REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

 

 

MAY 7, 2007 – 104 GORE HALL

 

 

 

 

April 12, 2007

 

 

TO:                  Senators and Executives

 

FROM:            Jinfa Cai, Vice President   Jinfa Cai

                        University Faculty Senate

 

SUBJECT:       Regular Faculty Senate Meeting May 7, 2007

 

            In accordance with Section IV, paragraph 6 of the Constitution, the regular meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Monday, May 7, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. in room 104 Gore Hall. 

 

I certify that hard copies of the approval page for each undergraduate and graduate studies academic item on the agenda are filed in the Faculty Senate Office with the appropriate signatures of approval up through the Chair of the Faculty Senate Coordinating Committee on Education.  The Agenda will be as follows:

 

AGENDA

 

 

I.                   Adoption of the Agenda

 

II.                Approval of the Minutes: April 9, 2007

 

II.                Election of Senate Officers and Selected Committee Members – A slate of nominations prepared by the Committee on Committees and Nominations (Margaret Birney, Chairperson) is presented in Attachment 1.  Biographies of the nominees are presented in Attachment 2.  Senators are reminded that additional nominations may be made from the floor, and that senators making such nominations are responsible for determining that a nominee would serve if elected.

 

a.       President Elect – Amy Johnson  (Statement)

b.      Vice President – Jeff Jordan (1yr. replacement term)

c.       Secretary – Don Lehman

d.      Committee on Committees Chairperson – Jack Baroudi and Robert Opila

 

IV.             Remarks:  Provost Dan Rich

                              Eric Kmiec – Promotions and Tenure

 

V.                 Announcements: Senate President Dallas Hoover

 

 

VI.              Consent Agenda

 

A.     Announcements for Challenge: 

 

1.      Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for course changes required for the major of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (attachment) (attachment)  (attachment)

 

2.      Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for course changes required for the major of the Bachelor of Computer Engineering (attachment) (attachment) (attachment)  

 

3.      Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the revision to the English Education Major (attachment)

 

 

B.   Resolutions:

 

4.      Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for approval of permanent status to the BS with a major in Management Information Systems (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment)

 

Whereas,                the BS with a major in Management Information Systems was granted provisional approval by the Faculty Senate on March 4, 2002, and

 

Whereas,                the review for permanent status was successfully completed in 2006-2007, be it therefore

 

Resolved,               that the Faculty Senate recommend the BS with a major in Management Information Systems be granted permanent status.

 

VII.           Regular Agenda

 

A.                 Old Business:

 

B.                 New Business:

 

1.      Confirmation of Appointments: (attachment)

 

2.      Resolutions:

 

A.        Recommendation from the Committee on University Promotions and Tenure (Eric Kmiec, Chair) with the concurrence of the Rules Committee (Don Lehman, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the revision to the Faculty Handbook, Section 4: Personnel Policies for Faculty, Promotion and Tenure, Promotion Dossiers (attachment)

 

Whereas,          the purpose of the Personal Policy on Promotion and Tenure, Promotion Dossier is to help candidates produce the best case for promotion and tenure, be it therefore

 

Resolved,         that the Faculty Senate recommends the Faculty Handbook be revised as indicated (attachment above) in order to clarify that all work at rank, unless otherwise stated in the appointment letter, will shall (friendly amendment from the floor) be considered for promotion and tenure at the University of Delaware and that all dossiers will shall contain the candidate’s two and four year reviews contract renewal reviews.

 

VII.  Introduction of New Business:

 

Such items as may come before the Senate.  (No motion introduced under new business, except a motion to refer to committee, shall be acted upon until the next meeting of the Senate.)

 

/khs