THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY SENATE

VOLUME XXV

 MINUTES OF MEETING #474 20 APRIL 2006,

APPROVED SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

PRESENT:

ADSC:   Tseng

LBAR: Pritchard, Bollinger, Meister, Martin, Coward, Heikes, Reeves, Marcus, Neuschatz, Colclough

            ENG:   Jovanov,  Tippett, Gholston, Karr, Wessling, Lin

            LIB:     Vaughan

NUR:   Lawson, McClellan, Anderson, Newman, Foote, George

SCI:     Boyd, Weimer, Paddison, Aygun, Ravindran, Ai, Oluseyi

ABSENT WITH PROXY:

ADSC:  Gramm, Schnell, Patnayakuni

LBAR: Ferris, Bollinger

 

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:

LBAR: Jones, Johnson, Ferris, Moore, Sitaraman

            ENGR: Banish, Anderson, Gaede, Kulick, Frendi, Frederick

            NUR:  Busby

            SCI:     Mecikalski, Bishop, Magnuson, Cox, Delugach, Friedman, Miller

0.   President Andrée Reeves called the meeting to order at 12:50 p.m.

1.   Draft Minutes of Meeting Number 473 were approved. Motion by Ms. Lawson, seconded by Dr. Karr.

2.   Senate Executive Committee Reports accepted.  Motion by Ms. Lawson, seconded by Dr. Boyd, with one abstention.

3.   President Franz’s Report.

Dr. Franz reported regarding the Chamber Leadership Connect.  This is a way the community has for educational young professionals to socialize.  It is hard for singles to get together and socialize.

The North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering fair is here.  The fair was a great success except for the tornadoes.

The Liberal Arts Tournament went great.

The Board Meeting went fine.  We showcased the University happenings.  Dr. Greenwood did a good job.  We are responding to community needs and focused on BRAC, Rotorcraft, etc.

Dr. Franz discussed the Sanderson Subdivision and that we own 28 of the houses.  We will be taking out the two on the end and then three others after that.  Mike Finnegan is a super guy.  He negotiated moving the houses.

The Athletic Fields are coming along and are being seeded and sodded.

The Fraternity and Sorority houses are coming along and should be ready by the fall.

Last week we participated in the mediation with Nektar from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.  We hope it works.

4.   Dr. Radonovich’s Report.

Emil Jovanov reported he went to the IEEE Congressional Day in Washington.  They were putting pressure on representatives to increase the support for Science in the budget.  It was a great experience and I learned a great deal.  Shelby and Cramer and the administration are aware of the increase needed for Science to maintain an edge.  We have to be more active and organize ourselves and pressure until the budget is accepted, particularly now before we enter the final phase.  We can get organized through organizations and provide the pressure.  We need to start a process to help the PIs get more funding.  We need to see more support and willingness to support PIs.

5.   A.  Senate Committee Reports:

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

2. Faculty and Student Development:  No Report.

4. Governance and Operations:

The University Committee and Officer elections are underway.  The University Committee elections will take place today.

5. Personnel: No Report.

6. Undergraduate Curriculum: No Report.

7. Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs: No Report.

8. Finance and Resources:   The Committee will meet next Thursday.

B.         University Committees: No Report.

C.                 Officer Reports:

Parliamentarian: No Report.

Ombudsperson: No Report.

President-Elect: No Report.

President: Dr. Reeves reported she gave a report to the Board that the Faculty are the University—the core. 

Dr. Reeves thanked Dr. Franz for being a good President and easy to work with.  We do not have the problems that other have with their administration.  She thanked him for being receptive.

6.                                    Gloria Greene:  Improvements to Office of Sponsored Programs:

Gloria reported they did a survey regarding the difficulties with the Office of Sponsored Programs.  They determined there were no clear cut procedures for PIs.  They looked at value stream mapping with looks at the process and looks at the non-value added steps or processes.  A Committee of thirteen individuals from different colleges and departments on campus looked at the process.  They looked at pre-award first and created a flow chart to explain who does what.  It explains the budget and policies and procedures were developed.  You can now see what OSP’s role is and what your role is.  They developed a checklist and changed the internal coordination sheet.  Responsibilities were divided so that your responsibilities versus OSP’s responsibilities and the university’s responsibilities.  The cost share was clarified.  Course buyout was made clear.  We want to make this effective fall 2006.  Gloria distributed copies of the presentation and offered to email a copy if someone did not get one.  Two to three days for submission of proposals.  Gloria stated she would appreciate feedback to make this process as easy and stressless as possible.  We are working toward a paperless process.  We are redoing the website.  We will also work the post award system and refine it. 

There were some questions and answers.

Some of the problem was the perception of assistance.  OSP will develop a more helpful attitude.

When PIs update forms they should be sure to give OSP the latest website for solicitation.

There will be more administrative support for colleges—there will be one for Engineering, one for Science, and one for the other colleges.

 

7.              Election of University Standing Committees:

                 Dr. Tippett asked the Committees to convene after this meeting to elect Chairs.

The Faculty Senate voted on University Standing Committees and turned them in to Dr. Tippett.  He will count the votes and send the results to Peggy.

                 Chairs for Faculty Senate Committees:

                 Student and Faculty Development—Kader Frendi

                 Undergraduate Curriculum—Sharon George

                 Personnel—Michael Anderson

                 Finance and Resources—Harry Delugach

                 Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs—Julie Ferris

                 Governance and Operations—Jeff Kulick

                 President—Melinda Lawson

                 President-Elect—Lynn Boyd

                 Ombudsperson—Gerald Karr

                 Parliamentarian—Jeff Neuschatz

                 Past President—Andrée Reeves

 

8.                                       Dr. Reeves adjourned the meeting at 2:05 p.m. after a motion by Melinda Lawson, seconded by Gerald Karr.