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Agenda
Digest
September 10, 1997
Jahan Ramazani called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. In
attendance were Rebecca Kneedler, Janet Horne, Sharon Utz, Miles
Townsend, Robert Grainger, Marva Barnett, Benjamin Ray, David Gies,
Peter Low, Robert Reynolds
Mr. Ramazani thanked everyone for attending the meeting.
The first order of business was a review of Faculty Senate
standing committees and new appointments to those committees.
Rebecca Kneedler announced that all Senate standing committees are
complete. She told the Council that James Clawson, from the Darden
School, has agreed to chair the Grievance Committee for the 1997/98
year.
Mr. Ramazani discussed the University committees that need Faculty
Senate representation. The University Committee on Information
Technology will have Edward Ayers (History Department) and Jeffrey
Hadden (Sociology Department) as the Senate's representatives.
Walter Wadlington (Law School) will be the Senate's representative on
the Libraries Committee. Mr. Ramazani will check on the
possibility of having an additional one or two senators on the
Libraries Committee. Senate representatives on University committees
will be asked to report back to the Senate at least once a year on
the activities of his/her committee. The Chair of the Faculty Senate
will check with the various University committee chairs on issues
being addressed and report back to the Executive Council on issues of
faculty interest.
The next order of business was a discussion of charges for the
Academic Affairs Committee and the Committee on Research and
Scholarship, based on the issues raised at the Senate retreat on
September 5, 1997. The Senate's goal in regard to the initiative to
enhance intellectual community is to develop specific recommendations
and actions, Mr. Ramazani said. Mr. Ramazani distributed two draft
documents that he has developed, one outlining the charge of the
Academic Affairs Committee, and the other outlining the charge of the
Committee on Research and Scholarship. Ben Ray, Chair of the
Academic Affairs Committee, said the Academic Affairs Committee would
develop a plan of action for addressing the issues that his committee
is charged with addressing and report to the Executive Council. He
said that word of the grant program to promote excellence in
teaching, and how to apply for a grant, needs to get to all
departments. The Academic Affairs Committee will meet with Barbara
Nolan, Vice Provost, and work out all of the details so that the
program can be well publicized this Fall.
David Gies, Chair of the Committee on Research and Scholarship,
reviewed the charge of his committee. The Committee will work out a
plan of action for addressing the issues his committee is charged
with addressing and report to the Executive Council.
Peter Low, Vice President and Provost, addressed the Executive
Council on several issues:
*A grant project in the School of Engineering
*The "Faculty Misconduct Procedures" document
*The "Program Review" document
The meeting adjourned at 4:59 p.m.
Submitted by Janet Horne, Secretary of the Faculty Senate
