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Tuesday, 12 October 1999 |
2:30 p.m. |
New Science Building 103 |
1. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs John Cavanaugh gave the following report:
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The Provost thanked the
Senate and the faculty for their helpful attitude and efforts on behalf of the
university and students during the hurricane and afterward.
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A significant impact of
the hurricane on state expenditures is that all capital projects at the
university are temporarily frozen, including the classroom building at UNCW. The
Provost has made it clear to the Advisory Budget Commission, legislators, and
other state officials that it is necessary that these funds be released, if UNCW
is to remain a growth campus; UNCW cannot meet the strategic state goals of
providing educational opportunity for increasing numbers of students without the
physical capacity to do so. Already, UNCW is strained in this regard, e.g.
system wide, the typical classroom building is in use 25 hours/week, but at UNCW,
36 hours/week.
· The administration has decided to make the online version of the Faculty Handbook the official version, which will make the document easier to keep updated and more accessible. The RPT materials will be given in hard copy to new faculty members, along with the URL of the handbook and the injunction to check it regularly. Changes in the Handbook will be electronically archived, and directly available.
2. President of the Senate Lynn Snowden gave the following report:
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President Snowden also
wished to thank faculty and Senators who attended the emergency faculty meeting
for their efforts and for the communal spirit in evidence there.
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There is an orientation
meeting for Faculty Senate Committee Chairs, 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 26, SB
209.
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Action has been taken on
Motions 97-4-17, 98-8-32 and 99-1-1, as noted in the Motions log.
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The Fall Faculty meeting
for the UNC system was postponed, due to the hurricane.
Registrar Ron Whitaker gave the following report on grade forms:
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Grades will no longer be
mailed to students, except to new students and those with deficiency reports;
students can access their grades via Sealine and Seaweb.
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Parents will be informed
that grades are now on Sealine and Seaweb
· There are new services available online for students and faculty, e.g. Web for Students and Web for Faculty. These allow, with appropriate security, access to schedules, transcripts, degree audits, and other information. Advisors and other faculty interested in these services should contact Steve Perry at 3103.
The University Curriculum Committee recommends the following changes to Basic Studies courses (Motion 00-2-2):
1.
That the number of ENG 102, "College Writing and Reading II,"
be changed to ENG 201, and that "sophomore standing" be added to the
prerequisite for the course.
2.
That the title of ENG 103, "College Writing and Reading III,"
be changed to "College Writing and Reading (Advanced)."
It
was moved and approved that this be separated into two motions:
1.
That the number of ENG 102, "College Writing and Reading II,"
be changed to ENG 201, and that "sophomore standing" be added to the
prerequisite for the course. (Motion 00-2-2, approved)
2.
That the title of ENG 103, "College Writing and Reading III,"
be changed to "College Writing and Reading (Advanced)." (Motion
00-2-3, approved)
Discussion: Dr. Veit presented the rationale for the changes, which included the pedagogical value of extending students’practice of writing into their second year, and linking their research project, if possible, to their major field. The changes would have an effect on courses that made ENG 201 a prerequisite; in the English department, it was decided to change it to a co-requisite for such courses. It was also said that the proposed changes might be confusing to students and advisors, since ENG 201 was, presumably, less “advanced” than ENG 103.
Old Business: none
New Business:
It was noted that faculty have just now received their summer SPOTS, and that these would be more helpful to faculty if they could get them more quickly.
Announcements
Dr. Russell Herman, new chair of Academic Standards, noted that faculty who have nominations for honorary degrees should submit them to him.
The
B. Frank Hall speaker for this year is W. Fitzhugh Brundage, one of the
nations’ leading historians of the South. He will speak on “The Muse of
Public Memory: Shaping Collective Memory in Black and White Communities in
the South” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 21, in NSB 134.