Meeting: Faculty
Senate Meeting, June 14, 2000, Wooten Hall,
Room 322
Absent: Nick Anghel, Mike Braswell, Robert Benjamin, Michael Cooper, Roy DeCarvalho, Samantha Durst, Hildegard Froehlich, Gopal Ganesh, Juliet Getty, Mike Kozak, Alexandra Leavell, Clarice Luce, Grant Miles, Craig Neumann, Jeffrey Oxford, Joyce Rademacher, Dan Rodeheaver, Don Staples, Janie Stidham, Terri Sundberg, James Tanner, Frances VanTassell, and Karen Weiller
Guests: Richrd Rafes, Vice Chancellor & General Counsel; Lynn Austen, Senior Editor, Academic Publications; Kathryn Gould Cullivan, Asst. Dean, Arts & Sciences; Ron Newsom, Associate Professor, Counseling, Development & Higher Education; Farida Saleh, Chair, Faculty Salary Study Committee; Frances May, Outreach Librarian; John Todd, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Suzanne LaBrecque, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Opening: The meeting was called to order by the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Melody Kelly, at 2:07 p.m.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the May 10, 2000 meeting were approved by a voice vote. The motion was made by Senator Byron and seconded by Senator Jackson
Old Business: Supplemental Texts & Conflict of Interest Policy: Vice Chair Dennis Fisher reported that members of the Political Science Department and General Counsel Richard Rafes met with the University Committee to reconcile differences. A new draft designated “Draft “ and dated 6/8/2000 was presented to the Senate. In paragraph 2 and paragraph 4, new wording will read, "… will not agree to or accept royalty distribution . . " The Senate voiced its approval
New Business - Election of Officers: Senator Staples moved and Senator Cox
seconded the nomination of Senator Dennis Fisher as Chair of the Faculty Senate. Senator Froehlich moved the nomination be approved
by acclamation. The motion passed. Senator
Getty moved and Senator Sundberg seconded the nomination of Senator Suzanne Byron as
Vice-Chair of the Faculty Senate. Senator
Callahan moved the nomination be approved by acclamation.
The motion passed. Senator
Callahan moved and Senator Byron seconded the nomination of Senator as Karen Weiller
Secretary of the Faculty Senate. Senator Getty moved the nomination be approved by
acclamation. The motion passed.
Committee Reports: (copies of all written committee reports are on file in the Faculty Senate office.)
A. Nominations from the Committee on Committees include: Committee
on Evaluation of University Administrator – Roger Warner (VIII);
Fine Arts Committee – Susan Dubois (VIII); Campus Clubs Committee –
Frances May (A-L); and Patent & Copyright Committee – Cindy McTee (VIII).
These nominations were approved by a voice vote with Senator Byron making the motion and Senator Callahan seconding.
B. Committee on the Evaluation of Administrators - Ron Newsom, chair of the Committee, reviewed the recent process and provided members of the Senate with a summary of the number of responses by departments. Questions were raised about the effect of electronic balloting and the interpretation and use of the data.
C. Report of the Faculty Salary Study Committee - Farida Saleh, chair of the Committee presented the committee’s annual report. Copies of these materials are in the Faculty Senate office.
Information Items:
Information Items from Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs - Suzanne La Brecque reported the following information: Nine faculty will be attending the AAHE Assessment Conference. There is an on-going identification and evaluation of possible off campus locations for classes. Concurrent admissions are being planned with the Colin County Community College District. The legislative budget for the UNT system is being constructed. The search committee for the director of the UNT Southern Systems Center. The state committees addressing the future of higher education continue to meet this summer.
Vice Chair Fisher reported the following information: 1. The University Committee met with the Chancellor at the regular monthly meeting. Salary distribution information should be shared with faculty via the appropriate dean. 2. The UC will meet again the end of July to determine charges for the various Senate committees. 3. All the people who chaired or served on committees were thanked. 4. A resolution was presented to out-going Senator Kelly for all of her contributions during the years.Chair Kelly presented certificates for service. She reported that the organizational chart for the UNT system is being developed by Henry Hays and members of the Board of Regents. She reminded Senators that the Senate’s “current issues” web page is linked to state committees addressing the future of higher education issues.
Committee of the Whole:
Senator Plummer asked for investigation and clarification of the procedures for authoring distance learning materials.
The Senate adjourned at 3:05 p.m. Submitted by, Patricia A. Moseley, secretary
Send comments or questions to Sue Young, syoung@unt.edu, at the Faculty Senate Office, Telephone (940) 565-2053.