Volume One – Spring 2010
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120-Hour Degree Mandata—
o Bachelor’s Degree Programs—LSU System John Lombardi—LSU
System…1:2:1
o LSU—UNO—Board of Regents—Faculty Senate—Faculty Senate President
Kevin Cope—LSU System Vice-President Michael Gargano—LSU Engineering
Dean Richard Koubek—UNO Engineering Dean Russell Trahan—“accredited
programs”…1:3:3
Ad Hoc Committee on Bargaining and Representation—“Faculty Issues and
Discussion Series”—Committee Chair Michael Russo…1:4:1
Adobe—Campus Licensing—Chief Information Officer/Vice Chancellor for Information
Technology Brian Voss…1:2:3
Administrator in the Spotlight—
o Bob Rasmussen, Assistant Vice President for System Relations…1:1:2
o Brian Voss, Vice Chancellor for Information technology and Chief Information
Officer…1:2:2
o Jane Chandler, Assistant Director, Development and Outreach, International
Programs…1:3:2
o K.C. White, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students…1:4:2
o David Heidke, Director of LSU Dining…1:5:2
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)—LSU—academic freedom—
Michigan State University delegates—University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
delegates---Tulane University delegates…1:5:2
Baton Rouge Faculty Governance—Statewide Forum—UNO—Professor Steven
Striffler—higher education policy…1:5:2
Board of Regents—admissions requirements—burden on LSU…1:3:2
Board of Supervisors—
o Retirement Deficiencies—LSU Faculty Senate President Kevin L. Cope—
UNO—LSU Health Sciences Centers—multi-campus presentation…1:3:1
o Legal Matters—March—LSU and Baton Rouge Department of Public Works—
sewer system repairs—Bernhard Mechanical Contractors—settlement
payout…1:3:2
Budget Crisis—Dr. Kevin L. Cope, President--Chancellor Michael Martin—United
States Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan—letter—audit of Louisiana higher education
finances…1:1:1
Campus Services—quality—Office of Facility Services—Faculty Club—Chartwells
Catering—David Heidke—Campus Federal Credit Union—John Milazzo, CFCU
President…1:1:2
Capital Notes—LSU online newsletter—government action…1:5:2
Chancellor’s Forum—LSU—Louisiana Tech University—April…1:4:4
Choppin Hall—renovations—Recession—budget cuts…1:5:1
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Consortium of Louisiana Colleges and Universities (CLCU) and Association of
Louisiana Faculty Senates (ALFS)
o —2011—faculty-friendly organizations…1:2:3
o Event announcement—Speakers—LSY System Vice-President Michael Gargano
and LSU Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope…1:3:1
o Initiative on Board of Regents Membership—LSU Vice-President Mike
Gargano—resolutions…1:4:1
College Policy Committee (CPC)—Faculty Senate Executive Committee—visit to
CPC—CPC Chair’s breakfast…1:5:3
Corrigendum—
o records maintenance program—PS-74—March Newsletter…1:3:1
o “priority point system”—“Top and Bottom 5 Websites at LSU”—April
Newsletter…1:5:3
Dead Week—experimental adjustment of—policies…1:2:3
Easy Streets II—Easy Streets I—Gary Graham—Campus Multi-Modal Transportation
Management Team…1:3:3
Education Opinion—
o “Layoff Notices to Instructors”…1:2:2
o “Shared Governance-A Key to University’s Long-Term Success”—Pratul
Ajmera, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering…1:3:2,3
o “Cultural Differences”—George G. Stanley, Professor Chemistry…1:4:3-4
Eduroam—Free European Internet Access—LSU Faculty—Chief Information Officer
Brian Voss…1:5:2
Faculty Issues Discussion Series—Ad Hoc Committee on Bargaining and
Representation—faculty working conditions, rules, and opportunities—Roger Laine—
John Protevi—Michele Masse—academic contracts—Human resource management
services to faculty—workplace conditions…1:1:1
Faculty Senate Committee Assignments—2010-2011…1:5:1
Faculty Senate Media Spots—funding—brother/sister institutions—television/print
media…1:1:1
Faculty Senate-Chancellor Forum—
o Financial pressures--“Battling Navigators and Shifting Winds: The Future Of the
Flagship”—Chancellor Michael Martin…1:1:1
o Second year—Chancellor, Michal Martin—Louisiana Tech President, Dan
Reneau—future of research universities in Louisiana—status of higher education
in an economically challenged state—inter-campus collaborative and cooperative
opportunities…1:3:1
Faculty Senate Records—Hill Memorial Library—LSU Libraries—Elaine Smyth—
storage and easy access plan—Louisiana Digital Library…1:1:2
Flagship—
o “Battling Navigators and Shifting Winds: The Future of the Flagship” forum—
Chancellor Mike Martin…1:2:3
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“Getting There”—interface—state travel agent…1:4:1-2
Graduate Council—membership—Resolution 10-03—Provost Merget—Graduate
School Dean David Constant—1:4:2-3
Guest Column
o Ad Hoc Committee on Bargaining and Representation—Michael F. Russo—
Chair…1:5:2
Human Resources Management (HRM)—New Director—Marian Caillier—ViceChancellor for Finance and Administrative Services Eric Monday—search for…1:5:2
Interim Appointment Policy—PS-1 Revision—Senate Vice President Pratul Ajmera—
Vice-Provost Chuck Wilson…1:3:4
IT Governance Plan—CIO Brian Voss—proposal—Resolution 10-08…1:3:1
Library Research Tools—Middleton Library—William Armstrong—Faculty Senate
Executive Committee—Middleton Online Catalog…1:1:2
LSU Lab School—LSU Faculty Senate Executive committee—Lab School Director
Wade Smith—faculty representation—Lab School admissions committee…1:4:2-3
LSU System “personnel actions”—Salary, Raises…1:2:1
Museum and Performance Committee—Faculty Senate—ad hoc committee: The
Museum and Performance Action Plan Task Force—Ravi Rau…1:1:2
“Nevers” Bill—Legislature Act 356—Eunice Provost Steve Guempel, Senate President
Kevin Cope—General Education Committee of the Statewide Articulation and Transfer
Council (SATC)...1:2:1,2
“New Administrative Lexicon”—definitions—discourse of academic
administration…1:3:4
Optional Retirement Plan—…1:1:2, 1:2:1, 1:2:2
o HB 331—2010 Louisiana Legislature—Representative Franklin Foil—TRSL
Plan…1:4:1
PAWS—ITS—Single-Sign-On Successor—“myLSU”…1:4:3
PM-11—
o See PS-43
President’s Message—
o Dr. Kevin L. Cope, President…1:1:1, 1:2:1, 1:3:1, 1:4:1, 1:5:1
PS-43—
o Additional compensation—Senator Joey Legoria—Faculty Senate and Office of
Academic Affairs…1:5:3
PS-44—
o grading practices—Faculty Senate Executive Committee—revisions of PS44…1:4:2
o University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM)—removal of professor from
classroom—grading practices—LSU Faculty Senate Executive Committee…1:5:1
PS-70—Alex Box Statium—New Plaza—naming of structures on campus…1:5:3
Resolutions—Resolution 10-05—excused absences—PS-44—Resolution 10-07—
membership on advisory committees—10-08—authorization of IT Governance
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structure—Resolution 10-09—faculty member rights to assign grades—Resolution 1010—final examinations and grade assignments…1:5:2
RESX—travel reservations venue—state employees—“Getting There”—1:2:3
SACS—Five-Year Report—Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)—Vice-Provost Stacia
Haynie…1:3:4
Senate Committees—new appointments—The Museum and Performance Action Plan
Task Force—Gus Kosoulas—Laura Lindsay—Student Aid and Scholarship Appeals
Committee—David Kurpius—Hector Zapata…1:3:2
Searches—Dean of the Graduate School—Vice-Chancellor for Research and Economic
Development—Office of Academic Affairs…1:3:4
South Campus—plans for development of—Nicholson Boulevard and GRSI Road—
mixed-purpose academic environment…1:3:3
Southern University—Outreach—UNO—influence of faculty governance—Steven
Striffler (UNO)—Sudhir Trivedi (Faculty Senate President Southern University)…1:2:3
Statewide Admissions Criteria—Board of Regents—LSU Faculty Senate—LSU
Admissions, Standards, and Honors Committee (ASH)…1:1:1
“Statewide” Institution—how statewide is LSU?—student recruitment—ViceChancellor for Student Life and Enrollment…1:3:4
Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF)—Point System—Pete Maravich Assembly Center—
retractable seating…1:4:2
Tip of the Month—
o Dry Cleaning—“Tiercrafters” of New York…1:3:4
o Mediterranean food—Pinnur Foods—saddle shoes—Chancellor Mike
Martin…1:5:3
Transfer Student Policies—
o General Education Committee—Bill 356—general education…1:1:1,2
o Quality of Instruction—Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System
(LCTCS)—SACS Accreditation—review of…1:2:2
Teacher’s Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL)—retirement options—ORP—HB
331…1:5:1
University of New Orleans (UNO)-- Outreach—UNO—influence of faculty
governance—Steven Striffler (UNO)—Sudhir Trivedi (Faculty Senate President
Southern University)—Kevin L. Cope (LSU Faculty Senate President)…1:2:3
Vice-Chancellor for Student and Life and Enrollment Services—Kurt Keppler—
campus visit…1:2:3
Visitor Parking Initiative—“Easy Street” Restrictions—Gary Graham—Faculty Senate
Executive Committee—Proposed plan, prepayment…1:3:3
Websites—Top Five—Bottom Five…1:4:3-4