Bradley University Senate 1999-2000 Session
Minutes
Seventh Regular Meeting, April 13, 2000
The meeting was called to order at 3:12 P.M. in Baker Hall, Room 51.
II. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. The next meeting of the University Senate will be on May 3, 2000 in the Robert H. Michel Student Center, Marty Theatre. A social will follow in the Alumni Dining Room.
B. David Quigg is retiring as Faculty Ombudsman. The University President and the Senate Executive Committee will solicit names from interested members of the tenured full-time faculty.
C. Kurt Field reminded the deans that the college elections for University Senate membership must be completed by April 28, 2000. The number of senators from each college is determined via a formula based upon the number of full-time faculty in that college. The Provost’s office has been asked by Kurt Field to provide the necessary data to determine college senate membership.
D. Kurt Field reminded the chairs of the University Senate Standing Committees to submit their biannual reports.
E. Howard Goldbaum will complete Stephen Heinemann’s Senate term and Mary Jo DeJoice will complete the term of Pongracz Sennyey.
F. John Yost and Kurt Field met with members of the Board for Teaching, Research and Creativity on Thursday April 7, 2000, to discuss revisions to Chapter V Section H of the Faculty Handbook. After further review by the Senate Executive Committee, the revised version of this chapter will be presented to the Senate.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Alan Galsky moved approval of the minutes as submitted. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.
IV. CALL FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA
No items were added.
V. REPORTS FROM ADMINISTRATORS
A. Interim President Anna
President Anna had no report since during the last Senate meeting, three weeks ago, he gave a comprehensive report and after that meeting he gave a extensive State of the University report. He called for questions and there were none.
B. Provost Liberty
Provost Liberty indicated that eight prospective graduate students had been awarded Caterpillar Masters Fellowships. The Provost stated that the awards must be accepted by April 17 and that, in general, the quality of the applicant pool was good.
Current University access to the WWW has severe limitations. Three T1 lines (total: 4.5 megabyts/sec) which average 88% of capacity Sunday through Thursday serve the University. At peak times, users may get no response. As part of the technology plan, a DS3 line (45 megabyts/sec) will be installed mid-summer.
The Provost anticipates that revised contracts for faculty receiving salary adjustments through the Faculty Salary Initiative will be issued around the end of this month.
The Provost asked for questions or comments; there were none.
VI. Reports from Standing Committees
A. Curriculum and Regulations
1. Subcommittee on Curriculum
a. Major Modification, International Business (Foster College of Business Administration). Motion to approve: James Lumpkin; second: Lisa Gardner; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
b. Major Modification, Multimedia Core Requirements (Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts). Motion to approve: Joan Sattler; second: B.J. Lawrence; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
c. Major Modification, Communication Core Requirements (Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts). Motion to approve: B.J. Lawrence; second: Joan Sattler; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
d. Concentration Modification, Photography, (Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts). Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: Oscar Gillespie; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
e. Minor Addition, Applied Ergonomics, (College of Engineering and Technology). Motion to approve: Joe Felder; second: Joan Sattler; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
f. Major Modification, Family and Consumer Sciences Core, (College of Education and Health Sciences). Dean Sattler clarified the modification by explaining that only one of the three FCS elective courses (3 s.h.) must be taken of the three courses listed. Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: Joan Sattler; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
g. Concentration Modification, Middle School Mathematics, (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences). Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: John Haverhals; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
h. There was no discussion about any of the course additions, modifications, or deletions that were approved by C&R.
2. Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty
a. The material from the Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty was introduced; no discussion followed.
3. General Education Subcommittee
a. Modification, non-Western Civilization Category of General Education (Effective date: fall 2001). Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: Joan Sattler; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
b. Modification, Speech Category of General Education (Effective date: immediately). Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: James Lumpkin; no discussion; motion approved unanimously.
4. Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements
a. C&R and The Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements Subcommittee recommended approval of a policy which disallows the transfer of courses with a grade of D to Bradley University, except for courses with grades of D that are part of the core curriculum of the Illinois Articulation Initiative (provided the student has completed the entire IAI core curriculum). Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: Joan Sattler. Claire Etaugh summarized the proposal and indicated that the transfer policy would be effective fall 2001; a lively debate on the proposal ensued. Bernard Goitein moved the proposal be returned to C&R for further study; Jeff Huberman seconded. Once again, a lively philosophical debate on the merits of the proposal followed. The motion to return failed (12 for, 22 against); the motion to approve the policy as submitted passed (22 for, 12 against). Individuals speaking to these motions included Senators Etaugh, Goitein, Liberty, Haverhals, Roberts, Sattler, Gorin, Sterling, Gillespie, Podlasek, Friedhoff, Brill, Tayyari, Lawrence, Webster, and Nikolopoulos.
b. Academic Calendar for 2003-2004
C&R and The Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements Subcommittee recommended approval of the academic calendar for 2003-2004. Motion to approve: Claire Etaugh; second: Alan Galsky. Susan Brill asked that the Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements Subcommittee not schedule academic functions on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. Kurt Field asked the Committee chair, Claire Etaugh, to forward Senator Brill’s request to the Committee.
VII. OLD BUSINESS
No old business was conducted.
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
No new business was conducted.
IX. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Report from Student Senate
Current student body President Marc Adelman indicated that 1,356 students voted in the recent student elections for President, vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. President Adelman thanked the University Senate for its support of the Student Senate.
X. ADJOURNMENT
Claire Etaugh moved to adjourn the meeting. Larry Aspin seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith S. Moroz, Senator
Graduate School