Minutes of the University Senate Meeting

Berne, Jane

Bjerke, Elizabeth

Blackburn, Royce

Braden, Chris

Crawford, Richard

Dearden, Bruce

DeMers, Judy

Dever, Adam

Doze, Van

Drewes, Mary

Elbert, Dennis

Erickson, Daniel

Flower, Ann

Foltz, Kenneth

Grant, Emmanuel

Grijalva, Jim

Haskins, Robert

Heitkamp, Thomasine

Hikins, James

Hume, Wendelin

Jeno, Sue

Jones, Arthur

Knittel, David

Krogh, Nancy

LaDuke, John

Lane, Jason

Lovelace, Kent

Melland, Helen

Miller, Charles

Mochoruk, James

Moen, Janet

Murphy, Eric

Myrick, Matt

Nelson, Susan

Neuerburg, Linda

Nies, Gerry

Nutz, Amber

Patton, Greg

Petros, Tom

Poochigian, Donald

Potvin, Martha

Rakow, Lana

Rankin, Libby

Rex, Janet

Rice, Daniel

Ross, Vicki

Schuetzle, Jordan

Shaeffer, James

Skramstad, Allan

Smart, Kathy

Stanlake, Lowell

Thureen, Faythe

Watson, John

Yurkovich, Eleanor

Alfonso, Peter

Anderson, Christopher

Benoit, Joseph

Boyd, Robert

Brown, Richard

Chen, Tar-Pin

Cooper, Chris

Elbert, Danielle

El-Dweek, Daniel

Elsinga, Lillian

Gallager, Robert

Goodwin, Janice

Helgeson, Diane

Kalbfleisch, Pamela

Kenville, Kimberly

Kupchella, Charles

LaPointe, Jennifer

LeBel, Paul

McBride, Rosanne

Muggli, Darrin

Munski, Doug

Nowacki, Michael

Picklo, Matthew

Pierce, David

Reese, Ty

Remfert, Matt

Robertson, Charles

Sambor, Christina

Schwartz, Rhonda

Smith, Bruce

Stolt, Wilbur

White, Daniel

Williams, Jim

Wilson, H. David

The following announcements were made:

A. Ms. Jeno announced the passing of Senator Randy Lee and the Senate observed a moment of silence in remembrance.

B. The ad hoc harassment committee has reconvened and reviewed the revised draft harassment policy. The committee expects to forward the policy to the Senate at the April meeting.

C. The President has implemented an interim policy to exempt applicants for fall 2006 from the ACT writing component. The matter has been forwarded to the Senate Admissions and Academic Policies Committee to recommend a permanent policy.

D. There will be three forums regarding the Strategic Plan. The forum sponsored by the Senate will be held on Wednesday, March 30, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Swanson Hall, Rooms 16-18.

E. The Provost Search Committee has completed its work and forwarded its recommendations to the President. The Committee found all four of the candidates acceptable, although one of the candidates, Kathleen Long, withdrew from the pool.

F. Mr. Schuetzle announced that the “Big Event” will be held at UND on April 16. This event is designed to promote and conduct service projects for the community. More information is available on the student government website.

The Vice Chair asked for corrections or additions to the February 3, 2005 minutes. There being none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

The Vice Chair opened the question period at 4:14 p.m.

Mr. Mochoruk noted that the Grand Forks Herald reported that Phil Harmeson is responsible for the UND response to the NCAA regarding the athletic logo, and that surveys will be used in responding. He asked if there was a role for Senate or a role for faculty in this report. He also asked if the University had lost any funding sources because of our logo. Mr. Petros responded that when the controversy first started they did surveys of faculty, staff, and students, and he made a guess that these surveys were being used in the response. Ms. Potvin reported that the issue has not been discussed at President’s Cabinet and that it has not been discussed at the American Indian Program Council. Ms. Jeno announced that she has been asked to serve as interim faculty athletic representative and she would be willing to share the report when she sees it. Mr. Jones also asked what role the Senate might play in this issue. Mr. Crawford pointed out that the Senate was on record as opposing the logo, and Ms. Heitkamp added that the Senate has opposed the logo twice. Ms. Yurkovich asked how current the surveys were, and Mr. Petros responded they were about four years old. Mr. Murphy stated he thought the Senate should weigh in on the report as the representative body of the University. Mr. Hikins asked if the former resolutions could be provided to the Senate. Mr. Petros suggested getting the resolutions from the Senate minutes and distributing them on the listserv. Ms. Krogh said she would do so.

Mr. Murphy asked why we had only 14 days to pay a parking ticket before it doubles. Mr. Hikins added that he saw a student who had nine tickets and the ticket was $50. Mr. Schuetzle answered that it went from seven to fourteen days last year because this was negotiated by the parking committee. Mr. Petros suggested Mr. Gallager could address this question at the next meeting.

The question period closed at 4:28 p.m.

Mr. Mochoruk moved that the annual reports of the Senate Student Academic Standards Committee, the Senate Administrative Procedures Committee and the Senate Intellectual Property Committee be received and filed. The motion was approved unanimously.

The report from the Senate Curriculum Committee was considered. The following corrections were noted from the report distributed with the agenda and at the meeting:

New Courses

ART 273, Graphic Design Foundations, 3 crs

ME 101, Intro. to Mechanical Engineering, 3 crs

RLS 421, Research and Evaluation Methods, 3 crs

Course Change Requests

AtSc 251 Advanced Weather Modification – change in course, change in description

Change in Program Requirements Requests

Aviation Management major – delete Avit 308, ISYS 217 and Math 104 from requirements; add Avit 208; ISys 117, ISys 317 and Math 103 to requirements

Aviation Management Minor – delete Avit 308 from requirements and add Avit 208 to requirements

B.M. in Music Education – updating music education program to accommodate increasing specificity of state and federal requirements

Ms. Heitkamp moved to accept the Curriculum Committee report as corrected. The motion was approved unanimously.

Mr. Erickson presented the slate of candidates for election to Senate Committees on behalf of the Committee on Committees. Ms. Jeno asked for additional nominations from the floor. Mr. Rice nominated Jason Lane to the ballot for the Legislative Affairs committee. Mr. Erickson noted that D. Erickson (A&S) should be listed as a candidate for the Legislative Affairs committee, not as a continuing member. There being no more nominations, the Senators marked their ballots. The results will be tabulated by the secretary for approval at the April Senate meeting.

10.

Mr. Rice moved to memorialize Randy Hale Lee for his distinguished service to this body, for his eloquent advocacy for a strong and effective system of University governance, and for the high esteem in which he was held by his students and colleagues. The motion was approved unanimously.

11.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:47 p.m.

Nancy Krogh,

Secretary to the Senate