Minutes of the University Senate Meeting

March 1, 2007

1.

The March meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Room 7, Gamble Hall. Douglas Munski presided.

2.

The following members of the Senate were present:

Anderson, Cindy

Bass, Gail

Benoit, Joseph

Boyd, Robert

Campbell, Katherine

Covington, Chandice

Cripe, Haylee

Dewar, Graeme

Elbert, Dennis

Elsinga, Lillian

Erickson, Daniel

Fisher, Jay

Flom-Meland, Cynthia

Folkestad, Sara

Gosnold, Will

Hilliard, Nathaniel

Iiams, Michele

Iverson, Joneen

Jeno, Sue

Jerath, Sukhvarsh

Johnson, Gary

Koeser, Brandon

Kupchella, Charles

Lawrence, David

Light, Steven

Little, Michael

Marasinghe, Kanishka

Martindale, Nathan

Mayzer, Roni

Moen, Jan

Munski, Douglas

Owens, Sarah

Perry, David

Petros, Thomas

Poochigian, Donald

Potvin, Martha

Rakow, Lana

Rice, Daniel

Robertson, Charles

Seddoh, Samuel

Smith, Bruce

Stofferahn, Curtis

Stolt, Wilbur

Venhuizen, Brett

Weisenstein, Greg

Wittgraf, Michael

Yurkovich, Eleanor

3.

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Anderson, Suzanne

Baker, Mary

Behrmann, William

Berne, Jane

Bradley, April

Buhr, Jordan

Drewes, Mary

Faruque, Saleh

Ferraro, Richard

Gallager, Robert

Haskins, James

Heitkamp, Thomasine

Hume, Wendelin

Jackson, Jon

Jackson, Margaret

Jacobson, Rachelle

Johnson, Stefan

Kelsch, Steven

Kitzes, Adam

Lane, Jason

LaVenture, Andrew

LeBel, Paul

Lothspeich, Jason

Mahar, Patricia

Mamaghani, Iraj

Murphy, Eric

Myers, Bradley

Nowacki, Michael

Olsen, Glenn

Perkins, Dexter

Picklo, Matthew

Rendahl, Stephen

Rex, Janet

Rieke, Judy

Rosenberger, Thad

Schnellert, Gary

Smart, Kathy

Streibel, Kent

Watson, John

Williams, Jim

Wilson, H. David

4.

The following announcements were made:

a. Student representatives, Aaron Flynn and Lisa Persuitti, gave a presentation on the Big Event, a community volunteer project to be held on April 14. They encouraged faculty and staff participation.

b. Mr. Munski announced that a reception will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the River Valley Room of the Memorial Union for Cary Nelson, the President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) on March 20, 2007. At 3:30 p.m. Mr. Nelson will speak about the current condition of higher education and the state of the professoriate. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Educational Leadership and the Office of Instructional Development.

c. Mr. Munski announced that the N.D. Women’s Health Research Conference will be held on April 23, 2007 at the Wellness Center.

d. Mr. Benoit announced that the recent Graduate Forum was a great success.

e. Mr. Munski encouraged the senators to attend the brand audit update presentation in April.

f. Ms. Jeno, NCAA faculty representative, gave an update on athletic activity.

g. Mr. Stofferahn and Mr. Poochigian, CCF representatives, gave an update on legislative bills, their voting outcomes, and the resulting impact on UND. They encouraged everyone to contact senators regarding the 5% and 5% faculty salary increase.

h. President Kupchella gave an update on his report to the legislature. He explained UND’s current fiscal position relative to benchmark institutions; UND is at 50% funding relative to our peer institutions. President Kupchella reported that we do very well compared to other institutions with twice the amount of funding, but he also stated that we are relying heavily on tuition increases as a result.

5.

The Chair asked for corrections or additions to the February 1, 2007 minutes. Hearing none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

6.

The question period was opened at 4:47 p.m.

President Kupchella answered questions pertaining to the presentation on his report to the legislature.

Mr. Boyd announced that Mr. Munski has been awarded the National Faculty Service Award, and will receive that award in April in Vancouver, B.C.

The question period closed at 5:01 p.m.

7.

Mr. Robertson moved to accept and file the annual reports of the Student Academic Standards Committee, Administrative Procedures Committee, and Academic Policies and Admissions Committee. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

8.

Ms. C. Anderson, on behalf of the Committee on Committees, presented the committee’s nominations for Senate committees. Committee membership was reviewed for accuracy and nominations were taken from the floor. A motion was made to accept the nominations. The motion was seconded and passed with a vote of 45 in favor and 1 abstention.

9.

A motion was made to accept the Curriculum Committee report and addendum distributed at the meeting. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

10.

Mr. Petros presented a resolution for Senate support of the 5% faculty raise each year of the biennium and to maintain full funding of the health insurance. Discussion ensued and many revisions were suggested. Mr. Martindale requested that student input be considered before the resolution is passed.

11.

Mr. Hilliard made a motion to extend the meeting to 5:45 p.m. The motion was seconded, but did not pass for lack of quorum.

12.

Mr. Boyd stated that the Senate Executive Committee has the authorization to meet on behalf of the Senate; therefore, the SEC will meet with student senators to revise and forward the resolution.

13.

The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.

Lori Hofland for Suzanne Anderson

Secretary to the Senate