The May meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2002, in Room 7, Gamble Hall. David Perry presided.

The following members of the Senate were present:

Anderson, Angie
Antes, James
Askim, Mary
Bartsch, Brent
Boyd, Robert
Brandt, Jerel
Bridewell, John
Davis, W. Jeremy
Drewes, Mary
Ebertowski, Mary
Elsinga, Lillian
Ettling, John
Fivizzani, Albert
Frost, Chris
Gagnon, Gregory
Gallager, Robert
Hanhan, Sara
Heitkamp, Thomasine
Hikins, James
Hoffmann, Mark
Hunter, Susan
Jenniges, Sharleen
Jeno, Susan
Johnson, Arnold
Juntunen-Smith, Cindy
Kenville, Kimberly
Krogh, Nancy
Kupchella, Charles
Kweit, Mary
Lang, Gretchen
Lindseth, Glenda
Lovseth, Jon
Mabey, Renee
Mochoruk, Jim
Murphy, Eric
Nichols, Elizabeth
Perry, David
Petros, Thomas
Porter, Kimberly
Potvin, Martha
Rakow, Lana
Rice, Daniel
Schwartz, Rhonda
Shaeffer, James
Smart, Kathy
Smith, Bruce
Steen, Tom
Stofferahn, Curtis
Stolt, Wilbur
Thompson, Myra
Tiffany, Mark
Watson, John

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Adams, Ross
Bagheri, Fathollah
Benoit, Joseph
Dokken, Seth
Elbert, Dennis
Greff, Jason
Grijalva, James
Hanson, Brent
Jackson, Jon
Juffer, Brad
Lieberman, Victor
Mann, Michael
McBride, Rosanne
Meyer, Betsy
Munski, Douglas
Poochigian, Donald
Romero, Alan
Schneider, Mac
Skramstad, Allan
Thureen, Faythe
Todhunter, Paul
Wilson, H. David

The following announcement was made:

Mr. Ettling presented Mr. Perry with a plaque thanking him for his service to the Senate for the 2001-2002 year.

The Chairman asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of the April 4, 2002 Senate meeting. There being none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

The Chairman announced the question period at 4:12 p.m. Mr. Rice commented that the Governor's announcement about CONNECT ND included no information about support and asked how it will be funded. Mr. Frost answered that students will pay a fee of $3.50 per credit hour up to a total fee of $42 per semester. The Governor did not include CONNECT ND in the budget, and the students hope it will be addressed at the next legislative session.

Mr. Perry introduced the consent calendar's annual reports from the Scholarly Activities Committee, the University Curriculum Committee, the Faculty Research Seed Money Committee and the Restructuring and Reallocation Committee. Mr. Murphy raised a question about the Faculty Research Seed Money Committee report concerning the philosophy of the Committee in requiring a proposal for external funding. Mr. Perry recognized Kevin Young, chairman of the Faculty Seed Money Committee, and asked him to address the question. Mr. Young replied that applicants must tell the Committee they are going to apply for some outside funding, and if they reapply they must prove that they have applied externally. Mr. Davis raised a point of order and asked a question as to whether this committee was accountable to the Senate, and if not, what is the Senate's role? Ms. Krogh raised a point of order that the report was on the consent calendar agenda and must be moved to the business calendar to be discussed. Mr. Fivizanni stated that this report contained many issues to be addressed and said that this agenda may not be the place to do it. Mr. Mochoruk moved to receive and file the reports. There was unanimous consent and the reports were received and filed.

Mr. Perry restated the motion to approve the revisions of the UND Constitution which was under consideration at the adjournment of the April Senate meeting. Mr. Bridewell moved to consider the constitutional revisions with a brief informal discussion. Mr. Fivizanni offered a friendly amendment to limit discussion to ten minutes which was accepted by Mr. Bridewell. The motion carried unanimously. Informal discussion followed. Mr. Bridewell moved to table this agenda item. The motion carried 37 to 12 with 3 abstentions.

Mr. Mochoruk moved to approve the roster of candidates for degrees for the May 2002 graduation. The roster was approved unanimously with one abstention.

Mr. Mochoruk moved to approve the recommendations from the University Curriculum Committee. The motion carried 44 to 2 with 2 abstentions.

Mr. Lovseth moved to accept the Ad Hoc Faculty Evaluation Form Committee's request to increase the membership to three students and three faculty members and to include the phrase "and implementation policies" in the description of the functions and responsibilities of the Committee. Discussion ensued. Mr. Murphy offered a friendly amendment to require at least one graduate student, which Mr. Lovseth did not accept; therefore, Mr. Murphy moved to amend the motion to require one student member be a graduate student. Discussion continued. The amendment to the motion carried 39 to 7 with 3 abstentions. Discussion on the motion continued. Mr. Fivizzani moved to substitute the word procedure for policy in the motion. Discussion resumed. Mr. Antes moved to call the question and the motion carried 47 to 2 with 1 abstention. Mr. Bridewell requested that the motion be divided into two questions: (1) to increase the membership of the committee to three students, including one graduate student; and (2) to change the first sentence of the functions and responsibilities to "To review the current University faculty evaluation form and implementation procedures and recommend changes." The motion to increase membership was approved 44 to 2 with 2 abstentions. Discussion continued on the second question. The motion carried 29 to 13 with 7 abstentions.

Mr. Geoff Vining, student member and the co-chair of the Student Policy Committee was recognized by the Chairman to address the Senate about the proposed revisions to Section 2 of the Code of Student Life.

Mr. Petros moved to extend the meeting until 5:45 p.m. The motion carried 36 to 12.

Mr. Stofferahn moved to table the revisions for the Code of Student Life until the University general counsel is consulted. Motion carried 41 to 2 with 3 abstentions.

Mr. Bridewell moved to accept the changes to the policies for incomplete and in progress grades and to the grade change policy as submitted by the Admissions and Academic Policies Committee. Discussion ensued.

Mr. Murphy moved to extend the meeting by five minutes. Motion carried 29 to 15 with 3 abstentions and 1 other vote.

Mr. Murphy moved to table the motion. The motion failed 29 to 15 with 1 abstention.

Mr. Frost moved to extend the meeting until 6:00 p.m. Motion carried 33 to 7 with 3 abstentions.

The Chairman called for a vote on the motion. Motion carried. Mr. Davis raised a point of order that the membership was not clear about the motion that was being voted on. Mr. Perry ruled the point of order not well taken and that the vote was valid. Mr. Bartsch offered a point of order that the motion was offered after the adjournment time of 5:50. The Chairman ruled the point of order not accepted. Mr. Smith moved to reconsider the vote on the changes to the policies for incomplete and in progress grades and to the grade change policy. Discussion ensued. The motion to reconsider carried.

The motion to accept the changes to the policies for incomplete and in progress grades and to the grade change policy as submitted by the Admissions and Academic Policies Committee was reconsidered. Discussion ensued. The motion was defeated.

Mr. Murphy presented a letter to Chancellor Isaak from the Senate Intellectual Property Committee and the University Senate concerning the proposed modifications to SBHE 611.2 and 611.3. Mr. Mochoruk moved to approve the letter. The question was called. The motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Nancy Krogh, Secretary