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Minutes for October 13, 2004 A meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 October 2004, in Maxwell Auditorium. Present were: Chancellor Cantor; Senators: Alcoff, Anderson, Behm, Bennett, Beran, Biklen (D.), Biklen (S.), Brown (H.), Brown (I.), Burak, Carter, Carty, Cavanagh, Cleary, de Berly, Dekaney, Diaz, Dimon, Fiese, Flusche, Gensemer, Getachew, Harding, Hartmann, Himes, Holzwarth, Horwitz, Isik, Jeneault, Johnson, Karpoff, Kasowitz-Scheer, Kelly, Kenn, Kinsey, LaGraff, Lederman, Legaspi, Letterman (M.), Letterman (R.), Maroney, Martin, Mason, Masrouri, McKay, Middlemiss, Mitchell, Morris, Mulconry, Mullings, Murphy, O'Rourke, Pellow, Potter, Poulin, Salatino, Saleh, Sauer, Schell, Scherzinger, Schiff, Sherman, Sokoloff, Sternlicht, Strodel, Tallerico, Tankersley, Tussing, Urtz, Van Gulick, Vidali, Webber, Wolf. Presiding officer: Chancellor Nancy Cantor The Chancellor called the meeting to order, and proposed that the minutes of the September 15th meeting be approved as distributed. They were approved. She then called Prof. Doug Biklen to present the report of the Agenda Committee. Prof. Biklen began by calling Prof. Christine Himes to the podium to read a memorial statement for Prof. Manfred Stanley who had died on September 7th, after which he asked for a moment of silence. Prof. Biklen then made a motion to approve the changes in Senate committees listed in the report of the Subcommittee on Nominations, as follows:
The motion carried. The Chancellor reminded Prof. Biklen that he had not asked for a motion to have the memorial statement included in the minutes. Biklen made such a motion, which was seconded and approved. Biklen continued his report, drawing the body's attention to the Summary of the Work of the Senate, 2003-4, which had been distributed in the packet, and suggested that senators read it carefully to get an idea of what the various Senate committees were working on. He then made a motion to approve the appointment of the following non-senators to chair Senate committees and also be recognized and permitted to speak at Senate meetings when reports from their committees were presented:
The Chancellor called Ms. Judith O'Rourke, co-chairwoman of the Committee on Honorary Degrees, who issued a call for nominations for honorary degree candidates for the May 2005 commencement. She told senators that the deadline was October 15th, and said that guidelines for nominations were on the committee's web site. In response to a question about eligible candidates carried over from previous years, she said that the list consisted of Cornel West and Katherine Bertini. In response to another question, she told senators that the committee would provide a list of the past 10 years' honorary degree recipients on its web site. The Chancellor called Prof. Andrew London who presented the report of the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Concerns, which was a summary of its work during 2001-4. He highlighted several of the committee's accomplishments, including two Vision Fund grants to begin a self-study and curriculum development, and to help fund such things as a speaker series, community meetings designed to assess needs and interests and promote awareness of LGBT persons and perspectives in various settings, an interdisciplinary faculty reading group, a request to Associate Vice President for Human Resources Neil Strodel to amend the University's non-discrimination policy to include gender identity and gender expression. He spoke a little about the upcoming LGBT conference on October 23rd, and encouraged senators to attend some of its sessions. A senator rose to a point of personal privilege, pointing out that the policy on non-discrimination referred to in the report had been changed without first having been brought to the Senate for its endorsement. He reminded Mr. Strodel that because the policy had originated in the University Senate, any revisions to it must be endorsed by the Senate. The Chancellor called on Prof. Susan Borker, who presented the report of the Committee on Women's Concerns, which was a summary of its work during 2002-4. Among the items reported, two items prompted discussion: the question of reimbursement for contraception through the SU employee health plan, and the lack of data on retention of women faculty. Among the comments made and questions raised were:
Teresa Gilman University Senate Recorder
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