UAH FACULTY SENATE
DRAFT MINUTES OF MEETING #417
24 FEBRUARY, 2000
PRESENT:
ADSC: Sherman, Floyd, Schnell
LA: Enger, Schenker, Meister, Waring, Hanks, Whatley, Wilkerson, Williams, Bliss, Sitaraman
ENG: Hayes, Leonard, Shen, Boykin, Jarem, Swain, Landrum, Hawk
LIB: Warren
NUR: Hays, Williamson
SCI: Christopher, Lawton, Baird, Richards, Kunin, Zhang, Comfort, Hillman
ABSENT WITH PROXY:
NUR: Warren, Brookman, Cobb
SCI: Garstka, George
ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:
LBAR: Dasher, Neff
ENGR: Abushagur
SCI: Li, Miller
0. President Hanks called the meeting to order at 12:40 p.m.
1. Draft Minutes of Meeting #416 were approved. Motion by John Warren, seconded by Jack Schnell.
3. A. Senate Committee Reports:
1. Executive: The Senate Executive Committee met and the report was included with the information packet to all Senators. They set the agenda for today’s meeting.
2. Faculty and Student Development: No Report
3. Finance and Resources: Dr. Jarem reported the Committee met in January concerning the Distance Education issue. There were two main items discussed—the percent of ownership by the University of the distance education courses developed. The consensus was that most of the ownership should be given to the faculty member. The percentage would be determined by the production cost to the University. The second item discussed was the release time for faculty members developing such courses. It was determined that this should be settled department by department.
4. Governance and Operations: Dr. Williams reported that Dr. Hanks has sent letters to the various department Chairs reminding them to elect Senators for the coming year. Dr. Williams encouraged the Senators to remind their Department Chairs that these elections need to occur promptly. Dr. Williams reported that after these Senators are elected we will take nominations for President Elect and Ombudsperson.
5. Personnel: Dr. Sherman reported the Committee met and discussed the Faculty Database. This will be discussed more later along with a Sense of the Senate Resolution with recommendations..
via email approving a change to CM 113 for the NC grading system.
7. Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs: Dr. Bliss reported that the Committee looked at the Mid Term Progress Reporting System. The original resolution was for A, B, C, D, F, N, and P. Dr. Bliss reported there was not really a problem with the grading scale but with the use of old grade sheets causing some confusion.
B. University Committees: Dr. Bliss reported that the Education Technology and Distance Education Committee was formed two years ago and had not met. He has been asked to call a meeting of the Committee, which he has done. The Committee will meet Thursday, March 2, at 1:00 p.m. in Morton Hall 127.
Parliamentarian: Dr. Williamson gave Dr. Brookman’s report in Dr. Brookman’s absence. The Commencement Committee met on February 15 and discussed the new processional for the faculty. Dr. Williamson distributed a chart showing the new processional for the faculty. She encouraged the faculty to review the chart and share it with colleagues in order to be prepared for Commencement. She also discussed the fact that Commencement is set for Mother’s Day for the next five years, the adverse effect of this for some of the people, and the Faculty Senate’s position on addressing this issue.
Ombudsperson: No Report.
President-Elect: No Report.
President: Dr. Hanks reported he attended the Board of Trustees Meeting on February 17th and 18th. The discussions were centered around the budget approvals for NSSTC and the UAB New Hospital—both of these are multimillion dollar projects. There were discussions of the Masters in Software Engineering, the Joint PhD in Civil Engineering and there was some reprimand for the third campus (UA’s) non-participation.
4. President Franz Report:
Dr. Franz apologized for his absence at the last meeting. He explained he was in a meeting in Birmingham with the Governor giving an address. Constitution Reform and Tax Reform were issues of discussion. Dr. Franz discussed the Windom Scholarship Proposal and distributed information regarding this issue. Dr. Franz discussed some of the points of importance regarding this bill and its effects on higher education. He encouraged everyone to contact their legislators regarding this bill. He reported that Gary Smith will distribute a Legislative Alert on this issue and other pertinent issues for discussion.
Dr. Franz addressed the issue of the dates for Commencement the decision making process for these dates.
Dr. Franz announced Dr. McManus’ retirement. He announced he has asked Dr. Luquire to chair the Search Committee and Dr. Luquire has agreed. He announced he wants to appoint the Faculty Senate President, the SGA President and other representatives from the University Community that will represent the University as a whole and not their units. He asked Dr. Hanks to serve on the Committee and he agreed.
There was some questions and discussion regarding the restructuring of the ASB parking. Dr. Franz explained the problem and the solution that has been proposed. He invited anyone to come and look at the plans and to express any ideas if they think they have a better solution.
The request was made to have Dave Brown come to the next Senate Meeting to present the idea for the parking extension.
5. Provost McManus Report:
No Report.
Dr. Bliss moved the bill to the floor and introduced it. Dr. Comfort seconded the motion. The vote for the bill was 31 in favor, 1 abstention and 0 opposed. The bill passes as third reading and will be forwarded to the administration for action.
Dr. Bliss moved this bill to the floor and introduced it. Dr. Schnell seconded the motion. After lengthy discussion, the vote for the bill was 22 in favor, 6 opposed and 0 absentions. The bill passes at third reading and will be forwarded to the administration for action.
Dr. Hanks moved the bill to the floor and introduced it. Dr. Meister seconded the motion. Dr. Hanks gave some background information regarding the Statewide Faculty Database. Dr. Sherman elaborated on Dr. Hanks comments and emphasized some of the points of the Sense of the Senate Resolution. The resolution unanimously passed and will be distributed as indicated.