Senate Steering Committee

Minutes
March 4, 2010
3:00-5:00 PM
226 Tigert Hall

 

Attendees:
Jack Mescholsky
Mary Ann Ferguson
Tony Offerle
Jane Brockmann
Barbara Wingo
Scott Nygren
Ellis Greiner
David Quillen

Guests:
Bernard Mair
Jim Seale
Ken Gerhardt
Mark Bishop

The meeting was called to order at 3:01 PM

The February minutes were approved.

Reports:

• Chair's Report - Jack Mecholsky, Chair
  
  Jack Mecholsky reported that he met with the faculty council chairs of most of the colleges and discussed shared governance at the college level. The group will meet again before the end of the semester. Mecholsky reported that FERPA will be the directed discussion topic for March, led by Barbara Wingo. The Steering Committee discussed the incident at Corry Village and will wait until the investigation is complete to see how the report compares to the Ad Hoc Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment's recommendations. Chief Stump will give her annual use of force report to the Senate in April.

Information Items:

• Council chair term limits- Mark Bishop, COC Chair

This item will be an information item at the March Senate meeting.

• PhD in Public Health, College of PHHP- Ken Gerhardt, Associate Dean of the Graduate School

Proposal
Library Resources
Tables
Support from CLAS and Veterinary Medicine

This item will be an information item at the March Senate meeting.

• Proposal to consolidate the departments of operative dentistry and prosthodontics to create a new department of restorative dental sciences in the College of Dentistry- Bernard Mair, UCC Chair

Proposal

This item will be an information item at the March Senate meeting.

• Tenure and promotion criteria for merged departments Tony Offerle, Welfare Council Chair

This item will be an information item at the March Senate meeting. The wording of the final proposal will say "elect" rather than "should be permitted to request."

Council Reports:

• Infrastructure Council - Jane Brockmann, Chair
  The council discussed PPD and RCM at their last meeting. They also discussed heating issues at PK Yonge and the textbook adoption Web site. Jack Mecholsky will contact the dean of the College of Education to discuss heating issues at PK Yonge. The council also discussed the Newell Hall renovation and wondered how the decision was made to create a student study center.
• Research and Scholarship Council - Scott Nygren, Chair
  The council met with Marie Zeglen to discuss effort reporting and the state and federal guidelines for the reports. The council will invite Win Phillips to discuss centers and institutes.
• Welfare Council- Tony Offerle, Chair
  The council met with Nigel Richards of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars. The council would like to encourage deans to nominate more faculty to this group. The council is continuing discussions on online teaching evaluations, especially participation levels. Jack Mecholsky will talk to the registrar about the different participation levels in online evaluations versus paper evaluations.
• Academic Policy Council - Tracy Rambo, Co-chair
  No report.
• Budget Council - David Quillen, Chair  
  The council is compiling items to look at during their RCM discussions. The council has already discussed interdisciplinary programs and classroom issues. James Klausner will report to the council on the energy assessment committee.
  
  Additional item:
  Jim Seale asked the Steering Committee for guidance ono the constitutional language for the Academic Assessment Committee. The Constitution Committee was referred back to the Committee on Committees for guidance.
  

Action Item:
Approval of the March 18, 2010 Senate Agenda

The March Senate agenda was approved with the addition of FERPA as the March directed discussion.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 PM.

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