NUMBER 2
University of Rhode
Island
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
Faculty Senate Meeting
October 30,
2003
1. The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate
was called to order at 3:04 p.m. in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester
Kirk Building, Chairperson Beckman presiding.
All members were present except Senators Cobb,
Dewhurst, Glasow, Jouaneh and Morin; Vice Presidents Beagle and
Dougan; Deans Farmer, Gandel, Letendre, Mazze, and Taggart (Vice
Provosts McCray and Trubatch and Dean Seemann were represented by
their designees); Mr. Lopes and Mr. Sutherland.
2. Chairperson Beckman asked if there were any
additions or corrections to or questions about the Minutes of
Faculty Senate Meeting #1, September 25, 2003. There were none.
Chairperson Beckman ruled that in the absence
of additions or corrections, the Minutes were approved as
distributed.
3. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A.
Announcements:
1) Chairperson Beckman announced
that the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Education and Research has been
reconstituted under the chairpersonship of Senator Rodgers. The
members of the committee are:
Senator Faye Boudreaux-Bartels,
College of Engineering
Professor Shaw Chen, College of
Business
Professor Bongsup Cho, College of
Pharmacy
Professor Nancy Cook, English, Arts &
Sciences
Professor Robin Devin, University
Libraries
Professor Arthur Gold, College of the
Environment and Life Sciences
Senator Michael Havener, Library and
Information Studies, Arts & Sciences representing the Graduate
Council
Senator Robert Rodgers, College of Pharmacy,
Chairperson
Professor Joseph Rossi, Psychology, Arts and
Sciences representing the Council for Research
She reported that the ad hoc committee hoped
to begin its work next week and indicated that Senators would be able
to learn more about the ad hoc committee by visiting the committee's
website through the Faculty Senate's Home Page.
2) Chairperson Beckman announced that everyone
was invited to join us for a reception at the University Club after
the Faculty Senate meeting. She said that the reception would be
sponsored by Dean McKinney of the College of Human Science and
Services and Dean Nassersharif of the College of Engineering.
3) Chairperson Beckman said that the Board of
Governors was scheduled to meet later that afternoon in Providence.
She explained that President Carothers and Vice President Barrett
would have to leave the Senate meeting early because of their
commitments and asked for and received permission to change the order
of business to consider item 4, the President's report before item 3,
B.
4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
A. President Carothers announced,
as indicated on the Agenda, that he had approved Senate Bills
#03-04--1 and #03-04--2 which had been forwarded to him after the September 25,
2003 Faculty Senate Meeting.
B. President Carothers reported on the receipt
of a major advance grant of $3.5 million for Women in Science. He
said that Vice Provost Trubatch had been the principal investigator
on the grant, but had worked with a number of faculty members
throughout the University on the proposal.
The President also announced that the
accreditation teams for the College of Pharmacy and the College of
Business Administration had been extremely positive in their exit
interviews. In addition, he reported that the University had been
notified officially by NCATE that URI's teacher education programs
continued to be accredited. He expressed his appreciation to all of
the faculty members in Business Administration, Pharmacy and the
School of Education for their excellent work.
C. Interim Vice President Barrett presented
the State of the Budget address for the 2003-04 academic year using a
series of slides prepared by the Budget Office. These slides were
supplemented by paper copies, which had been distributed to all
members of the Senate prior to the report. Interim Vice President
Barrett responded to questions during and immediately following the
presentation.
After Chairperson Beckman thanked Interim Vice
President Barrett, the Senate resumed its regular order of business
with item 3, B.
3. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
B. Vice
Chairperson Hollinshead said that before she asked for questions
about the minutes of Executive Committee meetings, she wanted to
remind everyone that the minutes are the way that the Executive
Committee keeps the Senate and the community informed about what is
happening with regard to academic matters. Thanks to Ms. DeFosse in
the Faculty Senate Office it is now possible to read Executive
Committee Meeting Minutes on the web at the Faculty Senate Home Page
http://www.uri.edu/facsen/. She said that the Executive Committee
strongly urges Senators to read the Executive Committee's minutes
before each meeting and she promised that they would try to answer
questions or find answers if they were unable to answer them at that
time.
Vice Chairperson Hollinshead said that the
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #3 through #7 appeared on
pages 3-17 of the Agenda and asked if there were any
questions.
Vice Chairperson Hollinshead, Chairperson
Beckman and Provost Swan responded to questions about the Executive
Committee's Minutes.
C. Vice Chairperson Hollinshead stated that as
part of the Executive Committee's effort to improve communication,
the Minutes of JSPC meetings are also included in the Agenda. She
explained that they could also be accessed through the Faculty Senate
home page. She said that the Minutes of the September 4 meeting of
the JSPC appeared on pages 18 and 19 and asked if there were any questions. There were
none.
D. Vice Chairperson Hollinshead reported that
she had two recommendations of the Executive Committee to introduce
at that time.
1) Vice Chairperson Hollinshead
then moved approval of the following recommendation:
That the Faculty Senate approve
the Small Research Vessel Policy for the University of Rhode Island
that appears on pages 20-21 of the agenda.
Discussion ensued.
Following discussion, Senator Rice moved that
the Small Research Vessel Policy be returned to the Executive
Committee for consultation and clarification. The motion
carried.
2) Vice Chairperson Hollinshead moved that the
Faculty Senate approve the replacement of the title "Vice President
for Business and Finance" with "Vice President for Administration" in
accordance with Article VII, paragraph 3 of the Faculty Senate
Constitution. She explained that the full motion and the background
information could be found on pages 22 and 23.
Vice Chairperson Hollinshead noted that that
the Senate could not vote on this motion at the meeting it was
introduced and must hold it for unfinished business at the November
meeting.
5. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. Professor Kaufman presented the
Four Hundred Sixteenth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee,
which appeared on pages 24-27 of the Agenda. He said that Section I was informational
and asked if there were any questions. There were none.
Professor Kaufman said that Section II
required confirmation by the Faculty Senate and moved approval. The
motion carried.
Professor Kaufman announced that Section III
was a report on 400-level courses that were not for graduate credit
and therefore, no action by the graduate Council was required. He
said that part A was informational and asked if there were any
questions.
Senator Hufnagel asked that item A, 2, a be
corrected editorially to read "MTC" 405.
Professor Kaufman said that part B required
confirmation by the Faculty Senate and moved approval. The motion
carried.
B. Dean Kulberg presented the Curricular
Report No. 2003-04-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate,
which appeared on page 28 of the Agenda. She made several editorial corrections
to the report and then moved approval. The motion carried.
C. Professor Jackson presented the University
College and General Education Committee Report #2003-04-1, which
appeared on pages 29-30 of the Agenda.
Professor Jackson said that Section I required
confirmation by the Faculty Senate and moved approval.
Discussion ensued.
Following discussion, it was agreed that the
report would be amended editorially to include course titles and that
all subsequent reports would include titles for approved courses as
well.
After discussion, Section I as revised was
approved.
Professor Jackson announced that Section II
was an informational report on guidelines for the Mathematical and
Quantitative Reasoning (MQ) core area and the Natural Sciences (N)
core area and asked if there were any questions.
Discussion ensued.
Following discussion, Interim Vice Provost
Swift announced that she was in the process of setting up workshops
for incorporating the integrated skills for courses in the (MQ) core
area and (N) core area in November.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Chairperson Beckman asked if there
was any unfinished business. There was none.
7. NEW BUSINESS
Chairperson Beckman asked if there
was any new business. There was none.
Chairperson Beckman reminded everyone that a
reception at the University Club immediately followed the meeting and
encouraged everyone to attend.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila Black Grubman