Minutes
2002/2003 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
James R. Connor University Center 219
http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2002_2003/minutes/M050603.htm
  1. Call to Order: Chair Erdmann called the meeting to order at 2:32 p.m.
  1. Roll Call
    1. Senators present: Ahmadi, Anderson, Bren, Cartwright, de Onis, Dollarhide, Epps, Erdmann, Ghavamshahidi, Gruber, Gwalla-Ogisi, Heyning, Hixson, Hogan, Huang, Johnson, Klug, Kozlowicz, Lollar, Moini, Molloy, Ossers, Parks, Porter, Rogers-Adkinson, Rottet, Sawyer, Stinson, Weston
    2. Senators absent: Chung, Clayton, Ellenwood, *Hanson, Oravec, Samaranayake, *Topp, Wentz, *Wildermuth (*informed Secretary)
  1. Approval of Minutes of April 8, 2003 Faculty Senate (attached and see <http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/M040803.htm>): Ossers/Epps moved approval. Passed.
  1. Reports of Committees
    1. University Curriculum Committee: Transmittal of actions of Friday, April 11, 2003 (attached; please see <http://acadaff.uww.edu/ucc/2002-03/041103T.html> for download links.   Note: the UCC meeting of Friday, April 25, 2003 was cancelled.): Cartwright/Rogers-Adkinson moved approval of actionable items. Passed. FS0203-44
    2. Faculty Senate Executive Committee
      1. Ahmadi/Dollarhide moved approval of the resolution on personnel rules. Passed. FS0203-45
        2. Whereas the Interim reappointment/promotion/tenure procedures and timeline for '00 to '03 ( May 2, 2000, item 5.e.; FS9900-53 ; approved by the chancellor May 11, 2000) expire as of the end of the current academic year, be it resolved that the Faculty Senate adopts the DRAFT Personnel Rules Revisions as approved by Senate 9/10/2002 and amended 10/08/02 (available at <http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/index.html>) be used in the academic years beginning 2003-2004, pending approval by the UW Board of  Regents. (Epps)
      2. Audit and Review Committee: 2002_2003 Report (attached) - no action
        3. Barbara Monfils, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, distributed an updated report showing the committee's recommendations on reviewed programs. All undergraduate and graduate programs must be reviewed every five years. Chair Erdmann expressed the Senate's appreciation for receiving this information. Monfils also distributed an updated draft of the campus Plan 2008 Statement of Philosophy.
  2. Old Business
    1. Report of the Registrar: Epps/Gruber moved approval of the resolution.
      1. Kozlowicz/Molloy moved to strike Q in 2) and replace it with I. Passed.
      2. Main motion as amended: Passed. FS0203-46
      Resolved that the Faculty Senate supports the recommendations of the Grade Work Group calling for
          1) a 4 PM deadline for entry of final grades,
          2) a non-punitive "Q I" grade for use when investigations of academic misconduct are underway,
          3) a non-punitive "NN" grade for use when an instructor has not met a grading deadline, and
          4) deans, department chairs, and academic units to encourage faculty to use WINS to input grades by the advertised deadline.
    2. Select two faculty representing at least two constituencies to serve on the Provost's task force to study the results of the National Survey of Student Engagement and Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (see March 11, 2003 Faculty Senate minutes, item 5.d., available at http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2002_2003/minutes/M031103.htm): Joyce Huang and Darlene Habanek were elected by signed ballots.
  1. New Business
    1. Retirement Resolution(s)
      1. Rogers-Adkinson/Hogan moved to approve the retirement resolution for Linda Threadgill.
        1. Weston/Ahmadi moved to recommend to the Art Department that recognition that Threadgill created the Chancellor's medallion be added to the text. Passed.
        2. Main motion as amended: Passed unanimously. FS0203-47
      2. Weston/Cartwright moved to approve the retirement resolution for Frank Luther. Passed unanimously. FS0203-48
    2. Resolution on elections: Ossers/Sawyer moved to approve the resolution.
      1. Kozlowicz/Epps moved to close debate. Passed.
      2. Main motion passed. FS0203-49
        3. Resolved that the Faculty Senate expresses its gratitude to Dr. Susan Johnson for her capable and careful stewardship of the elections process.  Further resolved that the Faculty Senate recommends that the Faculty Elections Committee allow five working days for balloting in faculty elections. (Ahmadi)
  1. Announcements and Information (no action unless indicated as actionable)
    1. Report of the Chancellor - none
    2. Report of the Senate Chair
      1. UW-System "Legislative Update" <http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/govrel/lupdate/index.htm>
      2. Resolutions from the April 8, 2003 Faculty Senate Meeting (<http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/resolutions/0203r.html>)
        1. FS0203-30: UCC transmittal of April 8, 2003; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        2. FS0203-31: annual Educational Equity Report Card; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        3. FS0203-32: WIC member on campus climate study task force; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        4. FS0203-33: campus climate study task force reports to Senate; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        5. FS0203-34: asks Diversity Committee to modify definition of and agenda for diversity to include women, gender, sexual orientation, and people of disability; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        6. FS0203-35: asks that Gen. Ed. course review include explanation of how curriculum content incorporates scholarship in the appropriate field relating to women and gender; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        7. FS0203-36: Chancellor's Scholars Program; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        8. FS0203-37: war in Iraq; transmitted to Chancellor April 14; (see attachments)
        9. FS0203-38: May 2003 graduation resolution; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        10. FS0203-39: that departments and programs be charged to determine means and distribution of workload for faculty and academic staff to meet instructional commitments; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        11. FS0203-40: retirement resolution for Joseph Domitrz; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        12. FS0203-41: retirement resolution for Ashok Bhargava; transmitted to Chancellor March 14
        13. FS0203-42: retirement resolution for Karl Merz; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        14. FS0203-43: retirement resolution for Karl Borgeson; transmitted to Chancellor April 14
        15. Report on the Faculty Representative's meeting of May 2, 2003
          • Blackboard and WebCT will not be supported after 2003-2004; "Desire2Learn" utility will be used; see announcement from Lorna Wong
            • "Desire2Learn" is claimed to be more accessible to "low end" users and more flexible for "high end" users; e.g. one can incorporate a favorite gradebook and have data interchange.
          • Regents Boyle (outgoing Chair, Educ. Comm.) and Mohs (Vice-Chair, Educ. Comm.) visited
            • Boyle is concerned that budget cuts may continue beyond 2003-2005 biennium
          • Chair Erdmann encouraged Faculty Senators again to write to legislators with specific examples of how budget cuts have affected quality of instruction, hurt students; anecdotes "humanize" the argument.  See <http://www.legis.state.wi.us/waml/> and write to Joint Finance Committee members whose addresses are given at <http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lfb/jfc/jfcmembership.html>
      3. Next Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting: Tuesday, August 26, 2003, 2:15 in UC 65
      4. Next Faculty Senate Meeting: Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 2:15 in 219
      5. Other announcements - none
  2. Adjournment: Ghavamshahidi/Rogers-Adkinson moved to adjourn at 3:08 p.m.