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UNIVERSITY of OREGON Senate Minutes 26 October 1994
ROLL CALL: Present: -Anderson, Baker, Barnhard, Black, Boren, Boyd, Bybee,
Dufek, Fisher, Frahs, Fuller, Goldschmidt, Gordon, Gray, Holland, Hosticka,
Howe, Howell, Keech, Klein, Koch, LaFrance, Lyons, Maitland-Gholson, Moore,
Murphy, Plass, Ponder, Reed, Riedl, Sanders, Simonds, Sprague, Stave, Talarsky,
Tomlin, Wade, Weeks, Yeoh.
Excused: Gall, Kintz, Tepfer.
Absent: Carter, Girling, Good, Greene, Grosenick, Horner, Klinghammer,
Richards, Shafer, Whitlock.
Senator Meredith Gall has informed the Secretary that he has a 3:00
p.m. class on Wednesdays and in addition he will be on Sabbatical from
January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995. Thus, facing these conflicts,
Senator Gall has found it necessary to resign from the University Senate.
CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF MINUTES
President Paul Simonds called the meeting to order at 3:08 p.m., in
Room 238 Gilbert, on October 12F 1994. The minutes of the May 25, 3994
meeting of the University Senate were approved as distributed. ANNOUNCEMENTS
President Simonds announced that the membership of the University Senate
Budget Committee has been finalized. The Senate endorsed the membership.
Next the Senate Executive Committee was listed and approved, as was
the Rules Committee membership.
In November the University Senate will elect a member of the Senate
to serve in the Interinstitutional Faculty Senate. The term of office will
be three years and will commence on January 1, 1995. Normally the election
will take place at the December meeting but no December meeting will be
held because the meeting date falls on the first Wednesday of Winter Break.
The President presented various topics/issues/proposed legislation that
the Senate will have to visit this academic year.
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1. Report on the Committee on Faculty Rewards. This will be presented in
November and the Senate will be asked to endorse the report. The concerns
of this Provost appointed committee has been the roles of research, teaching
and service in promotion and tenure.
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2. Guidelines for Good Practice in Graduation Education. Due in November
this report will come from the Graduate School and the Graduate Council
and will cover the rights, duties and responsibilities of graduate faculty
and graduate students.
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3. Report of the Committee on the Curriculum. This will be the January
agenda of the University Senate. The major issue will be the interpretation
of the new multi-cultural requirement.
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4. Institutional Support of Faculty with family responsibilities. What
are the responsibilities of the institution and the faculty member concerning
the performance and freedom in the area of family responsibilities.
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5. Consensual Amorous Relationships. To what extent are amorous relationships
between faculty and students to be regulated and how shall it be done.
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6. Semester Conversion. It has been rumored that consideration of conversion
to the semester might be a possibility as a money saving effort. However,
this semester is no longer under consideration
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7. Faculty Governance Committee. This Assembly generated committee has
a deadline of the March 1, 1995 meeting of the Assembly to have a report
prepared concerning the future and organization of faculty governance at
the University. This Committee has not met as of this date and no meetings
have been scheduled. (The Secretary left the name of Mr. Jack Sanders,
Religious Studies, off of the list of members of this Committee.)
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8. Telecommunicated Distance Learning. The next year will see an expansion
of this learning process and the UO Faculty will have to be involved in
the decisions about how the UO will generate courses for TDL.
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9. Enhancement of the professional environment of the faculty. Efforts
are underway to provide a better educational experience for students at
all levels. However, the issue of the enhancement of the faculty work environment
to facilitate all other aspects of learning has not been addressed. It
is only natural that this issue be faced if the faculty are to accomplish
the goals of the university in general.
NEW BUSINESS
The Student Senate was changed by the student body in the Spring ASUO
elections. The Vice President of the Student Body is now the Chair of the
Student Senate. Under the rules of the University Assembly the number of
student senators is limited to 18 and the newly revised Student Senate
has 18 members plus the Chair. Thus the Chair of the Student Senate does
not have voting privileges on the floor of the University Senate. As ASUO
Vice President the Chair does have access to the floor of the Senate but
not the right of speaking on the floor. Because of this Mr. Keith Richard,
University Archives, moved that the University Senate grant the right to
speak on the floor of the Senate to the Chair of the Student Senate. This
motion passed by voice vote and without opposition.
ADJOURNMENT
The business of the meeting having concluded the meeting adjourned at
3:30 p.m.
Keith Richard Secretary