I. CALL TO ORDER

The sixth regular meeting of the 1998-99 University Senate was called to order by Kurt Field in the Marty Theater of the Student Center at 3:10 P.M.

II. ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Kurt Field reminded the Senators that Gary Anna would address the Financial State of the University, following the Senate meeting.

2. The search for a new president has begun. Robert Viets is Chairing the Search Committee. Kurt Field, Sandra Perry, and David Vroman are the faculty representatives.

3. All Senate actions taken in the Fall which needed approval by the President, have received approval. That includes all of the program changes and additions, the mid-term grade policy, and the proposal on majors, minors and concentrations.

4. Nominations for the Handbook Editor are due February 19. Nominations are still needed.

5. The Senate Executive Committee has received and reviewed materials that will be included in unit V of the Faculty Handbook. The comments from the review are being sent to the Provost. The intent is to bring Chapter V to the Senate at the March meeting and to have a vote at the April meeting.

6. The University Senate and Student Senate Joint Committee on Tobacco has been reconstituted. Professors Thorson, Kroll, and Meyer have agreed to serve, again.

7. For this semester, Steven Heineman has been appointed to temporarily replace Kurt Field, who has a class at the time the Committee meets.

8. The Senate Executive Committee was asked in December to look into the use of the word "Brave" as the athletic nickname. The Executive Committee chose, unanimously, not to address the issue as it was outside the Committee's constitutional charge.

9. The next University Senate meeting is March 11 since Spring Break occurs during the third week of the month.

10. There was an error in the minutes, which were in the packet of materials received by the senators. Thus Kurt Field placed copies of the correct set of minutes on the sign-in table.

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Suzanne Anderson moved approval of the minutes. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. Sam Fan corrected the wording in VI. B. paragraph 2, last line by changing the word "students" to the word "children." The minutes were approved as corrected.

IV. CALL FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO AGENDA

No items were added.

 V. REPORTS FROM ADMINISTRATORS

A. President Brazil stated that Ellen Foster, Chairman of the Board of Trustees would be serving on the Search Committee for the President as an ex officio, non-voting member. President Brazil also reported on the Higher Education Act for which the rules and regulations are now being developed.

The Board of Trustees will meet in March. He anticipates that they will be naming an Interim-President .

B. Provost Liberty announced that there is an oral agreement with Richard Johnson, Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State University for the position of Dean of Engineering and Technology.

There will be NCA updates in the Summary publication on campus.

The Strategic Planning Committee is reviewing 32 RFP proposals. They should be completed with the reviews by March 26. The external panels have not been finalized.

Enrollment management has set a new record on applications. One goal is to be able to manage enrollment. Currently there is a waitlist for some majors.

VI. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES

A. Curriculum and Regulations

1. Subcommittee on Curriculum and Regulations brought forward several items for action.

Claire Etaugh moved approval of course addition IME 305, Engineering Economy II, 3 sh. Fred Tayyari seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Fred Tayyari moved approval of course modification IME 386, Industrial and Managerial Engineering, 3 sh. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Joan Sattler moved approval of the Major Program Modification for Social Studies - Secondary Education. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Joan Sattler moved approval of Major Program Modification for Special Education LD/MHT. Fred Tayyari seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Robert Wolffe moved approval of the Major Program Modification for Special Education LD/EDT. Joan Sattler seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Claire Etaugh moved approval of the Major Program Modification in History. Larry Aspin seconded the motion. The motion passed.

James Lumkin moved approval to delete the concentration in Organization Administration. John Yost seconded the motion. The motion passed.

2. General Education Subcommittee has recommended the term "basic skills" which has applied to English Composition, Mathematics and Speech be eliminated. This would permit the mathematics department to add courses to those which would fulfill the general eduation requirement. Larry Aspin moved approval of the change. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.

B. The report from the Committee on Sabbatical Leave was accepted.

VII. OLD BUSINESS

VIII. NEW BUSINESS

A. Nina Collins moved approval of Daniel Getz on the General Education Committee, replacing Derek Montgomery, who is on sabbatical leave. Suzanne Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed.

B. Laurence Weinzimmer was appointed by President Brazil to the Strategic Planning Committee, replacing Charles Stoner.

Shyam Bhandari moved approval of Conley Stutz on the Strategic Planning Committee replacing Kelly McConnaughay, who is on sabbatical leave. Sandra Perry seconded the motion. The motion passed.

C. A proposal to provide the University Senate President with a teaching load reduction was presented for information at this meeting. The proposal specifies that funds needed to hire a part-time replacement would be provided by the Provost. There will be a vote at the next meeting.

IX. OTHER BUSINESS

Zeev Gorin addressed two issues. First, he was dissapointed that the Executive Committee did not choose to address the use of the term Braves to be under the purview of the Executive Committee. A second concern was the number of the faculty on the Search Committee for the President.

Kurt Field stated the composition of the Search Committee was in compliance with the formula in the Faculty Handbook. As related to the use of the term Braves, a Senator might choose to bring the issue back to the Senate floor. However, it was not within the Constitutional charge to the Executive Committee of the University Senate.

Zeev Gorin also stated that the University has several committees which appear they are not to be involved in the governance process.

Claire Etaugh stated the special emphases were broken down into three items. They are referred to as the three "C's." The first is Creative and Critical Thinking. The second is Communications. The third is Connectivity. The first committee will identify subcomponents of Connectivity and how to assess it.

President Brazil suggested the wording for part-time assistance to replace the change in load for the University Senate President be worded more clearly.

X. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 3:52 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Jo Mays, Secretary

Bradley University Senate