IF 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!
REMINDERS • Clickers are used for voting as well as attendance • Always pick up your clicker at the start of the meeting and remember to return clickers to Karren on your way out • Faculty Senate meetings are audio recorded. – Recording are available for listening at https://udcapture.udel.edu/misc/facsen/ • Cell phones interfere with the recording . Cell phones should be turned off or switched into airplane mode . “Clicker Voting” starts from today! 2
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 3
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 4
I. Adoption of the Agenda November 7, 2016
II. Approval of the Minutes November 7, 2016
III. Remarks by Provost Grasso 7
IV. Announcements by Faculty Senate President 8
V. Consent Agenda: None VI. Regular Agenda: A. Unfinished Business: None B. New Business: Standing Committee Mid-Year Reports Four Resolutions 9
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 10
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 11
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 12
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 13
VI. B. New Business Resolutions 14
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 on “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 of 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.” 17
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.
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