THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
RHODE ISLAND
FACULTY
SENATE
MINUTES
Faculty
Senate Meeting - May 14,
2009
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 Martin presiding.
All members were present
except
Senators S. Adams, Baudet, Baxter, Betensky, Danis, Dholakia, Gordon,
Hedderich, Husband, Jenkins, Kirschenbaum, Hutt, Lasky, Malik, Ohley,
Roworth,
Schwegler, Wills, Wilson and Wittwer; Vice Presidents Beagle, Dougan,
and
Weygand; Vice Provosts Beauvais, Bozylinsky, Libutti and McCray; Deans
Farmer,
Higgins, Jordan, Joseph, Maslyn, McKinney, Richmond and Seemann.
2.
Chairperson
Martin asked if there were any additions or corrections to or questions
about
the Minutes of Faculty Senate Meeting #7, April 23, 2009. There were
none.
Chairperson
Martin ruled that in the absence of any additions or corrections, the
Minutes
were approved as distributed.
3.
REPORTS
OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A.
Announcements
1) Chairperson Martin announced
that it was the first meeting of the 2009-10 Faculty Senate. She said that the following Senators were
taking their seats
at that meeting and asked those who were present to stand:
ARTS
AND SCIENCES
Jerry
Cohen, Psychology
Lynne
Derbyshire, Communication Studies
Nancy
Eaton, Mathematics
Michael
Honhart, History
Leonard
Lardaro, Economics
Louis
Kirschenbaum, Chemistry
Michelangelo
La Luna Languages
Sheri
Wills, Film Media
Kathleen
Davis, English
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Betsy Cooper
ENGINEERING
William Ohley,
Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical
Engineering
Valerie
Maier-Speredelozzi, Industrial and Systems
Engineering
THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE
SCIENCES
Thomas
Husband, Natural
Resources Science
Ingrid
Lofgren, Nutrition and Food Science
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
OCEANOGRAPHY
Jeremy
Collie
NURSING
Denise Coppa
PHARMACY
Kerry
LaPlante,
Pharmacy Practice
2)
Chairperson Martin said that there
was also a new ex
officio member of the Faculty Senate.
She then introduced David Bedard, President of the
Student Senate
3)
Chairperson
Martin thanked Dean Brownell from
the College
of Arts and Sciences for agreeing to sponsor the reception that
afternoon. She
invited
members of the Senate to come to the University Club after the Faculty
Senate
meeting.
4) Chairperson Martin thanked
members
of the 2008-09 Executive Committee, Vice Chairperson Costello and
Senators
Meagher Smith, Ordonez, Rathemacher and Swallow for all of the time
thought and
energy they had put into serving the Faculty Senate during the academic
year. She also thanked Ms. Grubman
for her assistance. Chairperson
Martin expressed her appreciation to President Carothers and Provost
DeHayes as
well.
Chairperson
Martin then outlined for the Senate the accomplishment of the Executive
Committee during the year. (Details of these accomplishments are
available on
the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FSEC_27m08-09.html.)
Vice Chairperson Costello
moved that
the Faculty Senate adopt the following resolution:
Whereas: Chairperson
Celest
Martin has served the Faculty Senate with diligence, tenacity, grace,
and good
humor; and
Whereas: She has
demonstrated her
ability as a strong and skillful leader in the face of a variety of
challenging
circumstances and kept her head while some about her were losing
theirs; and
Whereas: She has
represented the
faculty's interests and concerns and enhanced the shared governance
process
through:
·
Her
consistent advocacy for matters of concern to the faculty at meetings
of the
JSPC and elsewhere,
·
Her
service as a member of the Presidential Search Committee
·
Her
attendance at meetings of the Board of Governors
·
Her
work with the Provost to establish a series of Faculty Forums to
enhance
collaboration and a sense of community between and among faculty
·
Her
participation in the deliberations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the site
of the
Research Park
Therefore,
Be It Resolved that the
2008-2009
Faculty Senate expresses its appreciation to Celest Martin for her
warmth,
wisdom and outstanding service to the Senate and the faculty as a whole.
The
motion carried.
B. Professor Rathemacher,
Chairperson
of the Nominating Committee presented the
Report of
the Nominating Committee for Officers
of the 2009-10 Faculty Senate, which appeared on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/NomCom_09-10.pdf
Professor
Rathemacher placed in nomination for Chairperson
the names of the following Senators:
Sandy Jean Hicks,
Education
Celest Martin, Writing
Stephen Swallow,
Environmental and
Natural Resource Economics
She asked
if there were
any nominations from the floor. There were none.
Nominations
were closed.
The Senate proceeded to vote.
During
balloting, the Senate moved to the next
item of business.
4.
REPORT
OF THE PRESIDENT
President Carothers
welcomed the new
Senators and expressed his appreciation to Chairperson Martin and the
members
of the 2008-09 Executive Committee.
A. The President said he had
approved all of
the legislation forwarded to him after the April Faculty Senate Meeting
and had
supported all three resolutions as well.
B.
President
Carothers said that he had enjoyed working with the Faculty Senate and
its
leadership over the past 18 years and the experience had renewed his
faith in
shared governance. He said that
David Dooley was an excellent choice as his successor and opined that
the
Senate would appreciate working with Dr. Dooley as President.
President
Carothers asked if there were any questions. There
were none.
Vice
Chairperson Costello moved that the Faculty Senate adopt the following
resolution:
WHEREAS Robert L. Carothers is
completing a
distinguished 18 year career as President of the University of Rhode
Island,
through financial times that began as difficult and never got easier;
and
WHEREAS it is through his
efforts that the
student quality at the University has been elevated, diversity among
students,
staff, and faculty has been increased, a "party school" has developed
a conscience, the endowment has grown; and
WHEREAS he is the University's
best-known
lawyer-poet;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate
of the
University of Rhode Island expresses its admiration and appreciation to
Robert
L. Carothers for his service and continuing commitment to the
University of
Rhode Island and welcomes him wholeheartedly as a member of the faculty.
The
motion carried.
3.
B. Professor Rathemacher announced that
Senator
Stephen Swallow had been elected Chairperson of the 2009-10 Faculty
Senate.
Professor
Rathemacher placed in nomination for Vice Chairperson the names of the
following Senators:
William
Ohley, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Margaret Ordoñez,
Textiles, Fashion
Merchandising and Design
She asked
if there were
any nominations from the floor. There were none.
Nominations
were closed.
The Senate proceeded to vote.
During
balloting, the Senate moved to the next
item of business.
5.
REPORTS
OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. Professor Mundorf presented the
Four
Hundred Seventy-First Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee, which
appeared on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/471_CAC.pdf.
He noted that Section I was
Informational
and asked if there were any questions.
There were none
Professor
Mundorf said that Section II required confirmation by the Faculty
Senate and
moved approval. The motion
carried.
Professor Mundorf
announced that Section III was a joint
report of the CAC and Graduate Council on 400-level courses. He
said that
part A was informational and asked if there were any questions. There were none.
Professor Mundorf moved
approval of part B of Section
III. The motion carried.
3.
B. Professor Rathemacher
announced
that Senator Margaret Ordoñez had been elected Vice Chairperson
of the 2009-10
Faculty Senate.
Professor
Rathemacher placed in nomination for the two-year term on the 2008-9
Executive
Committee the names of the following Senators:
Nancy
Eaton, Mathematics
Michael Honhart, History
She asked
if there were
any nominations from the floor. There were none.
Nominations
were closed.
The Senate proceeded to vote.
Since Dean
Killingbeck was serving as a teller
for the election, during balloting, the Senate moved item 5, D.
5.
D.
Senator
DiCioccio presented the Academic Standards and Calendar Committee
Report
#08-09-3: Summer Session 2010, which appeared on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/AS&C_08-09-3.pdf.
Senator DiCioccio moved approval of the calendar for summer 2010. The motion carried.
3.
B. Professor Rathemacher
announced
that Senator Michael Honhart had been elected to the 2-year term on the
Executive Committee.
Professor
Rathemacher explained that both Senator Swallow and Senator
Ordoñez had been
elected officers of the 2009-10 Faculty Senate there would be three
1-year
vacancies on the Executive Committee.
She placed the names of the following Senators in nomination for
the
three 1-year terms:
Ann Danis, Music
Rachel DiCioccio,
Communication
Studies
Thomas Husband, Natural
Resources
Science
Amanda Izenstark, Public
Services,
University Libraries
Suren Malik, Physics
Bahram Nassersharif,
Mechanical
Engineering
Christian Wittwer, Theatre
She asked
if there were any nominations from the
floor. Senator Nancy Eaton and Senator Elizabeth Cooper were nominated
from the
floor.
Nominations were closed. The
Senate proceeded to vote.
During
balloting, the
Senate moved to the next item of business.
5.
E Professor Swift
presented the
Report of the Learning Outcomes
Oversight
Committee for 2008-09, which is available on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/LOOC_08-09.pdf
F. Senator Swallow presented the Report of
the Ad Hoc Committee to Collaborate with the Administration on the Site
of the
Proposed Research Park, which was available on the web at
http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Research_Park_Final.pdf
and http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Research_Park_Appendices.htm
Discussion ensued.
Following
discussion,
Senator Swallow moved that the Faculty Senate accept the Report of the
Ad Hoc Committee on the Site
of the Research Park and endorse its conclusions.
The motion carried.
3.
B. Professor Rathemacher
announced
that Senators DiCioccio and Izenstark had been elected to 1-year terms
on the
Executive Committee and that a run-off election would be held between
Senators
Eaton and Husband..
During
balloting, the Senate moved to item 5, B
and C. Dean Killingbeck remained to present the reports of the Graduate
Council
5.
B. Dean Killingbeck presented
the
Curricular Report No. 2008-2009-8A from the
Graduate
Council to the Faculty Senate: Accelerated BS-MS Degrees in
Engineering, which
appeared on the web at
http://www.uri.edu/facsen/GC_CURRICULAR_REPORT_08-09-8A.pdf
The
motion carried.
C. Dean Killingbeck presented
Curricular Report No. 2008-09-9 from the Graduate Council to the
Faculty
Senate, which appeared on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/GC_CURRICULAR_REPORT_08-09-9.pdf.
He explained that the first section of the report was informational and
asked
if there were any questions. There
were none.
He
said that the second section of the report required confirmation by the
Faculty
Senate and moved approval. The
motion carried
3.
B. Professor Rathemacher
announced
that Senator Eaton had been elected to the remaining 1-year terms on
the
Executive Committee. The Officers of the 2009-10 Faculty Senate are:
Stephen
Swallow, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Chairperson)
Margaret
Ordoñez, Textiles, Fashion
Merchandising and Design (Vice Chairperson)
Michael
Honhart, History
(first year of a two-year term)
Rachel
DiCioccio, Communication
Studies, (one year term)
Nancy
Eaton, Mathematics
(one year term)
Amanda
Izenstark, Public
Services, University Libraries (one year term)
Chairperson
Martin
thanked the Nominating Committee and the tellers.
6. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Chairperson Martin asked if there was any
unfinished business. There was none.
7. NEW BUSINESS
Chairperson Martin asked
if there was any new business.
There was none.
The meeting was adjourned
at 4:45
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sheila
Black Grubman