MĀNOA FACULTY SENATE
University of Hawaii at Manoa Faculty Senate, November 19, 1997
Law School, Classroom 2
39 Senators Present: Barry Baker, Thomas Brislin, Patricia Burrell, Rahul Chattergy, Donna Ching, Ross
Christensen, Robert Cooney, James Cowen, John Cox, Steve Dawson, Robert Duesterhaus, Maryln Dunlap,
Arnold Edelstein, Kathy Ferguson, John Halloran, Katheryn Hoffman, Ruth Horie, Judith Kellogg, Kenneth
Kipnis, Sumner LaCroix, William Lampe, Michael Maglaya, Alexander Malahoff, Gertraud Maskarinec,
Jennifer Matsuda, Gwen Naguwa, Peter Nicholson, Thomas Olson, Aspy Palia, Gay Reed, Allison Regen,
Joseph Stanton, Virginia Tanji, Randal Wada, Eldon Wegner, Joel Weiner, Dina Yoshimi, David Yount, Halina
Zaleski
6 Senators Excused: Nell Altizer, Patricia Hickman, Roderick Jacobs, John Mahoney, Jane Moulin, Thomas
Schroeder,
23 Senators Absent: Alton Arakaki, Caroline Blanchard, Catherine Caveletto, Sandra Chang, Virgie Chattergy,
Eric DeCarlo, Samir El-Swaify, Stephen Ferreira, James Gaines, Sue Hansen, John Hardman, Casey Jarman,
David Lally, Nancy Lind, Stacey Marlow, Karl Minke, C.S. Papacostas, Thomas Ramsey, Morris Saldov,
Steven Seifried, Miriam Sharma, Roy Wilkins, Leslie Wright
Administrative Members: Tom Bopp, Dean Smith, Judith Inazu, Eugene Imai
Nine people signed the guest list.
Chair Alex Malahoff opened the meeting at 3:10.
1. Minutes of the Senate/Congress meeting of October 15, 1997 were approved after an adjustment in
attendance and clarification that it was the Senate which voted for the amended resolution in support of
UH autonomy in item number 14.
2. Committee Reports:
Committee on Student Affairs: Gwen Naguwa
Plans to work on (1) communication of information students need and (2) activities to
develop a sense of community for the campus.
Committee on Professional Matters: Donna Ching
Will report at the next meeting
Committee on the Undergraduate Experience: Ken Kipnis
Has identified the problems to be worked on. Ken read a statement reflecting his
understanding of the Committee's thoughts about its task. The statement is attached to
these minutes.
Committee on Administration and Budget: Pat Burrell
It is looking at the status of last years committee resolutions, service contracts, hiring
freeze procedures, performance contract retrofitting for some buildings, and the budget.
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Committee on Faculty Service: Marilyn Dunlap
Has recommended faculty for a number of committees an assignments. Senators are
encouraged to nominate colleagues and to distribute to their units CFS requests for
nominations and volunteers.
Committee on Athletics: David Yount reported for Peter Nicholson
Committee has worked on a draft of the gender equity review which is done each year
and sent to President Mortimer. 1997 is the first year of a 6 year gender equity plan. The
Committee reports some significant progress, but more needs to be done and gender
equity remains an elusive goal.
3. CAPP recommended Senate approval of the PH.D. in Nursing proposal. The Committee reported
that there is a strong local and national need for graduates, strong financial backing exists, and existing
resources should be sufficient.
Discussion: Although UH is experiencing budget cuts, this Program can be considered because it is
expected to bring in grants and more resources. Faculty are available to teach in the program. Only 5
students will be added each year. Hamilton Library resources need upgrading, but a downtown library
has sufficient materials.
Vote: unanimous voice vote approval
4. CAPP recommended the transfer of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace to the College
of Social Science. This program is currently in the Academic Vice President's office and all the parties
involved believe it is better located in an academic unit. Discussions between the Dean of the College of
Social Science and the Peace Institute led to the proposal. Both sides are agreeable and no additional
resources are involved in the relocation of the academic home.
Discussion: The Institute does not offer a degree at present. A proposal for a Masters Degree almost
made it to the BOR a few years ago but was stopped because the Institute did not have an academic
home. This proposal will be revisited once an academic home is arranged.
Vote: unanimous voice vote approval
5. CAPP recommended a proposed B.A. in Computer Science. The ICS Department is the only
College of Natural Science Department without both a B.S. and B.A. degree choice. This will give more
breadth than the present B.S. Program. Students will benefit from the choice. CAPP does not believe
more resources will be needed, and no new library resources are needed.
Discussion: Resources might be needed in this high demand field if the degree attracts more students to
the area.
Vote: unanimous voice vote approval
6. Faculty Senate Web Page will be back in business about 11/24.
WWW2.hawaii.edu/~uhmfs/
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7. Autonomy: Eugene Imai, Senior Vice President for Administration, reported on the draft of a bill the
UH Administration is preparing. A copy of this bill was distributed at the meeting, and will be available
at the Senate web page. The Governor's Task Force on Economic Recovery has as one of its main
suggestions UH autonomy. The measure would, among other things, provide for faster response by the
University to research opportunities, expand its entrepreneurial enterprises, respond in a more timely
manner to legal issues, and react more quickly to opportunities in procurement. The University will
remain accountable to the accepted practices of expending and accounting for public funds, and audits of
its various funds and operations will continue to be conducted.
The Administration is working to get its ideas into a bill. Imai reported that no two people have the same
ideas of what autonomy means and the first draft of the bill is a "kitchen sink" version with a lot of
things in it. He emphasized that the Administration does not want to propose things which will hurt UH,
and is being careful to try to get funds currently spent elsewhere if the UH assumes a new duty. Imai
asked for maximum exposure for the draft and feedback, preferably by e-mail to eimai@hawaii.edu or
by fax to 956-9211 or Bachman Hall 201. He also pointed out that the draft is a work in progress and
changes frequently.
Discussion: UHPA does not object in principal to autonomy and looks forward to seeing the specific
details. In response to questions Imai said (1) the bill involves statutory changes, not constitutional
changes. (2) Changes in legal support mean UH would have its own legal representation rather than
relying on the Attorney General's Office which represents the State first. (3) UH would not have to wait
for the Attorney General's Office to decide whether to take up a case, (4) The union contract's provision
of legal services for faculty will not be changed.
8. Alex Malahoff introduced Dean Smith as the Interim Senior Vice President and Executive Vice
Chancellor of Manoa and welcomed him to the Senate meeting.
Smith reported that a search will be gin soon for a permanent appointee. His former position as Senior
Vice President for Research and Graduate Education is being filled by Peter Garrod on an acting basis
and he expects President Mortimer will soon announce an interim appointment.
Smith reported that he does not have a major agenda for change since his is an interim appointment, but
circumstances will bring challenges. First, is the budget. Fiscal year 1999 has major uncertainties as the
discussion about State tax cuts proceeds. Smith believes it will be hard to absorb further UH cuts, and
we need to develop a strategy: cuts should not be unplanned. Second, he is concerned about the
perceived gap between research and academics on the campus being wider than he has experienced
elsewhere and he'd like to build bridges. Third, several program area will get his attention, particularly
the WASC reaccreditation effort and Manoa's strategic plan. The latter is in process and a target is 12/1
for distribution of a draft for review and comment. In January he will report to the Regents that Manoa is
at the feedback stage, but the Regents will not be acting on the Plan until later. The target for sending a
proposal to the BOR is May, 1998. Smith sees the big task as determining the vision we have of what
Manoa should be in 10 years.
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Smith described as his personal goals strengthening the feeling that we want a quality university,
creating a sense of self respect for Manoa, and having pride in the University: that we will, or would,
want to send our children here.
In response to questions, Smith said he has a deep interest in undergraduate education, and he hopes to
have very sticky fingers when efforts are made to transfer resources from Manoa.
9. Ken Kipnis proposed the Senate appoint as Members of The Committee on the Undergraduate
Experience: Malia Gibson (student), Kulauni'u Moore (student), Scott thomas, Virginia Tanji, David
Robb, Ed Porter, Joe O'Mealy, Peter Manicas, Peter Crooker, Nell Altizer, Joel Weiner, Kenneth Kipnis
(Chair), and Alex Malahoff (ex officio).
After discussion of whether the Senate Charter allows members of ad hoc Senate committees to be
other than members of the Faculty Congress, whether the Committee had discussed adequately having
student members, the intent of the Senate to have student committee members in the original resolution
creating the committee, and the usefulness of student members given the Committee's purpose, there
was a quorum call.Lacking a quorum, the meeting was adjourned at 4:55.
Respectively Submitted,
Steve Dawson, Secretary
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