Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Lois Millner (Vice-Chair), David Baron (Med), Luke Kahlich (BCMD), Diane Maleson (Law), Alan Stark (Dent), Karen Turner (SCT), Maxine Chisholm (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:05 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the February 7th meeting were amended and passed.
3. President’s Report:
a) A draft of the letter regarding a motion from the Faculty Senate to the Board of Trustees about the “Changes to the Structure of the Graduate Board” was reviewed and approved with minor amendments. It was agreed that the letter be forwarded to George Moore for distribution to the Board of Trustees.
b) Jane Evans will invite President Adamany and Provost Schwartz to a future FSSC meeting. The President requested the meeting to discuss with the Committee the tasks which it would like him to complete before he steps down. The committee will discuss priority items next meeting. There will also be a discussion of the FSSC/TAUP response to the President’s Promotion and Tenure document.
c) The Period Program Review document is complete and will be sent to Richard Englert. He will be invited to the FSSC to respond to the report.
d) The Representative Senate meeting scheduled from February 20th is cancelled since a meeting was already held this month.
e) Jane Evans will be in Harrisburg at the Senate Appropriations Committee Meeting Tuesday, February 21. VP Millner will convene the FSSC meeting.
4. Vice-President’s Report:
a) Denise Connerty has proposed a list of members of the International Programs Committee. The candidates were approved pending clarification of their terms.
b) The Library Committee needs members from CLA, Boyer, and the “hard sciences”.
c) The search for a member of GEEC from CLA continues.
5. Old Business:
The faculty survey has already received over four hundred responses. A special effort will be made to maximize the responses, especially as it may help provide useful information during a change of administration.
6. New Business:
a) The Student Affairs Committee is examining the questions of academic freedom and the rights and obligations of students and faculty.
b) Theresa Powell, VP Student Affairs, and Ainsley Carry, Assoc. VP, were special guests. They presented the status of their work around concerns over safety/alcohol abuse.
An Alcohol Task Force, made up of students, faculty and administrators, has studied the issue and has developed a report which was presented to President Adamany. It includes 46 recommendations in three areas.
i) Educational/Preventative: 19 of the recommendations are in this area and they include counseling, freshman orientation, freshman year experience, and late night weekend programmed activities on campus.
ii) Policy Issues: Recommendations include prohibiting alcohol use in the dorms, increasing sanctions for misconduct, and creating greater consistency among policies put forth by the University.
iii) Research: Recommendation to develop a research curriculum around alcohol education that draws on national sources.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted, Sally Harrison, Secretary pro-tem.
