1) Call to Order

     The meeting was called to order by Frances Kavenik, Vice-Chair, at 3:37 P.M.  also attending were members Chris Evans, Stu Hansen and Greg Mayer.  Profs. James and Rome were excused.  Evelyn Zepp was present as Secretary of the Faculty.

2) Minutes:

    The Minutes of the Meeting of November 13, 2007 were approved as distributed.

3) Announcements:

     The FYE Committee is taking several items to APC, especially relating to the Success Academy.  Lori Allen continues to act as Interim Chair of the Committee.

     The committee agreed to the following written question for the Senate: What is the status of the review of the Advising Center and what are the plans for the future, especially regarding staffing?

4) Unfinished Business:

a) Administrator evaluations—deadline extended yet again to Nov. 27 Senate faculty meeting.

    

b) Chapter Seven review committee—Dennis Rome, Greg Mayer, Lori Allen, John

Longeway, Sue Norton:  charge to committee: review Chapter 7 and suggest changes.

c) Student code of conduct:

Chapters 14 and 17 sent to U.C. members

Steve McLaughlin responded to the e-mail inquiry that all UW campuses use UWS Chapters 14 and 17 as the code of conduct, since these are legislatively approved and are a part of the Administrative Code for the UW System.

The committee agreed to the following written question for the Senate: Do we have a designated student Disciplinary Officer and how do our practices in this regard compare to other UW campuses?

d)  Hiring Issues

An occurrence relative to the English search was discussed.

Prof. Mayer stated that he had not been able to fully analyze the “Policy 80” distributed by e-mail, but that a number of changes appear to have been made in the document.

    Apparently, Prof. Rome raised his concerns at the last Faculty Representatives meeting, and the other representatives expressed their concern and support.

 Changes were made to the resolution proposed for the Senate agenda.

e) System documents on sick leave

    Due to Prof. Rome’s illness, this item was again tabled.

f) CAP and Graduate Studies Committee:

The proposed changes to the charge of both committees prepared by the Secretary of the Faculty were discussed, but it was decided to delete this item from the Senate agenda and to postpone any more discussion until receipt of CAP’s proposed changes to its charge.      

g) CTS Review:

The committee decided to respond to Interim Provost Greenfield’s e-mail on the proposed nature of this review with the following:

The review should be comprehensive, but with a focus on academic affairs, the part of the comprehensive mission of CTS we are most aware of and responsible for.  It is the area in which we have seen problems, but all of the mission of CTS is of concern to us.

The committee also renewed its request to see the Summer "Help Desk Report" outside review of CTS.

5) New Business:

a) Dean Cress: Augmentation of TEDU Executive Committee: Dennis Bayuzick, Gail Gonzalez, Patrick Goldsmith (Prof. Akindes TEDU member).

       Dean Cress: Augmentation of TEDU Full Professor Sub-committee: David Holmes, Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Ed Wallen.

These requests were approved, although the committee noted that having an even number of members on the Executive Committee was a recipe for deadlock.

             b) Campus record keeping: department minutes and committee reports

                   The committee decided to ask the Provost to review the requirements for record keeping at the next Chairs/Directors meeting.

                   The committee also decided to request the agenda of Chairs and Directors meetings.

        c) Approval of Senate agenda

              The proposed Senate agenda was approved with several additions and a deletion.

6) Miscellaneous Business

     There was no further business.

7) Adjournment

     The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 P.M. 

Submitted by Evelyn Zepp, Secretary of the Faculty