Minutes of the Faculty Senate meeting held on April 3, 2003
in Fletcher
Members: Doug O’Roark, Carrie Waring, Jim
Buckley, Sheri Arosteguy, Cindy Thomas, Steve Murray, Rich Cowden,
Barbara Borst, John Sluder, Phil Kavanagh, Prasanta Misra (for
Russ Walker), Michael Gizzi, Tom Acker, Mary Zimmerer.
Guests: President Gingerich, Vice-President Hrncir,
Gene Starbuck, Gary Looft, Matt Dahl, Rachel Alexander.
Doug called the meeting to order at 3.30 PM.
Announcements: Doug announced that the deadline
for nomination for Faculty Trustee was on Friday. Faculty who
have submitted nominations are Gayla Slauson, Jerry Moorman, Harry
Tienman and John Redifer. The voting procedure will be finalized
by Doug and Vice-President Hrncir. There will be a run-off election
if a candidate does not receive more than 50% of the votes.
Motions:
A motion to receive the Curriculum Committee minutes
of March 13, 2003 (Gizzi/Buckley) was approved.
A motion to receive the Curriculum Committee minutes
of January 23, 2003 (Zimmerer/Thomas) was approved.
A motion to receive Graduate Council minutes of
February 11, 2003 (Kavanagh/Sluder) was approved.
A motion to receive the Graduate Council Minutes
of March 11, 2003 (Kavanagh/Gizzi) was approved.
A motion to approve the recommendations of the Graduate
Council (of both February 11 and March 11) with minor revisions
(Zimmerer/Sluder) was approved.
A motion to approve the minutes of the last faculty
senate (Zimmerer/Thomas) was approved.
Program Prioritization:
Vice President Hrncir presented the recommendations
of the Program Prioritization Committee. He emphasized that program
prioritization was important for reallocation of resources as
well as necessary in case some programs have to be cut because
of budgetary constraints. He will e-mail the recommendations to
faculty on Friday and hold a campus-wide meeting on Tuesday (April
8, 2003).
Nomination Committee: A nomination committee was
formed to nominate office-bearers of the Faculty Senate for 2003-04.
The members are Doug O’Roark, Jim Buckley and Steve Murray.
The meeting was adjourned at 4.55 PM (Zimmerer).
