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Highlights from Faculty Senate Meetings
May 7 and May 15, 2003
SR03-09 Proposed Guidelines for Faculty Evaluation of Administrators was approved by
the Senate. This policy statement, if approved by the administration, describes how faculty input
will be used in evaluations of administrators with faculty rank and/or those that supervise
academic units. The policy statement was developed by a committee composed of Paul Hoffman
(chair), Barbara Apostolou, William Demastes, Dominique Homberger, Neil Kestner, Andy
Maverick, and Janie Frickie (ex officio).
The Senate voted to have the Faculty Council vote on SR03-10 (PS-36 Addendum,
Sections A, B, C). The addendum describes the review and remediation processes for tenured
faculty and provides campus procedures to implement the LSU System's PM-35. The addendum
was amended so that three consecutive unsatisfactory evaluations would be needed to trigger
peer review (and possibly remediation) instead of PM-35's two consecutive or three out of five
unsatisfactory annual evaluations. Another change is that the addendum would apply only to
faculty hired after 1/1/2004 and those who wish to be covered by the addendum. The PS-36
committee is composed of Carruth McGehee (chair), Emily Batinski, Lou Day, Rick Ortner, Jim
Richardson, Roger Seals, Roger Stockbauer, Jill Suitor, and Janie Frickie (ex officio).
Results of elections: New members of the Grievance Committee are Don Kraft, Nina Lam,
Joseph Ricapito, and Claire Advokat (alternate). New members of the Review and Long-Range
Planning Committee are Tom Lynch and Ann Martin. Claire Advokat and Lori Bade will
represent the Senate at the annual Council of Louisiana Colleges and Universities (CLCU) next
year. Jim Richardson and Nick Apostolou will be the new members of the Budget Committee.
The Board of Regents (BOR) is developing a new formula for funding higher education in
Louisiana. The Faculty Senate approved a letter from President Anderson to Commissioner
Savoie asking that two LSU faculty, Tom Lynch and James Richardson, serve on the BOR
committee developing and evaluating a new funding model and asks that data relevant to
developing and evaluating funding formulas be provided on the BOR website.
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Highlights from Faculty Senate Meeting
September 3, 2003
CHANCELLOR EMMERT SHARED COMMENTS FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES WHICH
LIE BEFORE LSU: upcoming faculty forums to answer questions and address issues related to
PS 109; processing of grant contracts being streamlined; indirect cost fund return being increased
from 10% to 15% and research travel funds will be raised through the office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research, Dr. Kevin Smith; LSU likely be able to fund 30 new faculty positions,
continued graduate student support, and faculty raises; state*s budget is likely to be in a large
deficit; encouraged faculty to involved in the upcoming Governor*s race and being aggressive in
requesting help from the Governor for LSU; desire for a large-scale infusion of capital spending
on the LSU campus; continuing concern by people regarding jobs and out ability to employ
students in our state after they graduate; desire for devising strategies to create jobs in
Louisiana.
PROVOST RISA PALM SHARED HER IDEAS FOR LSU: Flagship Agenda is critical;
involving, developing a culture and environment that supports a research intensive institution;
increased breadth, depth, and quality of both undergraduate and graduate programs at the
university; Provost*s goals emphasize the need to be concerned with the "perceived view" of
LSU nationally * the perceived quality of education; Provost*s message today that LSU has a
vital role in the state, and can and should provide greater leadership in the nation; Provost*s job
is to help faculty, chairs, and deans to work together to reach these goals through budget
enhancement, systems that encourage the best possible expenditure of the money we have, and
active promotion of a variety of ideas that let us make significant progress.
PRESIDENT CARRUTH McGEHEE*S REPORT: will establish a website for updated reports
on the progress in implementing Faculty Senate Resolutions; sense of Senate at the May meeting
that the matter of PM-35 and so forth should be subject of direct communication between
administration and faculty; events planned for questions and answers regarding PS-109 * panel
discussion with AAUP, "town meetings" with the Chancellor/Provost on Oct. 7th and Oct. 15th in
Campbell Auditorium; and PS-109 Advisory Board being established for overseeing all PM35
processes on campus.
ELECTIONS: Senator Kathy O*Reilly was elected to be the new At-Large Member to the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC); Senator Bill Daly was elected as the Alternate for
the Grievance Committee.
RESOLUTIONS: SR03-11 * Guidelines and Recommendations for Establishing Criteria for
Awarding Merit and Equity Raises, authored by Paul Bell was PASSED; SR03-12 * Analyses of
LSU Salary Data, authored by Paul Bell FAILED; and SR03-13 * Posting Faculty Salaries on the
Web, authored by Paul Bell was PASSED