Minutes of the University Senate Meeting

January 10, 2008

1.

The January meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2008 in Room 7, Gamble Hall. Tom Petros presided.

2.

The following members of the Senate were present:

Anderson, Katherine

Anderson, Suzanne

Axtman, Benjamin

Baker, Mary

Bass, Gail

Benoit, Joseph

Berne, Jane

Boyd, Robert

Bradley, April

Broedel, Hans

Buhr, Jordan

Campbell, Katherine

Cripe, Haylee

Doze, Van

Elbert, Dennis

Elsinga, Lillian

Faruque, Saleh

Ferraro, Richard

Fisher, Jay

Gallager, Robert

Gordon, Gregory

Gourneau, Bonni

Grandstrand, Tyrone

Grant, Emanuel

Haskins, James

Hoffarth, Janice

Hume, Wendelin

Hunter, Susan

Iverson, Joneen

Jackson, Jon

Jackson, Margaret

Jerath, Sukhvarsh

Johnson, Gary

Kaler, Amanda

Kitzes, Adam

Kupchella, Charles

Lawrence, David

LeBel, Paul

Little, Michael

Liu, Rugao

Lothspeich, Jason

Marshall, David

Mayzer, Roni

Melland, Helen

Mertz, Tara

Moen, Jan

Mortinson, Matthew

Murphy, Eric

Petros, Thomas

Poochigian, Donald

Potvin, Martha

Rendahl, Stephen

Reza, Hassan

Rice, Daniel

Richards, Thomas

Rieke, Judy

Rosenberger, Thad

Smith, Bruce

Stolt, Wilbur

Sun, Jeffrey

Watson, John

Weisenstein, Greg

Wettersten, Kara

Widmer, Donovan

Wittgraf, Michael

Wu, Min

3.

The following members of the Senate were absent:

Anderson, Collin

Behrmann, William

Beneda, Nancy

Berwald, Olaf

Covington, Chandice

DeMers, Judy

Drewes, Mary

Ghribi, Othman

Graves, Corey

Halvorson, Isaac

Iiams, Michele

Jeno, Sue

Khavanin, Mohammad

Light, Steven

Mamaghani, Iraj

Myrick, Matthew Nelson, Susan

Perkins, Dexter

Riedy, Joshua

Schnellert, Gary

Schwartz, Rhonda

Tepper, Nadine

Wilson, H. David

4.

The following announcements were made:

1. Mr. Petros shared a handout regarding the campus visits of the Presidential candidates. There are special sessions for interaction with Senate leadership and all Senate members. He also called attention to the public forum sessions and encouraged attendance. There are forms available for feedback.
2. Mr. Petros reported on the request from the December Senate meeting for more detail on how indirect costs are used at UND. He indicated that he is working on the matter with the Budget Office and hopes to have more information at the next meeting.

5.

The chair asked for corrections or additions to the December 6, 2007 minutes. Hearing none, the minutes were approved as distributed.

6.

The question period was opened at 4:16 p.m. There were no questions posed by the Senate membership. The question period closed at 4:17 p.m.

7.

A motion was made by Mr. Haskins, and seconded by Mr. Jackson, to accept the Senate Library Committee annual report. The motion was approved.

8.

Because Ms. Kubeck was not in attendance, the request for a clicker standard was not discussed. Ms. Kubeck will be asked to attend a future meeting.

9.

Mr. Petros presented the request from the Standing Committee on Faculty Rights (SCoFR) to change the wording on the membership. Mr. Marshall, a member of SCoFR, spoke to the requested change. He stated that the Committee wishes to add a line to the membership description indicating that when a faculty member is elected to SCoFR, that person is no longer eligible for the Special Review Committee Pool. The change is requested to eliminate the potential for conflict of interest. Mr. Marshall moved approval of the change, which was seconded by Mr. Haskins. The motion passed with a vote of 56 for and 1 abstention.

10.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Suzanne Anderson

Secretary to the Senate