THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY SENATE

VOLUME XXV

 MINUTES OF MEETING #494, 12 MARCH 2009,

          APPROVED 2 APRIL, 2009

 

 

PRESENT:    

BA:                 Burnett, Bao

LBAR:            J. Johnson, Harwell, Pritchard, E. Smith, Bell, M. Johnson, Heikes, Reeves, Seemann, J. Smith

ENG:              Banish, Gaede, English, Coe, Gholston, Wessling, Lin

LIB:                Vaughan

NUR:              Lawson, Ferguson, O’Keefe

SCI:                Mecikalski, Bishop, Edmondson, Zhang, Etzkorn, Ravindran, Wu, Miller

 

ABSENT WITH PROXY:

BA:                 Schnell

ENG:              Kulick, Anderson, Cassibry

NUR:              Linsky, Showalter

SCI:                Scholz

 

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:

BA:                 Wilhite

LBAR:            Ragsdale, Gyasi

SCI:                Davis, Takahashi

 

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

1.                  Draft minutes of Meeting Number 493were approved.   Motion by Melinda Lawson, seconded by Diana Bell.

2.                  Senate Executive Committee Report approved.  Motion by Linda Vaughan, seconded by David Coe.

3.                  President Williams’ Report.

·        Dr. Williams was out of town.

 

4.   Dr. Karbhari’s Report.

·        Dr. Karbhari reported he presented the Budget Model to the Deans this morning.  They should share it with the faculty and Chairs.  It can be used at the department level.  The first year may be rigid to allow fine tuning. 

·        We are sending information to the Realignment Committee and will continue to assist them.  Look forward to hearing the report.

·        Optics Building Access after hours on weekends—Dr. Karbhari and Mike Finnegan are working on the problem.  May use a list.

5.         A.        Senate Committee Reports

                        1.         Faculty and Student Development

No Report.

2.                  Finance and Resources

Dr. Burnett reported he met with Ray Pinner yesterday and discussed budgetary and finance activities. There is a lot of uncertainty dealing with that has to be resolved before we can do anything. 

Question to Ray Pinner of tuition revenue and reductions. Answer:  Tuition is used for needs across campus.

Question to Ray Pinner of the stock market hit and how it affected us?  It has already affected us some and there are some affects we have not seen yet.  We had a significant loss in the revenue generating area.

3.                  Governance and Operations

Dr. English reported the Academic Realignment Committee is moving forward.

4.                  Personnel

Dr. Bell reported they are riding the coattails of the group developing partner benefits policy.

5.                  Undergraduate Curriculum

Dr. Pritchard reported they have a number of courses in the works.

6.                  Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs

Dr. Heikes reported they have two bills on the agenda, one more to the Executive Committee and one more to write.

7.                  Faculty Handbook Committee

Linda Vaughan reported they had a meeting March 6.

                        8.         Realignment Committee

Dr. Newman reported they are working on the tasks.  They requested items from Academic Affairs and have received most of them.  The Committee has a great deal of information to deal with and process now.  Want to solicit input from you and your colleagues.  Please supply input and encourage your colleagues to do so.  You may give your input to any member of the Committee.  The colleges have two members and one from the Library.  There was a question of the information requested.  Dr. Newman did not have all that information with him. 

 

B.         University Committees

                        No Report.                  

 

C.                 Officer Reports

1.                  President—The Chancellor will be visiting campus March 26, 2009, at 12:45 p.m.

2.                  President-Elect

3.                  Ombudsperson

 

6.                     Senate Bill 316:  64 Hour Policy (Third Reading):  This bill is about transfer hours and allowing them at any time.    The vote was 28 in favor and 1 opposed.

 

7.                     Senate Bill 315 Prerequisite Drop Policy  (Second Reading):  Dr. Heikes stated students are failing courses and dropping.  Call the question Dr. English and Coe.  The vote was 30 in favor and no abstentions and no opposed.  The bill passed unanimously and will forwarded to Administration for action.

 

8.                                          Senate Bill 317:  Enrollment Limit:

The bill was tabled.

 

9.         Daryl Meyer from the KPS Group out of Birmingham gave a presentation on the Strategic Plan for UAHuntsvillle.  They solicited input from the campus on needs, “sacred cows”, etc.  He presented some of the common replies.  They are proposing a traditional American campus with gathering spaces, galleries and activity spaces, food services, town/gown connections, unified areas and central focus.  He gave comparisons with University of Virginia, North Carolina and Illinois with usable space between buildings, etc.  They plan to go on the website and then move to working on details.

 

10.       The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m.