Faculty Senate Meeting   

September 30, 2005

10:30 am

Attendees: See Sign-in Sheet attached; A quorum of the Faculty of a Whole was present

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Agenda Topic

1. Approval of minutes, 8/26/2005

2. University Rule 12.04.99 relating to the Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Constitution

3. University Rule 12.06.99 Post Tenure Review of Faculty  

Minutes

1. Minutes were approved unanimously.

 2. Dr. Brumm presented the issues with changing from a Senate of the whole to an elected Senate. The current constitution is posted as a rule and in order to change, the rule must be amended or removed. Two options were presented for consideration: 1) retain the current system approved constitution, which would require maintaining a faculty of the whole ; or 2) remove the current rule and operate as an elected senate as voted in the constitution changes approved April 2005.

If the second option is chosen, three courses of action were presented for consideration:

1. Attempt to send the proposed constitution with an elected Senate forward as a rule

2. Develop a general rule (see attached draft option)

3. Have no rule

A called faculty senate meeting will be held to allow faculty who were not able to attend to participate in the discussion. Following this called meeting, the matter will be settled via a ballot vote at the business office.

3. A copy of the rule as received from the system office was distributed to faculty. Dr. Lotven provided some history on the document and answered questions. Faculty will provide feedback on the rule draft.

4. Other

5. Next Scheduled Meeting

      Called meeting will be announced via email.

4. Dr. Lotven announced that Dr. Doris Davis will be considered for Regent’s Professor at the Regent’s meeting in January, 2006.

 Motion made by Dr. Tommie Hughes to elect Dr. Gene Mueller as Faculty Senate President for 2005-2006. Seconded by Dr. Shirley Garick. Motion carried unanimously.

 Faculty Research Enhancement Grant Presentation: Dr. Katia Levintova presented a summary of her work: Public Discourse of Contemporary Religious Minorities in Russia

 5. Scheduled Meeting: November 4, 2005 at 9 am, Room 141N