Faculty Senate Minutes
2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 11, 1996
322 Wooten HallAbsent: Jim Albright, Steve Friedson, Joseph Klein, Michael Kozak, Ken Lavender, Mark Shanley, Harris Schwark
Guests: Howard Smith, Interim Dean, College of Education; Fred Pole, Vice President for Administrative Affairs; Blaine Brownell, Provost; David Kesterson, Vice Provost; Ronald Hasty, Chair, Department of Marketing; Art Goven, Professor, Biological Sciences; Bill McKee, Faculty Executive Assistant to the Chancellor; Kay Selby, Director, Academic Publications, PAIS; Cass Brunner, News Director, Public Affairs
Opening: Bruce Koch, Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
Report of Vice President Pole: Vice President Pole outlined the University's master plan and the time schedule through 1997.
Report of Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, Bill McKee: Professor McKee discussed the progress report on the NCAA Certification Self-Study. A copy is on file in the Senate office.
Report of Howard Smith, Interim Dean, College of Education: Dean Smith described such things as the restructuring of the college, the student services office, and the driving forces for the college, which are professional partnerships, technology in education, and accreditation.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the November 13, 1996 meeting were approved as distributed. The motion for approval was made by Don Staples and seconded by Pat Summers.
Committee Reports:
- Professor Art Goven, Chair of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Post Tenure Review Policy, presented background information, reviewed proposed policies from the Texas A&M and University of Texas Systems, and outlined the proposed Supplemental Policy for Evaluating Tenured Faculty at the University of North Texas submitted to the Senate. The supplemental policy was discussed and minor amendments were suggested and approved. Senator Koch called for a vote with regard to accepting the report. The motion passed on a vote of 32 in favor, 2 opposed, and 1 abstaining. The Policy will be sent to the full faculty for approval.
- Senator Jim Laney moved the report of the Committee on Committees. Nominees included: Scholarship Committee, Linda Di Fiore (VIII, 1999); Student Housing Appeals Committee, Paris Rutherford (VIII, 1999). The motion carried.
- Vice Provost Kesterson, Chair of the University Curriculum Committee, presented a proposal to add a major in Logistics in the Department of Marketing, College of Business Administration. The recommendation was approved by majority vote.
New Business: Chair, Bruce Koch requested a motion with regard to the scheduled Senate meeting in January, 1996. Senator Cliff Hardy, with second by Senator Pat Summers, moved that the January meeting be canceled. The motion passed.
Old Business: No issues
Vice Chair's Update: Vice Chair Charldean Newell announced the following: 1) Faculty on Option II (teaching) are eligible for promotion, 2) Federal regulations require human subject clearance even with mail and phone surveys, 3) There is a new form for administrative request for removal of an "I", 4) Those individuals who are enrolled in the Dental Maintenance Organization plan may request a refund on premiums, 5) The search for graduate dean is narrowed down to two individuals, 6) There is a possibility of a new funding formula from the legislature.
Chair's Update: Chair, Bruce Koch announced that the information gained from the planning exercise, conducted by the Senate in the November 13, 1996 meeting, was used by the University Planning Council in developing priorities for the University.
Committee of the Whole: Senator John Todd announced that the two candidates for graduate dean have written statements in reference to the future of graduate education. These statements are available on the Department of Political Science's Web site.
Senator Koch adjourned the meeting at 4:20 p.m.
Bruce Koch, Chair
Charldean Newell, Vice Chair
Pat Summers, Secretary
