Meeting: Faculty Senate Meeting, January 17, 2001, Wooten Hall, Room 322
Absent: Azzedine Boukerche, Michael Cooper, James Meernik, Terri Sundberg and James Tanner
Guests: Henry Hays, Special Assistant to the Board; Phil Turner, Dean, School of Library & Information Sciences; John Todd, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs; Kay Selby, Director, Academic Publications; and Suzanne LaBrecque, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Opening: The meeting was called to order by the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Dennis Fisher at 2:00 p.m. Dennis Fisher welcomed 2 new senators.
UNT System Organizational Structure: Dr. Henry Hays reported.
Presented most current version of System Center structure as well as
duties/responsibilities of those serving in the system.
Presentation of current Texas System Models.
System office information presented.
a. Various phases of system implementation discussed.
Questions solicited from Senate members.
Distributed Learning and CDL: Dr. Phil Turner reported.
1. Dr. Turner presented Vision 2015 – DL.
2. Discussion of status of DL at UNT as well as current infrastructure.
3. Presentation of online programs and those projected for online presentation.
4. Discussion of challenges facing UNT with respect to DL.
Questions solicited from Senate members.
Approval of November 8, 2000 Minutes - Motion made by Senator Miles. 2nd by Senator Kozak. Approved.
Old Business – None
New Business – None
Committee Reports: Committee on Committees – Senator Luce
1. Academic Affairs -Timothy Jackson, VIII, MUS
2. Comm. on Status of Women - Margaret Notley, VIII, MUS
3. Faculty Salary Study Committee -Alex Chrestopoulos I DATA
4. Mentor Committee - Don Smith, IV, PSCI
5. Scholarship Committee - Donald Lyons, IV GEOG
6. TA/TF Committee - William Wilson, IV, HIST
7. University Committee - Martha Tarlton, II, LIBR &Roy deCarvalho,IV, HIST
8. University Election Committee - Roy deCarvalho, IV, HIST
9. Visiting Lecture Seminar Series - Patricia Kaminski, IV, PYSC
10. Honors Day Committee - Christy Crutsinger, VII, SMHM
11. Student Code of Conduct Appeals - Edward Gonzalez, II, LIBR
Information Items – Vice President Kesterson - Information presented by Dr. LaBrecque.
Discussion of development of a search committee for UNT Systems Center.
Discussion of search (internal first) for Vice Provost for Research, to replace Dr. Schafer who is going on modified service.
Vice Chair’s Update – Juliet Getty
1. Discussion of change in format of UC meeting with Dr. Pohl
2. Issues discussed with Dr. Pohl and Dr. Kesterson at recent UC meeting
Distributed Learning
Relationship with Community Colleges – articulation agreements and field of study
Research Initiatives
Perry Commission Study on 21st century Colleges and Universities
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s "Closing the Gaps"
The last 2 documents can be found on the Senate’s website under Current Issues.
Chair’s Update – Dennis Fisher
1. Update on Brick campaign for Shrader Pavilion. Deadline is Jan 18.
2. Search committee for VP for Research. Faculty appointments to committee are:
Imre Karaaifaith – College of Business
Yung Kim – Merchandising and Hospitality Management
There will be an internal search first; then outside if University search doesn’t yield a viable candidate
Dr. Pohl will be hosting 2 forums for the entire University community
Feb. 1 will focus on Academic issues
Mar. 1 will focus on Campus issues
A note will be going out to entire University outlining events. Forums will be held in Lyceum from 2:00 – 5:00, with a reception following.
Final versions of "Closing the Gaps" and the Perry Commission report on the "21st Century University" are accessible through the Faculty Senate website or from the governor’s website.
A "mock ballot" is ready to be undertaken with electronic balloting. Everyone will be notified soon and encouraged to participate.
The inaugural for Dr. Pohl is scheduled for Friday, May 4. More information to follow on Faculty Senate’s involvement.
Planning themes from Dr. Pohl are currently being formulated. We should have copies in the next few days so the Senate may respond.
Thee February Senate meeting will focus on discussion and voting on the revisions to the Sexual Harassment Policy and several other accompanying policies that have been modified. The University Committee will review them Jan 31, the Dean will review them Feb. 7, and then they will be distributed to the Faculty Senate members before the Feb. 14 meeting. Review carefully – encourage all Senators to be at the Feb. 14 meeting.
Committee of the Whole - None
Adjournment – 3:35 p.m.
Send corrections or suggestions to Carolyn Carter (CCarter@scs.cmm.unt.edu) at the Faculty Senate Office.
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