TO: The Senate
FROM: Executive Committee
DATE: 1 March 2004
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. Approved proposed 2006-2007 calendar as well as proposed amended calendars and calendar formula.
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
two proposals:
a. Business
Option for Mathematics Majors
b. Name
change of the “Department of Manufacturing Technology” to “Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering Technology.”
Developmental Studies Subcommittee
Terri Jo Swim, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Distance Education Subcommittee
Richard Weiner, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
General
Education Subcommittee
Beverly Parke, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Grade Appeals Subcommittee
Lenore DeFonso, Chair
1. An
appeal was submitted to the committee, but it did not meet criteria for a
hearing.
Graduate Subcommittee
David Turnipseed, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Honors Program Council
Donald Mueller, Chair
1. Considering updating SD 00-05 and other Honors
Council literature.
2. Developing
an assessment plan for the Honors Program
International Services Advisory
Subcommittee
Peter Dragnev, Chair
1. Considered the problem of
meeting the 2/3 voting faculty majority and decided to add another voting
faculty member. Will forward the action
to the Educational Policy Committee.
Faculty Affairs Committee
David Oberstar,
Chair
1. Gave Vice Chancellor Susan Hannah
suggestions on the wording of a document regarding the implementation of the
“tenured only” requirement for membership on tenure and promotion committees as
prescribed in the recently approved SD 03-10.
The document will be promulgated by the Office of Academic Affairs.
2. Reviewed and approved promotion and tenure
procedures documents of the Department of Manufacturing Technology and the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.
3. Made revisions to the upward feedback survey
forms for the chancellor, vice chancellor and deans.
Subcommittee of
the Faculty Affairs Committee:
Professional Development Subcommittee
Linda Hite, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Michael
Nusbaumer, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.
Nominations and Elections Committee
Ron Friedman,
Chair
1. Conducted an election
for the Presiding Officer of the Faculty:
George Bullion was elected.
2. Brian Fife declared
elected as the Speaker of the Indiana University Faculty.
3. Soliciting
nominations for vacancies on the Senate committees and subcommittees.
Elaine
Blakemore, Chair
1. Considering IPFW representation on the Purdue
West Lafayette 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. Reviewed
and approved athletic schedules of all teams and reviewed the budget.
2. Constructing
policy statement regarding guidelines to be used when planning athletic
schedules, with special focus on travel concerns.
3. Considering
requesting the appointment of an assistant Faculty Athletic Representative to
be of opposite sex of Faculty Athletic Representative in order to stay in line
with gender equity concerns.
4. Heard
two student-athlete eligibility appeals.
University Resources Policy Committee
George Bullion,
Chair
1. Considering
the establishing of metrics for IPFW’s DI athletic program.
Subcommittees of
the University Resources Policy Committee:
Academic Computing and Information
Technology Advisory Subcommittee
1. Working
on recommendations for content and arrangement of information for a new set of
IPFW faculty and staff web pages. Final
recommendations will be provided to the Web Advisory Committee in March.
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee
George Bullion, Chair
1. Reviewing
audit report of the 2002-03 athletic program and will be providing recommendations
to Vice Chancellor Hannah regarding allocation of new monies among the
following categories concerning “If we have new recurring money to spend, how
much would you allocate to each of these expenditure items”: Faculty salaries (merit, equity), Associate
faculty salaries, Graduate assistants, New positions, S&E, Equipment.
Library Subcommittee
David Oberstar, Chair
1. Revising the information literacy document which was sent back to us by the Educational Policy Committee.