| Tuesday, 5 December 2000 |
2:30 p.m. |
Volume 101: Number 4 |
President Lynne Snowden called the meeting to order at 2:30.
Absent: Adams (Dean, Nursing), Buttino (UAC), Byington (Fac. Welfare), Clark (Dean, Business), Denny (Soc. Wrk.), Dodd (Fin.Aid Cmte.), Dutka (Lib.), Errante (Admissions), Friarson (IT Cmte.), Garris (Info Syst.), Kasala (Math & Stats), Kiddle (Research Cmte.), King (Music), McKay (Psych.), McLaurin (Math & Stats), Roscher (Accountancy), Sigler (Econ.), Sizemore (Evaluation), Smith (Earth Sciences), Weber (Communications), White (Chemistry), Wilson (P&R).
The November minutes were approved.
Dan Noland of English was elected President-elect of the Faculty Senate; Steve McNamee of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Tom Schmid of Philosophy and Religion were nominated as candidates for Faculty Assembly Delegate.
1. Chancellor Leutze:
1. Welcomed members of the SGA to the meeting of the Faculty Senate, and urged greater involvement of students in the activities of governance at the university.
2. Thanked the faculty and, from his staff, especially Mark Lanier, for their help in promoting the bond issue, which passed in all 100 counties.
3. Indicated that although the university will attempt to minimize disruption, there will be not only three new buildings constructed, but renovations in eight buildings on campus, and urged departments and faculty to get their comments in early, particularly if plans involving their department areas will cause problems.
4. Noted that the new Fine Arts building is planned so that a Performance Hall could be added to it; but this will require raising the $20 million cost locally, and the Chancellor is not sanguine about this likelihood. The university will have $3 million to renovate Kenan, and is investigating what it might cost to enlarge it.
5. Continues to be concerned about the impact of pending court cases on future state revenues for higher education.
2. President of the Senate Snowden
1. Thanked Chancellor Leutze, Provost Cavanaugh and other members of the administration for their efforts to inform the public in relation to the bond referendum.
2. Reported that Steven Dworkin had volunteered and been appointed to serve as chair of the Bookstore Committee.
3. Intends to appoint the RPT committee before the new year, and urged faculty from business, nursing, and education to participate--at present no faculty from these schools have volunteered to serve on this important matter.
3. Faculty Assembly Delegate Gurganus
1. Reported that President Broad was also pleased by the bond vote, and had thanked the faculty on behalf of the UNC system.
2. Reported on President Broad's discussion of the 2 year budget for the system. The university intends to increase access through increasing enrollments, and expanding need-based financial aid. The university has asked for 6% faculty raises over each of the next two years; does not think these goals will be met.
3. There will be a report back to the general administration this spring on the Phased Retirement plan, now in the third year of the five year test period.
4. Reported on the level of faculty involvement in planning on different campuses. UNCW, Elizabeth City, NC Central, and Winston-Salem State were the only campuses in the system that did not have Faculty Senate involvement in undergraduate planning; there is currently a greater level of Faculty Senate involvement in graduate planning at NCSU, UNC-CH, and UNCG, though the proposed motion 01-3-4 would make our involvement comparable to NCSU.
4. Professor Mackain, for the Wellness Program
1. Reported on the issue of environmental smoking, noting that 68% of students in a survey of over 200 students were in favor of prohibiting smoking outside entrances to university buildings, and that this still was an issue on campus.
2. Recommended (a) prohibiting smoking at entrances; (b) providing attractive smoking shelters for smokers; (c) providing signs and ashtrays for the shelters.
3. Discussion included questions about the restriction and enforcement of smoking in outdoor space, and about costs of proposed shelters.
Committee Reports:
Whereas, the Faculty Governance Document assigns to the faculty primary responsibility and authority for establishing curriculum and reviewing proposed new academic programs:
"Section 4. The Faculty is accountable for the quality of
instruction and scholarship at this university and accepts the
responsibility and authority, both primary and shared, for developing,
monitoring, and modifying policies affecting the academic environment,
including but not limited to:
…c. establishing curricula; reviewing existing programs, including
auxiliary academic programs (e.g. continuing education); deleting programs;
developing and reviewing proposed new programs;
And whereas, the Faculty Governance Document delegates this authority to the Faculty Senate and, by extension, to the committees it establishes:
"Section 6. The Faculty shall delegate to the Faculty Senate all
of the duties and responsibilities listed in Sections 4 and 5.
Therefore, be it resolved, that it shall be the role and responsibility of the Faculty Senate to review and approve or disapprove recommendations for significant changes to the university’s curriculum, which shall include Basic Studies requirements; the establishment, dissolution, division or consolidation of academic departments or other degree-granting entities; and the establishment or revision of academic degrees, including majors, minors, and certificate programs.
And that the Senate shall assign initial review of undergraduate proposals to the University Curriculum Committee, which shall forward such proposals, with the Committee's recommendations, to the Senate for action. The ex officio Faculty Senate representative to the Graduate Council shall inform the Senate of all similar graduate proposals approved by the Graduate Council.
And that the provisions of this motion shall be effective January 1, 2001. (Motion 01-3-4).
That the following paragraph be added to the Undergraduate Catalogue on page 71 as the first paragraph of the section Transcripts:
"Transcripts are permanent student records maintained by the Registrar's Office. A transcript provides an unabridged chronological listing of the academic history of a student's study at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. This is the document which is forwarded at the request of the student or former student, to persons or agencies for their use in reviewing the academic performance of the student." (Motion 01-4-9)
That the following courses be
approved:
a. MAT 110 as a Basic Studies course in area E, Natural Sciences and Mathematical Sciences.
b.
PSY 410, 412, and 417 as Oral Competency courses for psychology
majors.
c.
THR 486 as an Oral Competency course for art and theatre majors,
replacing THR 495, and the removal of THR 495 from Basic Studies Oral
Competency designation.
d.
MAT 161- 162, 261,
335, STT 215 and CSC 112 or 121 as
Computer Competency courses, all of which are required for mathematics majors.
e.
ART 339, THR 411, and ARH 290 as Computer Competency courses for
art and theatre majors.
f.
SWK 496 and 497 as Computer Competency courses for social work
majors.
g. BIO 335, 345, 366, 410, 488, and 495 as Computer Competency courses in biology, two of which are required for biology majors.
h.
NSG 415 as a Computer Competency course for nursing majors.
i. CRW 207, 208, and 209 as Computer Competency courses for creative writing majors.
j.
ACG 201 and MIS 313 as Computer Competency courses for majors in
the school of business.
k. PED 306 as an Oral Competency course for HPER majors, replacing PED 348 and removing PED 348 from Oral Competency designation. (Motion 01-4-10).
Old Business
New Business
Whereas the guidelines stated in the current UNCW Undergraduate Catalogue indicates that "the declaration of a minor is done in the Registrar's Office," and neither the Registrar's Office or the student is required to notify the student's major department or the department in which they have selected to minor, and this lack of notification can lead to situations in which the student may not receive complete or accurate advisement as regards to graduation requirements,
Therefore, be it resolved that the description in the Undergraduate Catalogue under Minors on page 97 be amended as follows (addition in italics):
"Declaration of a minor or a certificate program is done in the Registrar's Office. Whenever a student declares a minor or certificate program, the Registrar's Office shall notify both the department of the minor/certificate and also the department of the student's major." (Motion 01-4-11)
Announcements
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.