UAH FACULTY SENATE

DRAFT MINUTES OF MEETING #419

13 APRIL, 2000

PRESENT:

ADSC: Sherman, Floyd, Schnell

LA: Enger, Schenker, Neff, Meister, Waring, Wilkerson, Williams, Sitaraman

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

NUR: Hays, Williamson, Cobb

SCI: George, Li, Richards, Comfort

ABSENT WITH PROXY:

LBAR: Bliss, Hanks

NUR: Brookman, Warren

SCI: Baird, Kunin

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:

LBAR: Dasher, Whatley

ENGR: Abushagur, Hawk, Landrum

LIB: Warren

SCI: Christopher, Lawton, Garstka, Zhang, Miller, Hillman

0. President-Elect Williamson called the meeting to order at 12:45 p.m.

1. Draft Minutes of Meeting #418 were approved. Motion by Hugh Comfort, seconded by Peggy Hays.

  1. The Senate Executive Committee Report was accepted. Motion by James Swain, seconded by William Wilkerson.

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: No Report

4. Governance and Operations: No Report

5. Personnel: Dr. Sherman reported the Committee is studying the issue of the co-pay on prescription drugs.

6. Undergraduate Curriculum: Dr. Richards reported the Committee has been busy signing off on NC options, a new Physics course Astronomy 100, two new courses in Computer Science, and the Foreign Languages revamp and the problems with the business courses cognate within the Foreign Languages revamp proposal.

7. Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs: Dr. Sitaraman reported in Dr. Bliss’ absence. The Committee has discussed the A,B,C,D, F, midterm grade report issues. The Committee recommended dropping the P and adding S and U so the new grade report would include A, B, C, D, F, S, U, and N. There will be a bill on the floor later incorporating these changes.

B. University Committees: No Reports

  1. Officer Reports:

Parliamentarian: No Report.

Ombudsperson: No Report.

President-Elect: Dr. Williamson reminded the group about the request for University 101 instructors and coordinators. There is a possibility of having four sections if the predictions hold. Think about this and make recommendations. Dr. Williamson also talked about the Legislative actions and House Bill 204. Letter writing was encouraged. Peggy read a report from Gary Smith.

President: No Report.

4. President Franz Report: Not Present due to Honors Convocation Activities.

5. Provost McManus Report: Not Present due to Honors Convocation Activities.

  1. Senate Bill 283: Midterm Grade Report Adjustments. Dr. Sitaraman brought the bill to the floor in Dr. Bliss’ absence. She introduced the bill and gave some background. The request for change originated in the Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee. The request was to include more options on the midterm grading sheet. The Committee recommended taking out the P due to redundancy and adding back the S and U. Now the proposed bill recommends a grade sheet with A, B, C, D, F, S, U, and N. After some discussion and a recommendation to ask for data regarding the midterm progress report and its impact on retention. Tommy Williams, seconded by David Neff called the question. The vote was 25 in favor. The bill passed at second reading.
  2. Sense of the Senate Resolution Honoring Reva Bailey: Joan introduced the resolution and highlighted some points. John Jarem moved the resolution to the floor seconded by Tommy Williams. The vote was unanimous in favor of passing the Resolution and presenting it to Reva at the last Senate Meeting.
  3. Nominations for Faculty Senate Officers for 2000/01. Joan gave some background in the changes in the election and vote for the President-Elect and the Ombudsperson. Tommy Williams distributed a ballot for these nominations to be returned at the end of the meeting. The ballot will be mailed out next week after the nominations are verified.
  4. President-Elect Williamson adjourned the meeting at 1:25 p.m.