1) Call to Order

     The meeting was called to order by Dennis Rome, Chair, at 3:39 P.M.  Also attending were members Chris Evans, Stu Hansen, Peggy James, Frances Kavenik and Greg Mayer.  Evelyn Zepp was present as Secretary of the Faculty.  Renee Kirby was a guest. 

2) Minutes:

    The Minutes of the Meeting of December 4, 2007 were not available.  The Minutes of the Meeting of January 22, 2008 were approved with an editorial correction. 

Members voted 6-0-0 to suspend the agenda in order to accommodate Dr. Kirby. 

5) New Business:

 

• Members discussed with Dr. Kirby the problems her office has encountered scheduling proctored exams for students with disabilities.  In 2007, there were 1227 tests scheduled, serving 1199 students.  For this Spring, she has had to scheduling proctoring for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday as a short-term solution.  In the Fall, there should be another person hired to cover the other two days of the week.  Beyond this, she needs another professional in the office, besides herself, to deal with the case load.  It was suggested that the numbers related to the proctoring issue be announced at the Senate.

Dr. Kirby left the meeting at 4:01 P.M. and the committee resumed the agenda. 

3) Announcements:

    

     Prof. Kavenik reported on actions taken by the General Education Committee at its meeting Monday. 

4) Unfinished Business:

a) Administrator evaluations—due to problems with mechanical processing of the Scantrons, the evaluations are being processed by hand by Tara Schmidt, Governance Program Associate.  The results will be brought to the Senate as soon as possible.

    

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

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

The committee will meet this Spring.

c) System Documents on Sick Leave—Prof. Rome will give an update at the Feb. 5th Senate meeting.

d) First Friday February 1st: Profs. Evans, Kavenik and Zepp need to be at the PRC meeting at 4:00 on that day.  Prof. Rome will be at the Faculty Reps meeting in Madison.  Profs. Hansen and James kindly agreed to take on responsibility for the arrangements for First Friday.

e) Chancellor Search and Screen Committee:  Prof. Rome reported on those persons who had indicated interest in serving on the committee, with additional names reported by other members of the committee.  The list of 16 persons to be sent to System was finalized. 

5) New Business:

              b) Approval of the February 5th Senate Agenda.

                            The Agenda as submitted was approved by a vote of 6-0-0.             

6) Miscellaneous Business

     The Committee members considered merit for the Secretary of the Faculty, who left the room.

7) Adjournment

     The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 P.M. 

Submitted by Evelyn Zepp, Secretary of the Faculty