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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Kingston, Rhode Island

FACULTY SENATE

MINUTES

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting #1 -- June 2, 2003

1. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2003 in the third floor conference room in Green Hall, Chairperson Beckman presiding. All members were present.

2. The minutes of 2002-03 Executive Committee Meeting #27, May 6, 2003, were approved.

3. The Executive Committee was brought up to date on the following matters of business that had been considered previously:

a. URI Wireless Network Policy: Ms Grubman reported that Vice Provost Gandel had indicated to her that the proposed policy would have a minimal effect on faculty and other members of the university community. Senator Boudreaux-Bartels agreed to find out which, if any, devices used at the university would be affected by the policy.

The Executive Committee agreed that once it is determined which devices are affected, they would inform the university community on FacSen-Bus about the policy and its adoption by the University.

b. Release Time: The Executive Committee discussed President Carothers' statement agreeing to provide one course release time for each of the members of the Executive Committee who were not already entitled to release time by statute. Chairperson Beckman and Ms. Grubman were asked to meet with the Provost to clarify how the release time would be implemented.

c. JSPC: The Executive Committee discussed the May 28 meeting of the JSPC. Ms. Grubman asked members of the committee to offer suggestions or additions to her draft minutes of the meeting. It was agreed that once the minutes were approved by the JSPC they would be posted on FacSen-Bus. In addition, the minutes would be printed in the Senate Agenda along with minutes of the Executive Committee and time for questions would be set-aside at each Senate meeting.

4. Announcements/Correspondence:

a. Chairperson Beckman reported on the May 23 meeting of the Board of Governors Academic and Student Affairs Committee. She said that each of the three institutions had described their retention efforts and noted that Dean Richmond and Assistant Dean Salamone had made a presentation on behalf of URI. She said that she had asked for a copy of URI's power point presentation, including a series of graphs, and would provide them to the members of the Executive Committee as soon as they were downloaded.

The Executive Committee agreed to invite Deans Richmond and Salamone to make their presentation to the Faculty Senate in the fall.

b. The January-February-March 2003 edition of URI In the News was circulated for information Ms. Grubman said that the Faculty Senate Office received the materials on a regular basis and indicated that she would share them with the Executive Committee as they became available.

c. The Executive Committee discussed a memorandum dated May 27 from Dean Richmond requesting that that the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, acting for the Senate during the summer, permit the elimination of the 60 credit prerequisite for internships.

Following discussion, the Executive Committee asked Ms. Grubman to write to Dean Richmond on their behalf informing her that the Executive Committee had agreed that it would be inappropriate for them to act on her request. She was asked to explain that the Executive Committee's authority to act on behalf of the Faculty Senate during the summer is very limited under the provisions of Section 4.3 of the Senate By-Laws:

4.3 The Executive Committee shall have the power to act for the Senate during the interim between the last Senate meeting in the spring and the first meeting in the fall on such matters as urgently require action at the time. Before acting, the Chairperson shall invite members of the Senate to a hearing concerning the action and its urgency. The provisions for circulating the agenda and minutes for special meetings of the Senate shall apply. The action of the Executive Committee will become effective ten days following the distribution of the minutes unless a necessary Presidential approval is withheld or unless a petition for challenges the action delay signed by five percent of the General Faculty. In these cases, the action must await consideration by the Senate.

In addition, Ms. Grubman was directed to inform Dean Richmond that since her request was a curricular matter it would require action through the appropriate curricular channels, including deliberation by the Curricular Affairs Committee and the Faculty Senate.

5. Ms Grubman reviewed with the Executive Committee their specific responsibilities during the summer:

a. Reviewing and approving the CBUM Report on changes to the UNIVERSITY MANUAL based upon Faculty Senate legislation during the 2002-03 academic year, which usually takes place in July;

b. Appointing members to various Senate and University committees, which usually begins in July.

c. Developing an agenda for the 2003-04 Faculty Senate. It was agreed that this could be developed as they meet over the summer. The Executive Committee agreed that shared governance would continue to be a priority

d Planning the Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting #1, which will be held on September 25, 2003.

6. Ms. Grubman asked members of the Executive Committee to provide her with their schedules for fall 2003 by their next meeting so they can establish a regular meeting date and time for the fall.

Ms. Grubman explained that it has been the Executive Committee's practice to meet regularly with President Carothers and Provost Swan. She said that she would schedule the meetings as soon as a meeting time was established. Ms. Grubman suggested that the Executive Committee might want to schedule meetings with Vice President Stark and Vice Provosts Gandel and Trubatch at least once during the academic year.

7. The Executive Committee reviewed the following topics, which had been identified by the 2002-2003 Executive Committee as matters of continuing interest:

a. Centennial Scholarships: Chairperson Beckman and Vice Chairperson Hollinshead explained to the new members of the Executive Committee that the previous committee had spoken with President Carothers about the how Centennial Scholars are selected and the President had agreed to explore with Dean Taggart the possibility of considering other guidelines for awarding the scholarships.

It was agreed to include Centennial Scholarships as a discussion topic for their first meeting with the President.

b. The qualitative accompaniment/supplement to the PCA: Ms. Grubman reported that she had spoken briefly with the Provost about the PCA accompaniment and had been assured that it had been approved. Ms. Grubman was asked to encourage the Provost to send copies of the format to department heads so they can have a vehicle for providing a context for the PCA data about their departments.

c. Recommendation regarding the option of admitting freshmen directly out of high school to the Providence Campus: Ms Grubman said that she hadn't been able to discuss the membership of the committee with the Provost but indicated that she would continue to pursue the matter as requested by the Ad Hoc Committee on Admissions Policy in their final report.

d. The Metropolitan College/Urban Initiative: The Executive Committee agreed that, whatever the permutation, this would continue to be an issue for 2003-04.

e. Improving the University's public relations effort with regard to academic programs: The Executive Committee considered the possibility of bringing a brief report on academic programs to the Board of Governors during the open forum portion of each of their meetings during the 2003-04 academic year.

f. The analysis of the costs-benefits of athletics by the subcommittee of the Athletics Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Ramstad: The Executive Committee agreed that it would be useful to have the results of the study as the University attempts to set priorities for resources.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Sheila Black Grubman

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Kingston, Rhode Island

FACULTY SENATE

MINUTES

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting #1 -- June 2, 2003

1. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2003 in the third floor conference room in Green Hall, Chairperson Beckman presiding. All members were present.

2. The minutes of 2002-03 Executive Committee Meeting #27, May 6, 2003, were approved.

3. The Executive Committee was brought up to date on the following matters of business that had been considered previously:

The Executive Committee agreed that once it is determined which devices are affected, they would inform the university community on FacSen-Bus about the policy and its adoption by the University.

4. Announcements/Correspondence:

The Executive Committee agreed to invite Deans Richmond and Salamone to make their presentation to the Faculty Senate in the fall.

b. The January-February-March 2003 edition of URI In the News was circulated for information Ms. Grubman said that the Faculty Senate Office received the materials on a regular basis and indicated that she would share them with the Executive Committee as they became available.

c. The Executive Committee discussed a memorandum dated May 27 from Dean Richmond requesting that that the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, acting for the Senate during the summer, permit the elimination of the 60 credit prerequisite for internships.

In addition, Ms. Grubman was directed to inform Dean Richmond that since her request was a curricular matter it would require action through the appropriate curricular channels, including deliberation by the Curricular Affairs Committee and the Faculty Senate.

5. Ms Grubman reviewed with the Executive Committee their specific responsibilities during the summer:

a. Reviewing and approving the CBUM Report on changes to the UNIVERSITY MANUAL based upon Faculty Senate legislation during the 2002-03 academic year, which usually takes place in July;

b. Appointing members to various Senate and University committees, which usually begins in July.

c. Developing an agenda for the 2003-04 Faculty Senate. It was agreed that this could be developed as they meet over the summer. The Executive Committee agreed that shared governance would continue to be a priority

d Planning the Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting #1, which will be held on September 25, 2003.

6. Ms. Grubman asked members of the Executive Committee to provide her with their schedules for fall 2003 by their next meeting so they can establish a regular meeting date and time for the fall.

7. The Executive Committee reviewed the following topics, which had been identified by the 2002-2003 Executive Committee as matters of continuing interest:

It was agreed to include Centennial Scholarships as a discussion topic for their first meeting with the President.

d. The Metropolitan College/Urban Initiative: The Executive Committee agreed that, whatever the permutation, this would continue to be an issue for 2003-04.

f. The analysis of the costs-benefits of athletics by the subcommittee of the Athletics Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Ramstad: The Executive Committee agreed that it would be useful to have the results of the study as the University attempts to set priorities for resources.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Sheila Black Grubman

SBG:DD