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Minutes of the September 25 Meeting
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President DiBiasio called the meeting to order at 11:00 AM.
Invocation was offered by Ray Person.
President DiBiasio appointed Louis Lobenhofer to be Parliamentarian. Sunny Zank
was elected Chair Pro Tem and Leslie Riley was elected Secretary of the Faculty.
Minutes from April 17, 2012 were approved as submitted.
Unfinished Business: None
Recognition of Endowed Chairs for 2012 – 2013: Provost Crago presented recipients
of endowed chairs with a certificate in recognition of their award. The endowed chair
holders for 2012 – 2013 are:
a. Robert Ward, Engineering Alumni Chair
b. John Martin, Ella and Ernest Fisher Chair
c. Melitta Caragiu, Eleanor H. and Robert W. Biggs Chair in the Sciences
d. Amelia Anderson-Wile, Eleanor H. and Robert W. Biggs Chair in Chemistry
e. Brit Rowe, Eleanor H. and Robert W. Biggs Chair in the Arts
f. Ron Johns, Mary Reichelderfer Chair
g. JoAnn Scott, Kernan Robson Chair
h. Sami Khorbotly, Herbert F. Alter Chair
i. Russ Crawford, Wilfred E. Binkley Chair
j. Michael Rider, LeRoy H. Lytle Chair (unable to attend)
k. Paul Govekar, George W. Patton Chair (unable to attend)
l. Jonathan Pitts, Sara A. Ridenour Chair (unable to attend)
m. Debra Gallagher, The Irene Casteel Chair in Education, Professional and Social
Sciences (unable to attend)
Report from University Council: Rob Alexander announced that Jen Donnelly was
elected Secretary, Louis Lobenhofer was elected Parliamentarian and Jeff Allison was
elected Vice Chairman. Council is seeking comments on the Sustainable Program
and Financial-Based Review Report. Contact constitutional chairs or Rob Alexander
with comments. He wished Clyde Pickett well in his new position and acknowledged
that we will miss him at ONU. He said he is looking forward to the year and
encourages everyone to attend council meetings. The next meeting is Tuesday,
October 2 at 5:30 in Dicke.
Questions for the President: President DiBiasio highlighted a few items before
opening the floor to questions.
a. The President announced that he is currently eliciting feedback on the Strategic
Plan. Constitutional committees and University Council are involved and the
Deans and Vice Presidents have been asked to convene an appropriate group to
react to the plan. The plan has also been sent to the Board of Trustees and the
University community. Another draft should be available before Christmas break.
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b. The President mentioned that he will be traveling to Washington D.C. to receive
an award on behalf of the University and will meet with alumni in New York
City. While in New York City, he will also meet with individuals from Moody’s
and the editorial board at the New York Times regarding the recent articles about
student debt.
c. The President highlighted the presentations given by the chemistry students last
night and thanked the students and faculty in the chemistry department for their
great work.
Reports from Constitutional Committees:
a. Budget and Appropriations: No report.
b. Academic Affairs: No report.
c. Student Affairs: No report.
d. Personnel: No report.
Reports from Operational Committees:
a. Athletic Events: No report.
b. Cultural Events: No report.
c. International Affairs: No report.
d. Religious Affairs: No report.
e. Information Technology: Jeff Rieman shared a few announcements.
i. Information Technology is in the process of hiring another educational
technology person. In the meantime, email edtech@onu.edu with
questions.
ii. Brown bag lunches will begin on October 3rd to provide additional
information regarding Moodle Rooms. Look for email notification.
iii. There is a new mobile app for Ohio Northern University.
iv. A server upgrade has just been completed. Hopefully the increase in
performance is evident.
v. An e-form was sent to Vice Presidents, Deans, Department Chairs and
Directors to get an accurate inventory of the software being used by each
area. Those that received the form should fill it out and return it to
Information Technology.
Other Reports: None.
New Business: There was a proposed amendment to Faculty Bylaw 2 regarding
meeting times for faculty meetings and a proposed amendment to Faculty Bylaw 3
concerning the election of faculty to committees. Details can be found attached to the
agenda for today’s meeting. There was no discussion and both amendments passed
by exclamation.
Announcements:
a. Rob Alexander announced that the C-SPAN bus will be on campus on October
3rd. There will also be student-led debates on October 22nd. Finally, NHK, the
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National Broadcasting Network from Japan, is doing a documentary on our
students’ political activity surrounding the Presidential election.
b. Nils Reiss announced that the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company would be
performing with the ONU Dance Company on September 29th and 30th at the
Freed Center.
XIV. The meeting adjourned at 11:25 AM.
Submitted by,
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Leslie A. Riley
Secretary