University of Louisville
Faculty Senate Meeting
June 2, 2010
The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate was held on June 2, 2010 at 3:00 P.M. in the Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium, Belknap Campus, Melissa Laning presiding.
Senators Registering Attendance
A&S – Beth Bradley, Mary Makris, Joseph Steffen DENTISTRY –Ricardo Caicedo, Donald DeMuth, Robert Staat, Dave Willis KENT – Ruth Huber LAW – Susan Duncan LIBRARIES – Melissa Laning, Margo Smith MEDICINE – Forest Arnold, Richard Downs, Pamela Feldhoff, Lawrence Hunt, Nobuyuki Kuwabara, John Nyland, Jeannie Roberts NURSING – Peggy El-Mallakh, Sandra Holmes, Ermalynn Kiehl PART-TIME – Susan Peacock PUBLIC HEALTH – Ray Austin SPEED – Nageshwar Bhaskar
Also Attending -
Ex Officio: James Ramsey, Shirley Willihnganz
Others: Beth Boehm, Gretchen Henry, recording secretary
Press: Brandi Warren (Inside U of L)
Senators Not Registering Attendance -
A&S – Annette Allen, Jasmine Farrier, Elizabeth Grossi, Dennis Hall, Martin Klotz, Cynthia Negrey, Elaine Wise, Tamara Yohannes CoB – Rob Barker, Carrie Donald, Bruce Kemelgor, Robert Myers EDUCATION – Thaddeus Dumas, Diane Kyle, Anita Moorman, Kathleen Rudasil KENT – Sharon Bowland, Seana Golder LAW – David Ensign, Enid Trucios-Haynes LIBRARIES –Gail Gilbert MEDICINE –David Cunningham, Saeed Jortani, Steven Myers, Steven Nakajima MUSIC – Greg Byrne, Seow-Chin Ong, Daniel Weeks NURSING – Diane Chlebowy PART-TIME – Brian Barnes, Judy Heitzman, Karen McKinney, Dana Seay PUBLIC HEALTH – Ruth Carrico SPEED-Roger Bradshaw, Hollace Cox, James Graham
There was a change in the agenda to accommodate President Ramsey’s schedule.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE: Dr. Jeffrey S. Shay – Willis
Senator Willis shared his thoughts on his colleague from the School of Dentistry, Dr. Jeffrey Shay. Afterwards, a moment of silence was observed in honor of Dr. Shay.
ACTION: Consideration of the Minutes
The minutes of the May 5, 2010 meeting were approved as distributed.
REPORT: University Provost – Dr. Shirley Willihnganz
Provost Willihnganz updated the Senate on the current administrative searches. The search for the Dean of the College of education did produce the right candidate and the search will resume; the Ombudsman search is proceeding well. There are sixty applications; the Dean of Libraries search has been posted and applications are coming in; the report from the task force for the Executive Vice President of Research and Innovation has been turned in and that search will commence in the fall. Dr. Willihnganz then said that the issue of compliance has become her focus for the next academic year. There is an oversight group looking at high risk areas. One of those areas is classified research. In general, UofL does not conduct classified research. The findings are not allowed to be published, students cannot participate, and the university takes on all liability of keeping the information classified. Also, all participating faculty are responsible for all expenses for the research. In the area of general compliance, she is studying how business is conducted at UofL. She is looking at policies and how they are followed or not. She wants to tighten up by looking at audits and patterns of behavior. Moving on to the grievance policy, the Provost said she sent the report given to her by Chair Laning to Angela Koshewa, University Counsel, to make sure it’s not harmful to the institution. The current policy is not working for any party. She reported that she is considering moving the Privacy Officer position under Audit and Information Security under Dave Barker. Mr. Barker would then report directly to the Provost.
REPORT: University President – Dr. James Ramsey
President Ramsey gave his Frankfort update, beginning with the budget situation. He reported that there had been disagreement between the House and Senate but he credited the governor for bringing the groups together and reaching an agreement on Saturday. Dr. Ramsey was asked to develop a scenario if the University had to shut down. There will be a 1.4% cut to the state’s budget for higher education on July 1st. UofL planned for a 1.5% cut. A proposal for a 6% raise in tuition will go before the Board of trustees next week for a vote. Dr. Ramsey said UofL got into the middle of the budget discussions because of its involvement with managed care (Medicare/Medicaid) and its Passport program. He said the Passport program is currently running successfully in eighteen counties and may expand to twenty-two. He has no desire to implement the program across the entire state because it is a federally-approved monopoly and it would lose that designation. The indigent and charity care numbers have increased from 20% - 32%. This is mainly due to patients without insurance and needing specialty care being transported here from Bowling Green. Because of this and that Louisville Metro is not paying its portion towards indigent care, restrictions will be made to the number of non-emergency patients from outside Jefferson County. Dr. Ramsey then spoke about the University’s fundraising efforts. He said that as of May 24th, $87 million had been collected. The goal is $100 million. He said this year’s Board of Trustees retreat will be held at Fort Knox and the Governor will be on campus June 22nd to open Eastern Parkway. The President then showed a video titled “What Happened Here”. It started with the flood in August, the hiring of Coach Strong, UofL’s first female Rhodes Scholar, Monica March, the 12 Fulbright Scholars and the 2800 degrees that were awarded in 2010.
REPORT: Student Government Association – Kurtis Frizzell
No report was made.
REPORT: Staff Senate – Virginia Brown
This report was available online.
ACTION ITEM: First Reading – Changes to REDBOOK 4.2.2.C - Willis
This first reading addresses a change made to REDBOOK that refers to tenure clock stoppage. The change makes the language more explicit and does not significantly change the policy. The changes have been posted. As this is a first reading there was no discussion.
ACTION ITEM: First Reading – Dean of Libraries Job Description - Willis
This is an updated job description for the Dean of Libraries. It is hoped that this revision will be approved in July to assist in the search that is underway. The update has been posted. As this was also a first reading, no discussion was held.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Academic Programs Committee (APC)- This committee did not meet.
Committee on Committees and Credentials (CCC)- There was no report.
Libraries Committee (FSCOL)- This committee made no report.
Part-time Faculty Committee (PTFC)-This committee report was available online.
Planning & Budget Committee (P&B)- This committee made no report.
Redbook & Bylaws Committee (RB) - As above.
Executive Committee (XC)- This committee report was available online.
OTHER REPORTS
Academic Technology Committee (ATC) – This report was available online.
Bookstore Advisory Committee – There was no report.
Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) – This report was available online.
Coalition of Staff & Faculty Leadership (COSFL) – There was no report.
Dining Services Committee – There was no report.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – This committee did not meet.
Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) – This report was available online.
Human Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) – This report was available online.
Parking Advisory Committee (PAC) – There was no report.
Student Care Team – There was no report.
University Librarian Report – There was no report.
Chair’s Report – Melissa Laning
This report was available online.
Old Business
None
New Business
None
Announcements
At 8 p.m. on June 11th, Stars under the Stars program will have its first movie night. The movie will be Toy Story.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:12 P.M.
Gretchen Stein Henry
Faculty Senate Secretary