NUMBER 6
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Kingston, Rhode Island
FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES
Faculty Senate Meeting
February 26, 2004
1. The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate was called to order
at 3:10 p.m. in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester Kirk Building,
Chairperson Beckman presiding.
All members were present except Senators Dicioccio, Glasow,
Hicks, Morin, Oviatt, Ramsay, Rowinski, Thiem, Varki and Westin; Vice
Presidents Barrett, Beagle and Dougan; Deans Farmer, Mazze, McKinney,
Richmond and Taggart (Vice Provosts McCray and Trubatch; Deans Joseph
and 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 #5,
January 29, 2004. 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 Senator Wayne
Lee from the College of Engineering was taking his seat at that
meeting and welcomed him to the Senate.
Chairperson Beckman said that she also wanted to welcome Mr.
Thomas Murphy who would join the Senate at a special forum on his
portfolio decision model. She said that Mr. Murphy has also agreed to
work with groups of Senators as representatives of the faculty on
developing specific criteria for URI. She announced that he had
already met with one group that morning and would meet with two
additional groups of Senators after the spring break.
2) Chairperson Beckman reminded the Senate that the deadline for
nominations for the URI Foundation Excellence Awards was the
following day, February 27, 2004 at 4:00 pm.
3) Chairperson Beckman expressed appreciation to Dean Edward
Mazze of the College of Business Administration for graciously
agreeing to sponsor the reception after that afternoon's Faculty
Senate meeting. She encouraged members of the Senate to come to the
University Club that afternoon.
4) Chairperson Beckman said that she wanted to take the
opportunity to announce officially that Senator Faye
Boudreaux-Bartels has agreed to serve as Vice Chairperson of the
Faculty Senate for the remainder of the current academic year. She
expressed her appreciation and that of the rest of the members of the
Executive Committee to Senator Boudreaux-Bartels for her willingness
to take over this important position, previously held by Senator Mary
Hollinshead.
B. Vice Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels encouraged members of the
Senate to read the minutes and other communications from the
Executive Committee. She explained that by doing so Senators would be
informed about the Executive Committee's activities and concerns and,
therefore, better equipped to represent their colleagues.
Vice Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels announced that the minutes of
Executive Committee Meetings #16,
#17, #18
and #19 appeared on pages 3-12 of the
Agenda. She asked if there were any questions.
Vice Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels and Chairperson Beckman
responded to questions about the minutes
C. Vice Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels said that the minutes of
the December 4 and December 18, 2003 meetings of the JSPC appeared on
pages 13-17 of the Agenda and asked if there
were any questions. There were none.
D. Vice Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels announced that before she
moved approval of the Executive Committee's recommendations on
committees, she wanted to add the following item:
c. Constitution, By-Laws and University Manual
Committee
The Executive Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate
approve the appointment of Professor Bruce Marti, MAF, to the CBUM
Committee for a term ending in spring 2005.
She then moved approval of the Executive Committee's
recommendations on pages 18-19 of the Agenda as revised. The motion
carried.
4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
A. President Carothers announced that, as indicated on the
Agenda, he had approved Senate Bills #03-04--15 , #03-04--16 and #03-04--17 and had supported Resolution #03-04--2.
B. President Carothers reported on the Governor's Budget for
fiscal year '05 as reflected in the State of the Budget Address and
possible implications for URI. He then responded to questions from
members of the Senate.
5. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL
COMMITTEES
A. Professor Kaufman moved approval of the Four Hundred Twentieth
Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Proposal to Reorganize
the Department Structure of the College of Pharmacy which appeared on
pages 20-22 of the Agenda.
Following discussion, the motion carried.
B. Professor Kaufman presented the Four Hundred Twenty-First
Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee, which appeared on pages
23-24 of the Agenda. He said that Section I
was informational and asked if there were any questions.
Senator Feldman made an editorial correction to Section I.
Professor Kaufman said that Section II required confirmation by
the Faculty Senate and moved approval with an editorial correction to
item C, 3.
Discussion ensued.
At the request of Senator Jackson, Chairperson Beckman divided
the motion into two parts: items A, C, D and E as the first part and
item B as the second part.
Following discussion, the motion to approve Section II, items A,
C, D and E carried.
Discussion of item B resumed.
After discussion, Senator Wenisch moved that item B be removed
from the report.
Following discussion, the motion carried.
C. Associate Dean Kulberg presented Curricular Report No.
2003-04-5 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate, which
appeared on page 25 of the Agenda.
She said that Section I was informational and asked if there were any
questions. There were none.
Associate Dean Kulberg said that Section II required confirmation
by the Faculty Senate and moved approval. The motion carried.
D. Senator Jackson moved approval of the University College and
General Education Committee Reports #2003-04-4 and #2003-4-5, which
appeared as items C and D on pages 26-27 and on pages 28-29 of the
Agenda.
Discussion ensued.
Following discussion, the motion to approve University College
and General Education Committee Report #2003-04-4 and University
College and General Education Committee Report #2003-04-5 carried,
6. SPECIAL FORUM
Chairperson Beckman introduced Mr. Tomas Murphy, who presented
his decision portfolio model using a series of slides. During his
presentation, Mr. Murphy responded to questions from the floor.
Chairperson Beckman circulated among members of the Senate blank
"sign-up sheets" of four possible meeting times for two meetings
during the week of March 15. Senators were encouraged to sign up for
as many times as they might be available to attend because only two
meetings with Senators were to be scheduled.
When the time for the meeting expired, Chairperson Beckman
thanked Mr. Murphy and encouraged Senators to participate in the two
meetings that were to be scheduled for the week of March 15.
Chairperson Beckman invited members of the Senate and others in
attendance to the reception at the University Club sponsored by Dean
Mazze.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sheila Black Grubman