TO: The Senate
FROM: Executive Committee
DATE: 17 December 2003
SUBJ: Items under Consideration by Senate
Committees and Subcommittees
The Executive
Committee has asked Senate committee and subcommittee chairs to report items
under discussion in the various committees.
The following is a compilation of what was submitted.
Educational Policy
Committee
Bruce
Abbott, Chair
1. Deliberating
Diversity Requirement for General Education (Amendment to SD 99-25 – from
General Education Subcommittee).
2. Considering student advising on campus. (Investigation requested by the Executive Committee).
Subcommittees of
the Educational Policy Committee:
Calendar Subcommittee
Gary Blumenshine, Chair
1. Proposed
changes to the current and future calendars and calendar formula which would
include a change in the summer sessions.
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee
M. Gail Hickey, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Curriculum Review Subcommittee
Carol Lawton, Chair
1. Reviewed
and supported proposal of Modern Foreign Languages Department to change its
name to Department of International Language and Culture Studies.
2. Awaiting
revision of the
Developmental Studies Subcommittee
Terri Jo Swim, Chair
1. Gathered
information on the work on the First Year Experience.
Distance Education Subcommittee
Richard Weiner, Chair
1. No
report received.
General Education
Subcommittee
Beverly Parke, Chair
1. Considered
and passed four course proposals:
a. THTR
117 (Area 5) Tap 1
b. THTR
121 (Area 5) Jazz Dance
c. PSY
334 (Area 6) Cross Cultural Psychology
d. POL
Y350 (Area 6) Politics of European Union
2. Passed
and sent Diversity Requirement proposal to the Educational Policy Committee
3. Continuing
work on the assessment initiative.
Grade Appeals Subcommittee
Lenore DeFonso, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Graduate Subcommittee
David Turnipseed, Chair
1. Reviewed
the proposal from Organizational Leadership and Supervision for a Master of
Science in Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree.
Honors Program Council
Donald Mueller, Chair
1. No report received.
International Services Advisory
Subcommittee
Peter Dragnev, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Faculty Affairs Committee
David Oberstar,
Chair
1. Completed the charge given by the Senate
last April to review the question of untenured faculty serving on promotion and
tenure committees and to make a recommendation to the Senate. The committee has unanimously approved
changes to SD 88-13 which will preclude the service of untenured faculty on
promotion and tenure committees and has sent the resolution to the Executive
Committee.
2. Sent a resolution to the Executive Committee
amending SD 88-25 and superseding SD 01-13, changing the word “rank” to “title”
in reference to “Senior Instructor.”
Subcommittee of
the Faculty Affairs Committee:
Professional Development Subcommittee
Linda Hite, Chair
1. Reviewed
32 summer grant applications.
2. Reviewed
30 sabbatical applications.
3. Reviewed
two IPFW Overseas Conference Fund requests.
Michael
Nusbaumer, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.
Nominations and Elections Committee
Ron Friedman,
Chair
1. Nothing at this time.
Elaine
Blakemore, Chair
1. Discussing the possibility of recommending
that we fill the senate seat allocated to IPFW at the Purdue Senate.
Student Affairs Committee
Solomon
Isiorho, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.
Subcommittee of
the Student Affairs Committee:
Athletics, Subcommittee on
David Young, Chair
1. No
report received.
University Resources Policy Committee
George Bullion,
Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Subcommittees of
the University Resources Policy Committee:
Academic Computing and Information
Technology Advisory Subcommittee
1. Completed
the charge by the Senate to investigate
and discuss the rationale of Information Technology Services mandating a screen
saver for all faculty computers on the IPFW campus. Report sent
to the University Resources Policy Committee.
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee
George Bullion, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Library Subcommittee
David Oberstar, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.