| MINUTES FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE July 23, 2003 RSC 112, 10:00 AM |
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| PRESENT: Hal Bertilson, Suzanne Griffith (ex officio), Joel Sipress, Peter Nordgren (ex officio), Tim Cummings, Nick Sloboda, and Gloria Toivola. | ||
| MINUTES: Motion (G. Toivola/N. Sloboda) to approve the 6-13-03 Executive Committee minutes was approved. | ||
REPORT OF THE FACULTY CHAIR: Chair Sipress has communicated to the Chancellor that the Senate Executive Committee is interested in discussing the idea of a University Council. The Provost did promise to create a budget for the new Faculty Development Center. There was a brief discussion of a task force on summer sessions. Chair Sipress was asked to contact Provost Prior for clarification especially on who will be assigned to this task force. Chair Sipress recommended to Provost Prior that Joel Sipress' potential reassignment to the 2006 NCA report responsibility be discussed at the Faculty Senate. Provost Prior has agreed. Discussions will continue and details will be developed. Chair Sipress indicated to Provost Prior that he needs to be prepared to respond to a question about how this reassignment can be afforded. Provost Prior responded that there are available funds because the cuts were not as great as we planned for. The following items were deferred until a later Executive Committee meeting: (a) Clarification on implementation/enforcement of No Classes on Thursday noon hours, (b) Staggered terms of committees, (c) Grade appeal process, (d) Task force on general education assessment, and (e) invitation for faculty to attend a TQM meeting at UW-Stout. |
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| REPORT OF THE SENATE SECRETARY: | ||
| 1. | Secondary Education Chemistry Major has been approved by the Chancellor. | |
| 2. | The Executive Committee was asked not to assign faculty to the Assessment Committee until decisions about the future process of assessment is determined. | |
| 3. | Senate Secretary Bertilson was asked to conduct a special election in September for the Personnel Council to replace Susan Heide who has retired. | |
| PRELIMINARY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: The Executive Committee made the second iteration of committee assignment recommendations. Spreadsheets showing these recommendations were mailed to Executive Committee members on July 24 for consideration at the August 6 Executive Committee meeting. | ||
| TASK FORCE ASSIGNMENTS: Suggestions were developed to fill the Admissions Director Search Committee, Athletic Director Search Committee, replacement for Kayt Sunwood, Distance Learning Center Self-Study of Elementary Education, and the Distance Learning Center Self-Study of the Individualized Major. | ||
| NEXT MEETING: The Executive Committee will meet at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 6 in RSC. | ||
| ADJOURNMENT | ||