Present:
Dagenais,
Spector, Thurston, Vetrosky, Arata, Bowers, Brown, Chryslee, Cohen, Haywick,
Jones, Labbe, Payne, Rogers, Miller, Morris, Bracken, Hsu, Kennett, McGinnis,
Langan, Ryder, Trufant, Davidson-Shivers, McIntosh, Strange, Van Haneghan,
Olsen, Engebretson, Murray, Norman, Kayes, Nelson, Townsley, Wesenberg,
Doolittle, Swint, Weitzel.
Absent
(Excused):
Ledoux,
Ryder, Wilson, Weston, Hamid, Parker, Allison, Tuck-Muller, Ballard, Brandon,
Foster, Cox, Honkanen, Stevens, Teplick, DeWitt.
Absent
(Unexcused):
Caldwell,
Dilsaver, Hitt, McAfee, Cepeda, Sternberg, Zhang, Frederick,
3. Approval
of Minutes:
Minutes
from the April,July and September
meetings were approved.
4. Report
from the Chair:
Dr.
Labbe announced that Mike McGinnis will be our new Senate Parliamentarian
replacing Bryce Evans.
Foundation
issues - No further actions or comments from Dr. Whiddon have been forthcoming.
Dr. Labbe is in the process of sending a follow-up letter to the Senate's
prior requests.
Football
- The Athletic Task Force programs committee met and voted on conducting
a feasibility study for football. They will be deciding on a consulting
firm. We will work with the committee in order to lend the faculty's input
as to an appropriate firm to conduct the survey and what the scope of the
survey might be.
The
Senate Ad Hoc committee has finished its preliminary report which all senators
should have received via e-mail. A copy was sent to President Moulton and
he will send copies to the Board of Trustees. Much positive feedback has
been received regarding the report, particularly from President Moulton.
Much of the feedback relates to the rational and objective (more or less)
presentation of the issue. Dr. Labbe thanked Richmond Brown and the committee
for an excellent job.
5. Reports
from Standing Committees:
Written
reports from the standing committees were distributed.
6. Reports
from Caucus Leaders:
There
was a report from the Mitchell College of Business caucus leader, Michael
McGinnis regarding MCOB concerns as well as University concerns. A
copy of his report is attached. There were no other reports.
7. Communications
from the University President:
President
Moulton addressed three issues:
Compensation
- baseline data points to investigating the salary compression issue
The
search procedures for the president and long range university planning
committee will be named, announced, and meetings scheduled.
Less
than 25% of the faculty have teaching loads of 12 hours.
8. Old
Business:
Richmond
Brown gave a synopsis of his committee's report. Opinions regarding what
USA should do about football ranged from absolutely no football to football
absolutely. The overall opinion was that regardless of what happened, a
reasonable and responsible approach to investigating football at the University
was a must.
9. New
Business:
None
10. Adjournment:
Elise
Labbe adjourned the meeting at 4:50 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted by:
D.
Vetrosky, Secretary