I. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order in Ballroom C of the Student Center at 3:10 P.M.

II. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Richard Stalling was the parliamentarian for the meeting, filling-in for Conley Stutz.

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Nina Collins moved approval of the minutes and Fred Tayyari seconded the motion. The motion passed with a typing error change made on page 5, line one under IX. Other Business, "dissappointed" to "disappointed."

IV. CALL FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO AGENDA

No items were added to the agenda.

V. REPORTS FROM ADMINISTRATORS

A. President Brazil announced a progress report would be coming next month from Robert Viets regarding the Presidential Search Committee. President Brazil has had several inquiries from university presidents regarding the position. The Board of Trustees announced Gary Anna as the Interim-President. He shared with the senators that he had met with the Executive Committee members of the University Senate to obtain faculty input into the recommendations he made to the Board of Trustees regarding the temporary appointment.

The Board of Trustees elected two new members: Ray LaHood and David Ransburg. The Board gave preliminary approval to a bonding process which would permit the University to do facilities work on Olin and other major academic buildings. Also Bradley University will be the owners of the St. James Place project.

The Board approved a 4.8% increase in tuition. Although above the c.p.i. it is below the national average for tuition increases. The funds which Bradley receives from IBHE are not affected by changes which IBHE is making.

B. Provost Liberty announced that the internal review of the new initiative proposals would be completed by March 26. Twenty-eight external reviewers will review the 32 proposals. The proposals are quite diverse and required more than a panel.

The application for the Burgess award for interdepartmental cooperation will be sent to all Departments with an October 4, 1999 deadline.

Jerry Hahn will be Chairing the Search Committee to replace Suzanne Anderson, the University Registrar, who will be going to Northwestern University.

VI. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES

A. CURRICULUM AND REGULATIONS

1. Subcommittee on Curriculum - James Hansen moved approval of the major modification of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art. Richard Stallings seconded the motion. The motion passed.

B.J. Lawrence moved approval of the Communication major, Photography concentration modification. Richard Stallings seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Suzanne Anderson moved approval of the BA, BS degrees in Studio Art and the BA Degree in Art History. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.

2. General Education Subcommittee - Joan Sattler moved approval of FCS 300, Consumer Issues in America as a Social Force of General Education. Alan Galsky seconded the motion. The motion passed.

B. COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS

Robert Wolffe announced the election of Sandra Perry as Handbook Editor.

VII. OLD BUSINESS

Claire Etaugh moved the adoption of the wording change related to the load reduction for the President of the University Senate. Lori Russell seconded the motion. The motion passed. It is understood that the Provost's Office will provide budgetary support for the position, however, not proportional to the salary of the person in the position.

VIII. NEW BUSINESS

Chapter 5 of the University Faculty Handbook. Kurt Field reviewed for the Senators that the process used for Chapter 5 is Process III. The contents of Chapter 5 were to include everything listed in the Table of Contents in the version of the Handbook at that time. The Executive Committee was to review in concert with the Provost. The Executive Committee and the Provost were to seek input from the various unit heads and their appropriate advisory committees. That has been completed. In keeping with Process III, the revision is being brought to the Senate for information purposes.

The following comments were made and further consideration will be given to each: 1. Sam Fan pointed out that under H. there was an award given which he had not recalled being given since his employment. The Burlington award is now the Catepillar New Faculty Award. Also under sponsored programs he suggested that sponsored programs was not an appropriate way to identify the unit. The unit should be called the Office of Sponsored Programs because sponsored programs, alone, is what is administered. 2. Pongracz Sennyey stated a concern that due to the mobility of the URL's, which were in the material related to the library, that perhaps they should not be included. Kurt Field indicated that making changes would be easier since the changes could be made by the Handbook Editor and the Handbook was on-line rather than hardcopy. 3. Bernie Goitein was concerned about who would be approving the grants as the committees no longer approve but review them. He would like to see more emphasis placed on the information given by the Chair of a Department and Dean of a College. John Yost, Associate Provost of Research and Dean of the Graduate School, stated that the person in that position should make the final decision. Claire Etaugh expressed that there should be further clarification of who approves. Kurt Field indicated that clarification of these issues will be brought to the April meeting. 4. Sam Fan wanted to see wording change so that the OTEFD committees did not need to review external grants. Lori Russell also requested the process for seeing that these concerns were addressed. Kurt Field indicated that we would use the Process III to do so.

Susan Brill suggested that there be a review to make changes in the voice used for consistency throughout the Chapter.

IX. OTHER BUSINESS

NCA accreditation update was given by Claire Etaugh. She indicated that a survey will be sent to Chairs and Program Directors regarding student experiences with community, external to the University and the interdisciplinary experiences they have.

Kurt Field will be sending a reminder to Senators regarding the date of upcoming meetings. Susan Brill requested that the appropriate e-mail addresses be used. Kurt Field will check with the appropriate individual to clarify the e-mail addresses.

X. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 3:51 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Jo Mays, Secretary

Bradley University Senate