Minutes of the Faculty Senate
for October 28, 1997
PSF 7-97/98

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Faculty Senate met on Tuesday, October 28, 1997, at 3:30 PM in Molinaro Hall, room D137. Senators present were Bell, Brunner, Buenker, Canary, Colston, Feldt, Fossum, Jacobson (PSGA) James, Kavenik, Lamb, Longeway, Lyter, Mayer, McArthur, Meyer, Nice (Academic Staff Committee) Richards, Rosenberg, Saffioti-Hughes, Schmidt, Schutte, Van Dyke, Wood, and Wright. Also present were Professors Chen, Cook, Dudycha, Klaver, Statham, and Takata; Interim Dean Duetsch, Associate Vice Chancellor Singer, Registrar Sue Johnson, and Assistant Registrar Susan Luke.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as distributed.

Committee Reports

The committee reports on the agenda were accepted without discussion.

Report of the University Committee

Professor Meyer (History) reported that President Lyall's response to the Senate motions was now available on the governance list and on the web. The committee was moving forward with the tasks assigned it under the strategic plan, review of the reward structure and review of the departmental structure.

Report of the Chancellor Search Committee

Professor Statham (Sociology) reported that the committee had agreed on general criteria. It had held open hearings for faculty and staff. Its next task was to develop specific grading criteria. There were about 30 names so far. Advertisements were appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education and elsewhere.

Professor Mayer (Biological Sciences) MOVED, SECONDED by Professor Rosenberg (Economics) the following resolution:

WHEREAS the primary purpose of any university is the increase and diffusion of knowledge, and

WHEREAS the appointment of a new Chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside provides an opportunity for vigorous leadership in the pursuit of this goal of the University, and

WHEREAS success in increasing and diffusing knowledge is a prerequisite to leading others in that pursuit, and

WHEREAS a leader must have the trust and respect of those who are led, and

WHEREAS success in increasing and diffusing knowledge is no bar to the possession of those other skills and qualities sought in a Chancellor,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside hereby calls upon the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee to forward to the Board of Regents the names of candidates whose record of scholarly and teaching accomplishment will command the respect of the faculty and enable the new Chancellor to provide educational leadership on the campus.

Rationale. Professor Mayer said that his motion was intended to endorse a criterion which the search committee had already adopted. There were some on campus who thought that criterion too strong, and he wished to have the faculty on record as regarding it as an important component, though certainly not the only one.

The Senate's Business. Professor Meyer said that the Senate could pass resolutions on any governance matter but that he thought this was a case where we should just have faith in the committee appointed. Professor Kavenik said that it was none of the senate's business, and that we should let the committee get on and do its job. Professor Lyter suggested that the committee had a majority of faculty. Professor Rosenberg said that previous search committees had been similarly composed and equally dedicated but that we had not been happy with the results. He did not like the idea that the senate was just there to rubber stamp whatever was put before it, and he thought that this clearly was appropriate business for the senate.

The Virtues of Redundancy. Professor Van Dyke said that if the search committee had already adopted essentially the same criterion, the motion before the senate seemed redundant, as an expression of what everyone believed and probably always had. Professor Mayer said that it was certainly what all faculty believed, but that not all constituencies on campus agreed and it seemed appropriate to express the faculty's view. In no way was the motion intended to be critical of the work of the search committee.

Professor Saffioti-Hughes (English) MOVED THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, SECONDED by various voices. MOTION PASSED on a vote of 11 yes, 5 no.

Professor Mayer's original MOTION PASSED on a vote of 11 yes, 9 no.

NEW BUSINESS:
Resolutions of Appreciation for Retired Faculty and Administrators There being no discussion, it was MOVED by Professor Feldt (Computer Science and Engineering), SECONDED by Professor Mayer, to pass the resolutions on the agenda by acclamation. MOTION PASSED on a voice vote, no nays being heard.

See the following:
--PSF 8/97-98--Resolution of Appreciation: J.Kenneth Cashion
--PSF 9/97-98--Resolution of Appreciation: Wayne Dannehl
--PSF 10/97-98--Resolution of Appreciation: Surinder Datta
--PSF 11/97-98--Resolution of Appreciation: Rollin Jansky
--PSF 12/97-98--Resolution of Appreciation: Barbara Shade
--PSF 13/97-98--Resolution of Appreciation: Eleanor Smith

New Business: Curricular Developments

Entitlement to Plan for a B.S. in Sport Management

The University Committee had recommended to the senate the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside endorses the campus request for an entitlement to plan a B.S. in Sports Management.

Discussion Professor Saffioti-Hughes was concerned about the mention of Sports Journalism in the documents when no specific courses had been mentioned, and the English department had not been contacted. Dean Duetsch (Arts and Sciences) said that this was only an Entitlement to Plan being requested; when the major itself came up for approval, courses would be included. Professor James (Political Science) asked about the status of the certificate in sports management; Professor Klaver (Physical Education) said that it would remain and that most of the actual physical education courses included in the proposed major were already in place. Professor Rosenberg said this obviously could not be a request for entitlement to plan since planning had already been done. Professor Dudycha (Business), as chair of the Committee on Academic Planning, noted that a certain amount of planning had to be done before one could make a formal request to System for what they called Entitlement to Plan.

MOTION PASSED on a voice vote.

Entitlement to Plan for a B.S. in Molecular Biology

The University Committee had proposed to the senate the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside endorses the campus request for an entitlement to plan a B.S. in Molecular Biology. There being no discussion, the MOTION PASSED on a voice vote.

Minor in Criminal Justice

The University Committee had proposed to the senate the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside approves the creation of a minor in Criminal Justice as recommended by the Committee on Academic Planning.

There being no discussion, the MOTION PASSED on a voice vote.

Minor in Elementary Science

The University Committee had proposed to the senate the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside approves the creation of a minor in Elementary Science as recommended by the Committee on Academic Planning.

There being no discussion, the MOTION PASSED on a voice vote.

Minor in Philosophy of Science

The University Committee had proposed to the senate the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside approves the creation of a minor in Philosophy of Science as recommended by the Committee on Academic Planning.

Discussion This resolution set off a discussion remarkable for its heat and for the frequency with which speakers repeated points they had already made. Much of the discussion centered on the statement that the minor would be "Open to Majors in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, and other students by consent of the Chair of the Philosophy Department." Professors James and Rosenberg argued at length that social science students could benefit from the minor and should be allowed to take it; Professors Buenker and Meyer were sympathetic to this position. Professors Mayer and Longeway (Philosophy) argued that philosophers used Philosophy of Science to refer to the natural sciences and that a strong background in such sciences was implied by a degree program with that title. Professor Saffioti-Hughes agreed that a laboratory science background should be required but felt that limiting it to science majors alone was unnecessary. Professor Canary thought that departments were the best judge of what was an acceptable program in their field. Additional course suggestions included the ethics of science (Saffioti-Hughes) and the sociology of science (Schutte, Sociology); Professors Mayer and Longeway said that the need to design a program with no new courses so as to use no new resources had kept such courses (not currently offered) from being included as requirements, though they would be very desirable electives.

Professor Meyer MOVED THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, SECONDED by Professor Buenker. MOTION PASSED on a vote of 13 yes, with nay votes not taken.

The main MOTION PASSED on a vote of 11 yes, 7 no.

Report of the Chancellor

The chancellor apologized for coming late--he had been with the search committee for a Director of University Advancement, a search nearing the interview stage. He expressed himself as anxious to help the campus in any way he could as it searched for a new chancellor, an important task which understandably sometimes stirred us to more heat than might be ideal. He would be meeting this week and in November with President Lyall to discuss the campus base budget reallocation. Our mission statement would go to the November meeting of the Board of Regents, and he anticipated no problems.

Adjournment

There being no further business, the chair declared the meeting adjourned at about 4:40 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert H. Canary
Secretary of the Faculty