APPROVED FEBRUARY 27, 2003

PRESENT:

ADSC: Wren, Floyd

LBAR: Stewart, Brown-Givens, Goodson-Espy, Bollinger, Early, Meister, Waring, Martin, Wilkerson, Reeves, Neuschatz, Brunsma

ENG: Smith, Gaede, Pollock, Tippett, Karr

LIB: Moore

NUR: Williamson, Stanfield

SCI: Johnson, Etzkorn, Ravindran

ABSENT WITH PROXY:

ADSC: Pendley, Schnell

NUR: Redmon, Reisenwitz

SCI: Hillman, Friedman

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:

LBAR: Wray

ENGR: Toutanji, Fork, Hawk

SCI: Christopher, Ng, George, Miller

0. President Stephen Waring called the meeting to order at 12:55 p.m.

1. Draft Minutes of Meeting #447 were approved. Motion by Dr. Gaede, seconded by D. Pollock.

2. The Senate Executive Committee Reports were accepted.

3. President Franz’s Report:

No Report.

4. Provost Radonovich’s Report:

No Report.

5. Don Halverstadt’s Report: Mr. Halverstadt reported Computer and Network Services has a five-year plan. It is a comprehensive plan. We received one quarter million dollars of Federal Aid for Security issues because of the Contracts and Grants the University is involved in. Dr. Greenwood obtained the grant. We have placed fiber cables around the campus. We now have a redundant loop. We are networking the Resident Hall directly to VBRH. Mr. Halverstadt reported they are using Packateers. We have two cache servers, and Internet I and Internet II. ARAN cannot reciprocate our service. When they upgrade we will better utilize the bandwidth. Mr. Halverstadt distributed security information. He reported they will use an authentication system with a Firewall. The firewall and authentication system will use various levels. Level one—no protection—same as now. These will be installed in CNS first—then by department. Mr. Halverstadt reported we will work out the bugs in this system in CNS before installing it elsewhere. We have not installed an authenticator yet. We will install it –you will have to sign out so we will know who you are.—This will involve a data warehouse.—It will start in April. We can then generate reports from that. We will be working toward Conversion to Banner. We will be looking at wireless authentication. We are now pushing an E- billing system. We can then use E-check to pay and that will save money. There were some questions regarding site licenses for PGP. Mr. Halverstadt will look into this.

6. A. Senate Committee Reports:

1. Executive: The report was distributed with the minutes. The report was approved.

2. Faculty and Student Development: No report.

3. Finance and Resources: Dr. Johnson reported the Committee met this week to address the questions regarding Mr. Pinner’s address to the Senate.

4. Governance and Operations: Dr. Reeves reported the Committee is looking into how to get more faculty on the Honorary Degrees and Naming Committee and the restructure of some other Committees.

5. Personnel: Dr. Williamson reported the Committee is meeting Thursday and working on a process for the Distinguished Professor selection.

6. Undergraduate Curriculum: Dr. Karr reported the Committee is considering items and they hope to have them completed by next week.

7. Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs: The Committee has bills on the agenda.

B. University Committees: No Report.

C. Officer Reports:

Parliamentarian: No Report.

Ombudsperson: No Report.

President-Elect: No Report.

President: Dr. Waring reported Higher Education Day is March 13. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Dr. Wren suggested we encourage colleagues to excuse students who want to attend Higher Education Day.

Dr. Waring reported Dr. Portera is coming to give his presentation, that was cancelled in January, at an extra Senate meeting April 3, 2003.

Dr. Waring reported the Faculty Activity Report Form has seen the light of day. The President has worked out a draft to be used this year. It will go to the Personnel Committee for a review before the Senate Executive Committee acts on it.

There have been several administrative meetings and several have been cancelled. The Shelby Hall information is being discussed. There was an over subscription for the space so the Math Department will stay in Madison Hall for now.

There were some statements made by Portera at PARCA. This was sent to the Senate Executive Committee. Peggy will send it to the Faculty Senate. He was talking to Higher Education leaders and politicians and the Governor. Turitin.com—the Executive Committee has followed up on questions and concerns. We have gained administrative support. The Provost will provide money for the service. We are working toward a start time for fall 03. The Library will administer the service. We will get answers to the remaining questions. We do not have to buy software; we are simply subscribing to a service. It is useful outside Liberal Arts. The database is inclusive and comprehensive. We need to work out a set of standards and guidelines. If we use it, we should note that on our syllabus. The Committee will draft a model syllabus and some guidelines for using it. Dr. Waring asked that Senate members raise the issue in departments and colleges. Individuals can test it. Dr. Waring will make a presentation to the Deans. He will try to get in touch with the SGA President to talk to the SGA about it.

Past President: No Report.

7. Sense of the Senate Resolution for Tax Reform: Dr. Williamson and Dr. Gaede moved the bill to the floor. Dr. Waring reported the Senate Executive Committee had lunch with the Administration and Dr. Waring asked Gary Smith to write a resolution to send to the politicians. Gary had included the statistics of the tuition is up 43%, and Faculty Salaries are 17% below the norms, and the staff salaries are below norms. The State does not fully fund salaries in the colleges. Dr. Wilkerson called the question. The Resolution unanimously passed.

Dr. Williamson reported we want to tell the Legislature to do something that is fair with regard to tax reform. She reported we are planning to take a petition to the Legislature on Higher Education Day. We would like to ask you to sign your name and address. We will give a list to your Senator and Representative to say these are the voters in your district that want you to do something.

8. Senate Bill 295: Elimination of the “P” Grade on the Midterm Progress Report. D. Pollock and Dr. Stewart moved to table the bill.

9. Senate Bill 296: Program to Assist Students in Academic Difficulty: Dr. Smith and Gaede moved the bill to the floor. Dr. Smith explained the bill and the reasoning for the bill. There were some questions regarding the System and its ability in catching the difficult cases. It was reported this has been worked on and will continue to be worked on. The system now catches the NC grade problems. This is part of intrusive advising. The vote was 28 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 abstained. The bill passed at second reading. Due to the unanimous vote, the bill was administratively passed at third reading.

10. President Waring adjourned the meeting at 2:00 p.m.