Tuesday, 16 October 2007
2:00 p.m., MO 100 (Note room change)
Meeting 2008-02

Roll call

Approval of the September 2007 minutes

Individual reports

1.  Chancellor DePaolo

2.  President of the Senate Spaulding

• ROTC? UCC to review.
• Health Affairs Task Force.
• Engineering Task Force.
• Student Honor Code.

3.  Raymond Burt and Tammy Hunt, Faculty Assembly Delegates, regarding proposed changes to the University Code section 603/604.
Background information available through these four links: (Appendix B:  Introduction to University Code and Policies and Recent Historical Context | Memorandum to Faculty Assembly Delegates | Faculty Assembly’s Proposed Text Revisions to Nielsen “603/604” | FACULTY ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION:  On Proposed Changes in University Code)

• [Motion 08-02-03] That the faculty senate endorse the following resolution prepared by the faculty assembly:
  • On Proposed Changes in Code of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina

     Whereas, the Faculty Senate of UNCW has received a report from the Faculty Assembly Delegation and background materials relating to efforts of the Faculty Assembly of The University of North Carolina to address significant problems in the proposals by the “Code 603/604 Committee,” and

    Whereas, the Faculty Senate wishes to go on record regarding its concerns with the original Code 603/604 Committee proposal, insofar as it would have introduced vague language regarding possible sanctions affecting faculty, conflated the developmental purpose of post-tenure review with the process of discipline or sanction, imposed relatively lax evidentiary standards for serious sanctions of tenured faculty members, and adversely affected the rights of special faculty, among other problems; and

    Whereas, the Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly has developed alternative language to address faculty concerns with the original Code 603/604 proposals in an effort to move matters forward and has requested faculty leaders throughout the UNC System to evaluate and comment on its alternative language; now, therefore,

    The Faculty Senate of UNCW resolves:

  1. The Faculty Senate supports the alternative language proposed by the Executive Committee of the UNC Faculty Assembly and endorsed by the Faculty Assembly at its September 28, 2007 meeting;
  2. The Faculty Senate requests that, in the future, changes to the Code of the Board of Governors or other University policies directly affecting faculty be undertaken only with extensive faculty representation on relevant committees or task forces, open involvement in deliberations from the outset, and adequate opportunities to comment during the academic year except under pressing and unusual circumstances.
  3. The Faculty Senate asks the Secretary of the Faculty to submit this resolution to the Chancellor and Provost of UNCW, and the President of The University of North Carolina as an indication of its substantial concerns with the original Code 603/604 Committee recommendations, its support for the alternative text prepared by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly, and its request that in the future more extensive faculty representation and opportunities for review be accorded when developing policies affecting faculty.

  Submitted by the Faculty Assembly delegation.

Committee reports

1.  University Curriculum Committee submits the following motions:

• [Motion 08-02-04] That the faculty senate approve the Department of Health and Applied Human Sciences’ Intent to Plan for a B.S. degree in Exercise Science. (HAHS Intent to Plan | Letter from HAHS)
• [Motion 08-02-05] That the faculty senate approve the establishment of an Add-On Licensure in Teaching English as a Second Language in the School of education. (Add-On Licensure Info from UCC webpage)

2.  Ad-hoc Committee on Basic Studies revision.

3.  Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice submits the following motion:

• [Motion 08-02-06] Motion to (a) discontinue the reading of graduates’ names at Commencement, (b) read them only at individual department ceremonies, and (c) reinstitute the Commencement conferral of honorary degrees with the recipient providing a brief speech.

Old business

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Announcements

Adjournment