ROLL: Present: Aitken, Barnhard, Boren, Brick, Brody, Calof, Carter, Clark, Dufek, Ferguson, Forell, Fuller, Gall, Garcia, Gilland, Gordon, Gwartney-Gibbs, Johnson, Kelton, Kintz, Klinghammer, Klos, Lesage, Maitland-Gholson, Meyer, Pickett, Plass, Pope, Sanders, Soper, Sprag1le, Squires, Steeves, Stuhr, Thomas, Trombley, Wade, Waters, Weeks, Williamson

Absent: Bohrer-Clancy, Carver, Chase, Pox, GoldschmicIt Excused: Bohme, Bolt, Lemert, Tepfer I.

I. Announcements

• 1. The Senate is still seeking a Secretary for 1993-94. It appears desirable to have the same person serve as the Secretary of the Senate .and Secretary of the Faculty. The Secretary of the Senate is elected by the Senate; the Secretary of the Faculty is appointed by the President of the University. So far, neither position has been filled. Suggestions are welcomed.
• 2. The Minutes of May 26, 1993 meeting were considered. Correction: Janet Dufelc moved that the Senators who had been newly elected last spring and who did not attend the May 26 Senate meeting be considered to have been excused, since some were not adequately informed of the meeting and some were away from Eugene. The motion was seconded and passed on a voice vote. The minutes were then approved by unanimous consent.
• 3. President's report:
 
• a) Over the summer the Assembly Committee on Multicultural Curriculum was appointed by the Provost `with the advice of the President of the Senate, as directed by the Assembly legislation.
• b) There was an agreement made between the State of Oregon and certain airlines for special airfares between certain "city pairs." The initial rules associated with this agreement could have made air travel for University faculty and staff on official business more expensive and less convenient. Thanks to the efforts of Dan Williams, Vice President for Administration, the State's rules were changed.
• c) The Senate President has appointed the Senate's operating committees:
• Senate Executive Committee Dave Soper, Physics, Patty Gwartrney-Gibbs, Sociology, Howard Brick, History, Mark Gall, Education Grant Calof, President of Student Senate
• Senate Rules Committee Caroline Forell (Chair), Law, Steve Goldschmidt, Educational Policy & Management, Ralph Barnhard, Chemistry, Lawrence Carter, Sociology,
• Senate Nominating Committee Bill Gilland (Chair), Architecture, Phil Ferguson, Education, Julia Lesage, English

• 1. Bill Gilland, Senate Nominating Committee:
• a) nominations to Committee on Committees (list attached).
• b) nominations to Senate Budget Committee (list attached).
The nominations were approved.
• 2. Jack Rice, ad hoc committee for the Foreign Study Program Committee.

The Foreign Study Program Committee is a standing faculty committee that would normally be nominated by the Committee on Committees in the spring. It was not formed last spring pending a decision the the desired structure for committees dealing with this subject. Since the International Affairs Office is now ready to proceed with this committee, and since the committee needs to begin its business promptly, the President of the Senate appointed a committee consisting of himself and the chair of the 1992-93 Committee on Committees, Jack Rice, to nominate the committee.

Professor Rice presented the proposed list of nominees (attached) and the list was approved by the Senate.

3. Lynn Kahle reported on the activities of the Intercollegiate Athletic Committee (report attached).

4. Paul Engelking gave a brief report on the Senate Budget Committee.

5. Paul Engelking gave a brief report on the Inter institutional Faculty Senate.

1. Patty Gwartney-Gibbs moved a resolution to honor Keith Richard, who is retiring as Secretary of the Senate and as Secretary of the Faculty. The resolution was seconded and passed unanimously.

2. It was moved and seconded to change the meeting time of the Senate to 3:00 a p.m., so that the Senate meeting time would be synchronous with the University's on-the-hour schedule. Discussion opposed to this motion centered on the danger of the agenda expanding to fill the time available; discussion in favor focused on the desirability of having Senate meetings finish reasonably early so that parents of young children will be able to participate fully in faculty governance. The motion was approved by a voice vote.

3. Motion on General Education Cluster Requirement was presented by John Nicols on behalf of the 1992-93 Academic Requirements Committee.

 

 

Section A of the current Assembly legislation on general education requirements is amended to read:

A. Sixteen credits in approved group satisfying courses in each of three areas, Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Letters. In each of the three areas, courses must be completed in at least two subjects (prefixes), and at least two courses must be completed in one subject (prefix)."

Nicols outlined the background for the proposal as follows: there are problems with the implementation of the current cluster requirements, . resulting in many student petitions to the Academic Requirements Committee; the requirement has become more complicated and less rational since the move to four-and five-credit courses in addition to the previous standard of three-credit courses; other committees and administrators were consulted; the results of the broad consultation were positive

Senator Jim Boren, chair of the Undergraduate Education Policy Coordinating Committee, stated that this committee supported the motion. A question was raised about when the change would be implemented. Professor Nicols pointed out that the Academic Requirements Committee would normally accept petitions to allow graduation under the new requirement this year. It was moved and seconded to amend the motion to make the change effective as soon as it is passed by the Assembly. This amendment was passed by a voice vote.

There was a question about whether all departments knew about the proposal and had a chance to comment. In particular, the Fine Arts Department had not known about the proposal. Professor Nicols described the efforts to make sure that the proposal was widely known.

There was question about whether the proposal increases or reduces the units required for graduation? Professor Nicols responded that it does not.

The motion was passed unanimously on a roll call vote.

The motion as passed reads:

MOTION ON THE CLUSTER REQUIREMENT. PASSED THE UO SENATE 13 OCTOBER 1993.

Section A of the current Assembly legislation on general education requirements is amended to read:

"A. Sixteen credits in approved group satisfying courses in each of three areas, Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Letters. In each of the three areas, courses must be completed in at least two subjects (prefixes), and at least two courses must be completed in one subject (prefix)."

The legislation is to be effective for current University of Oregon students as soon as it is enacted by the Assembly.

Submitted by: John Nicols Patty Gwartney-Gibbs