Minutes of the University Senate Meeting

February 1, 2001

1.

The February meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, February 1, 2001, in room 7, Gamble Hall.Randy Lee presided. 

2.

The following members of the Senate were present:

Berger, Kristy

Boyd, Robert

Cleveland, Mike

Davis, W. Jeremy

DeMers, Judy

Elbert, Dennis

Elsinga, Lillian

Erickson, Daniel

Ettling, John

Even, Brock

Fox, Carl

Frost, Chris

Gabrynowicz, Joanne

Gallager, Robert

Goodwin, Janice

Greves, Cole

Grijalva, James 

Hoffmann, Mark

Holdman, Linda

Hume, Wendelin

Jackson, Jon

Jeno, Susan

Krogh, Nancy

Kweit, Robert

Lang, Gretchen

Lee, Randy 

Lindseth, Glenda

Lowe, D. Scott

Mabey, Renee

Mann, Michael

Munski, Douglas

Nelson, Berly

Nelson, Enrique

Nelson, Theron

Nichols, Elizabeth

Norton, Theresa

Olsen, Glenn

Owens, Thomas

Pederson, Randy

Poochigian, Donald

Robertson, Charles

Shaeffer, James

Skramstad, Allan

Smith, Bruce

Timmerman, Larry

Todhunter, Paul

Tschacher, Walter

Yurkovich, Eleanor

Zierdt, Candace

Zupher, Christopher

3.

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Amjad, Sabrina

Bagheri, Fathollah

Bass, Gerald

Drewes, Mary

Fivizzani, Albert

Johnson, Arnold

Khavanin, Mohammad

Kraidy, Marwan

Kupchella, Charles

Matthews, Jason

Moen, Janet

Petros, Thomas

Rankin, Elizabeth

Rice, Daniel

Schletty, Chris

Smart, Kathy

Stofferahn, Curtis

Stolt, Wilbur

Towne, Gary

Undlin, Heather

Wellcome, Dan

Wilson, H. David

Yurkovich, Eleanor

4.

The following announcements were made by Mr. Lee:

A.Senators who missed the Senate-sponsored strategic planning forum on January 30 in Burtness may still attend a forum.Two remain:

..Feb. 8, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM in the Old Bookstore area of the Memorial Union; and

..Feb. 13, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM in the Odegard Hall Atmospherium.

President Kupchella has specifically requested that the Senate review the draft plan.Mr. Lee indicated he will ask the faculty on the Restructuring and Reallocation Committee to review and recommend action to this body.That will be a committee of four.[There was no objection.]

2.A Student Senate Resolution was distributed, and Mr. Lee announced that the students seek a review of an aspect of student evaluation of courses and instruction.The Chair will appoint an ad hoc committee, and he intends to invite participation from the Provost=s Office and from Student Government.As there are many faculty interested in these evaluation processes, the Chair, therefore, asked anyone interested in service on this committee to let him know soon.If there are no volunteers, the Chair will make requests.

3.At the last meeting, President Kupchella asked the Senate for ideas regarding the proposals for new tuition calculation matrices.Mr. Lee asked for volunteers to study the matter and recommend to the Senate any advice it believes should be passed on to the President.If there are no volunteers, the Chair will make requests.

4.At the last meeting, the President noted that the Board=s new faculty sick leave policy meant that he would now need to study what UND=s policy will be, and he requested participation and recommendation.With the concurrence of the Executive Committee, the Chair announced that item will be referred at once to the Compensation Committee for review and recommendation.

5.The Dean of Students has requested Senate participation in an effort to give attention to our academic honesty/integrity policy in the Code of Student Life.The Executive Committee has determined that the existing committees most logically concerned in those matters are already overloaded; therefore, the Chair asked for volunteers.The Senate=s voluntary representatives will sit with an informal working group gathered by the Dean of Students and, with cooperation past and future from Provost Ettling=s office, present to the entire campus any reforms thought proper.As any such reform would be a change to current text in the Code of Student Life, the Senate would see and review it before it is published.

6.The President at our last meeting included the Senate among those he has looked to for ideas and advice on meeting the December command of the Board regarding Native American programs and programs of benefit to Native Americans.Mr. Lee stated that in the view of the Executive Committee, the President's own advisory committee on diversityCPAC-DCshould be the organizer and reporter for that effort, and, therefore, it was suggested that Senators with advice or ideas in that area should report them directly to the President and/or PAC-D.Mr. Lee said that he will not ignore any Senator=s request to put a motion or resolution on the agenda. None has been received. Nor was it suggested that to the extent any initiatives involve the academic curriculum, we would not have our usual involvement in that review.

7.The Chair invited other announcements.None were offered.

7.

The Chair asked if there were additions or corrections to the minutes of the January 11, 2001 meeting.There being none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

8.

The Chair introduced the Question Period.Hearing none, it was closed.

9.

On behalf of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Mr. Ettling recommended three candidates for Honorary Degrees.Mr. Boyd moved to approve the three nominations.Mr. Kweit seconded the motion, and it was voted upon and carried unanimously.

10.

The meeting adjourned at 4:21 p.m.

Nancy Krogh, Secretary