UAH FACULTY SENATE
PRESENT:
ADSC Pendley
LBAR: Bollinger, Meister, Neff, Heikes, Reeves, Neuschatz, Colclough
ENG: Smith, Anderson, Jovanov, Karr, Tippett, Frendi, Lin
LIB:
NUR: Lawson, Williamson, Newman,
SCI: Mecikalski, Boyd, Paddison, Ravindran, Pakhomov
ABSENT WITH PROXY:
ADSC: Bryson
LBAR:Early, Coward
SCI: Leahy, George, Cox, Friedman, Hillman
ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:
LBAR: Jones, Brown-Givens, Eaker, Martin
ENGR: Gaede, Kulick, Frederick
SCI: Newman
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1. Draft Minutes of Meeting Number 464 were approved. Motion by Ms. Lawson, seconded by Dr. Reeves.
2. Senate Executive Committee Reports accepted. Motion by Ms. Lawson, seconded by Dr. Bollinger.
3.
Dr. Franz reported there were some questions
regarding Liability Insurance provided by the University. In researching the topic for answers to the
questions, Dr. Franz discovered the fact that we have Liability Insurance for
our faculty and staff was not noted anywhere.
Dr. Franz read a statement prepared by Mr. Rieder to be placed in the
Dr. Franz discussed the good response to the
Campus Master Plan and the write up in the paper about it. He read a quote from the article in the
paper.
Dr. Franz reported the NCRH II is on target.
Dr. Franz discussed the preparation of the
sports practice fields with labor being donated by the county and materials
donated by others.
The fraternity and sorority houses project
is progressing. There will be five
houses.
Dr. Franz reported the Governor’s proposed
budget is far ahead of anything we’ve had in many years. It is very responsible.
There was some discussion regarding the
budget and faculty positions. Dr. Franz
briefly discussed the strategic plan. He
stated the Priorities and Resources Advisory Committee will be involved in the
decision making processes.
4. Dr. Radonovich’s Report.
Dr. Radonovich announced the Senate Resolution regarding Student
Classifications has been approved.
Dr. Radonovich reported the Chief Academic Officers meet Monday. They are optimistic about the budget and
Higher Education. There was some
discussion regarding any cooperative effort of four year institutions and
junior colleges and the Articulation and General Students. There was some discussion regarding any
efforts for cooperation with K-12.
5. A. Senate Committee Reports:
1. Executive: The report was distributed with the minutes. The report was approved.
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4. Governance and Operations: No
Report.
5. Personnel: No Report.
6. Undergraduate Curriculum: They
have dealt with several course approvals.
7. Undergraduate Scholastic
Affairs: No Report.
8. Finance and Resources: Dr.
Pakhomov reported the Committee will have a bill on the agenda in this meeting.
B. University Committees: No Report.
C. Officer Reports:
Parliamentarian: No Report.
Ombudsperson: No Report.
6. Higher Education Partnership
Presentation.
Whitney
Wood distributed information regarding Higher Education Day scheduled for March
3, 2005. There are 14 participating
institutions. This is the year for
Higher Education. We will meet on the
State House Steps. All were encouraged
to come.
7. Long Term Care Presentation
Gerald Frank presented information regarding
long term care. He asked faculty
to place their name on a sign up sheet if they wished to receive more
information. He informed the group that
each policy is tailored to the needs of the individual.
8.
Senate
Bill 299: Sanctions for Academic Misconduct
Ms. Lawson presented the bill
with an introduction and information of its origin. This is basically a change in how the process
is implemented. It is focused toward
student going through the judicial system.
It does not preclude other rights faculty have in administering
sanctions for academic misconduct. If it
goes through the judicial process it has other sanctions imposed.
There were some questions and
discussion regarding the wording and the word “must” and the consequences for
not complying. There was some discussion
regarding the six month period. There
was some discussion regarding the process.
There was a friendly amendment
to line 23 to change the word “significant” to “selected”—this amendment was
later withdrawn to leave the wording as is.
There was some discussion of
where this change will appear.
There was a friendly amendment
to line 34 to state “second documented and confirmed” episode.
Dr. Reeves called the question.
The vote was 30 in favor, 0
opposed, and 0 abstentions. The bill
passed at third reading.
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Senate
Bill 304: Establishment of a Campus Wide Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU)
Dr. Pakhomov introduced the
bill and explained the original proposal came from Dr. Karr. This kind of activity has been supported by
NSF and it is a good experience for the undergraduate students. Physics and Chemistry have a program. Every department can submit something. With this we can have a program for all
department and all areas. We have all
the ingredients for implementation. We
can start this summer term. We have a
person in mind and who is willing to do the job of the director. Bernhard Vogler is willing to direct the
program. We have a Committee (the
Finance and Resources Committee of the
Ms. Lawson called the question.
The vote for the bill was
unanimous at 21 and the bill passed at second reading and was administratively
declared passed at third reading.
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