University of North Carolina at Asheville FACULTY SENATE MEETING Minutes, AUGUST 31, 1989 Senate Members: A. Comer, L. Friedenberg, B. Greenawalt, A. Hantz, J. Heimbach, M. Marshall, C. Mitchell, L. Nelms, S. Obergfell, S. Patch, C. Prokop, B. Sabo, D. Sulock, A. Wengrow, B. Wilson, L. Wilson Visitors: M. Boyd, C. Brown, T. Cooke, F. Davenport, P. Laughon, H. Williams I. Call to Order The 1989-90 Faculty Senate met on Thursday, August 31, 1989, in the Whitman Room of Ramsey Library. Charles Prokop, Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:35 pm. II. Minutes Ms. Marshall made a correction to the minutes of April 13, 1989. On page 3, the word "proceeded" was changed to read "proceed". Ms. Marshall moved approval of Senate minutes for April 13th, April 27th, and May 4th, 1989. The minutes were approved. III. Administrative Report Enrollment Dr. Larry Wilson (VCAA) reported that UNCA's total FTE for Fall semester is 2,542. This represents 30 more FTE than projected and an increase of 100 compared to last year. New Freshman have a mean SAT score of 989 compared to 951 last year. Also, SAT scores of black students increased 75 points. A breakdown of new students reveals 439 Freshman, 64 MLA students, and 21 black students. There is also a 4 l/2% increase in Continuing students compared to a year ago. This increase in retention was attributed largely to faculty interaction with students. A geographical breakdown of students indicates a slight decline in students from WNC, a substantial increase from the Piedmont, an increase in out-of-state, and the same number of students from the coastal section of NC. Only 3 courses were cancelled due to low enrollment, compared to 12-13 last year. However, there is a substantial problem with new students and closed courses, especially Freshman Composition. Freshman should get 2-3 courses out of 4 choices. Budget UNCA does not have final budget approval from GA at this time. The Board of Governor's met last Friday and approved a budget, but specifics are unknown at this time. Although contracts are being prepared as though the proposed budget was approved, they will not be released until we receive official approval from "Mission Control". Page 2 EPA Dr. Wilson anticipates a 6% increase in the salary pool for EPA employees in general. The range specified by the Board of Governors indicates that this year there will no across-the-board raises for EPA employees. GA expects to have some 0% increases. Presumably, all EPA employees will receive their raise in their September paycheck, retroactive to July 1. SPA SPA employees received a 4% cost-of-living increase, which is already in effect. For the first time in several years, there is supposedly a 2% merit pool for SPA. Administrators will contact departmental chairs when they receive the regulations for distributing these funds. New Employees UNCA has 22 new colleagues this Fall, and has received 2.9 new positions from the Enrollment budget (45 FTE divided by 15.7). Last Year's Budget Last Spring $600K was reverted back to GA, and in January, 2 l/2 positions were frozen and were to be forever deleted. However, unbeknownst to administrators until recently, this never took place. In the Operating Budget, $80 was reverted back to GA last spring. For the entire year, UNCA reverted $300K-400K back, most of which was from lapsed salary. New Budget Capital Projects funded Assuming the new budget is approved, UNCA will receive the following for Capital projects: $4M for the Intergenerational Conference Center, $2M of which is restricted; $3M remained from last year for roads, utilities, etc. for Chestnut Ridge; $200K for the Kellogg Estate near Hendersonville; $91K for structural repairs to Lipinsky Hall; $104K for campus lighting; Two self-liquidating projects have been approved: $3M for renovation/expansion of the Highsmith Center and $5 l/2M for a 300-bed residence hall. Capital Projects not funded UNCA did not receive the following three top-priority budgeted items: $6M for Physical Education and Health and Fitness addition to the Justice Center; $2M for completion of old section of Ramsey Library; $1M for a classroom building on the top floor and the Honors Library. Announcements Appointments Two of the new part-time administrative positions have been filled. Dwight Mullen has been appointed as an assistant in the Page 3 office of Academic Affairs and will work on Faculty Development. The director of International Studies position has not been filled at this time; Dr. Mullen will be working some in this area. Dr. Mullen's office is located in Phillips Hall-218. Dr. John Stevens will continue as director of the Undergraduate Research Program. Mr. Art Foley will assume the position of Vice Chancellor for Finance on October 1st. Mr. Foley is from Shepherd College in West Virginia. Mr. Aubrey Whooten is the new senior director of Food Service. Mr. Ed Moolenar is still with UNCA and will be going to another assignment. Mr. Alex Miller is the new director of Development. Board of Visitors The Board of Visitors will be on campus on Friday, November 3rd. Distinctives Last Spring each Distinctive project was asked to submit a cummulative report to the administration. Summaries will be sent to all faculty when completed and will include what was accomplished programmatically and how budgets were spent on the distinctives. Thrust In response to Ms. Sulock's question, Dr. Wilson discussed the eventual outcome of last year's Thrust. The Environmental Quality Institute thrust proposal was not approved by the administration. The project was granted $20K for this year, and the remaining $30K was made available for new proposals from continuing Thrust areas (Health Promotion, Undergraduate Research, Humanities.) The administration asked the continuing Thrust areas to submit proposals. Dr. Wilson explained that Faculty Development could possibly receive some of the money. The UPC meets next Tuesday and will discuss this further. Applications have been received but the $30K has not been allocated at this time. Ms. Nelms explained that the UPC approved the Environmental Quality Institute thrust and gave its report to the Senate last Spring. Ultimately, the administration can decide to give funds to the recommended thrust, not approve the thrust, or give partial funding to the thrust, which was the case this year. Recycling Dr. Patch asked where the administration stood on recycling. Dr. Wilson answered that 2-3 proposals concerning recycling have been received since he came to UNCA and none have received funding. Some individual buildings engage in recycling, primarily the Ecology Club and others in Rhoades and Robinson. Also, a number of students in residence halls are interested in recycling projects. IV. Executive Committee Report Helms' Amendment Dr. Prokop stated that Mr. Tucker Cooke had asked to address the Senate regarding the Helms' amendment and funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Page 4 Mr. Cooke explained the recent debate focusing on two controversial exhibits of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano which are partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Senator Jesse Helms' introduction of an amendment to the Senate appropriations bill that the Senate approved by a voice vote. The purpose of Senator Helms' amendment is: to prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the dissemination, promotion, or production of obscene or indecent materials or for work that denigrates, debases or reviles a person, group or class of citizens on the basis of race, creed, sex, handicap, age or national origin ... or that denigrates the objects or beliefs of the adherents of a particular religion or nonreligion. Mr. Cooke circulated a copy of one of Serrano's photographs and distributed information on the amendment and its consequences. Mr. Cooke stated that if this bill passes, it will damage academic freedom as well as artistic freedom, and urged interested individuals to write to their senators and/or representatives. For more information contact Tucker Cooke in the Art Department. Dr. Prokop stated that committee appointments would be deferred until the FWDC report later in the meeting. Senate Document System Dr. Prokop circulated an instruction booklet on the new Senate Document System compiled by the UNCA Computer Center. The Senate will be used as a trial body before making the system available to all faculty on campus. Dr. Prokop briefly explained the new system and how Senate documents/minutes would be available for faculty reading through the VAX computer system. It will be "protected" so those accessing the system cannot make changes. V. Academic Policies Committee Report Dr. Lisa Friedenberg gave the Academic Policies Committee Report. The first APC meeting will be next Thursday, September 7th, in the Whitman Room of Ramsey Library at 3:30 pm. The APC hopes to accomplish two goals this year: 1) to receive documents from the departments by the December 15th deadline; and, 2) increase communications among departments when course changes in one department affect other departments. APC is creating a "catalog police" headed by Sandra Gravely, who will be in charge of computer searching the catalog to find all references to a particular course when changes are being imposed. VI. Institutional Development Committee Report Ms. Linda Nelms reported for the Institutional Development Committee. IDC will meet next Tuesday at 4:30 pm in Robinson 004. The academic computing advisory committee report from last year will be Page 5 discussed. IDC will also review requests for the remaining Thrust dollars. VII. Faculty Welfare and Development Committee Report Ms. Marshall reported for the Faculty Welfare and Development Committee. Ms. Marshall distributed a list of FWDC nominees for various committees. The following nominations/elections took place: University Research Council The FWDC submitted nominees to serve two-year terms on the University Research Council. The following faculty were appointed to the URC by the Senate. Debra Van Engelen Mark West Bob Yearout University Teaching Council The FWDC submitted nominees to serve two-year terms on the University Teaching Council. The following faculty were appointed to the UTC by the Senate. John Bernhardt Tucker Cooke Distinguished Scholars & Honorary Degree Committee The FWDC submitted nominees to serve two-year terms on the Distinguished Scholars & Honorary Degree Committee. The following faculty were elected by the Senate. Deryl Howard Gene Rainey Minority Affairs Commission The FWDC submitted three nominees (Kofi Apraku, Nancy Kauffman, and Charlotte Goedsche) to serve a two-year term on the Minority Affairs Commission. Charlotte Goedsche was elected to serve on the commission. Faculty Assembly Ms. Marshall stated that Lance Gentile, UNCA's representative to the Faculty Assembly, was no longer at UNCA and had one year remaining on a three-year term. The Faculty Assembly representative and alternate are usually elected to serve three-year terms together. The Senate chose not to elect someone to complete Dr. Gentile's remaining year, but to elect a new three-year representative and an alternate to serve 1989-92. Nominees were submitted to the Senate by the FWDC for the campus-wide election. The following faculty were elected by the Senate to be placed on the ballot. Don Lisnerski Gwen Henderson Mel Blowers Henry Stern Shirley Browning Page 6 Faculty Conciliator Ms. Marshall stated that last Spring the Senate elected four faculty members to submit to the Student Government Association to choose a faculty conciliator. Don Lisnerski's name was included on the list. As newly appointed acting Chair of the Management Department, Dr. Lisnerski's had to be withdrawn from the list. The Student Government Association was consulted and they requested a fourth name. The four names elected by the Senate follow: Lothar Dohse Mary Lynn Manns Ileana Grams Paul McDonald Student Government represenatives Hugh Williams and Chris Brown stated that the SGA had decided to interview the candidates for Faculty Conciliator before making a selection. Academic Appeals Board Ms. Marshall stated that there had been an error in last year's committee listing for the Academic Appeals Board in that the term of office on the Academic Appeals Board is for one-year instead of two. This will be a campus-wide election whereby four faculty and one alternate will be elected. The Senate elected the following candidates for the campus-wide election: Tracy Brown Michael Stuart Peter Caulfield Dot Sulock Ivan Cohen Debra Van Engelen Anthony Coyne Bob Yearout Jim Perry Ms. Marshall stated that FWDC is in the process of computerizing Senate elections. The Academic Appeals election will be the first election tabulated by computer. Details concerning this change will be forthcoming. The next FWDC meeting will be on September 21st at 3:30 pm. VIII. Old Business There was no Old Business. IX. New Business There was no New Business. X. Adjournment Dr. Prokop adjourned the meeting at 4:50 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Sandra Gravely Martha Marshall Page 7