Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Meeting 2006-08

Meeting called to order at 2:03

Roll Call:

Absent:
Departmental senators: Badaranathi, Bennett, Ciner, Dworkin, Elikai, Evers, Gwinn, Hungerford, Hurdle, Sideman, Simmons, Stiles,

Committee chairs: Blundo, Frierson, Roscher, Rosen, Veit, Weber,

March minutes were approved as posted.

Individual reports

1. Chancellor DePaolo reported that:
   a. the Watson School of Education had successfully passed all six NCATE standards without any recommendations, making it the only UNC school to do so.
   b. New UNC President Erskine Bowles stresed in his inauguration that the system will place an emphasis on K-12 education, especially in science and math, and that UNC will partner with the State's community collehes to create an education economy.
   c. The Early College Initiative has revived, UNCW and the NC Governor's office have agreed to an off-campus site, and raymond Burt will welcome any and all faculty assistance and contributions.
   
2. Senate President Mark Spaulding reported that:
   a. He will forward to the Provost a faculty name for service on the Diversity Climate Syrvey Committee.

Committee reports

1. Bookstore Committee:
   a. [Motion 06-08-27], That UNCW increase its annual contribution to bookstore scholarships from $2,750/year to $10,000/year, this latter figure representing approximately 5% of UNCW's annual revenue from bookstore activities, passed without dissent.
   b. [Motion 06-08-28], That the Senate approve a reassignment of  Bookstore Scholarships to academic units as shown in attachment:, amended to allocate the number of scholarships per capita by academic major in 2006-2007, with a report to the Senate from Institutional Resources on the matter in September, 2006, passed.
   
2. Ed Graham, chair of the Budget Committee, reported that UNCW students endorsed the idea that 3% of their tuition increase should go to help fund faculty raises.
   
3. Eddie Caropreso, chair of the Evaluation Committee, reported on progress being made to fulfill the three goals articulated in the January, 2006 minutes.
   
4. Diane Levy, chair of the Advancement Committee, reported that total pledges to the Faculty-Staff campaign are up, but that participation is still only ~25%, an embarrassingly low level in light of the upcoming capital Campaign.
   
5. Steering Committee:
   a. [Motion 06-08-29], That UNCW establish the Richard Veit Award for Contributions to Shared Governance and Academic Freedom with the following provisions:
   
   criterion:  This is an occasional award for extraordinary service in  shared governance and academic freedom.

eligibility: any member of UNCW community, excluding current officers of UNCW Faculty Senate; no one may receive the award more than once.

process: confidential, written nominations may be submitted at any time to the Steering Committee of the UNCW Faculty Senate; a single nomination endorsed by 2/3 of Steering Committee will be presented to the UNCW Faculty Senate for consideration in executive session; a majority vote by secret ballot in the Senate confers the award.

award: recipients will receive a one-time award of $1,000 from the university; their names will be recorded, passed without dissent.

6. The Department of Earth Sciences, Geography and Geology offered [Motion 06-08-30], That the Senate postpone discussion on changing Basic Studies until the campus generates sufficient assessment data on individual programs and on Basic Studies, based on the campus-wide assessment initiative, to determine the need for basic studies reform and its impact on existing programs; it failed.

Old Business

none

President Spaulding recessed the meeting until 2:00 p.m, May 2.

Minutes by Dan Noland, Senate Secretary