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Minutes for November 5, 2008
A meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday,
5 November 2008, in Maxwell Auditorium.
Present were: Chancellor Cantor; Senators Alston, Arnold, Bhatia, Breese, Bulman, Carter, Cihon, Clark, Cochren, Dixon, Dobrowolski, Donovan, Dudczak, Easton, Elin, Evans, Ferri, Frasciello, Gilman, Golia, Greenberg, Heintz, Hollenback, Jeneault, Judge, Kornfilt, Kwasnik, Lee (J.), Lipson, Lore, Mager, Marcoccia, Marrero, Massey, McClure (D.), McClure (R.), Mitchell, Mulliken, Murphy, O’Rourke, Park, Rio, Rubinstein, Saleh, Schell, Schiff, Schwarz, Shane, Sherman, Smith (C.R.) , Spina, Srinivas, Stonecash, Strodel, Suchy, Teres, Thorin, Tucker, Turnipseed, Van Gulick, Veley, Wallace, Ware (E.), Warren, Wasylenko, Webber, Witucki, Wolfe, Wright.
Presiding officer: Chancellor Nancy Cantor
The Chancellor called the meeting to order and, before beginning, she asked for a moment of silence for the student who had died the previous week. She then proposed that the minutes of the October 8th meeting be approved as written, and the body concurred. She called Prof. Eileen Schell to give the report of the Agenda Committee, which included announcement that an ad hoc committee to review policy re sexual harassment and abuse of power had been seated. Schell said that the committee intended to bring a report with proposed recommendations to the Senate for vote in the spring. She said that the membership had been chosen from appropriate Senate committees, and was comprised of the following persons:
Corinne Smith (Chairwoman)
Anne Munly (Cme. on Women’s Concerns)
Pat Cihon (Academic Affairs cme.)
John Burdick (AFTPE cme.)
Fran Tucker (Agenda Cme.)
Kal Alston (Associate Provost)
She concluded her report with mention of the previous day’s meeting of Senate committee chairs with the Chancellor and the Agenda Committee, saying that it had been a productive and educational meeting.
The Chancellor asked that all non-senators wait outside the auditorium during the presentation and vote on nominations for honorary degrees. She then called Prof. Arthur Jensen who presented the report of the Committee on Honorary Degrees, which included a motion to approve the list. The motion carried. The Chancellor asked members of the Agenda Committee to invite non-senators back inside.
The Chancellor then called Prof. Barbara Kwasnik to present the report of the Curriculum committee, which included a motion to approve new courses and course changes from Engineering and Computer Science, Information Studies, Human Ecology, Public Communications, and Visual and Performing Arts. The motion carried.
The Chancellor told the body that because the Agenda Committee had received a request to hear the findings of the Task Force on Campus Smoking, that they had asked task force chairman Allan Breese to give a brief presentation and to field questions from the body. (The task force’s report is available on the Senate web site.) Mr. Breese gave a brief report of the background and work of the task force, and said that they had met with various campus bodies including the Senate Committee on Student Life. In the discussion, questions raised included: what things other institutions had done; why a non-Senate committee was reporting to the Senate; a comment that unenforced policies could become dangerous; a query of what the Senate was being asked to do.
Finally, a Senate member rose to make a motion, as follows:
that the committee explore ways to develop and present proposals
to regulate smoking in the outdoor areas of campus.
The motion was seconded. Another Senate member made an amendment to add a parallel recommendation, as follows:
and to support programs for smoking cessation
The motion to amend carried, and after some discussion the body voted to approve the amended motion.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Teresa Gilman
University Senate Recorder
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