Volume Two – Fall 2010/Spring 2011
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Administrator in the Spotlight
o LSU System Plan administrator—Ken Krogstad——health care—increasing
rates…2:1:2
o Associate Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences—Ann Whitmer—research—
grant writing—College of Liberal Arts and Sciences…2:2:2
o Chancellor, LSU at Eunice—Bill Nunez—must deal with State budget cuts—
LSUE lost $2 million in 2011-12—highlights programs at LSUE such as
“Pathways to Success”…2:3:2
o Associate Director of Purchasing—James Frazier—Baton Rouge native—worked
at East Carolina University and the University of Houston before coming home to
his alma mater, LSU—adjusting to budget cuts—emphasizes that the people make
LSU great…2:4:2
o Associate Commissioner for Academic Affairs—Karen Denby—received her
initial training at LSU, earning a BS in Elementary education and an MED in
Learning Disabilities; holds an MBA from Southern Illinois and an EDM in
Higher Education and an EDD in Higher Education and Policy Development from
Harvard—dealing with the budget crisis…2:5:2
o University Registrar—Robert Doolos—custodian of official records—M.S. in
Latin American history at LSU—worked at LSU for 33 years...2:6:2
o Executive Director, Employment & Employment Processing—Mimi
Ruebsamen—stop the clock on tenure—Baton Rouge native...2:7:2
o Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor, Facility Services—Tony Lombardo—utilities
and underground systems...2:8:2
A.G. Monaco—New Head of Human Resource Management— “The Faculty Senate has
high hopes for A.G.”…2:3:1—honored as “Hero of the Year”...2:8:3
A.G. Monaco column (precursor of regular “Ask A.G.” column)
o “HRM Out Reach”—an explanation of his place at LSU and his desire for
openness…2:5:3
o “HRM Report”—a thank you for participation by the faculty—discussion of
Optional Retirement Plan (ORG)—Louisiana State Employees Retirement
System (LASERS)...2:6:4
o “The Good, Bad, & Ugly”—The Good: Sabbaticals approved; Ombudsperson
Services Available—The Bad: poor service from TRSL ORP—Maureen
Westgard, Director of TRSL—The Ugly: price increases...2:7:4
o “Pensions Revisited”—A.G. further explains the LASERS controversy...2:8:4
Alexandria Summit—faculty governance bodies gather—LSU-Alexandria Faculty
Senate President Elisabeth Elder—LSU Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope—
institutional basis of the budget and related problems—possibility of unionizing
Louisiana faculties…2:3:4
Alexandria Summit (Second)—“attracted nearly fifty Louisiana educators”—Keynote
speaker, Sara Zimmerman, executive director of LOUIS—three discussion groups:public
image and communication challenges, economic, working, and lifestyle challenges, and
governance of Louisiana higher education.—several committee were created…2:4:3—
Summit planned for June 18, 2011...2:8:1
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Alex Box Stadium—proposed expansion—Tiger Athletic Foundation—more club
seating—“East Side Club”...2:6:4
ALFS-CLCU Meeting—Consortium of Louisiana Colleges and Universities (CLCU)—
Association of Louisiana Faculty Senates (ALFS)—Chancellor Michael Martin—theme:
“Listening to Faculty”…2:5:2—another meeting, May 9th, 2011...2:8:7
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
o Backs the “Foreign Language 14,” a group of fourteen foreign language
instructors who faced termination in January 2011—notices of nonreappointment…2:3:5
Benefits Advisory Committee—chair, Roger Laine—personal sailing vessel, “Pier
Review”—2:6:4
Bernhard Mechanical Contractors Scandal—co-generation plant—John Lombardi—
Louisiana State Legislature—State Inspector General…2:1:4
Board of Regents
o Commissioner Search—Regents’ office—Association of Louisiana Faculty
Senates (ALFS)—Thomas Layzell…2:1:3
o proposal to reduce gen ed requirements—hybrid courses—Fine Arts—120-hour
degree programs…2:2:4
o LA GRAD Act—“legislative decision that ties tuition increase authority to an
assortment of measures, especially 6-year graduation rate”—color-coded system:
satisfactory-green; probation-yellow; suspension-orange; revocation of tuition
authority-red…2:4:2
o Proposals, “Centers of Excellence” and “Areas of Distinction,” both appeared on
January 7th, were remanded for “further consideration” on January 17—avoids
faculty involvement in search for Commissioner of Higher Education…2:4:2
o WOW Wingery CEO appointed to Board of Regents by Governor Bobby
Jindal...2:4:4
o Jim Purcell, of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, candidate for
office of Commissioner of Higher Education—Regents de facto interim
Commissioner Tom Layzell—Association of Louisiana Faculty Senates President
James Robinson (of LSU-Eunice)—possibility of a “faculty bill of rights”…2:5:1
o Louisiana course-numbering scheme—designate a single number for courses
taught across the State...2:6:5—underway...2:7:1
o Plan to redistribute the Regents budget allocation via the Higher Education
Initiatives Fund (HEIF) raises Faculty Senate eyebrows...2:8:7
Board of Supervisors—policy allocates 8% of salary bonus to coaches involved in nonBCS bowl games, gifts for assistants…2:4:3
Building Naming Rights and Insurance Resolutions—Resolutions 10-11 and 10-12—
LSU Faculty Senate—faculty consultation and character of donors—health insurance
benefits for adult children…2:2:3
Campus reorganization plan—LSU System Board of Supervisors—Department of
Economics—Public Administration Institute—College of Humanities and Social
Sciences…2:1:2
Chancellor Mike Martin
o “The Budget: Paying for a Great University”—Shaver theater—online education
program—Country Fest—Tiger Stadium…2:1:4
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o Named as candidate for University of Georgia System President—secrecy and
search committees examained...2:8:1
CIO Brian Voss—played electric guitar…2:4:2
Coaches’ compensation—Tiger Stadium—Foreign language program—SREB average
salaries…2:1:1
Commencement Insignia—cords, ribbons, stoles—LSU commencement exercises—
“commencement eve” ceremony—recognition of honorees…2:2:2
Commencement Regalia—updates to doctoral gown in the works...2:7:3—new gown
unveiled...2:8:4
Cotton Bowl—LSU victory leads to an increase in applications—American Football
Coaches Association—LSU recognized as one of forty-two institutions that graduates
75% or more football players…2:4:3
Deepwater Horizon cleanup—BP—ExxonMobil—LSU Reveille—Payment for cleanup
workers greater than annual average pay for professional academic employees…2:1:1
Early Academic Referral System (EARS)—Brian Voss—Moodle—counselling…2:1:5
EA Sports—AG show barn demolished to make way for video game designer’s new
facility—Louisiana Emerging Technologies Building...2:7:4
Easy Streets Program—Chemistry professor Luigi Marzilli—a break in the barriers at
Knapp Hall—problem solved...2:6:7
Educause Convention—Chief Information officer Brian Voss—University of Indiana—
Star Trek—James Bond…2:1:2
Email Privacy—University of New Orleans (UNO)—red alert—LSU System—Ray
Lamonica—IT privacy policy, PSB06.25—Pratul Ajmera—“Ajmera Policy”—Faculty
Senate Executive Committee…2:1:2
Faculty Club—upgrades décor, menu offerings…2:4:6
Financial and Accounting Services—restrictions eased on framing services...2:6:5
Flagship Coalition
o Civil service guarantees—Faculty Senate Executive Committee—Sean Reilly—
“workforce development”—Provost Jack Hamilton…2:5:2
o Technical difficulties mar debut of website...2:5:4
o Faculty Senate Executives and Chancellor discuss over breakfast...2:6:2
Friends of Spanish Studies—President Jairo Alvarez—Humanities and Social Sciences
Dean Gaines Foster—Hector Zapata—“F.O.S.S.”—225 Magazine—Julio Melara…2:2:4
“From the Top”—tap show at Shaver Theater—Visiting Professor Christopher
O’Reilly—LSU Music School—“cultural capital”…2:3:2
Grading Policies—PS-44—Faculty Senate Vice-President Pratul Ajmera—Office of
Academic Affairs—Resolution 10–17—Resolution 10-16—Resolution 10-19…2:4:5
Graduation Rates—lost revenue from student attrition—Louisiana Statewide low
graduation rates—relation to grade inflation…2:3:4
Graduate School Realignment—media coverage—Faculty Senate Resolution 10-03—
associate graduate faculty membership—full membership upon receiving tenure—ViceChancellor for Research and Economic Development—Dean of the Graduate
School…2:3:3
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Haynes, J.K.—renowned biologist visits LSU—visit sponsored by LSU Faculty Senate,
Southern Facult Senate, LSU, and Southern University—speak to students about science
and education—Cox Communications Academic Center...2:6:6—visit explained...2:7:5
Guest Column
o By: Faculty Senate Fringe Benefit Committee and Professor of Chemistry, Luigi
Marzilli—Long-Term Care Insurance (LCTI)—premium cost comparison…2:1:3
o Save UNO—By Steve Striffler, Founder, Save UNO—budget crisis is discussed
as it relates to the Unviersity of New Orleans—Governor Bobby Jindal…2:3:4
o By: Gaines Foster, Deal of Humanities and Social Sciences—“Jairo Alvarez
Addresses Friends of Spanish Studies”—Jairo Alvarez, Baton Rouge home
builder and philanthropist, addressed a crowd sponsored by the Faculty Senate
and the Friends of Spanish Studies—outlined his “triple A formula”: Accept,
Adapt, Action…2:4:4
o By: Donna Rhorer, Chair, University of Louisiana Faculty Advisory Council—
UL System—Dr. Randy Moffett…2:5:3
o By: Cassie Arcenaux, Assistant Director of Communications, College of
Engineering—discussion of online and multimedia options available for
students...2:6:4
o By: Stephen Rushing, University of Southeastern Louisiana—UL System—
academic freedom—AAUP Statement of Principles...2:7:3
o By: Thomas Miller, Vice-President of Southern University Faculty Senate—
“SUBR Chancellor Search Leads to Appointment of Jim Llorens”—Southern
University Faculty Senate—vote of no-confidence in leadership of Chancellor
Kofi Lomotey—Southern Faculty Senate recommendations...2:8:3
HB1492—LSU faculty governance—defeated the measure…2:1:5
Hill Farm—a proposed tract of landscaped outdoor space adjacent to Lod Cook Alumni
building…2:4:3
In Memoriam—Robert Ward—Faculty Senate observes a moment of silence in his
memory March 15, 2011…2:5:1
IT Services
o stage first “Techpawlooza”—Thursday, March 3, 2011—LSU Student Union
Royal Cotillion Ballroom—opportunity for LSU students, faculty, and staff to
learn about technology…2:4:4
o email improvements—Brian Voss—Microsoft Office 365...2:7:5
Jazz Funeral for Higher Education—student organizers—LSUnited—event covered by
Chronicle of Higher Education, NPR, local news outlets, others—LSU budget
woes…2:2:1
“Just Say No”—LSU-Shreveport, University of New Orleans—LSUS Faculty Senate
President Mary Jarzabek—Resolution to rebut demands for budget plans made by
transient politicians affirmed—version of the bill to arrive at LSU faculty senate
sponsored by Senator Kenneth McMillin…2:2:3
Library Databases—become available off-campus—MyLSU—IT Services—Middleton
Library—PAWS—Jennifer Cargill—Brian Voss…2:5:2—Will Hires, librarian,
petitioned the Faculty Senate to establish a committee on creating an institutional
repository...2:7:2
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Lifestyle Feature—first of what would become a regular feature—six coolest rides at
LSU—the six coolest vehicles around LSU are highlighted...2:8:6
Lod Cook Hotel—comes out of recession—at 58% occupancy, industry-normal...2:7:6
Louisiana Higher Education Wish List—University fabourg—Northgate
neighborhood—Southgate neighborhood—Whole Foods—Cohn-Turner—Facility
Services—Tony Lombardo—janitorial science...2:5:4
Louisiana State Capitol Building—Wikipedia article masquerades as history—
Governor Claiborne statue—Capitol lobby—academic historians not consulted…2:5:2
Louisiana State Senator Conrad Appel—Senate Resolution 123—merger of SUNO
and UNO—“two track” model for higher education, one advanced and one less
advanced…2:5:3
Louisiana Transfer Degree Website—new website has lukewarm reception...2:8:6
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium—proposal to transfer management of
Chauvin, LA facility to Nicholls State University—future uncertain...2:7:6
Louisiana University Online Information Service (LOUIS)—Possible de-funding—
alternative options…2:1:3
Los Angeles Higher Education Conference—academics from twenty-one universities
convened in LA “to develop an alternative vision of the future of higher education that is
not subordinate to industrial or other economic agenda”—details available at
insidehighered.com...2:4:2
LOUIS (Louisiana Online University Information Service)—LSU Faculty Senate
resolution 11-07—written by Kenneth McMillin—LSU System Council of Faculty
Advisors—Chair of the Board of Regents—Commissioner of Higher Education—
Louisiana Senate and House Education Committees...2:6:3
LSU-Alexandria Retirement Incentive Program—extended—faculty offered half
salary up to $25,000 cap—LSU System…2:2:3
LSU Chancellor—Mike Martin—Chancellor’s forum—tuition increase—less reliance
on State government...2:6:3
LSU Dining Services—catering options—LSU Union—new menu items…2:3:4
LSU Development and Outreach—international programs—special feature By: Jane
Chandler—explores mays to improve LSU’s international presence...2:8:5
LSU Early Retirement Buyout—LSU System Board of Supervisors—LSU-Shreveport
Chancellor Vincent Marsala—early retirement buyout program—LSU-Alexandria
Chancellor David Manuel—Louisiana buyouts are too low at half of annual salary
savings…2:4:4
LSU Emergency Contact Phone Line—automation leads to inconvenience…2:4:4
LSU Faculty Senate Executive Committee
o Joan King—making a correction to the LSU catalogue—Registrar Robert
Doolos—curbing practice of students re-taking classes to boost GPA...2:6:2
o Joan King and Lawrence Rouse elected as Members-at-Large of Executive
Committee—George Stanley elected as secretary—Kenneth McMillin elected as
Vice-President—Kevin Cope elected President...2:7:4
LSU Faculty Senate Meeting Videos—begin to be posted online at the recommendation
of Brian Voss and Student IT Enablement Director Melody Childs…2:2:1
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LSU Faculty Senate President Kevin L. Cope—published a scholarly study of the
budget-trimming and budget-management process and mentality—Louisiana
Communication Journal 12 (2010):81-91…2:4:4
o President’s Message—2:1:1...2:2:1...2:3:1...2:4:1...2:5:1...2:6:1...2:7:1...2:8:1
LSU Faculty Senate Secretary—George Stanley—Faculty Senate video recordings—
LSU Libraries Dean Jennifer Cargill...2:5:6
LSU Faculty Senate Website
o Streamlined for user-friendliness—new buttons and additional menus—tributes to
Ron Richard and Bill Bowden…2:2:2
o Analysis of Louisiana State budget crisis—LSU System Presidential Assistant
and budget consultant Bob Keaton—Northwestern State University librarian
Michael Matthews…2:3:2
LSU Foundation
o rebounding from the recession—foundation head Bill Bowden…2:4:4
o Bill Bowden—increase in value of Foundation portfolio…2:2:4
o Solicits donations at Faculty Senate meeting...2:6:1
LSU General Education Committee—revising competency goals—“mov[ing] toward
expectation that a given course will strengthen the competency appropriate to the
department or college in which the course resides.”…2:5:1
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans—Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope
addressed the faculty council of LSUHSC-NO…2:3:3-4
LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport—new sign—whistleblower lawsuit—milliondollar settlement—Medicare fraud—LSU Faculty Senate Resolution 08-12...2:6:8
LSU Libraries—Search engine—LSU Libraries and Beyond—WorldCat…2:1:3
LSU System Board of Supervisors
o “information session”—LSU-S Chancellor Vincent Marsala—workforce
development—LSU-A Chancellor David Manuel—IPEDS (Integrated
Postsecondary Data System) criteria exclude 97% of LSU-A graduates from
inclusion oin the graduation rate count—Louisiana Senate District 6—lowest
baccalaureate degree rate and lowest per capita income in Louisiana...2:6:2
o Awarded three million dollar settlement in lawsuit against Johnson
Controls...2:7:2
LSUnited
o leaders Michael Russo (LSU Libraries) and Patricial O’Neill (Music)—Baton
Rouge Business Report—WRKF—Jim Engster Show…2:5:3
o Reaches out to Local, State and National Stages—Michael Russo and Patricial
O’Neill appeared on WRKF’s morning radio show, The Jim Engster Show—
LSU Chancellor Mike Martin—HRM Chief A.G. Monaco—Baton Rouge
Community College—Grambling State University...2:6:3
o Pushes towards recognition through the establishment of a Legislative Contact
Team—Louisiana Association of Educators—Dominique Homberger—John
Protevi...2:7:2
o Legislative Contact Team—meant to lobby the State Legislature...2:8:1
LSU User Support and Student IT Enablement—special report By: Melody Childs,
Director—introduces faculty to new colleagues...2:8:7
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LSU Police Department—LSU Police Chief Lawrence Rabalias—LSU Police Sargeant
Kevin Scott—initiates shooting awareness training…2:4:5
LSU Recruitment—Applications to LSU rise despite hits to higher ed—Kurt Keppler—
6% increase—LSU offering better value...2:6:1
LSU Reveille—updates salary database—overall decline in salaries—decline in
administrator salaries...2:8:1
LSU-Shreveport—Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope addressed the LSUS Faculty
Senate…2:3:3-4
LSU System President John Lombardi—addresses LSU Faculty Senate—appears on
video for January 20th 2011 meeting at approx. 17:50…2:4:1
LSU Union Theater—auxiliary services—LSU Faculty Club…2:1:5
LSU YouTube Channel—LSU channel—Mike the Tiger Channel—LSU Sports
channel—no search function…2:2:2
Manship School—dean does not have a graduate degree...2:7:1
Middleton Library—Stephanie Braunstein—Louisiana Library Association—statewide
push to preserve, protect, defend, and promote all species of library...2:7:7
Mike the Tiger—LSU brand found in unexpected places…2:1:5
Nicholson Drive—improvements—Office of Facility Services...2:7:7
Nursing—Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council (SATC)—SATC Chair and LSU
System Vice-President Michael Gargano—State nurse shortage...2:6:1
Office of Group Benefits (“OGB”)
o Amendment 6—Tommy Teague—Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope—Frank
Cartledge—insurance coverage for adult college-attending children…2:3:1
o Proposal to privatize OGB—Faculty Senate is opposed...2:7:7
o State Senator Butch Gautreaux resists privatization of OGB—LSU Faculty Senate
President Kevin Cope offers testimony—OGB Director Tommy Teague raised
questions...2:8:6
Office of Academic Affairs
o LA GRAD act—Board of Regents—SACS accreditation…2:5:3
o Leadership agenda—“Chairman Bob Levy’s Leadership Agenda”—Boyd Hall—
LA GRAD act...2:5:5
o OAA hangs art around campus—art reviewed...2:8:5
Outsourcing of Printing Services—LSU printing services saluted, as their services are
outsourced to private companies…2:2:2
Postal Service—withdrawn from LSU campus—Vice-Chancellor for Finance and
Administrative Services Eric Monday—cost-hike…2:5:2
PEZ Dispensers—Eric Monday, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative
Services—1200 PEZ dispenser collection on display in his Thomas Boyd Hall
office...2:6:5
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
o LSU System President John Lombardi—LSU System Council of Faculty
Advisors…2:3:2
o LSU System surcharge—questionable legality—budget cut—LSU System
Supervisors…2:3:4
Program Review Committee—merges with the University Assessment Council…2:3:2
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PS-7—governs “honorifics” such as awards, chairs, professorships, titles, and other
forms of collegial recognition—Faculty senate to review...2:6:2
Red Stick Restaurant Review—by: Carl Freedman—announcement of regular
column…2:2:1
o Maison Lacour…2:2:3
o Texas De Brazil Churrascaria…2:3:3
o Mansurs on the Boulevard…2:4:3
o Cheeburger Cheeburger…2:6:3
o Monjunis Highland…2:7:3
o Fat Clemenza’s Brick-Oven Pizzeria…2:8:2
o Column draws fanbase on Facebook…2:8:2
Retirement Plan
o Benefits Advisory Committee——Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana
(TRSL)—Vice Chancellor Eric Monday—Human Resources Management
(HRM)—Kenneth Krogstad—Kellogg School of Management…2:1:2-3
o Faculty Governance “No” Vote—Amendment 6, November 2nd 2010 Louisiana
State election—state-affiliated retirement plans…2:2:1
Rolling Policy Review—current method, “PS” documents, out of date—possible
adoption of rolling policy—more efficient…2:4:2
Red River Parish—parish leads the Louisiana in high school alumni who take remedial
instruction at the college level...2:6:6
RSVP Initiative—“Retired Senior Volunteer Program”—public service opportunities for
retirees—contact Karen Powell…2:4:1
Shaquille O’Neal—statute of him dunking unveiled...2:8:6
Short’s Travel Service—LA State travel agency—in spite of shortcomings, an
improvement on prior service, LA Travel…2:2:6
Smoking Ban—Senator Luigi Marzilli—Executive Committee Member Joan King—
develop smoking rules...2:7:4
Special Features
o “Seven Best and Seven Worst Buildings at LSU”—a semi-satirical review of LSU
campus architecture…2:2:4-5
o Art Review: “Treasures, Errors, and Oddities: The Art of the LSU Campus”—a
review of the art that adorns the various facilities of the LSU campus—the Lod
Cook Alumni Center, the Cook Hotel, Middleton Library, the Coastal Studies
Building, and others are highlighted…2:3:5-6
o The Ten Best-Dressed Men on the LSU Campus—a humorous countdown of ten
men of LSU—a review of Baton Rouge haberdashery…2:4:5-6
Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium “SECAC”
o sports-endowed project of the SEC—Associate Vice-Chancellor Bob Kuhn—
Kinesiology chair Gil Reeve—Board of Regents Vice-Commissioner Karen
Denby—Boutin’s Cajun restaurant…2:2:5
o support for faculty groups lacking...2:7:7
Southeastern Conference Association of Faculty Leasers—SECAFL—SEC television
contract—web site—charter—Mike Slive—SECAC—Academic Consortium...2:5:6
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
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o accreditation board—redefinition of “competence”—costly demands divert funds
from teaching and research…2:4:4
o Belle Wheelan, president of SACS, to speak at Alexandria faculty summit—
AAUP statewide chapter—LSU-A Student Union...2:6:7—Meeting
summary...2:7:1
Special-Case Transfer Degrees—“the Nevers Bill”—“The Louisiana Transfer
Degree”—Act 356—Allows students who graduate from an accredited Louisiana twoyear institution to enter a Louisiana four-year institution as a junior—Kevin Cope serves
as Chair of the General Education Committee of the Statewide Articulation and Transfer
Council “SATC”…2:2:2
Statewide Budget Proposals—LSU System President John Lombardi—Louisiana
Community and Technical Colleges System—Southern University System—Faculty
Senate website…2:4:1
Statewide IT Privacy Policy—Faculty Senate Vice-President Pratul Ajmera—variations
in IT privacy policies between campuses—LSU medical campus “LSUHSC—NO”—
LSU System General Counsel Ray Lamonica…2:3:1
Stop the Tenure Clock” procedure—PS-36 documents—junior faculty—tenuretrack…2:1:2
Student Life and Enrollment Services—Kurt Keppler—Kirby Smith Hall—Mary
Parker—Freshman class…2:1:3—See feature “Reflections from Administrator on First
14 months at LSU”—By: Kurt Keppler, Vice Chancellor for Student Life & Enrollment
Services...2:8:4
Student Government Association—introduced Resolution 11-04 to the LSU Faculty
Senate—resolution passed—Dead Week—Thanksgiving holiday...2:6:4
Ten Most Difficult Course Offerings—Ten LSU courses which consistently receive the
most grades of “D,” “F,” or “W”—Economics 2000; History 1003; Mathematics 1023;
Chemistry 1201; Biology 1201; Mathematics 1021; History 2055; Mathematics 1022;
Geology 1001; Mathematics 1550…2:4:1
Tip of the Month
o LSU School of Music—Recitals recommended…2:1:5
o Bargain Bee—Sulphur based service that provides discounts for restaurants and
activities…2:2:5
o “Louisiana Hwy. 1”—a photography “coffee-table” book from University of
Louisiana at Lafayette Press by Anne Butler and Henry Cancienne—documents
the rich culture of Louisiana through photographic depictions of Louisiana State
Highway 1…2:3:6
o Abita Mystery House and UCM Museum—Abita Springs, LA—art and curiosity
exhibit…2:4:6
o TWP – Total Wood Protectant—wood finish—able to withstand the intense south
Louisiana summer heat...2:5:4
o Celery seed—may be added either to savory or sweet dishes...2:6:8
o Badminton—summer lawn game is highlighted...2:7:7
o Varsity Vests—LSU apparel shop is commended for upscale merchandise...2:8:7
University Budget Committee—to merge with Budget Crisis Committee—Faculty
Senate Executive Committee—trial period will extend until December 2012—approval
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for merger signed by Chancellor—Faculty Senate will maintain Budget Advisory
Committee…2:5:1
University of South Carolina—graduate student Amber Falluca—LSU Faculty
Senate—perceptions of athletics by faculty at SEC institutions...2:5:5
University of Louisiana System
o Louisiana Tech—McNeese—Southeastern—UL-Lafayette—Randy Moffett—UL
System Board of Supervisors—good faith negotiation—Chronicle of Higher
Education…2:1:1
o University of Louisiana Faculty Senate President Donna Rhorer—UL System
management puts forth a more respectful version of earlier policy—returns to
established, sound tenure and termination policies while also developing
reasonable, objective criteria for program discontinuance…2:3:5
o Board of Regents revives plan to diminish standards to discontinue programs
under guise of public hearing—E. Gerald “T-Boy” Hebert—Jimmy Faircloth—
Bobby Jindal...2:5:5
o ULM Admin Attempts End-Run around New Survey Rules—assault on faculty
independence—scrutiny of faculty polls...2:6:3
University of New Orleans
o “new web page provides an array of template letters”—senate.uno.edu…2:3:1
o UNO-SU merger—misleading media reports—mismanagement of New Orleans
institutions...2:6:1
o Faculty divided on proposed merger with SUNO—concern regarding existence
of “university senate” rather than a traditional faculty senate...2:8:4
University Planning Council (UPC)—adds Mississippi State and University of
Arkansas as LSU “peer” institutions—removes Kansas State University, which slipped
from the list of “very high research activity” institutions...2:7:7
University Retention Committee
o formed—Saundra McGuire…2:4:1
o March, 2011 meeting—Saundra McGuire—Bobby Matthews presentation—
extracurricular activities...2:6:8
o Final report...2:8:5