UAH FACULTY SENATE

DRAFT MINUTES OF MEETING #462

28 OCTOBER 2004

PRESENT:

ADSC Pendley

LBAR: Givens, Eaker, Bollinger, Martin, Coward, Reeves, Neuschatz, Colclough

ENG: Anderson, Gaede, Jovanov, Kulick, Karr, Tippett, Lin, Frendi

LIB: Vaughan

NUR: Lawson, Williamson

SCI: Mecikalski, Leahy, Boyd

ABSENT WITH PROXY:

ADSC: Bryson

LBAR: Early, Meister/Maier

NUR: Newman, Warren

SCI: Cox, Newman

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:

ADSC: Wren

LBAR: Wilkerson, Jones

ENGR: Smith, Frederick

SCI: George, Ravindran, Friedman, Hillman, Pakhomov

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

1. Draft Minutes of Meeting Number 461 were approved. Motion by Dr. Frendi, seconded by Dr. Neuschatz

2. Senate Executive Committee Reports accepted. Motion by Dr. Gaede, seconded by Dr. Reeves.

3. President Franz’s Report.

Dr. Franz distributed a copy of the five year plan for the university. This has been presented to the Board and we are waiting for approval. Dr. Franz reported he shared this with the Deans today and he will share it with the President’s Council tonight. There are some things listed on the plan that do not show up in the sketches because they fall in the 5 to 20 year plan. Some of them are the Liberal Arts Building, the Performing Arts Building, other residence halls, a new student center, etc. Dr. Franz discussed some of the aspects of the sketch and answered questions regarding things such as the Applied Sciences/Shelby Building, the Intermodal Transportation Building, athletic fields, Preschool Learning Center, rerouting of streets, greenways, purchasing the remaining eight houses in the Sanderson Subdivision.

4. Dr. Radonovich’s Report.

Dr. Radonovich reported we will initiate a Distinguished Teaching Lecture Series. We will use past winners of the Distinguished Teaching Award to give a lecture or panel discussion on effective teaching and learning techniques. There will be a reception. The UAH Foundation is supporting this effort. We want to share good teaching techniques with as many faculty as possible. We will be sending out details of this event soon.

5. A. Senate Committee Reports:

1. Executive: The report was distributed with the minutes. The report was approved.

2. Faculty and Student Development: No Report.

4. Governance and Operations: Dr. Williamson reported the Committee will meet next week and complete reviews of the University Committees and make recommendations.

5. Personnel: No Report.

6. Undergraduate Curriculum: Dr. Gaede reported the Committee will present a bill to the Executive Committee at their next meeting. The way we classify freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors is not congruent so there will be a slight modification to that classification process.

7. Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs: Dr. Neuschatz reported the Committee will meet next week to talk about the new changes regarding the transition to Banner. They will also discuss the request from Ms. Robinson regarding adding a disability statement to course syllabi.