Tuesday, January 18, 2005
The meeting was called to order at 1:50 PM
1. New Business:
D. O’Hara reported that he has a family emergency that will require him to resign as the president of the Faculty Senate. He excused himself, and in Jane Evan’s absence Lois Millner was in charge of the meeting. The group thanked Dan and offered to help in any way we can.
a) A motion was made to make Jane Evans, current Faculty Senate Vice President, the new Faculty Senate President. There was a serious discussion emphasizing the FSSC will provide strong leadership and will make this a smooth transition by using our skilled vice president who has been involved in the Steering Committee, the GenEd discussions and other important issues. The motion passed unanimously.
b) The FSSC agreed that L. Millner (as the facilitator of this FSSC meeting, and the current Senate Secretary) would begin the Representative Senate Meeting on Monday (January 24th, 2005) by explaining the FSSC’s decision and asking for support for J. Evans as President.
c) L. Millner agreed to contact J. Evans immediately to let her know that we would like her to be the Faculty Senate President, and would like her to talk to D. O’Hara for a “debriefing,” and to plan the Representative Senate meeting for next Monday.
2. The minutes of December 7th were approved as submitted.
3. General Education implementation:
The FSSC agrees that the Senate has the key role in nominating the Director, Area Coordinators and other important positions for the administration and implementation of the GenEd program. The FSSC discussed how to be sure that the administrative structure is in place by the end of this semester. The General Education document states that nominations for positions in the GenEd structure should be sent to the faculty senate president. The FSSC suggested that they should go to the Senate office and/or to Jane Evans, who will be the new President.
a) The FSSC agrees that this is a serious role, and we will function like a search committee. We will form subcommittees as needed to review applicants. The FSSC will review application materials and interview applications in order to make recommendations to the Provost in a timely way.
4. Faculty Herald:
J. Joyce agreed to continue to be the editor. The Assistant Editor (Gina Masucci MacKenzie) has resigned, and J. Joyce will use her graduate student, who has been assisting her with the Herald. J. Joyce agreed to share any problems related to the Herald with the Steering Committee.
5. Old Business:
A. Stark (Dentistry) asked about study leaves for non-bargaining unit schools. D. Maleson stated that the Law School has continued to consider study leaves. The FSSC wondered if this would be up to the Deans of these schools.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 PM
