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Minutes for September 13, 2006
A meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 September 2006, in Maxwell Auditorium.
Present were: : Interim Vice Chancellor Eric Spina; Senators: Alcoff, Anderson, Artuso, Bender, Bennett, Bhatia, Biklen, Carter, Carty, Castro, Cobb, Corley, Crowston, Curtis, de Berly, Donovan, Doyle, Elin, Ferguson, Frasciello, Gates, Gilman, Glauser, Grady-Willis, Hackman, Hensberry, Himley, Horacek, Horton, Hurd, Isik, Johnson, Karpoff, Kelly, Kornfilt, Lantier, Letterman, Lipson, Maroney, Massey, Mohan, Moller, O'Rourke, Palfai, Patrick, Pellow, Phelps, Potter, Russell, Salatino, Saleh, Schell, Sharp, Sherman, Smith (C.R.), Smith (D.), Spencer, Srinivas, Sternlicht, Thompson, Thorin, Trento, Tucker, Turner (S.), Tussing, Van Gulick, Watts, Williams (N.), Wolfe.
Presiding Officer: Interim Vice Chancellor Eric Spina
In the absence of the Chancellor, Interim Vice Chancellor Spina called the meeting to order and welcomed Senate members. He said that the day's business consisted of a report from the Agenda Committee, followed by committees breaking out into various rooms to organize and elect chairs. Dr. Spina invited all Senate and committee members to a reception afterwards in the lobby outside the auditorium. He told members that there would be one action item, a motion to approve the changes to committees listed in the report of the Subcommittee on Nominations, and asked members of the Agenda committee to help collect the ballots when the time came. He then called Prof. Bruce Carter to report for the Agenda Committee.
Prof. Carter began by making a motion to approve changes in committees reported by the Subcommittee on Nominations, as follows:
| Academic Affairs |
Remove:
Jeanette Jeneault (Faculty)
Mark Rupert (Faculty)
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| AFT |
Add:
Jeanette Jeaneault (Faculty)
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| Curricula |
Add:
Sandra Hurd (Admin.)
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| Honorary Degrees |
Add:
Peter Moller (Faculty)
Remove:
Eric Spina (Administration)
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The motion was approved.
Prof. Carter then read the section of the University Senate bylaws that dealt with choosing a new Vice Chancellor, as follows:
When it becomes necessary to search for a new Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Senate Agenda Committee, enlarged to include the chair of the Academic Affairs committee, shall consult with the Chancellor and proceed to designate a slate of potential members of a search committee. This slate shall include appropriate numbers of faculty members, academic deans, staff members, graduate students and undergraduates. The Agenda Committee shall present this slate to the Senate for its ratification. Upon ratification, the slate will be submitted to the Chancellor with a request that the individuals named on the slate be appointed as the Vice Chancellor Search Committee.
Carter read the Chancellor's charge to the Provost Search Committee, as follows:
The objective of this internal search, to be completed by January 2007, is to appoint an outstanding academic leader who is enthusiastically committed to implementing the vision of Scholarship in Action and to developing a model of collaborative leadership that will ensure the primacy and success of the academic mission of Syracuse University.
To that end,
We seek a provost who will collaborate with the deans of the schools and colleges to maintain the momentum of existing Scholarship in Action initiatives and who will build new cross-college and inter-institution collaborations and engage with communities of experts beyond the campus and around the world;
We seek a provost who will continue to raise the profile of sponsored research at Syracuse and achieve even greater increases in externally sponsored programs, including research, education and engagement activities;
We seek a provost who will collaborate with the deans and the faculty to ensure that faculty roles and rewards are aligned with the vision for Scholarship in Action;
We seek a provost who will build upon the already strong collaborative relationships across cabinet areas and who will create new partnerships to engage the administrative support essential to the success of the academic units and the University as a whole;
We seek a provost who, in partnership with the Executive Vice President, will ensure that operational support enhances the academic mission, especially in such areas as RCM budgeting and resource allocation, grants administration and contract accounting, and space planning and upgrades;
We seek a provost who will build upon the record of collaboration with Student Affairs to ensure that student success is central tot he academic mission;
We seek a provost who will be fully engaged with the Chancellor and Institutional Advancement in supporting Scholarship in Action through external fund raising, with special emphasis on corporations and foundations.
Prof. Carter told the body that the Agenda Committee had begun discussing possible names for the slate of search committee members, and that it intended to bring a fully-constituted committee to the October 11th meeting for ratification. In the discussion, the questions raised, included:
- How have search committees been done in the past? [Carter said that they had been chosen variously, depending on the Chancellor's wishes.]
- Would it be possible to have the slate of members prior to the October 11th meeting? [Carter said that they would try to do so.]
- comment that if the names were not available beforehand it would turn the action into a pro forma vote;
- What criteria are being used by the Agenda Committee to choose the names for the committee? [Carter said that the Agenda Cme. aimed for a committee of about 12, and that every effort would be made to include a wide variety of constituents.]
- Will there be an external search if the internal search fails? [Carter said the Agenda Committee had not discussed this possibility.]
Prior to adjournment, the Chair asked the students whose names were on the Agenda Committee ballot, who were present, to rise and briefly address the body. Senators marked their ballots and handed them in to the Recorder.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Teresa Gilman
University Senate Recorder
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