberal Arts; Scholastic Affairs: James Bliss, Liberal Arts.
  6. President Delugach adjourned the meeting at 1:20 p.m.