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Rudyard Kipling, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; ….. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it …

Rudyard Kipling, born in India in 1865, educated in England, settled in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. He wrote the “Jungle Book” and many of his famous works in the four year period in Vermont (1892-96). He died in 1936.

Faculty Senate Meeting December 5, 2016 4 pm, 104 Gore Hall

Welcome!

Next Senate Meeting: Monday, February 6, 2017 Have a great winter break and Happy Holidays!

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REMINDERS

UD Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Academic Year 2016-17

• Prasad Dhurjati, President
• Martha Buell, President-Elect
• Bob Opila, Past President
• Mark Parcells, Vice President
• Chris Williams, COCAN Chair
• Alan Fox, Secretary
• Amy Johnson, Parliamentarian

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Agenda

I. Adoption of the Agenda II. Approval of the Minutes: November 7, 2016 III. Remarks: Provost Grasso IV. Announcements: Senate President Dhurjati V. Consent Agenda: None VI. Regular Agenda:

• A. Unfinished Business: None
• B. New Business:

Standing Committees Mid-Year Reports Four Resolutions* VII. Introduction of New Business VIII. Presentations: Students on GenEd, Standby

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• I. Adoption of the Agenda

November 7, 2016

• II. Approval of the Minutes

November 7, 2016

• III. Remarks by Provost Grasso

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• IV. Announcements by

Faculty Senate President

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• V. Consent Agenda: None
• VI. Regular Agenda:
• A. Unfinished Business: None
• B. New Business:

Standing Committee Mid-Year Reports Four Resolutions

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Senate Committees Activities & Reports

• Executive Committee (P. Dhurjati, chair)

– 7 members, meets weekly, report

• Undergraduate Studies (Rusty Lee, chair)

– 17 members, has met every two weeks in Fall, report

• General Education (Chris Knight, chair)

– 15 members, met 8 times in Fall, report

• COCAN (Chris Williams, chair)

– 11 members, met 6 times in Fall, report

• Budget (P. Dhurjati, chair)

– 8 members, met twice in Fall, report

• Faculty Welfare and Privileges (Jeff Jordan, chair)

– 8 members, met twice in Fall, report

• Rules Committee (Alan Fox, chair)

– 5 members, met once, report

• Promotion and Tenure (Mary Ann McLane, chair)

– 7 members, major in-person work Jan 2 to Feb 15, report

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Senate Committee Activities and Reports

• Students and Faculty Honors (Hemant Kher, chair)

– 11 members, one meeting in Fall, report

• Student Life (Meghan McCinnis, chair)

– 14 members, met once in Fall, report

• Library Committee (Abigail Donovan, chair)

– 14 members, met once in Fall, report

• Cultural Activities and Public Events (Juliet Dee, chair)

– 10 members, one meeting, report

• Coordinating Committee on Education (Martha Buell, chair)

– 12 members, one meeting in Fall, no report

• Graduate Studies (Buz Swanik, chair)

– 14 members, no report

• Diversity and Inclusion (Emily Davis, chair)

– 8 members, no report

• Research (Tanya Gressley, chair)

– 9 members, no meetings, report

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Senate Committees Activities and Reports

• Academic Appeals (Gary Allison, chair)

– 9 members, no meetings, meets when there is a grievance, report

• Instructional Computing and Research Support (Don Lehman, chair)

– 9 members, no meetings in Fall, report

• Academic Priorities Review Committee (Past President, chair)

– 8 members, no meetings in two years, no reports

• International Studies (Philip Duker, chair)

– 5 members, no meetings in several years?, no reports

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VI. Regular Agenda:

• B. New Business:

Standing Committees Mid-Year Reports Four Resolutions*

• Highlights:

– Academic Priorities Review – Reconsidering their charge – Cultural Activities and Public Events – Discussing future home for international Film Series – General Education – Actively working to implement UD’s new Gen Ed plan – Promotion and Tenure – Actively working to review P&T guidelines as per recommendations from the Provosts office. Will begin review of dossiers and continue to review P&T guidelines – Student and Faculty Honors – Discussing possible improvement of review for Alison Award and Excellence in Teaching, Advising, and TA awards

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• VI. B. New Business

Resolutions

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Resolution 1

Recommendation from Senator Zide with the concurrence of Senator McLane for the request to revise the Faculty Handbook Section 4.1.2 Secondary, Joint, Affiliated, and Visiting Faculty Appointments

WHEREAS, the usage of terms in section 4.1.2 of the Faculty Handbook

• n “Secondary, Joint, Affiliated, and Visiting Faculty Appointments” is

sometimes ambiguous and has therefore resulted in confusion, and WHEREAS, clear explanations of these roles is critical to ensure that people are appointed correctly, be it therefore RESOLVED that section 4.1.2 of the Faculty Handbook regarding joint appointments is amended according to the blueline document in Attachment 1, and be it further RESOLVED that section 4.1.2 of the Faculty Handbook regarding affiliate appointments is amended according to the redline document in Attachment 1.

Resolution 2

Recommendation from the Committee on Committees and Nominations (Chris Williams, Chair) with the concurrence of the Rules Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Prasad Dhurjati) for the revision of the Faculty Handbook Section 1.2.11 Bylaws and Regulations of the University Faculty Senate – Election of Officers of the Senate (Attachment 1)

WHEREAS, the presentation of nominees at the May meeting does not allow the Faculty Senate enough time to review the candidates, and WHEREAS, any eligible candidate should appear on the slate, and WHEREAS, the stated regulations do not provide a provision for a careful and transparent method of conducting the election, be it therefore RESOLVED, that the Faculty Handbook Section 1.2.11 be revised as in Attachment 1

Attachment 1

University Faculty Handbook Section 1.2.11 Bylaws and Regulations of the University Faculty Senate: Election of Faculty Senate Officers In accord with Section IV, Article 7, of the Constitution, the Committee on Committees and Nominations, whose composition and charge are prescribed under the Standing Committee document, shall provide for the Senate a slate

• f nominees at the May April meeting for review by the Faculty Senators before

the election at the May meeting. The slate shall should have at least two eligible candidates for each office or position, and the name of any eligible candidate who wants to stand for election shall appear on the slate. Nominations to the slate from the floor are permitted. In the event that there are three or more nominees to an office, and if in the balloting no individual receives a majority, the subsequent ballot will be between the two nominees receiving the highest plurality. The Chair of the Committee on Committees and Nominations and the Faculty Senate Secretary shall oversee the voting including counting the votes and certifying their authenticity. The winners will be announced at the May meeting without specific vote totals; however, such totals shall be provided to nominees upon request to the Chair on the Committee on Committees and Nominations or the Faculty Senate Secretary.”

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Resolution 3

Recommendation from the Faculty Welfare and Privileges Committee (Jeff Jordan, Chair) for the revision of the Faculty Handbook Section 3.1.1 Freedom of Inquiry and Expression (Attachment 1)

WHEREAS, exposure to a diversity of viewpoints is an essential part of a university education, and WHEREAS, the freedom of inquiry and the freedom of expression are necessary to ensure a diversity of viewpoints, and WHEREAS, the intolerant impulse to silence those with whom one disagrees is as strong as ever, and WHEREAS, other universities such as the University of Chicago and Princeton University have grappled with this issue by adopting what is known as the “Chicago Statement of Free Speech”, be it therefore RESOLVED that the Attachment 1, which in part contains the Chicago Statement, be added to the Faculty Handbook, section 3.1.1.

Resolution 4 (slide 1)

Recommendation from Senators Galileo, Courtright, Parcells, Ackerman, Morrison, Fox, Eidelman, Hestvik, Buell, Chajes, McLane, Williams and Hastings for the approval of a resolution regarding Article 3

WHEREAS, on May 17, 2016 the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware approved a radically different version of Article 3 of their Bylaws as part of its Consent Agenda despite a formal resolution of the University Faculty Senate on May 2, 2016 that the Board not approve any new version of Article 3 unless the University Faculty Senate had been allowed an

• pportunity to vote to recommend its approval, and

WHEREAS, a recent complaint by several Delaware legislators to the Attorney General’s Office has resulted in an admission by the University’s Office of General Counsel that the process used by the Board of Trustees to approve the new version of Article 3 in May 2016 did not comply with the State of Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act (Title 29, Chapter 100 of the Delaware Code of Laws), and

Resolution 4 (continued, slide 2)

Recommendation from Senators Galileo, Courtright, Parcells, Ackerman, Morrison, Fox, Eidelman, Hestvik, Buell, Chajes, McLane, Williams and Hastings for the approval of a resolution regarding Article 3

WHEREAS, the new version of Article 3 does not comply in several important respects with the 1966 Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities “jointly formulated by the American Association of University Professors, the American Council on Education, and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges” (https://www.aaup.org/report/statement- government-colleges-and- universities), such as “The faculty has primary responsibility for such fundamental areas as curriculum, subject matter and methods of instruction, research, faculty status, and those aspects of student life which relate to the educational process,” and WHEREAS, no good reason is apparent why the Board of Trustees must rush to approve again this objectionable new version of Article 3, be it therefore

Resolution 4 (continued, slide 3)

Recommendation from Senators Galileo, Courtright, Parcells, Ackerman, Morrison, Fox, Eidelman, Hestvik, Buell, Chajes, McLane, Williams and Hastings for the approval of a resolution regarding Article 3

RESOLVED, that the University Faculty Senate respectfully requests that the Board of Trustees enter into good-faith negotiations with the elected Officers

• f the University Faculty Senate about any proposed revisions of Article 3, and

be it further RESOLVED, that the University Faculty Senate respectfully requests that the Board of Trustees not approve or re-approve any new version of Article 3 until after the University Faculty Senate has been given an opportunity to review any proposed changes and to make a formal recommendation on whether or not they should be approved.

• VII. Introduction of New Business

Such items as may come before the Senate. (No motion introduced under new business, except a motion to refer to committee, shall be acted upon until the next meeting of the Senate.)

Resolution from Michael Chajes recommending the formation of an Office of Sustainability (Slide 1)

WHEREAS, UD has numerous successful programs and faculty actively working in areas related to sustainability in all seven colleges, and WHEREAS, UD is a national leader in education and research in the areas of energy and the environment, and WHEREAS, UD has signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment and The Talloires Declaration by the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, and WHEREAS, UD’s own Climate Action Plan calls for a 20 percent reduction in emissions campuswide by 2020, and WHEREAS, UD’s most recent strategic plan calls upon us to address the grand challenges of innovating energy and environmental solutions and building a sustainable economy and lists the creation of an Office of Sustainability as a priority recommendation, and

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WHEREAS, UD’s Sustainability Task Force comprising faculty, staff, and students has investigated best practices in campus sustainability and recommends forming an Office of Sustainability to coordinate efforts campuswide, as more than 96 percent of our comparator institutions and 90 percent of AAU institutions have done, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the University Faculty Senate recommends that UD form an Office of Sustainability that will be faculty directed and whose mission will be to coordinate, facilitate, and promote UD’s sustainability efforts in the areas of education, research, community engagement and outreach, and operations.

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Resolution from Michael Chajes recommending the formation of an Office of Sustainability (Slide 2)

• VIII. Presentations

Students on GenED Standby: Affirmative Action

Motion to Adjourn

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