Roll call
Absent: DePaolo (Chancellor), Gwinn (Information Systems),
Kuiper (Nursing). Committee membership is not yet finalized, and committee
senators were not marked absent.
Approval of minutes
April minutes were approved.
Special order of the day
Senate officers for 2004-2005 were elected as follows:
- Vice president: Mark Spaulding, History
- Secretary: Richard Veit, English
- At large members of the Steering Committee: Tammy Hunt, (Management &
Marketing); Rick Olsen (Communication Studies); Jimmy Reeves (Chemistry);
Reid Toth (Sociology & Criminal Justice)
Individual reports
- Provost Paul Hosier reported, including the following:
- Enrollments: We enrolled 1897 freshmen this year, slightly
above our target of 1850. 20% are out-of-state students, up from 13%
last year. The freshman
SAT
average is 1126 (up 22 points this year and up 66 points in ten years,
the highest point gain in the UNC system). 11.4% of the class are minorities,
including 4.4% African-Americans. Hispanic enrollments rose sharply. Transfer
students number 1224 (target was 1250). We have 340 new graduate students,
equal to 8.6% of UNCW's students; our goal is to reach 10% graduate students.
Female enrollment is 59.9%, down somewhat. We are largely a campus of full-time
students, with relatively few part-timers compared to other UNC schools.
- Budget: We gained 22 new faculty positions and "bought
back" four positions, for 26 new positions. These have been allocated
to the College and schools.
- Salaries: We received salary-increase funds of 2½%
plus $700,000 from campus-based tuition funds, for an average increase
of nearly 5%. Increases will be finalized this week. September paychecks
will retroactively reflect raises for July, August, and September.
- Personnel: We have hired a new Director of Institutional
Research, Lisa Castellino from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education. Her predecessor, Bob Fry, is now at the UNC Office of the President,
where his voice is expected
to benefit us. Searches are under way for a new CAS dean (Larry Clark,
chair), an Assistant Provost for International Studies, a Director of Campus
Diversity, and a Registrar.
- Long-Range Planning: Planning Director Ken Spackman
reported that the draft planning document will now go to departments for
input and
for
fleshing
out details.
- Swim team controversy: Interviews have been completed.
The Provost is reviewing all information and will issue a report next week,
including recommendations.
- Student photos: As a result of Senate motion 2004-07-26,
faculty can now cut and paste photos (from their class photos found on
Campus Pipeline) to create a photographic seating chart or attendance list
for
each class.
- RTP: Changes to RTP documents require Board of Governors
approval, so we will wait until the Senate indicates that changes are complete
before submitting them. The RTP process this year will continue to follow
existing procedures.
- Equity funding: UNCW continues to seek equity funding
increases from the Board of Governors and the legislature. We receive fewer
dollars per student than any of the other 15 UNC campuses (ECSU: $11,000
per student; UNCW: $5800 per student). Various funding models are being
proposed that would result in substantial increases for UNCW. For example,
if we were funded at 90% of the average per-student funding of the other
comprehensive institutions in the system, we would receive a $10 million
annual increase.
- Faculty parking: Asked about the status of Senate motion
04-02-05 to end faculty/staff parking fees, the Provost replied that
he thinks it unlikely that funds will be found to make it possible
Following the Provost's report, the agenda was set aside by unanimous consent
so that the following motion could be introduced. It carried without dissent:
[Motion 2005-01-02; praise
appointment of Provost Hosier; carried]
That the Faculty Senate expresses its enthusiastic support for the decision
of Chancellor DePaolo to remove the term "Acting" from the title
of Provost
Hosier, and it warmly welcomes his appointment as our chief academic officer.
- President Daniel Noland reported the results of elections
to autonomous committees: George Shell was elected to the RTP Committee for
Division IV. Patti Turrisi, Ron Sizemore, and Raquel Alexander were elected
to the Hearings Panel.
Committee reports
- The following motion by the Steering Committee carried:
[Motion 2005-01-01: amend Bylaws to allow
alternate members; carried] That
the following new section D. be added to section
I of the Faculty Senate Bylaws [additions]:
I. Membership
D. Alternate members
- A senator who is unable to be present at a meeting of the
Senate shall designate another full-time faculty member from
the absent senator’s department or standing committee to
serve as an alternate member of the Senate for that meeting only.
The alternate member shall have the same voting privileges as
the absent senator.
- Alternate members shall identify themselves at roll call
when the absent senator's name is called.
- A senator who expects to be absent from more than two Senate
meetings in any semester or more than three meetings in an academic
year is expected to resign from the Senate so that the department
or standing committee may elect a replacement.
- NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative Joanne Rockness reported
as follows:
- She discussed the duties of the Athletics Committee and her own duties
as UNCW's Faculty Athletics Representative.
- She discussed the achievements of our athletic program and of Athletics
Director Margaret Bradley-Doppes.
- She reported that she, retired Athletics Representative
Jim Sabella, Senate President Noland, and Bill Bolduc met with the Chancellor
to discuss the swim-team controversy. Representative Rockness said, "I
think UNCW is best served by waiting for Provost Hosier’s complete
report. I have every confidence that he has done a thorough job of examining
the
issues
and gathering
input from all the relevant parties.
I personally hope UNCW can soon put this issue behind us and move
ahead with our current athletic director in place. We are a great university
with great students and great student athletes. It is time to move
forward."
- Discussion followed among senators about the swim-team controversy.
The idea of a motion was raised, but it was decided to take no action
before Provost Hosier issued his report and Chancellor DePaolo
had the opportunity to speak to us next month.
New business: none
Adjournment
Minutes by Richard Veit, Senate Secretary
