UAH FACULTY SENATE
PRESENT:
ADSC: Wren, Floyd
LBAR: Stewart, Brown-Givens, Goodson-Espy, Bollinger, Early, Meister, Waring, Martin, Wilkerson, Reeves, Neuschatz, Brunsma
ENG: Smith, Gaede, Pollock, Tippett, Karr
LIB: Moore
NUR: Williamson, Stanfield
SCI: Johnson, Etzkorn, Ravindran
ABSENT WITH PROXY:
ADSC: Pendley, Schnell
NUR: Redmon, Reisenwitz
SCI: Hillman, Friedman
ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:
LBAR: Wray
ENGR: Toutanji, Fork, Hawk
SCI: Christopher, Ng, George, Miller
0. President Stephen Waring called the meeting to order at 12:55 p.m.
1. Draft Minutes of Meeting #447 were approved. Motion by Dr. Gaede, seconded by D. Pollock.
2. The Senate Executive Committee Reports were accepted.
3. President Franz’s Report:
No
Report.
4. Provost Radonovich’s Report:
No
Report.
5. Don Halverstadt’s
Report: Mr. Halverstadt reported Computer and Network Services has a
five-year plan. It is a comprehensive
plan. We received one quarter million
dollars of Federal Aid for Security issues because of the Contracts and Grants
the University is involved in. Dr.
Greenwood obtained the grant. We have
placed fiber cables around the campus.
We now have a redundant loop. We
are networking the Resident Hall directly to VBRH. Mr. Halverstadt reported they are using Packateers. We have two cache servers, and Internet I
and Internet II. ARAN cannot
reciprocate our service. When they
upgrade we will better utilize the bandwidth.
Mr. Halverstadt distributed security information. He reported they will use an authentication
system with a Firewall. The firewall and authentication system will use various
levels. Level one—no protection—same
as now. These will be installed in CNS
first—then by department. Mr. Halverstadt
reported we will work out the bugs in this system in CNS before installing it
elsewhere. We have not installed an
authenticator yet. We will install it
–you will have to sign out so we will know who you are.—This will involve a
data warehouse.—It will start in April.
We can then generate reports from that.
We will be working toward Conversion to Banner. We will be looking at wireless
authentication. We are now pushing an
E- billing system. We can then use
E-check to pay and that will save money.
There were some questions regarding site licenses for PGB. Mr. Halverstadt will look into this.
6. A. Senate Committee Reports:
1. Executive: The report was distributed with the minutes. The report was approved.
2. Faculty and Student Development: No report.
3. Finance and Resources: Dr. Johnson reported the Committee met
this week to address the questions regarding Mr. Pinner’s address to the
Senate.
4. Governance and Operations: Dr. Reeves reported the Committee is looking into how to get more faculty on the Honorary Degrees and Naming Committee and the restructure of some other Committees.
5. Personnel: Dr. Williamson
reported the Committee is meeting Thursday and working on a process for the
Distinguished Professor selection.
6. Undergraduate Curriculum: Dr.
Karr reported the Committee is considering items and they hope to have them
completed by next week.
7. Undergraduate Scholastic
Affairs: The Committee has bills on the agenda.
B. University Committees: No Report.
C. Officer Reports:
Parliamentarian: No Report.
Ombudsperson: No Report.
President-Elect: No Report.
President: Dr. Waring reported Higher Education Day is March 13. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Dr. Wren suggested we encourage colleagues
to excuse students who want to attend Higher Education Day.
Dr. Waring reported Dr. Portera is coming to give his presentation,
that was cancelled in January, at an extra Senate meeting April 3, 2003.
Dr. Waring reported the Faculty Activity Report Form has seen the light
of day. The President has worked out a
draft to be used this year. It will go
to the Personnel Committee for a review before the Senate Executive Committee
acts on it.
There have been several administrative meetings and several have been
cancelled. The Shelby Hall information
is being discussed. There was an over
subscription for the space so the Math Department will stay in Madison Hall for
now.
There were some statements made by Portera at PARCA. This was sent to the Senate Executive
Committee. Peggy will send it to the
Faculty Senate. He was talking to
Higher Education leaders and politicians and the Governor. Turitin.com—the Executive Committee has
followed up on questions and concerns.
We have gained administrative support.
The Provost will provide money for the service. We are working toward a start time for fall
03. The Library will administer the
service. We will get answers to the
remaining questions. We do not have to
buy software; we are simply subscribing to a service. It is useful outside Liberal Arts. The database is inclusive and comprehensive. We need to work out a set of standards and
guidelines. If we use it, we should
note that on our syllabus. The
Committee will draft a model syllabus and some guidelines for using it. Dr. Waring asked that Senate members raise
the issue in departments and colleges.
Individuals can test it. Dr.
Waring will make a presentation to the Deans.
He will try to get in touch with the SGA President to talk to the SGA
about it.
Past President: No Report.
7.
Sense of the Senate Resolution for Tax Reform: Dr. Williamson and
Dr. Gaede moved the bill to the floor.
Dr. Waring reported the Senate Executive Committee had lunch with the
Administration and Dr. Waring asked Gary Smith to write a resolution to send to
the politicians. Gary had included the
statistics of the tuition is up 43%, and Faculty Salaries are 17% below the
norms, and the staff salaries are below norms.
The State does not fully fund salaries in the colleges. Dr. Wilkerson called the question. The Resolution unanimously passed.
Dr.
Williamson reported we want to tell the Legislature to do something that is
fair with regard to tax reform. She
reported we are planning to take a petition to the Legislature on Higher
Education Day. We would like to ask you
to sign your name and address. We will
give a list to your Senator and Representative to say these are the voters in
your district that want you to do something.
8. Senate
Bill 295: Elimination of the “P” Grade
on the Midterm Progress Report. Dr. Pollock and Dr. Stewart moved to table the
bill.
9. Senate
Bill 296: Program to Assist Students in
Academic Difficulty: Dr. Smith and Gaede moved the bill to the
floor. Dr. Smith explained the bill and
the reasoning for the bill. There were
some questions regarding the System and its ability in catching the difficult
cases. It was reported this has been
worked on and will continue to be worked on.
The system now catches the NC grade problems. This is part of intrusive advising. The vote was 28 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 abstained. The bill passed at second reading. Due to the unanimous vote, the bill was
administratively passed at third reading.
10. President Waring adjourned the meeting at 2:00 p.m.