UAH FACULTY SENATE
PRESENT:
ADSC: Schnell, Pendley
LA: Stewart, Bell, Dillard, Early, Meister, Waring, Whatley, Williams, Eaton, Berbrier
ENG: Toutanji, Fork, Gaede, Pollock, Farrington, Landrum
LIB: Warren
NUR: Redmon, Reisenwitz, Williamson
SCI: Christopher, Boyd, George, Li, Etzkorn, Ravindran, Friedman, Miller, Hillman
ABSENT WITH PROXY:
ADSC: Wren, Floyd
LBAR: Enger
SCI: Baird, Pakhomov, Geary
ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:
LBAR: Wilkerson
ENGR: Smith, Hawk
NUR: Weed, Stanfield
SCI: Johnson
0. President James Miller called the meeting to order at 12:55 p.m.
1. Draft Minutes of Meeting #433 were approved. Motion by Richard Fork, seconded by David Pollock.
2. The Senate Executive Committee Report was accepted as amended. Motion by Melinda Redmon, seconded by Stephen Waring.
3. President Franz’s Report:
Dr. Franz
reported he has discussed the 2001/02 budget at the last meeting. He reported that he shared details with the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee and had the information sent to the Faculty
Senate Finance and Resources Committee.
Dr. Franz was asked
about the Chancellor. Dr. Franz
reported he is a final candidate for the Chancellor’s position in the Georgia
System. The chances are very good that
he will be going. We have nothing
official. We hate to see him go. Dr. Franz stated he does not know the
procedure for replacing the Chancellor but he believes the Board plans to do
the search and hiring.
Dr. Franz mentioned the press conference yesterday. There was unity in education and support of
candidates backing education and tax reform, etc. One of the problems coming down the road is the equity-funding
suit amounting to more than the Higher Education Appropriation.
Dr. Franz reported the things on the campus are
positive. He stated that he took the
same message to the Staff Senate that he had brought to the Faculty Senate
regarding salary increases, etc.
There was a question of why the Chancellor is
leaving. Dr. Franz reported that Georgia
is a larger System. Investments in
education are made in Georgia. This
would be a step up. To his knowledge it
is not due to any problems.
Dr. Fork
recognized Dr. Franz for solving the Technology Hall traffic problem. SCI
opened the driveway west of Technology Hall.
The long-range plan is that Dr. Franz has asked SCI to give the property
to us or sell it to us at a reasonable price.
Dr. Fork suggested faculty may need to communicate to students that they
not abuse this solution.
4. Provost Radonovich’s Report:
Dr.
Radonovich has one information item. He
announced that the University should take seriously the possibility of trying
the “Learning Community” concepts for freshman beginning their study here the
next academic year. In the fall next
year we could offer some courses. Dr.
Radonovich reported he has assembled a small task force to make a
recommendation in a couple of weeks.
Dr. Radonovich was asked to explain “Learning Community”. He explained this is the concept of linking
three courses together by having the same group of students take the courses
together. They may then have discussion
groups, form bonds, do homework assignments together, etc. There are a variety of ways to handle this
and a variety of types.
5. A. Senate Committee Reports:
1. Executive: The report was distributed with the minutes. It was approved with one correction.
2. Faculty and Student
Development: Dr. Redmon reported the
Committee will meet next Thursday and discuss Academic Misconduct.
3. Finance and Resources: Dr. Fork reported what is recorded the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes is what happened. He reiterated the need to respond to the
recent events regarding security. He
asked for input from all.
4. Governance and Operations: Dr. Williams reported the Committee will
have a bill to present later in this meeting.
He reported the Faculty Appeals Committee Ballots are out and should be
returned to him by next week.
5. Personnel: No Report
6. Undergraduate Curriculum: Dr. Landrum reported the Committee will meet
next week and deal with a routine course approval. The Committee is reviewing the System Strategic Planning
Document.
7. Undergraduate Scholastic
Affairs: Dr. Eaton reported the Committee
met and discussed adding a section to the UAH web page on plagiarism. They also discussed the withdrawal date.
B. University Committees: No Report
C. Officer Reports:
Parliamentarian: No Report.
Ombudsperson: No Report.
President-Elect: No Report.
President: No Report.
Past President: No Report.
6. Senate Bill 289: Revision to the Selection Criteria for the
University Campus Planning Committee and the Faculty Senate Bylaws Section
V.D.5
Dr. Williams introduced the bill. He explained the Campus Planning Committee
makeup and selection criteria. He
stated the Committee wanted to make sure that the composition of the Campus
Planning Committee would always include a Faculty Senator. Melinda
Redmon moved the bill to the floor with a second from Stephen
Waring. Joan Williamson called the
question with a second from Phil Farrington.
The vote was unanimous. The bill passed at second reading and because
the vote was unanimous Dr. Miller declared the bill passed at third reading and
asked that it be forwarded to the Administration for action.
7. President Miller adjourned the meeting at 1:15 p.m. with a motion from Phil Farrington, seconded by Jack Schnell.