{"id":758,"date":"2011-04-06T13:34:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T17:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2017-12-12T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:42:27","slug":"january-26-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2010-2011\/january-26-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"January 26, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

FACULTY SENATE <\/strong>MINUTES<\/strong><\/p>\n

JANUARY 26, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Present:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ian Bricknell, Joe Carr, Sudarshan Chawathe,\u00a0 Robert Dana,\u00a0 Susan Erich, Janet Fairman, Todd Gabe, Michael Grillo, Robert Gundersen, Dan Harrison, Sue Hunter,\u00a0 Kirsten Jacobson, Melvin Johnson, Deborah Killam,\u00a0 Kurt Klappenbach, Judy Kuhns-Hastings, David Marcincowski,\u00a0 James McClymer, David Morrison, Harlan Onsrud, Tina Passman,\u00a0 Anne Pooler, Bob Rice, Thomas Sandford,\u00a0 Michael Scott, Scott\u00a0 See, Howard Segal, Kathryn Slott,\u00a0 Touradj Solouki,\u00a0 Shihfen Tu, Roy Turner, Janet Waldron, Chuck Wallace, Mark Wells.<\/p>\n

Absent:<\/strong>\u00a0 Douglas Bousfield, Tony Brinkley, Chris Campbell, David Dvorak, Cynthia Erdley, Robert Franzosa, Eric Gallandt, Gordon Hamilton, Duane Hanselman, Clarissa Henry, Robert Kennedy, Dennis King, Irv Kornfield,\u00a0 Bill Livingston,\u00a0 Stuart Marrs, Sid Mitchell, Howard Patterson, Justin Poland, Paul Rawson,\u00a0 Andrew Reeve, Phillip Silver,\u00a0 Robert Strong, Claire Sullivan, Vivian Wu, Huijie Xue.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The meeting was called to order at 3:16 pm.<\/p>\n

Announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senate Vice-President James Warhola has resigned from Senate.<\/p>\n

Approval of the Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The minutes of November 17, 2010 were approved.<\/p>\n

The minutes of December 15, 2010 were approved after the correction that Scott See was\u00a0present at that meeting.<\/p>\n

Committee Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOT Rep \u2013 Robert Rice\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Board of Trustees met on January 10, 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new president of UMaine will be announced on March 13, 2011 in Augusta.\u00a0 The on-campus interviews scheduled with candidate Dr. Ferguson have been postponed due to snow.<\/p>\n

UMaine’s new PhD program in Anthropology and Environmental Policy was approved.<\/p>\n

20 on-line programs have been approved;\u00a0 none is at UMaine.<\/p>\n

The BOT’s policy on Mission Statements and Strategic Planning was changed to give the BOT more authority.<\/p>\n

The System has hired consultants to address the issue of\u00a0 IT security on the campuses.<\/p>\n

The retention of first-year students is down this year compared to last year.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The UMaine calendar was approved with the two-week Spring break intact.\u00a0 We have a two-year reprieve until we have to revisit the calendar issue.<\/p>\n

Academic Affairs \u2013 Judy Kuhns-Hastings<\/strong><\/p>\n

The committee met with Tammy Light\u00a0 (Student Records) and the Environment Committee to discuss the computer scheduling of classrooms.\u00a0 The Kent State model was examined.<\/p>\n

Research & Scholarship \u2013 Janet Fairman<\/strong><\/p>\n

On March 18, 2011 there will be a session on grant-writing with presentations, a round-table discussion and a question and answer period.\u00a0 Senator Tina Passman asked whether there would be a component for humanities faculty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finance & Institutional Planning \u2013 James McClymer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The committee will look at increasing revenues by incentivizing certain behaviors on campus.<\/p>\n

University Environment \u2013 Mike Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

The committee will meet this Friday to follow up on the classroom scheduling issue.\u00a0 It will also look at the state of current classrooms with respect to learning environment.<\/p>\n

Library Advisory \u2013 Howard Segal<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Report.<\/p>\n

Service & Outreach \u2013 Deborah Killam & Claire Sullivan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senator Deborah Killam reported that the committee had met January 14.\u00a0 They addressed the use of Learning Circles as a means to advance ideas related to service learning and outreach.\u00a0 They are looking at the report submitted by the previous Service and Outreach Committee.<\/p>\n

Committee on Committees \u2013 Roy Turner<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bangor Savings Bank Faculty Development Fund Committee needs six committee members.<\/p>\n

Program Creation & Reorganization Review \u2013 Harlan Onsrud<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a response from President Kennedy dated January 24, 2011 regarding the Senate motion passed on December 15, 2010 on the PCRRC recommendations. The complete letter is attached to the agenda. President Kennedy agreed with the recommendations concerning the School of Social Work and the Dept of Communication Sciences and Disorders’s move to the College of NSFA and the plans to suspend the BA degrees in Theatre, Forest Ecosystem Science, Wood Science and Technology, and Aquaculture. He did not endorse the recommendations to extend by one year the decision to eliminate the majors in German, Latin, and Women’s Studies. He also did not agree with the PCRRC’s recommendation to consider further the decision to suspend the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Public Administration. He did agree to forward to Chancellor Pattenaude both the Faculty Senate motion and the PCRRC report..\u00a0 Senator Shihfen Tu asked Provost Hunter if there were plans for a statewide Public Administration program.\u00a0 Provost Hunter said that there were discussions about locating something at the Muskie Center at USM.<\/p>\n

General Education\u00a0 – Tina Passman<\/strong><\/p>\n

The committee continues to examine the Student Learning outcomes for Writing Intensive courses.\u00a0 On December 10, 2010,\u00a0 Prof. Harvey Kail did a workshop on Writing Intensive courses. Senator Passman met with consultants helping the English Dept evaluate their writing program.\u00a0 The next meeting is February 4, 2011.<\/p>\n

Ad Hoc IT Advisory – Irving Kornfield & Mike Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senator Mike Scott reported that he has become aware that there is a system-wide, comprehensive IT plan being developed by an outside group. It does not seem to address instructional technology.<\/p>\n

Committees of the Administration Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

None presented.<\/p>\n

Questions for Administrators<\/strong><\/p>\n

—\u00a0 Vice President Janet Waldron addressed the question about the comprehensive IT plan.\u00a0 A strategic planning process on IT was initiated and brought to the IT Council.\u00a0 The plan has not been updated since 1999.\u00a0 The consultants are Barry Dunn McNeil and Parker, specialists in educational IT.\u00a0 Many things are being examined at both the system and campus levels:\u00a0 there are both security and infrastructure issues.\u00a0 There is an effort to align the technology budget with the technology programming.<\/p>\n

—\u00a0 Senator Sue Erich asked how the tobacco-free campus campaign has been going.\u00a0 VP of Students Robert Dana said that most people on campus are complying with the new policy.<\/p>\n

—\u00a0 Senator Kathryn Slott asked why the decision to cancel last Friday’s classes for the entire day had been made the evening before. Joe Carr replied that the decision had been based on the amount of snow predicted and how that would impact snow removal.<\/p>\n

Old Business<\/strong><\/p>\n

None.<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n

Election of Senate Vice President.:\u00a0 Senator Harlan Onsrud was nominated and seconded to serve as Senate Vice President for the rest of Jim Warhola’s term.\u00a0\u00a0 Harlan was elected by general acclamation.\u00a0 As Senate Vice President he will also chair the Constitution and Bylaws Committee.\u00a0 He will continue to serve as chair of the PCRRC.<\/p>\n

Proposed issues for consideration in Spring 2011:\u00a0<\/p>\n