THE VOICE

THE VOICE

XXXVIII FACULTY SENATE

 

January 15, 2008

 

Welcome to the The Voice--the official e-newsletter of the UCO Faculty Senate. We hope this publication will help us on the Faculty Senate detail our activities, and help everyone in the UCO Community share their thoughts with us.

 

In this issue:

Report From President Mock

The following is an excerpt from President Mock's December report to the Senate. You can read the full report here.

 

Active Bills

Faculty Senate committees are considering two bills. The first bill calls on the university to provide each full-time faculty member with an individual faculty development budget each year. The second bill calls on the university to create a committee to review the university's health insurance policies for family members of UCO employees.

 
Grim State Budget Outlook
With the passage of HB 2103, UCO has adopted a new instructional materials policy. The policy contains two key provisions of interest to faculty members. In order to inform faculty of this new policy, these two sections are reproduced below. The full policy can be found here.

 

 

 

Next Senate Meeting:
January 16
 

Active Bills:

FSP 01: Individual Faculty Development Accounts

FSP 02: Select Committee To Review Insurance

FSP 03: Creating a New VP for Advancement

 

Senate Website Links:

Senate Home Page
List of Senators
List of Bills
List of Committees
 
Senate Officers:

President:

James Mock

Vice-President:

David Hartmann

Secretary:

Charles Cooper

Webmaster:

Mickey Hepner

Parliamentarian:

Rukmini Ravikumar