Minutes of the Meeting of the Senate
of the Faculty
Thursday, February 14, 2002, 7:00 p.m., Room 113, Conner Hall
Meeting called to order with a quorum
at 7 p.m.
Present: D.
Adler, M. Aiken, J. Bentley, L. Bombelli, W. Chen, C. Eagles,
J. Ford, G. Herrera, A. Kishk, K. Knight, F. Laurenzo, P. Malone,
A. Mark, J. Martin, C. Ochs, R. Oliphant-Ingham, M. Overby, J.
Reid, D. Rock, J. Schetz, B. Smothers, K. Sufka, J. Urgo, C. West,
N. Wiggers, D. Wilkins, S. Wolcott, M. Zarzeski, J. Zjawiony
Absent: E.
Acevedo*, A. Ajootian*, B. Alidaee*, J. Aubrey*, B. Barkdoll,
D. Barker*, N. Bercaw*, C. Brower*, L. Cozad, J. Czarnetzky*,
S. Davis*, K. Dellinger, R. Elam, A. Fisher-Wirth*, A. Quinney*,
K. Swinden*, M. Tew*, A. Trefzer*
*Prior notification
I. Announcements
A. Update from meetings with the Chancellor and Provost, Donna Adler, Faculty Senate Chair
Meeting with the Chancellor:
- Budget:
discussed a bi-weekly email to update the faculty and staff re:
budget issues
- Student Demographics: Chancellor would like to continue to focus
on under-represented groups and to increase campus diversity
- Review of Academic Administrators: Chair Adler indicated that the Senate suggests
more frequent reviews of academic administrators, instead of
reviews occurring only when up for reappointment. The Chancellor
thought this was a feasible idea.
Meeting with the Provost
- Search committee formation for academic
administrators: Chair Adler
relayed the Chancellor's suggestion that a task force composed
of 3 administrators and 3 Senators work out the difficulties
regarding this issue. The Provost stated that it was too early
to form a task force. The Council of Academic Advisors may not
have taken the proposal serious enough due to the fact that former
Chair Bush was recommending it so soon before leaving. The Provost
requested that a Senator re-present the proposal to the Council.
- Senate Office:
the Provost indicated that she is currently looking around for
space for a permanent Senate office
- Shortened Semester/increased time
between classes: both the Chancellor
and the Provost remarked that they will get back to the Senate
on the status of this issue
- Honor Code:
Provost is interesting in the Senate re-exploring the possibility
of an honor code
- New Campus Management: A new student information system will be moving
on from administrative re-organization to student information
systems. A member of IT may come in the future to brief the Senate.
B. Update from Council of Academic
Administrators' Meeting, Monday, February 11, 2002, Senator Overby, Chair of Governance Committee
Provost made several announcements:
- The Lyceum received word that the Institution
of Higher Learning (IHL) staff will endorse the administration's
recommendations regarding programs at the University of Mississippi
- The Political Science, Economics and
Math Ph.D. programs have been put on three year probation by
the IHL so that they may show their relevancy to the state.
- There is a desire to see the Pharmacy
PhD graduation rates increased
- The IHL will meet in the next week
- The Chancellor has definitively decided
against hooding the Ph.D recipients at morning commencement ceremony
this year. Alternative options are being solicited.
- There is a possibility of a single,
University-wide May Day celebration to honor retirees
- An ad hoc committee of Gloria Kellum,
Alice Clark, and Provost Staton has been formed to review options
for making funding of campus conference more efficient and equatable
- Presentation by Kathy Gates (Director,
Academic Computing and Support) regarding upcoming changes in
campus management systems; mainly reorganization of Turner Center
fee payment processes
- Announcement by Dean John Meador re:
library hours. NOTE: since announcement was made in Council
of Academic Administrators, the library hours have been further
extended this semester by the Provost at the
request of the students. Current hours are available @: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/hours.html
C. Elections Committee Nancy Wiggers is now the Chair of the Elections
Committee
D. Ad hoc Senate Committee: headed
by Senator Overby to explore faculty governance issues in the
Honors College Honors College
faculty requested that the Senate investigate the replacement
of the Director of the Honors College. An ad hoc committee has
been appointed: Marvin Overby, Aileen Ajootian, Susan Wolcott,
Ahmed Kishk, and Donna Adler.
E. Reorganization of the Business
School The Chancellor, Provost
and Dean of the Business School all offered to speak at the next
Senate meeting. There is a Senate task force currently focusing
on possible Senate roles in this issue which will consider future
speakers.
II. Old Business
A. Minutes of the January
17, 2002 Senate meeting were approved without dissent.
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III. New Business
Date for March Faculty Senate Meeting, Executive Committee
proposed the motion that an extraordinary meeting be called on
Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. due to Spring Break. The
motion passed without dissent.
Meeting officially adjourned at 7:23
p.m.
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