NUMBER 3
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Kingston, Rhode Island
FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES
Faculty Senate Meeting – November 18, 2004
1. The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate was
called
to order at 3:08 p.m. in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester Kirk Building,
Chairperson
Boudreaux-Bartels presiding.
All members were present except Senators Dholakia, Hicks, Jouaneh,
R.
Lee, W. Lee, Leo, Mandel, Manteiga, Melanson, Oviatt, and Suzawa; Vice
President
Beagle; Vice Provost McCray; Deans Farmer, Letendre, Mazze, Richmond
and
Taggart (Vice Provost Trubatch was represented by her designee); Mr.
Sutherland
and Mr. Lopes.
2. Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels asked if there
were
any additions or corrections to or questions about the Minutes of
Faculty
Senate Meeting #2, October 28, 2004. There were none.
Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels 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 Boudreaux-Bartels announced
that
the RI Office of Higher Education would sponsor an all-day workshop on
Student
Learning Outcomes Assessment for faculty members at URI, RIC and CCRI
on
either January 10, or January 14, 2005. Dr. Peggy Maki, who is a
national
expert on Student Learning Outcomes Assessment, will serve as
facilitator.
You will be hearing more about the date, time and location of the
workshop
very soon.*
2) Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels reported
that
Dr. Jack Warner, Rhode Island’s Commissioner for Higher Education, had
agreed
to speak to the Faculty Senate at the December 9 meeting.
Commissioner
Warner will talk about the importance of student outcomes assessment to
higher
education in Rhode Island. She said that he would provide examples of
how
outcomes assessment affects faculty in their role as teachers as well
as
how assessment impacts students.
3) Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels thanked Dean
Joseph
of the College of Nursing and Dean Letendre of the College of Pharmacy
for
graciously agreeing to sponsor a reception following the Faculty Senate
meeting.
She encouraged everyone to come to the University Club after the
meeting.
4) Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels introduced
Mr.
Evan Duggan, a Student Senator, who announced the initiation of a USA
Today
Newspaper program that was being developed by the Student Senate and
encouraged
faculty members and department chairs to participate. He said
that
more information would be forthcoming and encouraged interested persons
to
call the Student Senate at 4-2261 for more details.
B. Vice Chairperson Rosen said that the minutes
of
Executive Committee Meetings #8 and #9 appeared on pages 3-7 of the
Agenda.
He asked if there were any questions.
Vice Chairperson Rosen and Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels
responded
to questions about the minutes.
C. Vice Chairperson Rosen announced that the
minutes
from the Joint Strategic Planning Committee's October 7, 2004 meeting
appeared
on pages 8-9 of the Agenda. He asked if there were any questions.
There
were none.
D. Senator Karen Ramsay reported on the results
of
the informal survey that the Executive Committee had distributed to
academic
and some administrative departments on campus. She and Senator
Kowalski
responded to questions about the data collection and plans to follow-up
in
the future.
Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels thanked Senators Ramsay and
Kowalski
for the time and energy they had devoted to the project, especially in
a
very limited time frame.
After discussion, the Senate moved to the next item of business.
4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
A. President Carothers noted that no actions
from
the previous meeting had been reported in time for the meeting.
B. President Carothers expressed his
appreciation
to everyone on the faculty, staff and in the University community who
had
worked so successfully on the Bond referendum to obtain $85,000,000 of
the
$91,000,000 dollars on the ballot. He also thanked everyone for
their
roles in generating such a positive perception of the University to the
state.
The President responded to questions from members of the Senate
on
the status of the AAUP Contract and the standing of statewide
negotiations
between the unions and the Governor’s representatives on health
benefits.
President Carothers wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving Holiday
and
then introduced Vice President Weygand for the State of the Budget
Address.
C. Vice President Weygand presented the State of the Budget
address
for the 2004-05 academic year using a series of slides prepared by Ms.
Barrett’s
staff in the Budget Office. He expressed his appreciation to Ms.
Barrett,
who was unable to attend that afternoon’s Faculty Senate meeting.
(These
slides are available on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FY05_BudPresent_FS.pdf.)
Vice President Weygand responded to questions during and
immediately
following the presentation.
5. REPORTS OF STANDING AND
SPECIAL
COMMITTEES
A. Dean Pasquerella presented the Curricular
Report
No. 2004-05-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate, which
appeared
on pages 10-11 of the Agenda.
Dean Pasquerella said that section I of the report was
informational
and asked if there were any questions. There were none.
Dean Pasquerella announced that Section II of the report required
confirmation
by the Faculty Senate.
Senator Kowalski moved approval of Section II. The motion
carried.
B. Senator Jackson introduced the University
College
and General Education Committee Report #2004-005-2, which appeared on
page
12 of the Agenda.
He then moved approval of the UCGE Committee’s Report. The
motion
carried.
6. SPECIAL REPORT
Vice President Weygand presented an update on the Capital
Improvement
Plan for URI using a series of slides. (These slides are available on
the
web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/CIP_11-18-04.pdf.)
Vice President Weygand responded to questions during and
immediately
following the slide presentation.
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels said that she had
received
a note updating her original announcement of the workshop on Student
Learning
Outcomes Assessment for faculty members at URI, RIC and CCRI. She
reported
that the date of January 10, 2005 had been confirmed for the workshop
and
it would held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Warwick. She said
that
the exact location had yet to be determined.
Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels asked if there was any further
unfinished
business. There was none.
8. NEW BUSINESS
Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels asked if there was any new business.
There
was none.
Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels invited everyone to the reception at
the
University Club sponsored by Deans Joseph and Letendre.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila Black Grubman