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Minutes for April 14, 2004 A meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 April 2004, in Maxwell Auditorium. Present were: Chancellor Shaw; Senators: Alcoff, Andersen, Apjohn, Armstrong, Arnold, Behm, Bennett, Bernard, Boroujerdi, Braveman, Breese, Breitwieser, Caldwell, Carty, Chander, Cihon, Cordova, de Berly, Dekaney, Diaz, Donovan, Druger, Elin, Faiola, Flusche, Gensemer, Gilman, Goode, Greenberg, Hamilton, Himley, Hogan, Hollenback, Horwitz, Hovendick, Jensen, Kenn, Kornfilt, Kosar, LeGay, LaGraff, Landau, Lantier, Lederman, Legaspi, Letterman (M.), Letterman (R.), MacInnes, Maine, Marcoccia, Maroney, Martin, Mason, McGee, McKay, Mercer, Mosher, Mulconry, Murphy, Newton, Onsi, O'Rourke, Pellow, Phillips, Potter, Rodriguez, Rosenzweig, Sanford, Schneid, Schwarz, Sherman, Spina, Spitzner, Strodel, Thau, Toth, Tucker, Tussing, Van Gulick, Vidali, Wallwork, Ware (B.), Webber, Wilbur, Williams, Wolf, Yao, Zacharia, Zinszer. Presiding Officer: Chancellor Kenneth Shaw On motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the University Senate meeting of 17 March 2004, as written. The Chancellor then called Agenda Committee Chairman Nahmin Horwitz to present the report of the Agenda Committee, which included:
A motion to endorse the recommendations for promotion carried. Professor MacInnes then made a motion recommending that the following faculty members, now retiring, be honored with the title Emeritus, to be added to the rank at which they retired:
The motion carried. The Chancellor called Prof. Elizabeth Toth, who presented the report of the Committee on Curricula, which included a motion to approve the new courses and changes in the School of Public Communications and the School of Education listed in the report. The motion carried.
The Chancellor called Prof. Ernest Hemphill, who presented the report of the Committee on Instruction, which included a motion to approve a change in the policy on adding a course, as follows:
That the deadline for adding courses in a given semester be changed from the end of the second week of classes to the end of the first week of classes. Courses could be added after this deadline only with permission of the instructor.In the discussion, a senator said that the new deadline unduly burdened students, especially those on financial hold. Another said that one week was not enough time to find out if a course was right for a student. Another pointed out the problems of VPA students who had many once a week classes and labs. Among the comments made by those in favor were that "full" classes caused students to miss out by having to wait two weeks until the add deadline, and that there needed to be a set of campus-wide expectations in regard to adding courses. A senator proposed an amendment, adding the word "graduate" in the first line between "adding" and "courses". The motion to amend was seconded, and lost. The motion to approve the new policy, as distributed, carried. The Chancellor called on Prof. Louise Phelps, who presented the report of the Committee on Academic Affairs, which included the list of SU Scholars for 2004, as follows:
The University Senate approves changes in the language of the Faculty Manual regarding timing for tenure review as shown in the attached chart to be effective immediately for all untenured faculty, with the exception of those currently under formal review. The Chancellor told the body that if the discussion of the motion lasted long enough he suggested that a motion to postpone would be in order. Prof. Phelps continued her report, giving some background and history of the proposal, and went over frequently asked questions and relevant facts about current practice, which she had summarized in a hand-out. She told the body that the policy proposal had evolved slowly over a year of committee discussions, and the committee felt it gave faculty the greatest responsibility and control over their careers. In the discussion, AFT Committee Chairwoman Diane Murphy rose and commented on the proposal by reading a statement of concerns from her committee. Another senator said that the new policy could lead to more bad decisions on the part of new faculty. Agenda Committee chairman Nahmin Horwitz rose to speak in opposition, saying that the proposed new policy would create a new class of faculty, who could serve for up to 6 years on a non-tenure track appointment and then be granted a normal tenure track appointment with the tenure clock reset to zero. He went on to say that, at some point in the discussion, he intended to propose an amendment. Another senator made a motion to refer the proposal back to committee, with instructions to consider further input. The motion carried. The Chancellor told the body that because of the late hour, the next three reports would be presented for information, and he asked the chairs of Budget, LGBT, and Computing Services to stand and respond to any questions. There were none. Prof. Eileen Lantier, Chairwoman of the Committee on Computing Services stood and asked the body to recognize the many accomplishments of Executive Director for Computing and Media Services Jim Tompkins, who was retiring. She thanked him for his dedication as a long-standing member of the committee and for his contributions to the advancement of technology utilization at SU. She also thanked Vice President for Research and Computing Ben Ware, who was moving away from the computing part of his position to concentrate on research. The body applauded. The Chancellor called on Professor Diane Murphy who presented the report of the Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics, which was a progress report on two tenure denial cases, four professional ethics/academic freedom cases, and a sexual harassment case. She said that there were two other cases still in process. There being no further business, the Chancellor thanked the body for a good year of hard work, and the meeting was adjourned. Teresa Gilman University Senate Recorder 
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