Minutes
Faculty Senate Meeting
December 1, 2010
Professor Leigh Riddick called the meeting to order at 2:25 P.M.
Present: Professors Leigh Riddick, Lyn Stallings, Jim Girard, Naomi Baron, Phil Brenner,
Barlow Burke, Al Cheh, Larry Engel, Clement Ho, Phil Jacoby, Jonathan Loesberg, Jie Lu,
Sarah Menke-Fish, Mary Mintz, Kathryn Montgomery, Lenny Steinhorn; Provost Scott Bass and
Dean Phyllis Peres
Welcome and Introduction, Professor Leigh Riddick
Professor Riddick welcomed everyone to the meeting and distributed the role. She thanked
Professor Girard and Professor Stallings for leading the past Senate meeting in her absence.
Professor Riddick congratulated Professor Stallings and Professor Girard on a job well done for
completing the Faculty Manual review.
Chair’s Report
Professor Riddick reported that the Ad Hoc Academic Rules and Regulations committee has
solidified a plan for the review process. The committee will have three meetings over the holiday
break to finalize and create a draft document of the regulations to present to the Senate next
semester.
Professor Riddick informed the Senate that the remainder of the meeting would be spent
reviewing some concerns about the Grievance section of the manual with the assistance of
Professor Scott Parker, Chair of the Equity and Grievance Committee and then, if time allowed,
then review would begin on the Senate by-laws.
Review of the Faculty Manual begins, Professor Lyn Stallings
The remainder of the meeting was spent reviewing the Faculty Manual. See memorandum to all
Faculty dated December 6, 2011 titled “Overview of Changes and Next Steps for Faculty Input
Draft Manual Part II.”
The meeting was Adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
Faculty Senate • December 1, 2010 Minutes
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