Minutes of the University Senate Meeting

April 6, 2006

1.

The April meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2006 in Room 7, Gamble Hall. Sue Jeno presided.

2.

The following members of the Senate were present:

Anderson, Cindy

Benoit, Joseph

Benoit, Virgil

Berne, Jane

Blackburn, Royce

Braden, Chris

Campbell, Katherine

Dewar, Graeme

Drewes, Mary

Elbert, Dennis

Flom-Meland, Cynthia

Flynn, Aaron

Goenner, Cullen

Goodwin, Janice

Haskins, Robert

Herrick, Ryan

Hilliard, Nathaniel

Jackson, Margaret

Jeno, Sue

Jerath, Sukhvarsh

Kim, Ju Hyo

La Duke, John

Little, Michael

Lovelace, Kent

Mamaghani, Iraj

Martindale, Nathan

Mayzer, Roni

Mochoruk, James

Moen, Janet

Mullegama, Saman

Munski, Doug

Nies, Gerry

Nowacki, Michael

Olsen, Glenn

Perry, David

Picklo, Matthew

Potvin, Martha

Remfert, Matt

Rex, Janet

Robertson, Charles

Rosenberger, Thad

Routon, Claudia

Schnellert, Gary

Smart, Kathy

Stolt, Wilbur

Watson, John

Widmer, Donovan Williams, Carmen

Williams, Jim

3.

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Alfonso, Peter

Anderson, Christopher

Boyd, Robert

Bradley, April

Christopherson, Joel

Covington, Chandice

Cripe, Haylee

DeMers, Judy

Doze, Van

Ellis, Rick

Elsinga, Lillian

Fivizzani, Al

Gallager, Robert

Gosnold, Will

Grant, Emmanuel

Hans, Birgit

Jackson, Jon

Kupchella, Charles

Lane, Jason

LaVenture, Andrew

LeBel, Paul

Mahar, Patricia

McBride, Rosanne

Myers, Bradley

Obma, Robert

Petros, Tom

Rice, Daniel

Sadeh, Eligar

Schumacher, Peter

Schwartz, Rhonda

Semke, William

Skramstad, Allan

Smith, Bruce

Streibel, Kent

Weisenstein, Greg

Wettersten, Kara

Wilson, H. David

Wu, Min

Yurkovich, Eleanor

4.

The following announcements were made:

A. Ms. Jeno announced that the non-renewal notice, S-U grading, and double

major/double degree policies passed at the March meeting were approved by the President.

B. Ms. Jeno announced that President Kupchella has asked for an extra 30 days

to review the Conflict of Interest Policy passed at the March meeting to ensure consideration from all groups that report directly to him.

C. Ms. Jeno announced that the Assessment Plan is on the web and the committee would like campus feedback before they submit their report to the Senate for the May meeting.

D. Ms. Jeno announced that the President has signed the Standard Practice 240 Policy regarding surveillance equipment.

E. Ms. Jeno announced that the Campus Climate and NCAA Task Force surveys are being conducted on campus and encouraged faculty to take the time to complete them.

F. Ms. Jeno announced that the Promotion and Tenure Review Committee is a new campus-wide committee that will report to the Provost. It will be comprised of tenured/senior faculty voted from each College, two department chairs, one dean, legal counsel and other personnel as needed. The goal of the committee is to review departmental promotion and tenure guidelines to ensure guidelines exist in each department and that there is reference to each of the three areas of review: teaching, scholarly activity, and service.

G. Ms. Jeno announced that there will be a two-year pilot program beginning this summer to evaluate a funding model for summer session. More information will follow as it becomes available.

H. Ms. Jeno reported that she and Mr. Munski met with President Kupchella regarding the spring semester University Council meeting, which will be held sometime early in May. She also reported that the State Board of Higher Education will be voting on raises today and information from that meeting will be forthcoming.

I. Dorette Kerian gave a brief presentation on the Northern Tier Broadbanding Proposal. She requested that if anyone had questions, input, comments, or would like more information, that they direct them to her in an email.

5.

The Chair asked for corrections or additions to the March 2, 2006 minutes. Hearing none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

6.

The question period was opened and closed at 4:32 p.m.

7.

Mr. Mochoruk moved to accept the annual report of the Senate Conflict of Interest/Scientific Misconduct Committee. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

8.

Ms. Jeno, on behalf of the Committee on Committees, presented the slate of candidates for election to Senate committees. It was announced that Julie Kroll is leaving the University and will need to be taken off the ballot. The next highest vote getter will be appointed to complete her terms on the Curriculum and Honors committees. Mr. Mochoruk moved to accept the nominations with the corrections. The motion was seconded and passed with a vote of 50 in favor and 1 abstention.

9.

The Curriculum Committee report was reviewed. It was noted that the new CSD course, Language Development Laboratory, did not have a course number listed. The report will be corrected to reflect the course number. Mr. Robertson moved to accept the report with the course number correction. The motion was seconded and passed with a vote of 47 in favor and 2 abstentions.

10.

Mr. Rand, Chair of the Senate Academic Policies and Admissions Committee, presented a proposed change to the provisional admit policy and gave some background information on the change. A motion was made to approve the change. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

11.

Mr. Rand, Chair of the Senate Academic Policies and Admissions Committee, presented a proposed change to the honors policy. He gave background information and answered questions. Mr. Jerath moved to approve the change with an implementation date after May 2010. The motion was seconded and defeated on a vote of 9 in favor and 40 against.

Mr. Munski moved to approve the policy as originally submitted with an implementation date of December, 2007. The motion was seconded and passed with a vote of 36 in favor, 9 against and 1 abstention.

12.

Mr. Rand, Chair of the Senate Academic Policies and Admissions Committee, presented a proposed change to the Attendance policy. He gave background information and answered questions. Mr. Jerath moved to retain the sentence regarding students being made aware of the policy during the first class of the semester. The motion was seconded and defeated on a vote of 8 in favor, 34 against and 3 abstentions. The Senate continued discussion.

13.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:22 p.m. due to the lack of a quorum.

Carmen Williams,

Secretary to the Senate