NUMBER 2
MINUTES
Faculty Senate Meeting
October 25, 2001
As approved by the Faculty Senate on
December 13, 2001
1. The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate
was called to order at 3:06 p.m. in room 113 White Hall, Chairperson
Peters presiding.
All members were present except Senators
Arakelian, Ariew, Blanpied, Burbank, Frohlich, Grilli, Hollinshead,
Ibrahim, Karow, Kulenovic, Lee, Malik, Martin, Riebe, Specker,
Westin, Wichelns and Wills; President Carothers; Vice Presidents
Beagle and Dougan; Deans Farmer, Mazze and Richmond (Deans Kim,
Letendre and the Dean of the Feinstein College of Continuing
Education were represented by their designees); Ms. McMahon; Mr.
Amidon
Chairperson Peters asked if there were any
additions or corrections to or questions about the Minutes. There
were none.
The motion to approve the Minutes of Meeting
#1 carried.
3. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. Announcements
1) Chairperson Peters reported
that President Carothers was unable to attend the meeting because he
was in Providence at a meeting of the Personnel Review Committee in
the Office of Higher Education. He explained that Provost Swan would
give the President's report in President Carothers' absence.
2) Chairperson Peters welcomed a group of
students from WRT 227 who were attending the meeting for the State of
the Budget Address.
B. Vice Chairperson Goldsmith said that the
minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #2 through #5 appeared on
pages 3-13 of the Agenda and asked if there were any
questions.
Chairperson Peters and Vice Chairperson
Goldsmith responded to questions about the status of efforts to
eliminate the "cap" and the Executive Committee's request that the
Academic Standards and Calendar Committee consider questions about
plagiarism software that had been raised in the College of Arts and
Sciences.
C. Vice Chairperson Goldsmith moved that
Professor Cheryl McCarthy, LSC, be appointed to replace Professor
Saran Twombly, BIO, as a member of the Library Committee during
spring 2002. The motion carried.
4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
Provost Swan reported briefly on
Family Weekend, Governor Almond's Executive Order to curtail state
spending and the expected mid-year recision.
Provost Swan then introduced Vice President
Dennis Stark, who presented the State of the Budget address for '02
using a series of slides prepared by the Budget Office. These slides
are available on the web at http://www.uri.edu/busfin/facsen02.html.
Vice President Stark, with the assistance of
Ms. Barrett, responded to questions throughout the
presentation.
5. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. Senator Hickox presented the
Three Hundred and Ninety-Ninth Report of the Curricular Affairs
Committee, which appeared on pages 41-46 of the Agenda. He said that Section I was
informational. He asked if there were any questions. There were
none.
Senator Hickox said that Section II required
confirmation by the Faculty Senate and moved approval of Section II.
The motion carried.
Senator Hickox said that Section III was a
joint report of the Curricular Affairs Committee and Graduate Council
on 400-level courses. He noted that part A was informational and
asked if there were any questions. There were none.
B. Vice Provost Trubatch presented Curricular
Report No. 2001-02-1 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate,
which appeared on pages 47-48 of the Agenda. She said that Section I was
informational and asked if there were any questions. There were
none.
Vice Provost Trubatch said that Section II
required confirmation by the Faculty Senate and moved approval of
Section II. The motion carried.
C. Vice Provost Trubatch presented Curricular
Report No. 2001-02-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate,
which appeared on pages 49-51 of the Agenda. She said that the entire report required
confirmation by the Faculty Senate and moved approval of the
report.
Senator Leo moved to amend the report by
removing item C, 3 on page 50 (deletion of ENG 690).
Following discussion, the amendment
carried.
Senator Matoney moved to amend the report by
removing ACC 643 from the list of courses under item B, 1. The
amendment carried.
After discussion, the amended motion
carried.
The Senate returned to item 5, A.
A. Senator Hickox announced that
part B of Section III of the Three Hundred and Ninety-Ninth Report of
the Curricular Affairs Committee required confirmation by the Faculty
Senate and moved approval. The motion carried.
The Senate resumed its regular order of
business.
D. Senator Bide moved approval of
the following recommendation of the UCGE Committee, which appeared on
the cover of the Agenda:
That students be permitted to
apply the Fall 2001 Honors Colloquium, HPR 202 A Just and Sustainable
Future, to either the Social Sciences (S) area or the Natural
Sciences (N) area of the General Education program.
The motion carried.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Chairperson Peters announced that
there was no unfinished business before the Senate at that
time.
7.
NEW BUSINESS
Chairperson Peters asked if there
was any new business.
Senator Leo asked Provost Swan to convey his
request to President Carothers that the President reconsider the new
homecoming policy.
Senator McIntyre asked the Executive Committee
to consider comments raised by some students and members of the
faculty after the teach-in on October 7, 2001 that the panel may not
have presented a balance of different perspectives.
Chairperson Peters declared the meeting
adjourned
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila Black Grubman
for MARJORIE MCMAHON,
Secretary