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Faculty Senate Minutes

Roll Call

Absent: Adams (Nurs), Byington (Fac Wel Cmte), Cami-Vela (FLL), Clark (Dean, Bus), Denny (Soc Wrk), Dockal (ES), Durako (HPER), Errante (AdmisCmt), Evans (Soc), Gamble (ES), Garris (Info Sys), Gill (SpecS), Graham (Ec/Finan), Hunt (M&M), Jones (Cur.S), McCall (Research), McCartney (Biology), McLaurin (UCC), Narayan (CompuSci), Roer (GradS), Rosen (InfoSys), Seaton (Chm), Shay (IT Cmte), Sizemore (Evaluation), Tenhuisen (Math), Tyndall (VCITSD), Usilton (Hst) 

Approval of February minutes. 

Minutes were approved as posted, with the correction that one of the questions to Larry Dagenhardt read "some" rather than "many" faculty objected to the secrecy of the Chancellor selection process. 

Individual Reports

1. Chancellor Leutze. 

• Noted that there is an "open invitation" to the UNCW Community to the reception for the new Chancellor, this Friday at 4:30 pm. at the Warwick Center. He also asked faculty to welcome and be supportive of the new Chancellor, just as they had been with him.
• Reviewed the state and university financial situation.
  • UNCW has done fairly well in the past few years, given the dire state financial situation: we have been able to balance cuts with tuition increase and other funds, so as to stay level--though this does not account for the increased enrollment and added teaching loads; will admit 85 more students next fall. 
  • Hopeful concerning next year that we will get enrollment increase and repair/renovation funds, as well as a 1.6% salary increase; state will know more about its finances after April 15
  • Agreed in Q&A that the impact of increasing health care premiums and copayments will be felt most severely on staff in $15-20,000 salary range; but there is little the University can do unless the state and/or federal government comes to grips with the health care crisis. 
• Remarked that this was a "portentious time" for the country, and is concerned about the war, particularly the alienation of allies and the doctrine of preemptive attack. Urged faculty to hold teach-ins, and engage the students on the war and the possibilities of terrorism. Faculty noted the March 27 panel forum on "Resiliency and Coping with War" mentioned in Announcements at the end of the minutes. 
• Said that he was unhappy about the "Ludacris" situation, and does not subscribe to the attitudes in his music, but he also does not believe the University should censor student speech/art performances. There will be an area set aside for protestors. 
• Provost Hosier was asked to discuss the new building, to be located north of SBS. There were concerns about closing one of the few "open spaces" on campus, and the minimal involvement of the faculty B&G committee in the decision process. In response, he noted that the siting was consistent with the concept of an "Enclosed Campus Space" around the lake area, and with the need to reduce distances between classes. He acknowledged that the planning/building process had often bypassed faculty in the past, but this would no longer be the case; faculty and "all constituencies" will be involved in the "Master Plan" now in construction. VC Jordan also stated that the University was now committed to an open process. Chancellor Leutze commented that the new building was quite beautiful, and he expected most people would be pleased when they see it.
• Chancellor Leutze expressed his thanks for all the support he had received from the faculty over the years of his chancellorship, and sat to a round of applause. 

2. Senate President Noland

• Noted that the members of the Chancellor Search Committee had not been unanimous about making the process secret, and that he realized that faculty would feel little connection to the choice--but added that if we do not make an effort to welcome the new Chancellor, this might decrease the likelihood that person will feel closely allied to the faculty. 
• With no objections, reported that he would invite the new Chancellor to the April meeting.  

3. Director of the General College Kemille Moore 

• Gave a brief overview of the Learning Communities Project, including:
  • introduction of the steering committee
  • summary of the program for next fall: 9 LCs, 225 students, all 1st semester freshmen, self-selected, 25 per course; students live in new residence hall; each LC with 8 credit hours = two 3 credit courses + one 2 credit Uni course
  • it is a "pilot", not in the catalogue, without ongoing funding--but they hope it will continue 
• Q&A: want to expand beyond freshman year, but not necessarily increase size of program; are working now on assessment with people from Evergreen State who will do site visit in fall, assess progress

Committee Reports

1. Senate Steering Committee motion (3-7-25) was passed: 

 

That the Faculty Senate Standing Rules be revised as follows (deletions, additions), effective July 1, 2003: 

 

Faculty Senate Standing Rules

Regular meetings of the UNCW Faculty Senate are held at 2:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday of each month from September through April, as scheduled by the president in consultation with the Steering Committee.  The scheduled meeting dates of the Senate and the Steering Committee for the current academic year shall be published with the September agenda.

1. Separate seating shall be provided for voting senators and for non-voting senators and visitors.
2. The Senate normally shall adjourn no later than 4:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
3. Election of the president-elect shall be a Special Order of the Day on the agenda of the December meeting.
4. Election of all other officers shall be a Special Order of the Day on the agenda of the September meeting.  Those officers shall take office immediately upon election.
5. All motions pending at the conclusion of the last regular Senate meeting shall be carried over to the next academic year.

2. Academic Standards Committee motion (3-7-26) was passed: 

That the first two paragraphs of the section "Repeating of Courses" on page 68 of the 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog be revised as follows (deletions, additions). Subsequent paragraphs of the section are not changed.

Students who receive a grade of "C-" "C" (2.00) or better in a course may not repeat the course but may audit without credit. Students who repeat a course in which they have earned credit or for which transfer credit has been awarded will have the status changed to audit during the term the course is repeated.

Students who receive a grade of "D" (including "D+" or "D-") or "F" below a "C" (2.00) in a course taken at UNCW may repeat the course at UNCW. The first five times a student repeats courses the previous grade and hours of credit for the repeated course will not be used in calculating the student's grade point average and hours toward graduation. All grades shall remain on the student's transcript.

Old Business

1. Academic Standards Committee motion (3-5-21), concerning Admissions-Unclassified Students, as amended by Russell Herman and Richard Veit, passed. 

b. That the following section be added on page 62 of the 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog:

CONVERSION FROM UNCLASSIFIED STATUS

     An unclassified student who has not previously attended another college or university and has met all requirements for admission as a degree candidate may apply to convert to degree status upon completing a minimum of 15 credit hours with a "C" (2.00) average or better on all work attempted. This minimum 15 credit hours must include English 101 and three hours of basic mathematics with a grade of "C" (2.00) or better in each of these courses.
     An unclassified student who has previously attended another college or university and has met all requirements for admission as a degree candidate may apply to convert to degree status if the student has completed English 101 and three hours of basic mathematics with a "C" (2.00) or better in each of these courses and if the student has achieved a grade point average of at least 2.00 on all work attempted at all institutions attended.
     Unclassified students intending to pursue a degree are advised to apply for degree status prior to the application deadline established for the semester. Acceptance into certain degree programs will depend on the student's prior college performance. See also Degree Programs and Requirements in this Catalog.

New Business

There was no new business. 

Announcements 

There is a "University Community Reception" for the new Chancellor, Friday, March 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Warwick Center.

There will be a panel forum on "Resilience and Coping with War," sponsored by the Cape Fear Psychological Association, held in Dobo 132 at 7 pm, Thursday, March 27.

The meeting was adjourned at 4 p.m.