The University of North Carolina at Asheville Faculty Senate Minutes April 26, 1984 The Faculty Senate met at 3:00 PM in Library 1 on Thursday, April 26, 1984, with Dr. Jeff Rackham presiding. Members Present: Dr. Betts, Dr. Comer, Dr. L. Dorr, Dr. Gillum, Dr. Grams, Dr. Greenawalt, Dr. Howard, Dr. Rackham, Dr. Ruiz, Dr. Shoaf, Dr. Stern, Mr. Wengrow and Dr. Williams. Members Absent: Dr. Friedenberg (alternate), Dr. Farzanegan (excused), Dr. Squibb, and Dr. Walker. Visitors: Mrs. Cadle, Dr. Coyne, and Dr. Cochran. Dr. Rackham called the meeting to order. The Faculty Senate minutes of March 22, 1984, were approved as distributed. I. Announcements A. A letter of appreciation was received from Chancellor Highsmith in regard to the Senate Resolution of Appreciation and the Visiting Scholar Program. B. Rackham thanked the Faculty Senate for its help and assistance in regard to the Visiting Scholar Program and especially Mr. Wengrow for all his work on the project. C. The Feldman Award and the Distinguished Teacher Award will be announced at the last faculty meeting. D. The organizational meeting and election of officers of the new Senate will be Thursday, May 3, at 3:00 PM in Room 1, Library. E. Rackham stated that the Senate computer will be expanding the current Hello Senator file to include a Key Word Search capability which will help in research on senate documents and senate resolutions, and an Executive Committee File which will include all committees, election dates and results. F. Rackham, on behalf of the Chancellor Search Committee, expressed appreciation to the Senators, Chairmen, faculty, staff and all others involved for their time and assistance. The Search Committee will now look at the total picture, and it is anticipated a decision will be made quickly. The Search Committee will choose two candidates who will be presented to President Friday Page 2 for his selection. The Search Committee will not make any further announcements. The two candidates chosen and their ranking will not be made public. The anticipated goal is for President Friday to announce and present the new Chancellor to the Board of Governors at its May 11 meeting. The faculty will be notified immedidately of this announcement. Gillum moved and Williams seconded to send a resolution to the Search Committee for all its time and hard work. The motion was approved. Wengrow moved and Comer seconded that a letter be composed by Gillum and Grams and then sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Senate for approval. The motion was approved. II. Results of the Recent Faculty Elections A. Faculty Assembly GENE RAINEY and BRUCE GREENAWALT (alternate) were elected to two year terms, 1984-86. B. Tenure Committee TED ULDRICKS, JOHN STEVENS, and GENE RAINEY were elected to two year terms, 1984-86. Continuing members of the committee are WAYNE LANG, ARNOLD WENGROW, and LISA FRIEDENBERG. C. Hearings Committee TUCKER COOKE, DEXTER SQUIBB, and WALKER BOLAND were elected for two year terms, 1984-86. Continuing members are JOSEPH SULOCK, JAMES PERRY, and DERYL HOWARD. D. Grievance Committee WILSONIA CHERRY, ALAN COMER, MICHAEL GILLUM, BRUCE GREENAWALT, LLOYD REMINGTON, and KATHERINE WHATLEY were elected for 1984-85. E. Senate MARGARET DOWNES, ALAN COMBS, CHARLES BENNETT, ANTHONY COYNE, and TIM HOLLINGSWORTH were elected for 3 year terms, 1984-87. Alternates elected were TED SEITZ, JACK WILSON, and HENRY STERN. Continuing members are ILEANA GRAMS (83-86), PHYLLIS BETTS (83-86), TED SHOAF (83-86), ARNOLD WENGROW (82-85), ROBERT WILLIAMS (82-85), ALAN COMER (82-85), MICHAEL RUIZ (83-86), BEHRAM FARZANEGAN (83-86), BRUCE GREENAWALT (82-85), and JEFF RACKHAM (82-85). Page 3 III. Academic Policies Committee A. Betts moved and Williams seconded that APC Document #22, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, be approved. Betts stated this document was a request to establish a bachelor of fine arts degree. This degree would be in addition to the B.A. degree. The document was approved with little discussion. B. Betts moved and Wengrow seconded that APC Document #23, Biology Curriculum Revisions, be approved. The motion was approved without discussion. C. Betts moved and Howard seconded that APC Document #24, Music Curriculum Revisions, be approved. The motion was approved without discussion. IV. Institutional Development Committee A. A recommendation has been made by the task force to establish a School/College Board in order to determine the kind of relationship which can be established between UNCA and public school systems. The board would monitor and initiate activities between UNCA and other schools. It was noted that the relationship and communication between the public schools and UNCA needs to be improved, a goal the School/College Board would help accomplish. It was suggested, if approved by the Chancellor, that this board begin next year. B. Comer stated that the purpose of the Honors Program Task Force was to determine whether such a program was advisable or feasible for UNCA, and if so, to provide an outline. This report is not in final form yet. It was determined there is some faculty support for this program, and there is also a population of students that would benefit from the program. The Planning Council will recommend to the Chancellor that a Honors Program be established at UNCA. A committee should be appointed to design the program and then to submit it to APC. C. Comer stated no progress has been made on the Review of Professional Programs and the Liberal Arts. V. Faculty Welfare Committee A. Greenawalt reported that the FWC as a Committee on Committees did not have any recommendtions about committee eliminations to bring before the Faculty Senate. This committee will continue to look at the issue in the future. Dorr stated he would like to talk to the FWC committee before it makes recommendations for next year's committees. Page 4 B. Dr. Kelly is interested in setting up a Health Care Program for the faculty and staff. C. Greenawalt moved and Gillum seconded that FWC Resolution #1, Retirement Planning, be approved. The resolution ws approved with an editorial change in part 4. VI. New Business Rackham thanked Gillum, Howard, Stern, Squibb, and Walker for their efforts over the past three years on the Faculty Senate. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:30 PM. Submitted, Paula Wells, Secretary Approved: Dr. Bruce Greenawalt Secretary, Faculty Senate