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Faculty Senate Minutes

President Noland called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

Roll Call

Absent: Adams (Nursing), Bechtel (Nursing), Byington (Fac Wel Cmte), Denny (Soc Wrk), Errante (Admis. Cmte.), Galbraith (Fin Aid Cmte), Gowan (IS), Herstine (HPER), McLaurin (UCC), Perko (HPER), Roer (Grad Sch), Shay (IT Cmte), Tenhuisen (Math), Tyndall (ITSD), Usilton (History), Walker (Cur. St.), Weber (Com.), Webster (Biology), White (Creative Wr)

Approval of Minutes

The September minutes were approved. 

Individual Reports:

1. Chancellor Leutze

• reported on what UNCW is doing regarding the "campus climate" for Afro-Americans
  • four current and former UNC chancellors will study and report to the university on how it can address this issue; report will be made public October 28
  • assigned UNCW administrators to give a "campus climate" survey, and to hold sessions to gather information and report on the issue of campus climate
  • noted that the meaning of "diversity" is itself divisive, as some believe the focus should be broadened, others that this would dilute the effort on racial diversity
• has encouraged Chancellor's Search Committee to include faculty in the search process; this is an important part of the UNCW campus culture, and the faculty had had a significant role in his selection
• responded, together with Provost Hosier, to questions about financial issues:
  • UNCW is attempting to balance the use of funds from the tuition increases to address merit issues and structural adjustments for inequity
  • "not all" UNCW senior administrators will be receiving salary increases during this year, when many faculty will receive no increases
  • agreed that the Legislature's decision not to contribute to the state employee pension fund is troubling
  • believes that, given the Legislature's continuing failure to increase funding for the system, UNCW will have to continue to raise tuition for several years, to a level at least $1500 higher; some of this money would have to be used to increase salaries
  • costs of health care are "going to break" the state budget within a decade; individual contributions will probably go up in excess of 20% next year
  • hopes the Legislature will be receptive to some forms of increase in faculty benefits; will rerequest to have faculty children admitted tuition free to the university system

2. Vice-Chancellor for Advancement Gornto

• Advancement reviewed their Stewardship plan last year, and revamped it to encourage more giving by providing enhanced benefits and raising the minimums, e.g. Chancellor's Club raised from $1000 to $2500
• over $5M was raised last year--"our best year ever"
• the total endowment declined 7%, due to the fallback in the stock market
• Departments seeking to raise funds for e.g. a lecture must work through Advancement, so the same donor is not approached repeatedly by different units of the university

3. President of the Faculty Assembly Veit

• although the Legislature did not allocate $ for faculty salaries, the university system did much better than other state agencies, thanks to the efforts of Vice President for Public Affairs J. B. Milliken, and his staff, who lobbied effectively on our behalf
• academic freedom controversy at CH embarrassing to the state and the BOG, but the latter 'righted itself' in the end
• UNCW is one of the stronger campuses in the system on the matter of shared governance

4. President of the Senate Noland

• Chancellor Search Committee meets this Thursday, 9-1, and will continue to make time for additional faculty input
• Ned Martin was elected in Div 2 to replace Bob Roer on the RPT committee
• Senate has fulltime secretary, Marla Trobough, who can help committees with their work

5. David Miller, Chair, Steering committee for the NCAA Division I Athletics Certification Self-Study

• 37 members of the study must submit their report this December
• report to be made available in November, and the committee will be looking for input, as broad participation in the process is mandated
• peer reviewers will visit the campus in February, who will make their report to the NCAA, at which time the university will be judged (i) in substantial conformity; (ii), in conformity "with conditions"; or (iii) will be denied re-certification 
• UNCW went through the process in 1995 and came through in good standing

Committee Reports:

• The following motion from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee in support of a change in the By-Laws passed:

  The By-Laws of the Faculty Senate shall be amended to include the Director of the General College as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Academic Standards, Admissions, Financial Aid, and University Curriculum Committees.  (Motion 03-2-3)

   

• The following slightly amended (deletions) motion from the Academic Standards Committee was passed (Motion 03-2-4): 

  The Academic Standards Committee wants to put forward the following Revisions to the Retention Policy as found on page 69 of the 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalogue:

  [Changes begin with paragraph five.  Additions are bolded.  Deletions are struck through: The order of the last two paragraphs has been switched since they discuss the first and second declarations of academic ineligibility.]

  Any other student who does not meet the minimum grade point requirement for retention at the conclusion of the spring semester will be declared ineligible.  The student will be allowed to make up deficiencies during this university’s summer sessions, which immediately follow immediately following the spring semester in which the ineligibility was declared.  If such deficiencies are not removed after the completion of the summer sessions, the student will be suspended from the university and must sit out the following fall and spring semesters. Suspended students must reapply for re-enrollment for fall or spring semesters.  A suspended student may apply for re-enrollment for the following fall semester.  However, admission Readmission is contingent upon the availability of space.  Suspended students may enroll in any summer session.  Applications for re-enrollment Re-enrollment forms are available in the Admissions Office and should be filed as early as possible received by the Admissions Office by August 1^st to ensure enrollment consideration.  If a student is allowed to re-enroll, he/she must see an academic advisor before registering for classes.

  Students may, through appropriate administrative review of mitigating circumstances be authorized Students that have been declared academically ineligible to continue for the first time may seek appropriate administrative review of mitigating circumstances for authorization to continue with their studies on a conditional basis. Written permission must be obtained from the appropriate dean prior to the beginning of the semester in which such students wish to enroll.

  A second declaration of academic ineligibility will result in dismissal from the university and is final unless eligibility for continued residence or for readmission is restored by completion of sufficient work only during summer sessions at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 

  3. Ronald Sizemore, Chair of the Evaluation Committee, reported on "reviewing the SPOT."

  •  committee has tried to make the process easier, and eliminate paperwork by going  electronic
  • this has been possible in relation to SPOTS for online courses and evaluations of administrators, but committee has been unable, as yet, to find a model with sufficient safeguards of security and confidentiality, to create online SPOTS
  • will examine "use and abuse" of SPOTS this year, and is setting up an informational website
  • will be "revalidating" SPOTS this year, and submit a report to the Senate 
  • in response to a question about the "abuse" of SPOTS, referred to the Faculty Handbook, Appendix J, found at http://www.uncwil.edu/fac_handbook/9.J.htm especially "D. Warnings against Inappropriate Use of SPOT Results"

Old Business

1. The following motion (03-1-2) from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee was passed: 

The UNCW Faculty Senate asks the UNCW Chancellor Search Committee to seek the following qualities in their candidates for Chancellor:

A commitment to scholarly values and the diverse goals of a public comprehensive university, as expressed in the university mission statment;

Academic scholarship and teaching credentials, or professional credentials, that are tenurable at the level of full professor;

Outstanding leadership qualities, including:

• Successful leadership in higher education or professional administration
• Personal integrity, intellectual curiosity, compassion, resilience and energy
• Commitment to shared governance with faculty, staff and students 
• Collaborative leadership style that emphasizes openness and fairness
• Demonstrated ability to secure funding from government and private sources;

A commitment to equal employment opportunity and non-discriminatory practices. 

New Business

None.

Announcements

None.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m.