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Governance Minutes ArchiveJanuary 12, 1990
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Faculty Senate January 9 1990 32 Pamplin Hall 7:30 p.m. Present:Senators Barker, Batie, Baumgartner, Beyer, Canestero, Falkingham for Birch, Conn, Crittenden, de Wolf, Falkingham for Dudley, Dugger, Duke, Eiss, Etgen, Geller, Geyer, Goss, Hillison, Kingston, Kriz, McDaniels, Marriott, Morrill, O'Neil, Polan, Saunders, Scanlon, Snoke, Sorrentino, Thompson, Ventre, Webster, Wokutch. Absent: Senators Arnold, Farkas, Walker. Visitors:Ms. Susan Truelove (Spectrum). President Scanlon called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. and welcomed guests. 1. Announcements a. Executive officers or Senate President have met with the following during the month: 1. Provost Carlisle and discussed the need for more frequent publication of Spectrum. 2. Meeting with Provost Carlisle, Vice President Ridenour and Ms. Johnston concerning the 2% budget reversion. A tax on salary savings within the instructional, research, and extension divisions, along with position freezes and the cancellation of the in-service conference for extension will achieve the 2% reversion. b. The idea of closing the University between Christmas and New Year's has been dropped. c. Senator Hillison will represent the Senate on the searchcommittee for the Vice President for Public Service. d. Senate Cabinet meeting of March 2 is rescheduled for February 23. Senate meeting of April 10 is rescheduled for April 12 (same room). Senator Dudley is planning to conduct constitution vote in March after break. e. The Provost and Vice President of Finance will hold a meeting for Faculty Senate members and department heads on January 19 to discuss the budget and other items. 2. Program Mr. Wayland Winstead, Planning Coordinator, discussed the planning process at Virginia Tech. Institutional research has been moved from the President's staff to Provost's office. A national search is underway to hire a University Director of Planning. Workshops were conducted in the fall. We are 2-3 weeks behind and are trying to catch up so a first draft of the plan can be published by April 18. In the Fall we will have workshops to discuss the proposed plan. Changes will be incorporated, and the plan presented to the Board of Visitors at their December meeting. Winstead stated that the university lacks a tradition of involving faculty, staff and students in the decision-making process. About 500 people participated in the workshops held during the fall. Faculty evaluations were somewhat less positive than those of others who participated. There will be a series of open forums on the International Programs Committee report and "The Case for Change." Workshops will be conducted on the overall plan which will state goals for the university. These workshops will be held with various groups, both on and off campus. Spectrum will be used to distribute major reports related to university planning. An electronic bulletin board on the computer system is available. Users can view and print reports, as well as comment and ask questions. Winstead concluded by saying that this plan will impact the 1992-94 biennium. He stated that in the end someone will have to decide what the final plan will be and faculty will decide whether or not to follow. "An effective plan will be one people will follow because they agree with it and support it." 3. Agenda The agenda as presented was adopted. 4. Minutes The minutes of the Faculty Senate meeting of December 12, 1989 were approved with editorial corrections. The minutes of the Faculty Senate Cabinet meeting of December 18, 1989 were accepted. 5. Council, Commission, and Committee Reports UNIVERSITY COUNCIL-Senator Eng-No meeting COMMISSION ON EXTENSION-Senator Marriott-No meeting COMMISSION ON FACULTY AFFAIRS-Senator Baumgartner-5 Dec 89 The Commission approved a request from an instructor in the Extension Division who is being considered for promotion to assistant professor and is also pursuing a doctoral degree on campus to waive the Faculty Handbook clause barring faculty at the rank of assistant professor and above from pursuing degrees, should the promotion be granted. The Commission continued its discussion of whether there ought to be a limit on the number of publications to be considered in promotion/tenure cases. No resolution of the problem was reached. COMMISSION ON GRADUATE STUDIES-Senator Snoke-No meeting COMMISSION ON RESEARCH-Senator Arnold-No meeting COMMISSION ON STUDENT AFFAIRS-Senator Geyer-No meeting COMMISSION ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES-Senator Dugger The resolution concerning interim grades for freshmen sent from the January Faculty Senate meeting was passed with one change. Item 5 was modified to read that a copy of the report of the grades will be sent to the student's college and (changed from or) department of record. One course from Agriculture Engineering was approved. The Provost circulated a paper regarding the core curriculum and a liberal education. He announced the formation of a committee to report back to him by March 1991. The possibility of phone registration was discussed. This will be explored. ATHLETIC COMMITTEE-Senator Saunders-13 Dec 89 Dave Braine was asked about the two basketball games played during final exam week. These games were scheduled a year ago and the opposing team would not change the schedule when asked by Virginia Tech to do so. Dave is receiving pressure from students to add women's soccer to the list of varsity sports. Currently there are 11 men's and 7 women's sports. Dave has said before that the next sport added would be a women's sport and it would be soccer. He requested the committee's input about this addition, but no conclusion was reached. The recent report in the press of expanding the Southeast Conference to include Tech is false. Spectrum is willing to have an athletic column added to the publication. Jeff Bourne discussed the results of the internal audit conducted in June, 1989. The athletic department is also included in the university's annual audit conducted by state. The results of the audit were good. Jerry Via distributed a report on student athlete's progress toward meeting core requirements. Athletes are making good progress toward their degrees. An algebra review course for no credit is being given to students to help those deficient in math skills. The committee reviewed the important proposals under discussion at the upcoming NCAA convention. Tech has been chosen by the NCAA as one of five schools to be a test site for a new software program on NCAA rules and regulations. BUILDING COMMITTEE-Senator Kingston-No meeting COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COMMITTEE-Senator Snoke-No meeting COMPUTER COMMITTEE-Senator Birch-No meeting EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE-Senator Thompson-No meeting EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMMITTEE-Senator Dudley-No meeting LIBRARY COMMITTEE-Senator Duke-No meeting SCHOLARSHIP AND STUDENT AID COMMITTEE-Senator Kingston-No meeting SELF-STUDY MONITORING COMMITTEE-Senator Arnold-No meeting SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS COMMITTEE-Senator Barker-15 Nov 89 Twenty-five proposals were considered; twenty proposals were funded and five declined. The maximum award was $800.00 for requests of $1,000.00. PARKING/TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE-Senator Polan-No meeting ADVISING TASK FORCE-Senator Etgen-No meeting FACULTY SENATE OF VIRGINIA-Senator Conn-No meeting We have had a request from the legislative lobbyist for 1) view of Faculty Senate of Virginia on the proposal for the Woodrow Wilson College, and 2) faculty assistance in making sure that the legislature does not reduce benefits when bringing the retirement system into compliance with federal laws (active lobbying may be necessary). A number of resolutions are under consideration by the FSV: 1) faculty involvement in budgetary matters, 2) faculty interaction with Boards of Visitors, and 3) adoption--by faculties statewide--of AAUP statement on plagiarism, faculty tenure, and end of mandatory retirement. UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE-Senator Conn Commencement 1990 will take place at 9 a.m. in Lane Stadium. Weather permitting, students will be seated on the grass. They ceremony will last approximately one hour. Doctoral students will not be named individually, nor will they receive their diplomas at the university ceremony. Governor Wilder has accepted the invitation to speak. 6. OLD BUSINESS None 7. NEW BUSINESS None The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary Carucci Goss, Secretary ADDENDUM Treasurer's Report February 5, 1990 Balance on hand, 3 January 1990 $247.25 No deposits or withdrawals Balance on hand, 5 February 1990 247.25
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