The October meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2001, in Room 7, Gamble Hall. David Perry presided.

The following members of the Senate were present:

Adams, Ross

Antes, James

Askim, Mary

Bagheri, Fathollah

Bartsch, Brent

Benoit, Joseph

Boyd, Robert

Bridewll, John

Brown, Matt

Cleveland, Mike

Davis, Jeremy

Dokken, Seth

Drewes, Mary

Ebertowski, Mary

Elbert, Dennis

Elsinga, Lillian

Ettling, John

Fivizzani, Albert

Greff, Jason

Grijalva, James

Hanhan, Sara

Hanson, Brent

Heitkamp, Thomasine

Hoffmann, Mark

Hunter, Susan

Jenniges, Sharleen

Johnson, Arnold

Juntunen, Cindy

Kenville, Kimberly

Kweit, Mary

Lang, Gretchen

Lieberman, Victor

Lindseth, Glenda

Mabey, Renee

Mann, Michael

McBride, Rosanne

Mochoruk, Jim

Munski, Douglas

Nichols, Eliabeth

Perry, David

Petros, Thomas

Poochigian, Donald

Porter, Kimberly

Potvin, Martha

Rakow, Lana

Romero, Alan

Schwartz, Rhonda

Skramstad, Allan

Smith, Bruce

Steen, Tom

Stolt, Wilbur

Thompson, Myra

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Brandt, Jerel

Frost, Chris

Gagnon, Gregory

Gallager, Robert

Hikins, James

Jackson, Jon

Jeno, Susan

Juffer, Brad

Krogh, Nancy

Kupchella, Charles

Meyer, Betsy

Murphy, Eric

Rice, Daniel

Schneider, Mac

Shaeffer, James

Smart, Kathy

Stofferahn, Curtis

Thureen, Faythe

Tiffany, Mark

Todhunter, Paul

Wilson, H. David

The following announcements were made:

A. Provost Ettling introduced new deans John Watson, School of Engineering and Mines, and Joseph Benoit, Graduate School.

B. Mr. Perry announced that Mary Kweit and John Bridewell will act as co-parliamentarians for the 2001-02 University Senate.

C. Mr. Grijalva, faculty advisor to the State Board of Higher Education, reported on new policies that will be acted on by the Board. He announced a special Board meeting to be held on October 8, 2001 to address the principles of the Long-Term Finance Plan.

D. Mr. Petros, Council of College Faculty representative, reported on the Council of College Faculty conference held at UND in September.

E. Mr. Perry announced the committee appointments made by the Committee on Committees since the University Senate meeting in May, 2001.

• Mr. Grijalva reported that Chancellor Isaak has appointed an Intellectual Property Policy Development Committee to address items such as patents and copyrights for courseware and on-line courses. Mr. Ettling provided a committee time line for reporting, and stated that the committee will ask the Senate for input before providing a progress report to the Board at their November meeting.

 
• Mr. Perry suggested that additional time be taken by the Senate in the form of more meetings in order to provide input on the issues Mr. Grijalva brought up.

The Chair asked for corrections or additions to the September 6, 2001 minutes. It was noted that Mary Kweit was incorrectly listed as absent at the meeting. Mr. Mochoruk moved and Mr. Skramstad seconded to approve the minutes as corrected. The motion was approved unanimously.

The Chair opened the question period at 4:35 p.m. There were no questions.

Mr. Perry introduced Linda Hurst Torgerson, who presented a report on behalf of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Students' Involvement in Faculty Evaluations. This report was written in response to the Senate's request to review UND procedures and the process for student involvement in faculty evaluation and contained the Committee's recommendations. The report was accepted and filed. The Business Calendar was amended to include an action item derived from the Committee report on the Consent Calendar.

Mr. Perry reported on the progress of the Faculty Research Seed Money Project, and stated that a total of 48 applications were received by the deadline. On behalf of the Senate Executive Committee and the UND faculty, Mr. Perry introduced a University Senate resolution (attached), which conveys gratitude and recognition to the Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Research Seed Money for all their efforts. Mr. Poochigian moved and Ms. Potvin seconded to accept the resolution. The resolution was accepted unanimously.

Mr. Petros moved to accept the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Students' Involvement in Faculty Evaluations and to form an ad hoc committee to revise the faculty evaluation form with a request for funds to hire an advisor/expert to review the literature on the subject and advise the committee. Ms. Hanhan stated that there is summarizing literature on the topic and suggested that committee members could review the literature. She also recommended that someone from the General Education Requirements Committee be on the ad hoc committee. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
 
 
 

Respectfully submitted by Philip Parnell

on behalf of Nancy Krogh, Secretary to the Senate