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Agenda Digest

Rebecca Kneedler called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in Room 200 at Ruffner Hall. In attendance were Jahan Ramazani, Daniel Larson, Susan McKinnon, Michael Smith, Janet Horne, Miles Townsend, Patricia Werhane, Marguerite Lippert and Michael Williams. Gueste were Peter Low, Vice President and Provost, Muriel Poston, ACE Fellow and former Chair of the Howard University Faculty Senate, Jim Tybur, Chair of the Honor Committee, and Sean Bryant, student member of the Board of Visitors.

Muriel Poston gave an overview of her interest in faculty governance and her work on the Faculty Senate of Howard University.

Jim Tybur updated the Council on changes to the Honor System. He said that a Faculty Advisory Committee has been formed, which is made up of faculty volunteers. A discussion of the Honor System followed Mr. Tybur's presentation. It was suggested that students and faculty, especially those who are skeptical of the System, should work together to improve it. It was noted that the faculty has an obligation to help address and remedy the current problems in the Honor System.

Ms. Kneedler talked briefly about the delayed pay plan, stating that she has been in contact with the General Faculty Council and the Employee Council regarding the issue. Ms. Kneedler also discussed faculty salaries, saying that the administration has made the issue of faculty salaries a top priority.

Other issues discussed were communication in the Faculty Senate and the work being done by the Academic Affairs Committee regarding teaching evaluations. Ms. Kneedler will ask Ed Ayers, Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, to attend the next Executive Council meeting to report on the work of that Committee.

A memorandum from Robert Carey, Dean of the School of Medicine, was passed out. The memorandum asks the Senate to delegate selection of scholarship recipients of an endowment from Elizabeth McClung White to the faculty of the School of Medicine. Ms. Kneedler called for a motion to so delegate the selection of the Elizabeth McClung White Scholarhsip recipients. The motion was made, seconded, and it was unanimously passed. Ms. Kneedler will notify Dean Carey of this action.

The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.

Submitted by Susan McKinnon, Secretary to the Faculty Senate