Minutes of the University Senate Meeting

December 2, 2004

 

1.

 

The December meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, 2004 in Room 7, Gamble Hall.  Jim Grijalva presided. 

2.

 

The following members of the Senate were present:

 

Anderson, Christopher

Berne, Jane

Bjerke, Elizabeth

Blackburn, Royce

Braden, Chris

Chen, Tar-Pin

Dever, Adam

Elsinga, Lillian

Erickson, Daniel

Goodwin, Janice

Grijalva, Jim

Heitkamp, Thomasine

Helgeson, Diane

Hikins, James

Hume, Wendelin

Jeno, Sue

Kalbfleisch, Pamela

Kenville, Kimberly

Krogh, Nancy

LaDuke, John

Lane, Jason

LeBel, Paul

Lee, Randy

Lovelace, Kent

Melland, Helen

Miller, Charles

Mochoruk, James

Moen, Janet

Muggli, Darrin

Munski, Doug

Murphy, Eric

Myrick, Matt

Neuerburg, Linda

Nies, Gerry

Patton, Greg

Picklo, Matthew

Pierce, David

Poochigian, Donald

Potvin, Martha

Rankin, Libby

Remfert, Matt

Rex, Janet

Rice, Daniel

Robertson, Charles

Ross, Vicki

Sambor, Christina

Schuetzle, Jordan

Schwartz, Rhonda

Shaeffer, James

Skramstad, Allan

Smart, Kathy

Stanlake, Lowell

Stolt, Wilbur

Thureen, Faythe

Watson, John

White, Daniel 

3.

 

The following members of the Senate were absent:

 

Alfonso, Peter

Benoit, Joseph

Boyd, Robert

Brown, Richard

Cooper, Chris

Crawford, Richard

Dearden, Bruce

DeMers, Judy

Doze, Van

Drewes, Mary

Elbert, Danielle

Elbert, Dennis

El-Dweek, Daniel

Flower, Ann

Foltz, Kenneth

Gallager, Robert

Grant, Emmanuel

Haskins, Robert

Jones, Arthur

Knittel, David

Kupchella, Charles

LaPointe, Jennifer

McBride, Rosanne

Nelson, Susan

Nowacki, Michael

Nutz, Amber

Petros, Tom

Rakow, Lana

Reese, Ty

Smith, Bruce

Williams, Jim

Wilson, H. David

Yurkovich, Eleanor 

4.

 

The following announcements were made:         

 

A.  The chairperson announced that there will be no University Senate meeting in January. Mr. Grijalva announced that the Senate is waiting for an annual report from the Legislative Affairs Committee and that reports from the Academic Policies and Admissions Committee, the ROTC Committee, and the Summer Sessions Committee will be due at the February Senate meeting. 

 

B.  Mr. Grijalva announced that the Council of Deans has developed a faculty sick leave policy that will be brought to the Senate for consideration at the February meeting.  He also announced that the Strategic Planning and University Planning and Budget Committees continue to meet. 

 

C.  The chairperson reported that he had a response to a question brought up at the last Senate meeting about the status of the harassment policy. It has been sent to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights, and the University has not yet heard a response. 

 

D.  Mr. Schuetzle announced that students interested in university governance were visiting today’s meeting and welcomed them.

 

5.

 

The Chair asked for corrections or additions to the November 4, 2004 minutes. There being none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

 

6.

 

The Chair opened the question period at 4:08 p.m.

 

Mr. LaDuke asked why the Senate approved candidates for degrees and what would happen if we objected. Ms. Krogh responded that it was tradition for the Senate, as the University governance body, to approve candidates for degrees even though the deans in each of the schools and colleges are responsible for certifying the completion of all requirements. 

 

Mr. Erickson asked for more information about the sick leave policy being considered by the Dean’s Council. Mr. Grijalva responded that he did not have much more information to provide.

 

The question period closed at 4:15 p.m.

 

7.

 

Mr. Lee moved that the annual reports of the Senate Library Committee and Senate Faculty Instructional Development Committee be received and filed.  The motion was approved unanimously.


8.

 

Ms. Krogh moved to accept the list of candidates for degrees. The Senate discussed. The motion was approved with a vote of 55 in favor and 1 abstaining.

 

9.

 

The report from the Senate Curriculum Committee was considered. The report was approved unanimously.


10.

 

The Senate considered the proposed changes to the intellectual property policy concerning copyright and intellectual property. The chair recognized Brad Myers, chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, and he gave a summary of the Committee’s work and asked for questions.  After discussion, the policies were approved on a vote of 54 in favor and 2 abstaining.

 

11.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

 

Nancy Krogh,

Secretary to the Senate