Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Karen Turner (Vice-Chair), Robert Aiken (CST), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), David Baron (Med), Zdenka Delalic (Eng), Judith Goode (CLA), Sally Harrison (Tyler), Pauline Hurley-Kurtz (Ambler), Luke Kahlich (BCMD), Diane Maleson (Law), Lois Millner (SSA), Ira Shapiro (STHM), Joan Shapiro (Educ), Roy Stevens (Dent), Karen Schaefer (CHP), Maxine Chisholm (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:05 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes from the previous meeting were not distributed.
3. President’s Report:
a) Evans met with representatives of Presidential Investiture Committee (chaired by Betsy Leebron-Tutleman). President Hart’s Investiture as Temple University President is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, April 11 and Thursday, April 12, 2007. The event will include a Symposium entitled “The Shape of Urban Education in America”, as well as the actual investiture ceremony.
The Committee is requesting suggestions for dignitaries to be invited to attend the ceremony.
Examples of such individuals includes:
Presidents of Local Universities, Local Community Leaders, the Governor, etc.
b) A discussion was held concerning the desirability of cancelling all classes in the University on the day of the investiture, to allow all students and faculty to attend. The FSSC was evenly divided as to whether University-wide class cancellation should be mandatory or just strongly urged.
c) Evans met with Faculty Workload Committee and Acting Provost Englert regarding the Faculty Workload Document. The Committee was attempting to make the document less prescriptive than what it is in its present form. Also, the Committee is recommending that University Service be considered for faculty release time.
Maleson raised concerns that there might be resistance to having the guidelines of the new document supersede those of the document that was produced under the prior University administration.
Concerns were also raised that the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (Bonny Brennan) has not been included in the process of revising the workload document.
d) The P&T task force is scheduled to meet with the President on Nov. 20, 4:30-6:30 PM, at President Hart’s home.
Aikens asked whether there will be additional meetings with President Hart at her home. Evans indicated that since there is already a meeting scheduled in November, and another scheduled in December, these meetings are likely to continue.
e) Evans recommended that both President Hart and Acting Provost Englert be invited back to speak to the FSSC.
f) The Assessment Committee representative positions from several of the schools have been filled, however, there are several schools that still need to designate their representatives to this committee.
Faculty members recently nominated for this committee are:
Dr. Joe Goldblatt (Tourism and Hospitality)
Dr. Elizabeth Sluzis (Ambler)
Dr. Jim Chen (Engineering)
Additional faculty representatives are needed from Medical and Dental Schools.
4. Vice President’s Report:
a) Ongoing process of filling Faculty Senate committees:
One faculty member (Dr. Charles Dumas) was approved by the FSSC for membership on the Community-Based Learning Committee
Dr. Cheryl Hyde was approved to be appointed the Community-Based Learning Committee as a Non-Voting Advisor, due to the fact that she is an administrator, rather than a faculty member.
b) There was a discussion of revising Article III (membership criteria) of the University Constitution and By-Laws.
Four alternative proposals were being considered for review by the University Faculty at large. After discussion, it was decided to delete alternative 4 (“Each School and College shall determine the eligibility of the members oaf the Senate, by vote of the full-time presidential faculty”.)
J. Shapiro brought up issues that need to be considered in deciding amongst the alternative criteria for faculty senate membership. These were: block voting vs inclusivity, and vulnerability vs longevity.
I. Shapiro suggested considering that only tenured faculty should be eligible for faculty senate membership.
5. Old Business:
There was no old business.
6. New Business:
There was no new business.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 2:50 PM.
Submitted by Roy H. Stevens
Acting Secretary
