Minutes of the University Senate Meeting
October 7, 2004

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

The following members of the Senate were present:

Anderson,
Christopher

Benoit, Joseph

Berne, Jane

Bjerke, Elizabeth

Blackburn, Royce

Braden, Chris

Brown, Richard

Cooper, Chris

Crawford, Richard

Dearden, Bruce

DeMers, Judy

Dever, Adam

Doze, Van

Drewes, Mary

Elbert, Danielle

El-Dweek, Daniel

Elsinga, Lillian

Erickson, Daniel

Flower, Ann

Foltz, Kenneth

Gallager, Robert

Goodwin, Janice

Grijalva, Jim

Helgeson, Diane

Hikins, James

Hume, Wendelin

Jeno, Sue

Kalbfleisch, Pamela

Knittel, David

Lee, Randy

Lovelace, Kent

Melland, Helen

Miller, Charles

Mochoruk, James

Moen, Janet

Munski, Doug

Myrick, Matt

Nelson, Susan

Neuerburg, Linda

Nies, Gerry

Nowacki, Michael

Patton, Greg

Petros, Tom

Pierce, David

Poochigian, Donald

Potvin, Martha

Rakow, Lana

Rankin, Libby

Reese, Ty

Remfert, Matt

Rex, Janet

Rice, Daniel

Robertson, Charles

Schuetzle, Jordan

Schwartz, Rhonda

Smart, Kathy

Thureen, Faythe

Watson, John

White, Daniel

Yurkovich, Eleanor

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Alfonso, Peter
Boyd, Robert
Chen, Tar-Pin
Elbert, Dennis
Grant, Emmanuel
Haskins, Robert
Heitkamp, Thomasine
Jones, Arthur
Kenville, Kimberly
Krogh, Nancy
Kupchella, Charles
LaDuke, John
Lane, Jason
LaPointe, Jennifer
LeBel, Paul
McBride, Rosanne
Muggli, Darrin
Murphy, Eric
Nutz, Amber
Picklo, Matthew
Ross, Vicki
Sambor, Christina
Shaeffer, James
Skramstad, Allan
Smith, Bruce
Stanlake, Lowell
Stolt, Wilbur
Williams, Jim
Wilson, H. David

The following announcements were made:

A. Mr. Grijalva announced that Randy Lee will be the Senate parliamentarian this year. He thanked Mr. Lee and thanked John Bridewell for assuming this role last year.

B. Mr. Grijalva announced that he will be in Washington, DC during the November Senate meeting and, in his absence, vice chair/chair-elect Jeno will preside over that meeting.

C. Mr. Grijalva announced that he and Ms. Jeno intend to continue the practice of attending the Council of Deans and the University Planning and Budget Committee meetings respectively. Instead of attending both bi-weekly meetings of the Council of Deans, which are divided into one information exchange meeting and one working meeting, Mr. Grijalva will be attending only the information exchange meetings per month.

Based on his attendance at two Dean's Council meetings thus far, Mr. Grijalva identified two items as being matters of interest to the Senate: 1) the University's ongoing efforts to implement effective assessment of student learning; and 2) President Kupchella's directive to the Council of Deans to "undertake a complete review of our current array of program offerings and, in cooperation with certain other people on the University team, assess the need for the development of new programs and the repackaging of some existing programs."

D. Mr. Grijalva reported that the two items passed at the September 2, 2004 Senate meeting that required the President's approval were approved.

E. Mr. Grijalva updated the senators on the Senate committee annual reports that are still outstanding from last year and this year. He requested that senators who are members of these committees work to help get the past due reports submitted.

Mr. Grijalva also reported that John Bridewell, chair of the 2003-04 Senate University Assessment Committee, requested that the misspelling of committee member Renee Mabey's name be corrected in the archival copy of the Committee's annual report.

F. Ms. Thureen announced that the Norway Seminar for professors of Norwegian in North America, sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be held on campus October 21-23, 2004. She also announced that well-known singer Lillebjorn Nilsen from Oslo, Norway will be giving a free concert on October 22 as a gift to UND and the community for hosting the seminar.

G. Mr. Schuetzle reported that Emanuel Grant, from the Department of Computer Science, has been appointed as the faculty representative on the UND Student Activities Committee.

H. Mr. Petros asked the senators to join him in wishing Mr. Poochigian a happy birthday.

I. Ms. Neuerberg, Staff Senate President, announced that both gubernatorial candidates have been invited to be present at their next meeting on October 12 in the Lecture Bowl. The senators were invited to attend.

5.

The Chair asked for corrections or additions to the September 2, 2004 minutes. There being none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

6.

The Chair opened the question period at 4:25 p.m.

A. Ms. Rankin asked if someone from the Provost search committee could update the senators on the search. Mr. Mochoruk reported that 26 applications have been received. He stated that all expected applications have not been received yet, but the Search Committee will begin reviewing files on October 15, if not sooner. Mr. Lee asked if a consultant is being used and Mr. Mochoruk stated that a consultant was not being used.

B. Mr. Lee asked Mr. Grijalva about the Dean's Council meeting protocol regarding the Senate chair's attendance at those meetings. He asked if Mr. Grijalva was being asked to not attend the working meetings. Mr. Grijalva responded that he is attending the meetings that he is being invited to and he has not requested to attend meetings he has not been invited to. Mr. Grijalva expressed his confidence that the Dean's Council will include the Senate on any meetings regarding issues the Senate would be involved in. Ms. Potvin added that the change in meeting protocol is a result of change in administration and an attempt to give the deans more time to work on pressing issues such as the strategic plan.

The question period ended at 4:32 p.m.

Mr. Lee moved that the annual reports of the Senate Committee on Committees and the Senate University Assessment Committee be received and filed. The motion was approved unanimously.

Mr. Mochoruk moved to accept the report from the Senate Curriculum Committee. The motion was approved unanimously.

Mr. Petros, on behalf of the Council of College Faculties, introduced two proposed changes to State Board of Higher Education Policies: 1) Policy 305.1, Governance and Organization, College and University Presidents' Authority and Responsibilities; and 2) Policy 605.3, Personnel, Non-renewal, Termination or Dismissal of Faculty. The Senate discussed.

Regarding Policy 305.1, Mr. Poochigian and Ms. Rakow questioned the new language in item 3a. Ms. Rex stated that it appeared that the new language was designed to soften or eliminate any negative language. Mr. Petros invited all senators to email him with questions, comments or suggestions they would like considered at the next Council of College Faculties meeting. These comments will then be forwarded to the Senate Executive Committee for a future Senate agenda. Mr. Petros added that a Senate listserv will be available soon.

Regarding Policy 605.3, Mr. Lee stated that the Standing Committee on Faculty Rights adopted a set of procedures for doing reviews of this policy. Mr. Grijalva thanked Mr. Petros for bringing these proposed policy changes to the attention of the Senate.

10.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:53 p.m.

Lori Hofland, for Nancy Krogh
Secretary to the Senate