MINUTES
FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
September 3, 2002
Sundquist 122, 4 PM
PRESENT: Joel Sipress, Gloria Toivola, Nick Sloboda, Hal Bertilson, and Suzanne Griffith (ex officio).
MINUTES: Motion (N. Sloboda/G. Toivola) to approve the Faculty Senate minutes of August 7, as corrected, passed.
COMMITTEES:
a. Cecilia Schrenker and George Wright have agreed to new terms on the Terminations Committee.
b. Susan Loonsk has agreed to serve on the Promotions Committee to replace Beth Gilbert.
c. A replacement for Brent Notbohm as the faculty member of SUFAC is being sought.
Councils: Suzanne Griffith has been elected Chair of the Graduate Council. Tim Cummings has been elected Chair of the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council. Beth Gilbert has agreed to convene the Personnel Council. Nancy Minahan has agreed to convene the Planning, Budgeting, and Review Council. Chairs of the four councils are ex officio members of the Executive committee and will be included in all Executive Committee communications and have standing invitations to attend Executive Committee meetings.
Strategic Planning Core Committee. The Executive Committee agreed to release a a call for nominations and self-nominations to the Strategic Planning Core Committee. The Executive Committee will meet at 12:30 PM on Monday, September 16 to prepare recommendations for the September 17 Senate meeting.
September Senate Agenda. The following new items were approved for the September Senate agenda.
a. New business: Commencement processional order. (G. Toivola)
b. New business: Personnel rules. (J. Sipress)
c. New business: Curriculum. (J. Sipress)
d. NCA Report: Public liberal arts mission (B. Carmack)
ADJOURNED.

Prepared by Hal Bertilson, Faculty Senate Secretary, 9-12-02.