1. CALL TO ORDER

   The meeting was called to order at 3:15 P.M. in the Student Center Ballroom.

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

   Sandra Perry announced that David Quigg had been re-elected as faculty ombudsman for a two-year term. Sandra Perry also announced the Parliamentarian, Neal Claussen, ruled that although the March meeting and the April meeting ended without a quorum present and they were not officially adjourned, that we are now in the May meeting and we can continue business in the order as indicated in the agenda.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

   John Francis moved to approve the minutes. Fred Tayyari seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.

4. CALL FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO AGENDA

   No items were added to the agenda.

5. REPORTS FROM ADMINISTRATORS
   1. President Brazil was unable to be present. No report was given.
   2. Provost Liberty was present. No report was given.
      
6. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
   1. Curriculum and Regulations

      1. Subcommittee on Curriculum ñ Joan Sattler moved approval of the "Standard Secondary Art Certification, major modification" and the "Special K-12 Art Certification, major modification." Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion was approved.

         Claire Etaugh moved to approve the "Social Work, major modification." Alan Galsky seconded the motion. The motion was approved.

      2. University Senate Committee on Curriculum and Regulations report was received.
         

   2. Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty report was found on pages 25 ñ 26 of the agenda. There were course additions and deletions identified within the report.
      
   3. Contractual Arrangements report was found on page 27 of the agenda.
      
   4. Election report was found on page 28 of the agenda.
      
   5. Student Grievance report was found on page 29 of the agenda.
      
   6. Affirmative Action report was a handout at the meeting.
      
   7. Continuing Education report was found on page 32 of the agenda.
      
   8. Admissions and Retention report was found on page 40 of the agenda.
      
   9. Strategic Planning report was found on page 37 of the agenda.
      
   10. University Resources report was found on page 33 of the agenda.
       
   11. Honorary Degrees report was found on page 39 of the agenda.
       
   12. Tenure, Promotion and Dismissal report was a handout.
       
   13. Retirement Advisory report was a handout.
   All reports were received.
7. Old Business
   1. Mid-term grade proposal on page 9 of the agenda. Alan Galsky moved " A report of the mid-term grades for all students is prepared at the close of the seventh week of classes." Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. This is a change from the current policy which provides mid-term reports to freshman and sophomore students who have 55 or fewer hours and transfer students with up to 24 hours of earned Bradley coursework.

      Question was raised why this was needed as faculty in some departments believed junior and senior students would know.

      Claire Etaugh indicated the proposal was received by the subcommittee on Curriculum and Regulations from the Student Senate. She indicated that some faculty do not give students feedback until the end of the course. Alan Galsky indicated that the students felt very strongly there was a need to receive a grade. Also it would be helpful to advisors.

      Finn Christensen stated the student senators are mostly junior and senior students. They stated they wanted to have some indication of exactly how well they were doing in a course because some did not know. He also stated that it was important for seniors to know if they were going to pass a certain course and be able to graduate. He indicated there was a place for "no grade" to be marked.

      Joan Sattler raised the question if the statement "all students" included graduate students? Claire Etaugh stated that it was for all undergraduate students. The word "undergraduate" was included in the motion.

      Several concerns were raised, including courses with projects when the grade is at the end of the course or clinical experience when no grade or a less than exact grade could be given, which can be misleading. Another issue was the concern of teaching junior and senior level courses, which are more a graduate style course where mid-term grades are not so easily given, or where some seniors are taking graduate courses.

      Motion was defeated with 18 "yes" and 18 "no" votes.

      Steve Heinemann moved to have the votes read by roll call to have the names who voted against the initiative, known. Marc Adelman seconded the motion. The motion was defeated.

   2. Academic Calendars - Paul Gullifor moved to accept the academic calendars for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.
      
   3. Faculty Handbook
   4. Nina Collins moved to substitute for Sam Fanís motion regarding OTEFD placement in the Handbook as follows: That the first sentence of Chapter V, H, be moved to Chapter II, B., 3., d., following 4) to read as follows:

      5) OTEFD Funding

      The University shall provide a separate budget for the teaching Excellence Committee and the Research Excellence Committee to support teaching, research, and creativity. These activities may take various forms depending on the individual disciplines.

The motion was seconded by Neal Claussen.

Rationale: Although the Committee believes Sam Fanís ideas are good ones, they also believe items 5 ñ 6 on page 35 of the agenda have been appropriately placed in the approved Chapter IV and that item 7 is appropriately placed in approved Chapter V, concerning the funding for Teaching Excellence.

Sam Fan indicated his motion was not to change anything but to conserve three items in the on-line handbook in their original section, which was Chapter III., B., 1., d., Annual Contracts, in the printed handbook and will become Chapter II., B., 2., a., in the on-line handbook. The primary difference between his motion and the substitute motion is that his motion would place OTEFD funding as a part of the faculty contract. The Committeeís motion would place it under mechanisms, not a guarantee of the faculty contract.

Douglas Thorson spoke in favor of the motion. The substitute motion was approved to be substituted.

The motion was approved to move OTEFD funding into Chapter II.

Nina Collins moved to substitute the following for Resolution 3, the third part of the original motion as follows: That the topics included in the Table of Contents for Chapter V shall define the materials to be included in this chapter. The Provost and Executive Committee of the Senate shall work with the administrators and advisory committees to produce documents appropriate for inclusion in the Faculty Handbook. These documents shall be brought to the Senate for comment and information prior to including them in the Handbook. Any changes in these documents shall fall under Process 3. Neal Claussen seconded the motion. The motion to substitute was approved. The substitute motion was approved.

VIII. NEW BUSINESS

A. Election Committee ñ Larry Aspin moved to place on the Floor a motion to make a new section to Article Six of the University Senate constitution. This new section would be Section 5 College elections of representatives to the University Senate and elected members of University Senate standing committees (Committee on Curriculum and Regulations, Committee on Sabbatical Leave, Committee on Continuing Education and Professional Development, and Student Grievance Committee).

1. Consistent with the Faculty Handbook, the faculty of each college shall decide how the collegeís representatives to the University Senate and its standing committees will be elected.
2. Elections shall be held:
   1. At the completion of a faculty memberís term.
   2. When a faculty member resigns and more than one semester remains in the faculty memberís term.
   3. When a faculty member temporarily withdraws from service (e.g., leave of absence, sabbatical leave) for more than one semester.
      
3. Appointments:
4. a. When a faculty member resigns and only one semester remains in the
   faculty memberís term, the head of the unit that elected the faculty member
   may appoint a replacement to finish the term.
   1. When a faculty member temporarily withdraws from service and the withdrawal will last only one semester, the head of the unit which elected the faculty member may appoint a temporary replacement.
5. The election procedures employed by each college to elect representatives to the Senate and its standing committees shall:
   1. Solicit nominations from all eligible faculty.
   2. Allow a suitable time period for balloting.
   3. Allow qualified write-in candidates to be elected.
   4. Allow the head of the unit in which the election occurs (e.g., Dean, Chairperson) to nominate candidates when, at the end of the nomination period, there are fewer candidates than positions on the ballot.

Claire Etaugh seconded the motion.

Nina Collins moved to vote on the motion. Joan Sattler seconded the motion. The motion passed by a two-thirds vote in favor.

Nina Collins moved to amend the Senate constitution regarding Faculty Handbook Editor by adding to Chapter I, E., Article II, Section 2 following 3) the following:

1. A Faculty Handbook Editor shall be nominated by the Senate Executive Committee for ratification by the Senate. He or she shall be a full-time Faculty member and shall serve a two-year term.

The Faculty Handbook Editor shall:

Serve as an ex officio member of the Senate;

Maintain the Faculty Handbook in all media for making approved additions, deletions or revisions to it in an appropriate and timely manner;

Inform the University community of changes that have been made.

In addition, the Faculty Handbook Editor will assist the Library, and the offices of the deans, associate provosts, provost, vice presidents and the president with keeping their hard copies current.

Douglas Thorson seconded the motion.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Jo Mays, Secretary

Bradley University Senate