FACULTY SENATE MEETING
Minutes, April 12, 2007
Senate
Members: L.
Atkinson, G. Boudreaux, B. Butler, K. Cole, P. Downes, B. Hook, B. Larson, J.
McClain,
C. McKenzie, G. Nallan, B.
Sabo, B. Wilson, J. Wood; K. Whatley; A. Ponder.
Excused: M.
Harvey, H. Holt, S. Judson, D. Lisnerski, M. Moseley.
Visitors: S.
Baxley, R. Bowen, D. Cauley, A. Shope.
I. Call
to Order, Introductions, Announcements
II. Approval
of minutes
The
minutes of February 15, 2007 were approved with editorial changes. The minutes of March 15, 2007 were approved as
distributed.
III. Academic
Policies Committee Report
First
Unanimously approved by
APC
The
following documents were distributed for First Reading:
APC 47: Increase the number of credit hours for EDUC 316;
Drop EDUC 317 from the
requirements for Foreign Language licensure.
APC
49: Change
to requirements for Pure Mathematics concentration.
Change in departmental
approval procedure for required courses.
APC
50: Change the prerequisite for MATH
480.
APC
51: Add new courses: MMAS 101, 201, 255, 350, 450.
APC
52: Delete the Sound Recording Emphasis
Area.
APC
53: Change the prerequisite requirement
for MMAS 121.
APC
54: Edit requirements for the MMAS major
and minor.
APC
55: Establishing Minimum Requirements for Minor Programs.
APC 56: Reinstate
CSCI 142: Computer Programming I (FORTRAN).
APC
57: Adding a Minor in Astronomy.
APC
58: Delete ASTR 380; Change title and
prerequisite for ASTR 411;
Add
new courses: ASTR 412, 430, 431; Change prerequisites for ASTR 321, 322.
APC
59: Adding 6-9 teacher licensure as an
option to the Psychology major;
Required
editorial changes resulting from the addition.
APC
60: Delete EDUC 313 from required
courses for 6-9 Social Studies licensure;
Clarify requirement of the
Humanities sequence for Social Science licensure.
APC
61: Add new courses: ECE 109 & ECE
209; Delete ECE 480 and add EGM 482;
Change
credit hours and description for ECE 200.
APC
62: Changes to Degree Requirements in
Mechatronics.
APC
63: Clarify credits allowed for CHEM
190, 290 and 390.
APC
64: Clarify students may not receive
credit for more than one section of LSIC
179 & 379.
APC 65: First-Year
Student Suspension Policy.
APC 66: Change how World and Western
Civilization courses are applied to HIST 151 & 152.
APC Approved as Minor Proposals:
APC 48: Adding Undergraduate Research to Art History.
Second
[Unanimously approved by
APC]
The following documents were
considered for Second Reading:
APC
45: Add DRAM 380 Methods and Management
in Teaching Theatre, Grades 6-12 (4);
Change
required courses for Theatre Arts Licensure.
APC
45 passed without dissent and became Senate Document 5207S.
APC
46: Delete the section for Library
Research
APC
46 passed without dissent and became Senate Document 5307S.
IV. Faculty Welfare and
Development Committee Report
2007 Election Results
The nomination process worked smoothly this
year and faculty campaigned for committees.
Voter turnout in the Faculty Senate election increased from 35% last
year to 47% this year. The Tenure
election turnout increased from 39% to 50% this year.
The current election process requires
considerable IT support and we will be experimenting with the feasibility of
using the product “E-Ballot” in lieu of IT support.
· Committee of Tenured Faculty
-
2007-09: Humanities: Sophie Mills
Natural
Sciences: Kitti Reynolds
Social Sciences: Bob Yearout
- 2007-08 :
Peter Caulfield
-
2007-09: Humanities: Robert Dunning
Social Science:
- 2007-08 At
Large: Bert Holmes
2005-08:
2006-09: Karen Cole, Mark Harvey, John McClain, Merritt Moseley, Bill Sabo,
Betsy Wilson
2007-10:
2007-08 Alternates:
Humanities:
Robert Tynes
Natural
Sciences: Alex Huang
Social
Sciences: Marcia Ghidina
Assistant
Professor: Ellen Pearson
Associate
Professor: Mark Boyd
Professor:
Gordon Wilson
-
2007-09: Mark Boyd
Marcia Ghidina
-
2007-08: Kitti
Reynolds
-
2007-08
Alternate: Joe Sulock
-
2007-10: Peg
Downes
- 2007-10 Alternate: Gary
Nallan
First
The following documents were
distributed for First Reading:
FWDC
6: Proposal
to Eliminate all References to the First Year Experience Program in the
Faculty Handbook including the First Year
Experience Advisory Committee
(Revises SD27998; Faculty Handbook 1.4.3.5.3,
3.1.4.1.4, 10.4.15, 10.4.19 and 11.2)
FWDC
7: Proposal to Establish the
Sustainability Committee as a Standing Committee
(Faculty
Handbook Section 10.4.6)
FWDC 8: Proposal to Establish the Safety and Health Committee as a
Standing Committee
and Revisions to Faculty Handbook Section
10.4.6
FWDC
9: Proposal to Eliminate the
Recreation Committee (Faculty Handbook Section 10.4.14)
FWDC
10: Proposal to Eliminate the Violence
Prevention Committee (Faculty Handbook Section 10.4.31).
FWDC
11: Proposal to Revise the Faculty ILS
Oversight Committee
(Revises SD0703F, SD0304F and SD0105F; Faculty
Handbook 10.3.8)
Second
The following documents were
considered for Second Reading:
FWDC
2: Proposal to
(Revises SD0790F; Faculty Handbook
10.3.10)
An
editorial correction was made to the proposal.
FWDC
2 passed as amended without dissent and became Senate Document 5407S.
FWDC
3: Proposal to Revise the membership of the "Library, Information
Resources and Technology
Committee" (Revises
SD0706F; Faculty Handbook 10.4.4)
FWDC 3 passed without dissent and
became Senate Document 5507S.
FWDC
4: Proposal to Eliminate the Women’s
Studies Advisory Committee
(Revision of SD8203S; Faculty Handbook 10.4.24)
FWDC
4 passed without dissent and became Senate Document 5607S.
FWDC
5: Proposal to Change Membership on
Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee
(Revision
of SD8103S; Faculty Handbook 10.4.28)
FWDC
5 passed without dissent and became Senate Document 5707S.
V. Institutional Development
Committee Report
Bruce
Larson reported for the Institutional Development Committee.
First
The
following document was distributed for First Reading:
IDC
2: Proposal to Revise the University
Planning Council
(Revision
of SD4201S; Faculty Handbook Section 10.1.1)
Since
February 27th, members of IDC along with Chancellor Ponder,
Chancellor
Ponder thanked the members of IDC who participated in the development of IDC 2. It is her earnest request that the Senate act
on this proposal at its next meeting so we might begin to consult this year. She has spoken with the Chair of the Board of
Trustees regarding the expectation that UPC would meet periodically with the
Board of Trustees as appropriate to discuss these or similar issues. The Board of Trustees will look at this
document as a way to create a UPC when it meets in mid-May.
Prospective Activities
IDC will be looking at an approach
to assess Centers; at a subsequent meeting it will look at NEMAC’s annual
report.
VI. Executive Committee Report
Last
month the Senate recommended four faculty members to serve on the Search
Committee for Chief Academic Officer:
Brian Hook, Tracy Brown, David Peifer, and Rick Chess. Chancellor Ponder has accepted that recommendation
and announced the full slate of members on the Search Committee:
Co-Chairs: Bruce Larson, Professor of Economics and
Director of our Teaching and
Faculty
members selected by the Faculty Senate:
Tracy Brown, Rick Chess, Brian
Hook, Dave Peifer
Two
additional faculty members appointed by the Chancellor:
Keya Maitra, Kitti Reynolds
Other
committee members appointed by the Chancellor:
Ed Katz, Dean of University
Programs
Christine Riley, Chief of
Staff
Don Locke, Director of
Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
Students: Tahda Ahtone and
Ashley Wrightenberry
Buffy Bagwell, Director of
Human Resources will staff the search as needed.
Housekeeping
Team Study Report
Steve Baxley, Associate Vice
Chancellor for Campus Operations, reported on the results of an eleven month
study of our Housekeeping Team. They
looked at (1) whether improvements could be made in connecting the housekeepers
to the rest of the UNCA community, and (2) ways to improve the workplace
environment of the housekeepers and the people that are supported by the
housekeepers.
The Committee’s recommendations that
the administration is implementing follow:
·
increase
the level of staffing in housekeeping in all work areas
·
create
opportunities for housekeepers to work day shift
·
restructure
the positions to allow some housekeepers to operate as general utility workers.
o
For
example, they may be able to fix a faucet or an electrical outlet while in the
building. This offers career growth for
some of our lowest paid employees that has not existed previously. We have housekeepers that after twenty years
are earning the same salary as housekeepers who have worked here two years.
·
Vice
Chancellor Pat Hunt will be the point person on the transition. Input will be solicited from faculty and
staff in the individual buildings to help tailor the force work.
Chancellor Ponder said this study came
out of the University Community Council discussions last spring. Although discussions started out looking at
third shift as a question, it was more complex than she had realized at the
start; she is very pleased that we are moving forward on something that can be
meaningful to previously invisible and under compensated members of the
university community. She and Dr. Larson
met with the housekeepers last night from 10:00pm - midnight so they could hear
about this directly. Some of the money
that she has talked about using to address our lowest compensated employees
will be used in this way. Some people will
remain on third shift although it will get smaller.
Other recommendations the Chancellor accepted
are that (1) services such as Human Resources and Campus Safety will be
available to housekeepers a couple of times a week during their work time and (2)
the assignment and organization of work will be in smaller place-based teams. Each team will develop a way to communicate
with the occupants that use these buildings.
Part of what the faculty can do is to participate in the communication
with the individuals who will be stepping forward.
Comments
Dr. Sabo asked to see the Housekeeping
Study Team report that Mr. Baxley referred to.
Mr. Baxley replied that the Study Team gave the recommendations to the
Chancellor; they are not ashamed of their work but a lot of gaps were filled in
afterwards. The Team made recommendations
but the implementation and compensation were handled by the senior staff. Dr. Sabo said he was interested in seeing the
goals and objectives. Mr. Baxley agreed
to share the report.
Chancellor
Ponder said the first objective was to ensure that people we never see be a
part of the university community. They
then addressed the standard of cleanliness and service for the campus as a
whole and as a rewarding kind of work for these employees. Those were the two goals.
VII. Student
Government Association Report:
There was no Student Government Association report.
VIII. Chancellor’s Staff Advisory
Committee
There
was no Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Committee report.
IX. Administrative Report
Interim
VCAA
Faculty Searches
We
have successfully completed searches in:
Psychology, Atmospheric Science, Literature and Language, Religious
Studies, Biology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Education, Music, Physics, Art
History, Photography, Multimedia Arts and Sciences, Mass Communication, and Craft
Center Director and Associate Director.
News from General Administration
Dr.
Whatley reported on the Board of Governors’ new initiative UNC Tomorrow to meet the challenges of the state over the next
twenty years. Each campus is being asked
to consider three questions:
Faculty
will receive a series of questions about ways departments/programs and the
campus in general is responding to meet present and future challenges. A group from General Administration and the UNC Tomorrow staff will visit UNCA in
June to discuss the goals, processes and outcomes.
X. Old Business
· Dr. Nallan thanked
· Dr. Whatley acknowledged an
incorrect deadline for senior grades was posted on the web. She apologized for the ensuing
confusion.
XI. New Business
There was no New Business.
XII. Adjourn
Dr.
Nallan adjourned the meeting at 4:10pm.
Respectfully submitted by: Sandra
Gravely
Executive
Committee