University of North Carolina at Asheville



                              FACULTY SENATE MINUTES

                                 October 16, 1980





        A Faculty Senate met on Thursday, October 16, 1980 at 4:00 pm in

        the ZSS Simulation Laboratory with Dr. Gene Rainey, Chairman,

        presiding.  



        Members present:  Dr. Braggio, Dr. Browning, Dr. Coyne, 

        Dr. Friedenberg, Dr. Greenawalt, Dr. Howard, Dr. Johnston,

        Dr. Lang, Dr. McCoy, Dr. Perry, Dr. Rainey, Dr. Reynolds, 

        Dr. Squibb, Dr. Wilson.



        Excused absences:  Dr. Sulock, Dr. Walker



        Visitors:  Mrs. Cadle, Dr. Cochran, Dr. Cole, Dr. Hart,

        Dr. Seitz, Dr. Stoughton.





        Dr. Rainey welcomed Dr. Shirley Browning, who was elected to the

        Senate in the place of Dr. Walt Boland.  



        The minutes of the September 11 meeting were approved as published. 



        In the way of concerning old business, Dr. Rainey said that

        progress reports of the task force chairmen would be given at the

        next Senate meeting in order to give more time to the APC business

        at this meeting.  



        Dr. Rainey asked Dr. Cochran to speak to two questions which the

        Senate had previously raised:  (1) progress of the removal of

        asbestos in buildings on campus, and (2) whether unspent monies are

        returned to the state.  



        Dr. Cochran reported that the State has appropriated money for the

        removal of the asbestos in the Science Building.  The Student

        Center and the Administration Building are lower in priority.  We

        are in the process of hiring an architect to design the job.  It

        will be a few months before we know who the architect is and what

        will be entailed in the removal.  



        In response to the question on the budget, he said that there are

        two categories:  salary monies and appropriated monies for supplies

        and equipment.  It is not uncommon for salary monies to revert back

        due to a position being vacated.  The supply and equipment monies

        may revert to the state if, at the end of the year, the monies have

        not been encumbered by the various departments.  We try to see that

        the money is spent so we don't see this happening very much.  



        Faculty Welfare Committee - Dr. Howard, Chairman 



        The Welfare Committee has been presented an insurance plan by The

        Travelers Insurance Company which would give car and home insurance

        coverage at a 10% reduction of the normal rates.  The FWC will talk

        to Mr. Pott about the possibility of adopting this new plan.  




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        UNCA is considering having seniors buy caps and gowns from the

        school and then selling them back rather than renting from an

        external company.  The FWC has been asked to look into this

        possibility for the faculty also, since it might be considerably

        cheaper.  



        FWC is collecting United Way pledges for the faculty.  



        Dr. Howard reported that there are some minor problems in rules

        governing various ballot processes which he would bring to the

        attention to the Senate at a later date.  



        Before calling on Dr. Perry as Chairman of the Academic Policies

        Committee, Dr. Rainey suggested that it might be well to try to

        complete the Senate business in two meetings rather than one

        lengthy one.  He recommended that they recess at 6:00 and reconvene

        next Thursday at 4:00 in RL1.  



        Academic Policies Committee - Dr. Perry, Chairman 



        The following documents were adopted by the Senate:  



        APC Doc #1 - Change in major requirements for Literature and

                     Language major.



        APC Doc #2 - Catalog changes for the Department of Art and Music.



        APC Doc #3 - Catalog changes for the Department of Economics.



        APC Doc #4 - Catalog changes for the Department of Biology.



        APC Doc #5 - Course and degree requirement changes for the

                     Department of Chemistry.



        APC Doc #6 - Curriculum and course changes for the Department of

                     Physics.



        APC Doc #8 - Change in probation policy.



        APC Doc #9 - Alteration in a course in the Gerontology track,

                     Department of Sociology.



        APC Doc #10 - Catalog changes for the Department of Mathematics.



        APC Doc #11 - Changes in course titles and curriculum in the

                      Developmental Studies program.  (Revised by Senate)



        APC Doc #12 - The addition of a course under Atmospheric Sciences

                      and Meteorology to the Physics curriculum.



        APC Doc #13 - Additional music courses and a change in Music 241

                      credit availability for the Department of Art and 

                      Music.




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        APC Doc #14 - Course revisions and additions for the Department of

                      Psychology.



        APC Doc #15 - Course changes and additions in two content areas 

                      of the Department of Management (personnel management

                      and accounting).



        APC Doc #16 - Course additions for the Department of Philosphy.



        The Senate recessed at 6:00 pm until the following Thursday,

        October 23, 1980.



        APPROVED:  Deryl Howard                 Jan Scroggs

                   Faculty Senate Secretary     Secretary