University of Louisville
Faculty Senate Meeting
May 7, 2008
The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate was held on May 7, 2008 at 3:00 P.M. in the Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium, Belknap Campus, Beth Boehm presiding.
Senators Registering Attendance
A&S – Ann Allen, Beth Boehm, Dennis Hall, Martin Klotz, Mary Makris, Elaine Wise CoB – Carrie Donald, Bruce Kemelgor, Robert Myers DENTISTRY – Ricardo Caicedo, Donald DeMuth, Robert Staat, Dave Willis EDUCATION – Thaddeus Dumas, Diane Kyle, William Weinberg, Jeff Valentine KENT – Ruth Huber, Dana Sullivan LAW – David Ensign, Kurt Metzmeier, Enid Trucios-Haynes LIBRARIES – Melissa Laning, Margo Smith MEDICINE – John Buchino, David Cunningham, David Hein, Pamela Feldhoff, Lawrence Hunt, Nobuyuki Kuwabara, John Nyland MUSIC – Greg Byrne, Daniel Weeks, Barbara Wheeler NURSING – Beth Bonham PART-TIME – Beverly Edwards, Judy Heitzman, John Baumann, Susan Peacock PUBLIC HEALTH – Raymond Austin, Jane Goldsmith
Also Attending -
Ex Officio: James Ramsey, Hannelore Rader, Virginia Brown, Ahmed Awadallah
Others: Dale Billingsley,
Press: Janene Zaccone (Inside U of L)
Senators Not Registering Attendance - A&S – Susan Matarese, Ron Sahoo, Joseph Steffen, Tamara Yohannes CoB – Rob Barker KENT – Seana Golder LIBRARIES – Gail Gilbert MEDICINE – Ayotunde Adeagbo, Forest Arnold, Douglas Dean, Ted Feldmann, Saeed Jortani, Steven Nakajima, Wayne Zundel NURSING – Deborah Armstrong, Ermalynn Kiehl PART-TIME – William Brantley, Michael Losavio SPEED – Nageshwar Bhaskar, Hollace Cox, James Graham, Ibrahim Imam
MEETING ONE: ANNUAL ELECTION MEETING
The annual election meeting was conducted by Senator Diane Kyle from the Committee on Committees and Credentials. Ballots were distributed to all eligible senators. For each ballot, Senator Kyle read the list of candidates and sought further nominations from the floor. As each ballot was completed it was collected for tabulation. Senators Ensign, Metzmeier and Trucios-Haynes assisted in collecting ballots and tallying votes. Election results are as follows:
Chair: Melissa Laning
Vice Chair: Robert Staat
Executive Committee: Martin Klotz
Academic Programs: Ayotunde Adeagbo, David Cunningham, Margo Smith, Robert Staat (to be replaced due to his election as Vice Chair).
Committee on Committees & Credentials – James Graham, David Ensign
Committee on Libraries – Ricardo Caicedo, Mary Pat Wall, Elaine Wise
Part-time Faculty Committee – Ermalynn Kiehl
Planning & Budget Committee – David Hein, Joe Steffen
Redbook Committee – Lawrence Hunt, Dave Willis
Academic Technology Committee – Rob Barker
Parking Advisor Committee – Karen Karp, Robert Myers
Parking Appeals Committee – Janardan Kulkarni, Greg Byrne
Student Appeals Committee – Michel Atlas, Jill Butters, Ted Feldmann, Kurt Metzmeier
Student Grievance Committee – Lynn Boyd, Terry Edwards, Margo Smith
Staff Senate Representative - Robert Staat (to be replaced due to his election as Vice Chair).
Student Senate Representative – Shared by John Bauman and Dana Sullivan
The Annual Election Meeting ended and the Regular Monthly meeting began.
ACTION: Consideration of the Minutes
The minutes of the April 2, 2008 meeting were unanimously approved as distributed.
REPORT: Student Government Association – Ahmed Awadallah
Mr. Awadallah introduced himself to the Senate. He is a third year bioengineering student from Speed School. He said one of the initiatives the SGA will be working on this year is to make the classroom experience memorable enough that students want to return and/or stay at UofL. He is looking forward to seeing students on as many committees as is possible.
REPORT: Staff Senate – Virginia Brown
Ms. Brown reported that the Staff Senate meets next Monday to discuss its concerns regarding parking on HSC and tuition remission.
ACTION IITEM: Joint Motion from APC and P&B Committees for three new proposals: a) Center for Career and Technical Education; b) The Autism Center; c) Graduate Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies – Senator Staat
Senator Staat gave an overview of the Center for Career and Technical Education. After a brief explanation and discussion of the contents and purpose for the Center, the proposal passed unanimously. Senator Staat gave an overview of the proposed Autism Center and the partnership between the School of Medicine and the College of Education. The primary functions of the Center are to be a resource for parents, to offer support and education on autism, and to provide research for Kent, Nursing and other departments on HSC. The proposal passed unanimously. The third proposal, for a Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies is built around existing courses and faculty and available to graduate and post-bac students. Senator Staat gave an overview of the programs and its requirements. With no discussion, the proposal passed unanimously.
ACTION ITEM: Second reading of REDBOOK changes regarding the Graduate School and suggested changes to Bylaws – Senator Trucios-Haynes
Senator Trucios-Haynes reported that the proposed changes to the REDBOOK would expand the jurisdiction of the REDBOOK Committee to include review of any unit bylaw changes. With no discussion the changes were approved unanimously. Regarding REDBOOK changes concerning the School for Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies a clarification that this does not include undergraduate interdisciplinary programs was made. Chair Boehm called the vote on the motion, which came from committee and required no second, and the proposed changes passed unanimously
REPORT : University Provost – Dr. Dale Billingsley
Dr. Billingsley reported that the Provost is restructuring her office, Dan Mahony is leaving UofL to become the Dean of the School of Education at Kent State University. He departs on June 20, 2008. Dave Howarth is returning to the Geosciences faculty. Bill Pierce is now the Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs. Some administrative reviews are completed, or nearly so. Dean Richard Clover from the School of Public Health is complete and will be presented to the Board of Trustees tomorrow. Christopher Doane, School of Music, is almost finished. Ideas to Action is underway and active. Unit leaders have presented their goals. The Provost is populating committees to study various ideas. One committee is looking how to implement per credit hour tuition. Another committee is studying the new classification requirements for the designation from Carnegie on community engagement. The Board of Trustees meets tomorrow and will consider the proposed tuition increase of 9%. The CPE is supposed to review the recommendation on Friday.
A deviation from the agenda was requested as President Ramsey was delayed.
Committee Reports
Academic Programs Committee (APC)- Four new proposals and two degrees have just come to the committee; it will meet next week.
Committee on Committees and Credentials (CCC)- as above
Libraries Committee (FSCOL)- Senator Wise would like to see the COL more involved in the new program approval process. Also, programs that have been approved and included funding for library acquisitions have not always followed up on funding to the Libraries.
Planning & Budget Committee (P&B)- This committee will meet next week.
Other Reports
Academic Technology Committee (ATC) – No report available
Parking Advisory Committee (PAC) – No report available.
Student Care Committee – Available online.
University Librarian Report – No report available
Chair’s report – Beth Boehm
This report is available online.
REPORT: University President – Dr. James Ramsey
Dr. Ramsey reported that the Board of Trustees meets tomorrow and will consider the recommended tuition increase of 9%. He presented this to the CPE last week and if the Board approves it, he feels sure the increase will be as recommended. After the Board meeting, members will attend a Budget Workshop. They will discuss the current budget and seek its approval at its June meeting. He reported that the state’s revenue receipts for April 2008 are up 35% over 2007, but that April 2007’s receipts were very bad. This means that there will be the revenue shortfall this fiscal year as predicted. The estimates will be available by June 30 th. The UofL Hospital has constructed a strong community-based governing board to help it reach its goal of excellent healthcare. Though the challenges are many, he looks forward to its growth. As the Challenge for Excellence initiative winds down and the 2020 Plan begins, Dr. Ramsey thinks it is a good time to honor Dr. John Shumaker for his role in advancing higher education reform in Kentucky. He is asking Chair Boehm to lead a group in making recommendation on how best to honor his work in advancing UofL’s agenda and higher education in the state. At the July Board of Trustees meeting, members will be trained in fundraising as well as evaluating the goals of the past year and setting new ones. Governor Bershear is set to attend. A brief discussion of the CPE and its search for a new president took place. Senator Wise thanked Dr. Ramsey for his strong stance with the CPE. He said he appreciates the input from the Faculty Senate and as a thank you to the Senate he had cookies available outside the auditorium. He said he is looking forward to attending the graduation ceremony on Saturday.
Old Business
None
New Business
None
Announcements
The Senate will meet on HSC in June
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
Gretchen Henry
Faculty Senate Secretary