UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
FACULTY SENATE
NUMBER 7
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate on
Thursday, April 18, 2002 in room 113 White Hall.
1. Call to order at 3:00 p.m.
Please note that prior to the
call to order there will be a brief meeting of the General
Faculty for the purpose of approving
certification of candidates for degrees.
2. Disposition of Minutes of Faculty Senate
Meeting #6, March 28, 2002 (attached).
3.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. Announcements.
B. Activities of the Executive Committee
(Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #20 and #21 attached pp.
3-7) -- Vice Chairperson Goldsmith.
C. Recommendations of the Executive
Committee:
1) That the Faculty Senate adopt
the Calendar for Senate Meetings for 2002-03 (attached p.
8).
2) That the Faculty Senate approve membership
of the Nominating Committee for Officers of the 2002-03 Faculty
Senate:
Peter Blanpied, College of Human
Science and Services
Stephan Grilli, College of Engineering
Yan Ma, College of Arts and Sciences
3) That the Faculty Senate approve the URI
World Wide Web Policy as it appears at http://www.uri.edu/home/help/www/web_policy.html with the understanding that the following amendment
procedure will apply:
Modifications to this web policy
shall be submitted to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. If the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee determines that the matter does
not fall under Faculty Senate jurisdiction the Vice Provost for
Information Services shall be informed of this determination, and the
changes shall become effective upon approval by the President. If the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee determines that the changes do
require Faculty Senate approval, the matter shall be presented to the
Faculty Senate for action.
(The cover of Policy #02-1 "University of
Rhode Island World Wide Web Policy" to be included in Appendix G of
the UNIVERSITY MANUAL is attached pp. 9-10). Vice Provost Gandel will answer questions about the
URI Web Policy.
4.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT - President
Carothers
A. Status of Actions Forwarded to
the President.
B. Announcements.
5. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. The Four Hundred Fourth Report
of the Curricular Affairs Committee (attached pp. 11-17) -- Senator Hickox.
B. Curricular Report No. 2001-2002-7 from the
Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate (attached pp. 18-19) -- Vice Provost Trubatch.
C. Reports of Ad Hoc Senate Committees on
Athletics and Academics:
1) Committee on
Priority Registration for Athletes (to be distributed) -- Senator
Nippo.
2) Committee on Sections 8.51.30-31 of the
UNIVERSITY MANUAL (oral) -- Senator Ramstad.
D. Annual Report of the Council for Research
for 2001-02 (attached pp. 20-21) -- Professor Euler.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. When the February 28, 2002
meeting of the Faculty Senate adjourned, PART II of the University
College and General Education Committee Report #2001-02-1 was under
consideration.
A motion to refer Part II back to the UCGE
Committee to reconsider the portion relating to the FL/CC core area
in light of the discussion was on the floor. (The report appears on
pages 44-47 of the Agenda for meeting #5, February 28,
2002.)
B. On March 28, 2002 action on the following
By-Laws change that appeared in the Report of the Constitution,
By-Laws and University Manual Committee #01-02--2 was postponed until
April 18 because amendments to the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate may
not be voted upon at the meeting they are first moved:
Amend section 2.7 of the By-Laws as follows
(changes are in boldface)
2.7 A senator whose three-year
term expires may not be re-elected until the lapse of one year,
except that a senator who
has not served for two or more consecutive semesters of a three-year
term on account of an officially sanctioned leave (sabbatical,
medical, and the like) shall be eligible for re-election without a
one-year hiatus.
7. NEW BUSINESS