MINUTES – Draft 9/8/05
Of the University of Central Oklahoma
FACULTY SENATE
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Education Building, Room 106
CALL TO ORDER
President
Roberson called the meeting to order at 2:03 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Members present (28): Senator Beasley, Senator Bird, Senator
Bizé, Senator Boling, Senator Dickson, Senator Dowdy, Senator Eckard, Senator
Ferguson, Senator Hartmann, Senator Hepner, Senator Holt, Senator Law, Senator
Lucas, Senator Martin, Senator McNeiland, Senator Mock, Senator Montes, Senator
Moyers, Senator Nelson, Senator Roberson, Senator Rooker, Senator Singer, Senator
von Minden, Senator Wallo, Senator Waters, Senator Webb, Senator Wright, Senator
Zhu.
Members absent (4): Senator Cochran, Senator Hickman,
Senator Smith, Senator Youll.
Recognition of visitors to the Senate: Vice President
of Administration Steve Kreidler, Assistant Vice-President Jerry Legere, Dr.
Donna Kearns, Dr. David Ford, Dr. Tana Stufflebean , Dr. Joan Luxenburg, Dr.
Jan Hardt, Dr. Fakhrildeen Albahadily, Senate Student Secretary Ashley Meade.
Suspension
of the Rules to Bring Forward an Item of New Business:
President
Roberson requested unanimous consent to suspend the rules to move forward one
of the items of New Business listed on the agenda. Given that many of the nominees for the Appeal
Committee on the Dismissal of Tenured Faculty were present at the meeting,
the Senate agreed to his request.
President Roberson read a prepared statement that gave profiles of the
nominees and his rationale for making the nominations. Nominated by President Roberson were the
following full professors: Dr. Joan Luxenburg, Dr. Jan Hardt, Dr. Kim Tullis,
Dr. Jim Bidlack, Dr. Jennifer Endicott, Dr. William Wallo, and Dr. David
Ford. Vice President Beasley
nominated Dr. Tana Stufflebean. Nominations
for alternates came from the floor: Dr. Fakhrildeen Albahadily was nominated by
Senator Montes and Dr. Katherene Terrell was nominated by President
Roberson. Senator Webb moved that
the nominees be approved by the Senate and the motion passed unanimously.
A short recess took place as
Senator (and out-going Parliamentarian) Montes had the newly approved committee
members draw lots for “one year” or “two year”
assignments to the committee.
Senator Montes then announced the results to the Senate: serving one
year terms will be Drs. Luxenburg, Endicott, Bidlack, and Tullis; serving two
year terms will be Drs. Wallo, Hardt, Albahadily, and Stufflebean.
APPROVAL OF THE April 21, 2005 MINUTES
The
minutes were then approved without emendation.
Additional Special Orders of the Day – Approval
of the 2005-2006 Faculty Senate Parliamentarian
President
Roberson thanked the out-going Parliamentarian, Senator Montes, for his service
to the Senate. He then nominated
Senator James Mock for the position of Parliamentarian for the 2005-2006
Faculty Senate. The motion was
unanimously approved.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report:
President
Roberson noted that his official report is available on-line at the Senate
website. He chose, however, to
highlight a few items from his report.
·
Acting Vice
President of Academic Affairs Bill Radke is “acting” no more. At the end of the September 23, 2005
Senate Executive Committee meeting with President Webb and Vice President
Radke, President Webb offered the permanent designation of “Provost and
Vice President of Academic Affairs” to Dr. Radke, who graciously agreed
to accept the position. Accolades
for the appointment were expressed by President Roberson and other Senators. Additional recognition was given to Drs.
Pat LaGrow and Dan Donaldson, both of whom were also offered official positions
as Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Assistant Vice President of
Academic Affairs respectively.
·
President
Roberson elicited discussion concerning a request from Associate Vice President
for Academic Affairs Pat LaGrow to regularly attend Faculty Senate
meetings. It was noted that there
was a precedent for administrative attendees (Dr. Ed Pugh had served as an
official liaison for former President Nigh). Senator Law spoke in favor of having the
Associate Vice President attend.
There was general agreement that this was a positive development. President Roberson said he would extend
an open invitation to Associate Vice President LaGrow.
Vice-President’s
Report:
Vice-President
Beasley announced that the next deadline for submission of bills to the Senate
would be September 8, 2005.
Web Master’s Report:
Web
Master Hartmann noted that there have been several changes to the Faculty
Senate Website, and that the senators should “refresh” their
computers with the new URL.
Secretary/Treasurer’s
Report:
Secretary/Treasurer
Law reported that he has several “Faculty Senator” door signs
available for the new senators. He
also asked that committee reports being sent to the Webmaster also be sent to
him to facilitate the writing of the minutes.
Parliamentarian’s
Report:
Parliamentarian
Mock announced that the mandated workshop for parliamentary procedures would be
held 30 minutes before the beginning of the September 15th
meeting. Senator Law (a former
President of the Faculty Senate) urged the senators to attend, given how
important knowledge of procedure can be to the success or failure of bills
before the Senate. Former
Parliamentarian Montes also noted that the Regents had officially approved the
changes to the Constitution requested by the 2004-2005 Senate: henceforth, Senate
Executive Committee members will take office immediately following the final
meeting of the spring semester.
UNIVERSITY-WIDE
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tenure and Promotion Task Force:
President
Roberson: progress is being
made. A suggested list of
modifications (or “tweaks”) was distributed to the senators for
future consideration and evaluation.
Building Committee:
Senator
Law: the efforts to come to consensus on what is needed in a general
classroom building are being forged.
Weekly meetings are taking place so that formal recommendations can be
made to President Webb.
Academic Affairs Council:
Senator
Montes: the council has not yet met.
Alliance for Institutional Advancement:
Senator
Law: the Alliance has not been called into session since January 2004. A direct inquiry to President Webb
confirmed that the Alliance was conceived as an “ad hoc” structure
for specific needs in the past. Its
continuance is uncertain at this time.
Alumni Association Board of Directors:
Senator
Webb: no report.
Benefits Committee:
Senator
Bizé: no report.
Budget Task Force:
Senator
Hepner: the concluding operations of the 2004-2005 Task Force were
“interesting”: the meetings simply stopped happening. There was never any discussion of the
issue of a cost-of-living pay raise for faculty (FSP 2004/2005-12); a smaller
raise than that requested by the Senate was given, but news of it came by way
of an announcement in The Edmond Sun. President Roberson said the issue will
have to be “reflected upon.”
Continuous Improvement
Team:
CIT Facilitators, Former Senator Donna Kearns and President
Roberson: there have been no recent meetings, so no report can be given.
CIT Prospective Students, Vice President Beasley: no
meetings yet.
CIT Technology, Senator Dickson: the library will be
the first UCO building to go “wireless.” A “CIT Database Committee”
is also in the works.
CIT Development/Continuing Education: President Roberson:
projects are moving forward. The
Senate will be instrumental in helping formulate a plan of action regarding
future “outreach” projects.
Faculty Merit Committee:
Senator
Lucas: the committee has not met.
Faculty Enhancement Center Advisory Board:
Senator
Youll: was not at the meeting; no report was given.
Globalization Task Force:
Senator
von Minden: no report.
Information Technology Advisory Board:
ITAB Faculty Advisory/Strategic Planning, Senator
Dickson: proposals are forthcoming from Assistant Vice President of Academic
Affairs Donna Guinn.
ITAB
Academic Affairs Group, Vice President Beasley: no report.
Parking Task Force:
Senator
Bird: Parking permits have gone up to $80.
Senator Dickson asked about where these revenues we going. Senator Law foreshadowed that a bill
will be coming to the Senate calling for a moratorium on increases.
Research Advisory Council:
Senator
Ferguson: A workshop on “grants” is being organized by the Faculty
Enhancement Center. The first
session is already full.
Outreach Committee:
Senator
Montes and/or Senator Webb: there has been no contact yet.
Faculty Handbook Editorial
Board:
Vice
President Beasley and/or Senator Montes: no report.
SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS
Academic Affairs:
Senator
Montes: no report.
Part-Time Faculty Affairs:
Senator Law: a short
gathering of the committee will take place after today’s meeting.
Alumni and Community Affairs:
Senator McNeiland: Homecoming
plans are in development.
Budget Committee:
Senator Hepner: no
report.
CPP&E:
Parliamentarian Mock: several bills are being
discussed in emails.
Faculty Handbook Committee:
Vice
President Beasley: the committee will be contacted electronically.
Faculty Welfare and Development:
Senator
Wallo: the committee has lost one of its appointees (Former Senator Buxton who
retired).
Information Resources:
Senator Dickson: no
report.
Personnel Policies:
Senator
Webb: no report.
Research:
Senator
Ferguson: no report.
Student Relations:
Senator
Wright: no report.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
There
was no unfinished business discussed at this meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Motion
to declare the seat of Senator Sheldon Buxton vacant and call for an election.
President Roberson announced that Senator Buxton
has retired. He therefore moved
that the Senate declare the seat “vacant” and charge
Parliamentarian Mock with the duties of conducting an election for the vacated
seat in the College of Education and Professional Studies. The Senate unanimously approved the
motion. Parliamentarian Mock
detailed the timetable for this election; at soonest, the new senator will be
approved at the October meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator
Hepner noted recent recognition of the UCO Policy Institute in the Metro
section of The Daily Oklahoman.
ADJOURNMENT
Seeing
that there was no further business before the Senate, President Roberson
acknowledged a motion to adjourn 3:24 p.m.
Secretary/Treasurer Stephen
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