Minutes
Faculty Senate Meeting
October 6, 2010
Professor Leigh Riddick called the meeting to order at 2:15
Present: Professors Leigh Riddick, Lyn Stallings, Jim Girard, Michael Black, Barlow Burke, Al
Cheh, Larry Engel, Brian Forst, Clement Ho, Phil Jacoby, Jonathan Loesberg, Jie Lu, Stacey
Marien, Sarah Menke-Fish, Mary Mintz, Kathryn Montgomery, Provost Scott Bass and Dean
Peres.
Welcome and Introduction, Leigh Riddick
Professor Riddick welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Chair’s Report
Professor Riddick announced that all standing Senate committees, except the Committee on
Learning Assessment, have filled vacant membership slots. The Committee on Learning
Assessment will finalize their membership within the coming week. The Faculty Hearing
Committee and the Committee on Faculty Equity and Grievances committees have enough
nominees for the openings that are available, but a formal election must take place to allow for
the write in votes.
Professor Riddick asked Provost Bass to update the Senate on the status of the Kogod School of
Business (KSB) Dean search. Provost Bass reported that there will be six representatives (one
from each department in KSB). The committee will also include two students, a member from
the advisory board, and a dean from a different academic unit. KSB faculty had an election and
three representatives from different departments have been chosen. The elected members are
Heather Elms from the International Business Group, Bill DeLone from Information
Technology, and Don Williamson from accounting. The other members will include Sonya
Greer from Marketing, Kimberly Rodgers from Finance, and Parthiban David from
Management. There is one staff member, Arlene Hill, from the Career Development Center. The
dean will be Dean William LeoGrande from the School of Public Affairs. The two students are
undergraduate Christian Kingston graduate Olivia King.. A member of the Board of Trustees,
Marc Duber, is the Advisory Committee member. The firm, Isaacsson and Miller, has been
hired to assist the committee in conducting the search.
Professor Riddick concluded her announcements informing the Senate that this is the year for the
Board of Trustees review of President Kerwin. Professor Riddick will be encouraging faculty to
send in any comments or concerns and that all faculty will be receiving a letter soon with more
information about this review.
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Amendments to the Faculty Manual
Professor Stallings announced that there were two proposed amendments to the current Faculty
Manual.
Under the CFA responsibilities Professors Jonathan Loesberg and Mary Mintz proposed new
language to clarify section 5 a iii in the fourth bullet.
The CFA has the following responsibilities:
To make recommendations for senior hires in accordance with the subsection
“Appointment of Faculty with Tenure” of the section “Provisions for Faculty
Appointments in Tenure-Line Positions”
The amendment was VOTED on and passed unanimously.
Professor Stallings continued with a second amendment. Professor Clement Ho proposed
language to clarify section 11f so that the procedures were consistent for voting at all levels of
review. The change in text is indicated in italics below:
Section 11 f:
The committee will review the file and the previous recommendations. In the interest of
equity, the committee will also determine if the file has been handled according to the
written procedures of the unit and the Manual. The committee may choose to request
additional information from relevant persons or committees involved in the review at
earlier stages. Such requests and any responses (or summaries thereof) must be included
in the file. The CFA chair will write a recommendation that reports the vote count for
each of the criteria and reflects the deliberations of the committee, including the majority
and minority opinions, regarding the strengths and weaknesses identified in the file.
Voting must be by secret ballot. Each eligible CFA member will provide a separate positive, negative, or
abstaining vote on each of the criteria of teaching, scholarship, and service, and on the overall
recommendation. If a member of the CFA is eligible to vote on a faculty action at the unit
level of review, the CFA member will vote at the unit level of review and will not vote at
the CFA level of review. In that case, the CFA member will serve as an informational
resource for the CFA.
The Senate VOTED unanimously in favor of added language.
Professor Clement Ho also proposed that individual units should be able to decide whether their
CFA representative can vote at the unit level or the CFA level. After some discussion, the
general consensus of the Senate was to have all CFA representatives vote at the level of their unit
to maintain consistency. Professor Ho withdrew his proposal.
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Review of Revisions to Faculty Manual Part II
The remainder of the meeting was spent revising the Faculty Manual Part II. Please see
memorandum to all faculty dated October 6, 2010, “Summary of the Senate Review of Faculty
Input Draft Manual Part II and Proposed Amendments to Current Faculty Manual” for the
results of those revisions.
The meeting Adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
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