The University Committee met in Moln D 135 on Tuesday, September 19, 2006.  The meeting was called to order by D. DeVinny, Chair.  Also attending were members C. Evans, M. Lenard, D. Rome, and A. Statham.  E. Zepp was present as Secretary of the Faculty.

  

1) Call to Order:

              The meeting was called to order at 3:40 P.M.

2) Minutes:

              The minutes of September 12, 2006 were approved as distributed.

3) Announcements:

              There were no announcements.

 4) Unfinished Business:

              a) Charge for the new governance First-Year Committee

                            A preliminary draft prepared by the Secretary of the Faculty was discussed and amended.  The revised version will be attached to the minutes.

              b) Cover Letter for the Summary of Administrator Evaluations

                            A draft was composed and approved.  It will be attached to the minutes.

                            There will only be hard copies of the summaries, which will be distributed at the Senate meeting.  Enough extra copies will be prepared so that anyone who wants one will have one.

              c) Proposed UWS Chapter 7

                            The multiple faculties resolution will be resent with the Senate agenda and will be addressed and voted on.  Should it fail, the Senate will need to address what else it wishes to do.

                            IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT DEPARTMENTS DISCUSS THE PROPOSED CHAPTER AND CONVEY THEIR SENTIMENTS ON IT TO THEIR SENATORS.

              d) Chancellor and Provost visits: topics

                            The Secretary of the Faculty will collate all suggestions and send them on to the Chancellor and Provost.  Suggestions can still come in.

  

5) New Business:

              a) Augmentation of Executive Committees (forwarded by Dean Cress)

                            (1) History Department

                            (2) CRMJ Department

                            (3) GEOS Department

              All requests for augmentation of Executive Committees were approved.

              b) Memo requesting the U.C. to find a representative of the Dept. Chairs to meet with the Provost's Cabinet.  The Secretary of the Faculty will work with the Deans' offices to set up an election for the representative among Chairs.

 6) Miscellaneous Business

              a) Additional faculty nominees were suggested for the committee to draft administrator evaluation forms.  The Secretary of the Faculty will contact these persons.

               b) Possible topics for faculty meetings were discussed.

 7) The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 P.M.

 Submitted by Evelyn Zepp, Secretary of the Faculty