PRESENT: David Beran, Hal Bertilson, Glenn Carlson, David Carroll, Orv Clark, Timothy Cummings, Randy Gabrys Alexson, Suzanne Griffith, Greg Moore, Peter Nordgren, Thomas Notton, Joel Sipress, Nicholas Sloboda, Gloria Toivola, Greg Trudeau, David Prior, Rosemary Keefe, Mary Lee Vance, Brad Amys, Martha Einerson, Chris Kemnitz, Susan Heide, Laurel Scott, Cecilia Schrenker, Jay Johnson, Wendy Kropid, Gail Peterson Craig, Peggy Marciniec, and Susan Bailey.

ABSENT: James Holter, Susan Loonsk, Rich Walker.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion (G. Trudeau/D. Carroll) to approve the minutes of the April 15 Faculty Senate meeting and accept the minutes of the April 29 Executive Committee passed.

REPORT OF THE CHANCELLOR--Provost Prior reported for Chancellor Erlenbach. Chancellor Erlenbach has expressed his strong support of the differential tuition proposal approved by students. Discussion of the proposal at the Board of Regents was deferred until the June Board meeting for political reasons. Three significant donors have expressed significant interest in academic programs. The inaugural meeting of the Pacific Chapter of the alumni association was held last week.

REPORT OF THE PROVOST--David Prior. Provost Prior reported for Chancellor Erlenbach. Davis Helberg will receive an honorary doctorate at commencement. Science teacher Tom Scheffle, a 1993 graduate of UW-Superior, received the Wisconsin Teacher of the Year Award and will be honored at commencement. Regent Pat Boyle, former chancellor of UW-Extension, will be attending commencement.

REPORT OF THE DEAN OF FACULTIES--Rosemary Keefe. Dean Keefe thanked us for our support this past three and one-half years. She announced the resignation of Jill Barr and transition in department chairs:

Flyers for first-year seminars were distributed. It is a pilot program. Should it be tried again, it would be submitted to governance for approval. Dean Keefe invited everyone to a "Take a Break from Final Exams" event on Monday, May 12 in the Multicultural Center for a casual unofficial celebration of successes of faculty and staff.

Motion (H. Bertilson/T. Cummings) to express our appreciation to Dean Keefe for her service as a dean, "You provided leadership that is greatly appreciated. You have been accessible to us and show great concern for our professional growth, contribution to students, our academic disciplines, and intellectual pursuits." The motion passed unanimously.

REPORTS

Chair--Joel Sipress. Senator Sipress reported that the names of Chip Beal, Susan Heide, and Gloria Toivola were forwarded to the Provost for service on the Admissions Director Search Committee. Wendy Kropid was nominated for the Performance Awards Committee and served in that capacity. Senator Sipress reported that two items on our 2003-2004 agenda were not accomplished and have been placed on the agenda for the new Executive Committee. These two items are:

Senator Sipress reported that he has asked for an appointment with the Chancellor to request a faculty representative on the Chancellor's Cabinet. Senator Sipress has not heard back on that request.

Senator Sipress reported that he has been contacted regarding the exclusion of some individuals from commencement. Motion (G. Toivola/T. Cummings) that all persons with one-year contracts be invited to participate in commencement was approved.

Dean Keefe asked for for input from senators regarding her new duties and the location of her office. She will be 50% faculty and 50% in faculty development. The faculty development responsibilities will be divided between Dr. Keefe as a faculty resource person and the replacement for Dr. Sunwood as the technology person. Dr. Keefe reported that she had asked that her suite in the first floor of Old Main be converted into the Faculty Development Office, but Provost Prior has other plans for that office. Dr. Keefe asked if a faculty development office in Sundquist would work okay for us? She would prefer to call it a Faculty Resource Center (grant proposals, syllabi, meeting space, etc.).

Secretary--Hal Bertilson. Senator Bertilson reported the results of the Senate election for 2003-2004:

Faculty Representative--Greg Moore. Senator Moore reported on the May 2nd Faculty Representative meeting. UWSA is looking in the long term at program array within the context of budget cuts. They are looking for programs to eliminate that are in physical locations near to each other.

Senator Moore has learned that campuses do things very differently across the System. These differences extend to shared governance. Some campuses are very top down. Other campuses work to share responsibility. Senator Moore indicated that there has been dissatisfaction on our campus. He shares this view. He believes that shared governance is more apparent than real on our campus. Senator Moore believes that having faculty on the Chancellor's Cabinet and the Liberal Arts initiatives are good initiatives in this regard.

Planning, Budgeting, and Review Council--Peter Nordgren. Senator Nordgren reported that the program review for Biology and Earth Science has been completed.

Personnel Council--Randy Gabrys-Alexson. Senator Gabrys-Alexson reported that the Personnel Council dealt with the Pay Plan and two complaints. Senator Toivola asked if there were major problems. Senator Gabrys-Alexson responded that there were not major problems. Next year the Personnel Council intends to deal with comparable work-load policy. She reported that a template of personnel policy guidelines was developed. Recommendations for all 15 departments have been forwarded to the Provost. Concern was expressed that the reports went to the Provost, but not the departments. Provost Prior responded that he did not ask for them. He would be happy if the personnel policy recommendations were shared with him. Faculty Chair Sipress asked that the final report be sent to the Senate Secretary.

Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council--Tim Cummings.

Because there is a backlog of requests prior to publication of a new catalog, Senator Cummings will be making a request for a meeting of the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council during Fall orientation week.

Senator Cummings is making a request for student support for the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council in getting out the agenda. It took seven hours to make copies, put on labels, etc. for the last Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council mailing. Senator Trudeau made a request for release time for the Faculty Chair, Senate Secretary, and the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council Secretary. Provost Prior agreed that we must find some way to get the clerical work done for the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council. The Executive Committee will work on release time and clerical support over the summer.

Graduate Council--Suzanne Griffith.

Student Senate--Brad Amos, Student Senate Vice President, reported for Student Senate President Don Defoe. Tomorrow the Student Senate will be working a resolution to spread the international service fee over all students and to develop a book exchange or some alternative book store.

Academic Staff Senate--Mary Lee Vance. No report.

OLD BUSINESS.

NEW BUSINESS.

ADJOURNMENT

CALL TO REORDER

Senators Kemnitz and Einerson were seated. Senator Chad Scott was excused.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Motion to elect Senator Bertilson as Secretary was made. A unanimous ballot was cast.

Motion to elect Senator Cummings as Chair Protemp was made. A unanimous ballot was cast.

Motion to elect Senator Sloboda as Faculty Rep was made. A unanimous ballot was cast.

Motion to elect Senator Toivola as At Large Representative to the Executive Committee was made. A unanimous ballot was cast.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

Prepared by the Faculty Senate Secretary, Hal Bertilson. June 1, 2003 (Revised June 13, 2003).