UNIVERSITY SENATE MINUTES
                               September 9, 1996


The University Senate met at 3:30 p.m. in Room 338 of the Memorial Union 
with Dr. D. R. Miller presiding and the following members present:  Aktosun, 
S. Anderson, Balachandran, Barclay, Bierwagen, M. Brown, Buxton, Caton, 
V. Clark, Collins, J. R. Cook, K. Cummings, A. Fischer, Garrison, M. Hansen, 
Hellevang, Helweg, Kostecki, Krishnan, J. Lorenzen, Mahinfalah, Marchello, 
P. McClean, McCourt, Meinhardt, R. M. Nelson, W. Nelson, Padmanabhan, 
F. Patterson, Plough, Riley, Satterlee, R. C. Schnell, W. Slanger, Soloviev, 
Terbizan, Walka, D. White, Wiesenborn, R. Williams, W. Wilson, R. E. Allen, 
Blaine, S. Eide, J. Fossum, Stengl, and S. J. Ziegler.

Substitutes:  Knighton for A. Cattanach, P. McClean for Grafton, Z. Cheng 
for H. R. Lund, Meinhardt for Srivastava, W. H. Shelver for C. D. Peterson, 
Walther for Sarabakhsh, J. M. Jones for Tadepalli, La Palm for Yazdani, and 
R. O'Connor for Youngs, 


Approval of Parliamentarian

MOTION (R. M. Nelson/Marchello): to approve Dr. Thomas Christensen as 
parliamentarian.  MOTION CARRIED.

Previous Minutes

MOTION (Garrison/Terbizan): to approve the minutes of May 6, 1996, as 
distributed.

General Announcements

A.  President Plough

    1.  Legislative Year
    President Plough stated that dialogue with governor's office executives
    in addition to legislators regarding budget was important.  He recommended
    that we plan fewer, but better, legislative-related events.  He encouraged
    the University, Staff, and Student Senates to collaborate on events
    involving legislators.  Further, he asked that his office receive advance
    notice about planned events so that he could respond to related inquiries.
    Focal topics for discussion and clarification with legislators and others
    include productivity, return on investment, and workload in a research
    institution.

    2.  Fargo Skills Training Center
    President Plough noted the recent opening of the Fargo Skills Training
    Center located in the former Kmart building north of the FargoDome.
    The purpose of the joint project between NDSU and the North Dakota State
    College of Science is to offer leadership in non-degree training and
    retraining of workers, as well as apprenticeships for high school
    students.  Plough reviewed the six-year plan for the center to become
    self-sustaining.

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    3.  Budgetary Overview
    
        a.  Discretionary Funds
        President Plough cited the sources for discretionary funds and
        reported that this year allocation of those funds included the
        following:  Planning, Priorities, and Resources Committee (PPRC)
        grants, summer jobs on campus for students, merit scholarships, extra
        sections for classes, printing of the undergraduate and graduate
        catalogues, equipment grants to music, and computer initiatives.

        b.  Baseball Stadium
        President Plough clarified that NDSU is not obligated to $1.5 million
        for the stadium as incorrectly reported by the media.  NDSU merely
        agreed to help and would share in the profits proportionately to
        assistance given.

        c.  NDSU Funding Elements
        President Plough reported that in his state of the University address
        scheduled for September 10, 1996, he would cite higher education
        as a major asset in the state.  NDSU funding sources include the
        following five elements:  general fund appropriations, tuition and
        fees, auxiliary enterprises, grants and contracts, and fund raising
        efforts.  Plough also stated that the Development Foundation $20
        million campaign is going well and is expected to reach its goal
        on or ahead of its December 31, 1998, target date.

B.  Interim VPAA Schnell

    1.  Special Assistants

        a.  Technology Round Table
        Dr. William Maki will head an Informational Technology Round Table
        that has been formed to bring together all parties concerned with
        technology planning and implementation.  Their charge is to create
        an integrated vision to support NDSU's mission.

        b.  Technology Fee Committee
        Val Tareski will chair the Technology Fee committee.  Projects funded
        via technology fees were primarily aimed at general needs.  Funding 
        for more specific needs is projected for sometime in the future. 
        Currently funded projects totaled $524,029 as follows:

        Investigator          Project Title                         Amount   
        Abraham, Brian        Printers                              $ 163,040
        Abraham, Brian        Residence Hall Cluster                   40,490
        Breitner, Michael     Network Access in Memorial Union          2,065
        England, Mark         Image Digitizing                         28,250
        England, Mark         Library Database Server                   8,545
        England, Mark         Library Data Ports                        2,630
        England, Mark         Library Network Access                   36,315
        Grindeland, Wanda     Assistive Technology                      5,000
        Juell, Paul           WWW (Server)                              5,000
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        Technology Fee Projects, cont

        Investigator          Project Title                         Amount   
        Kruger, Donovan       ACM Student Consultants               $  27,188
        Larson, David         Student Web Server                        4,259
        Lilleberg, Nancy      Classroom Multimedia                     58,000
        Mathew, Prakash       Network Connections/Residence Halls      70,330
        McMullen, David (Bud) Technology Support/Student Clusters      42,000
        Peterson, Donald      Modem Pool                               30,917

        c.  Teaching Support Center
        Dr. Ronald Stammen has been named as the new director of the Teaching
        Support Center.  Support will continue in the traditional areas of
        exams and lectures; however, more assistance will be available with
        the integration of multimedia.

        d.  Multimedia Support for Teaching
        Dr. James Ross will be in charge of multi-media in support of
        teaching.  He will be aligned with Information Technology Services
        and work with Nancy Lilleberg on this.

        e.  Faculty Development
        Dr. Katharine Cummings will be an assistant to the Interim VPAA for
        Faculty Development.  Cooperative planning will be carried out with
        Dr. Kevin Thompson, chair of the Faculty Development committee.

    2.  Budget Process

    Dr. R. C. Schnell announced that in the future Planning, Priorities,
    and Resources Committee (PPRC) grants and the Program Review Committee
    recommendations ought to be incorporated into the budget process to
    provide ongoing benefits.  Also, library issues will continue to be
    addressed and included in the budget.

    3.  Honorary Degrees

    Dr. R. C. Schnell stated that plans are to begin the nomination process
    earlier and to involve the deans in a review of the nomination process.

C.  Presiding Officer Miller

    1.  Senate Meeting Schedule Update
    Dr. Miller called attention to the change in location for the October
    meeting.  He also reminded the group that the meeting locations vary.
        October 14, 1996 ..... 349 University Chamber, Memorial Union
        November 18, 1996 .... 338 Peace Garden, Memorial Union
        December 9, 1996 ..... 335-6 Prairie Rose, Memorial Union
        January 13, 1997 ..... 335-6, Prairie Rose, Memorial Union
        February 10, 1997 .... 335-6, Prairie Rose, Memorial Union
        March 17, 1997 ....... 122 Family Life Center
        April 14, 1997 ....... 335-6 Prairie Rose, Memorial Union
        May 5, 1997 .......... 338 Peace Garden, Memorial Union
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    2.  Senate Annual Report
    MOTION (Cummings/McCourt): to approve the 1995-96 annual report submitted
    by Krishnan and placed in the archives of the library.  MOTION CARRIED.
    F. Patterson stated that the report includes a duplication of Program
    Review Committee minutes regarding Electrical Engineering.  Presiding
    Officer Miller agreed to follow-up on that.

    3.  Senate Standing and ad hoc Committees
    MOTION (Garrison/Satterlee): to approve the standing and ad hoc committees
    of the University Senate.  MOTION CARRIED.  (Please see Attachment 1.)

        ø  Ad hoc Policy 352 Committee
        Noted was that the Interim VPAA should be added as an ex officio
        member to the ad hoc Policy 352 Committee.

        ø  Ad hoc Committee on Faculty Senate
        Miller stated that the appointment of an ad hoc Committee on Faculty
        Senate evolved from the recommendation made by the Senate at the
        meeting on April 15, 1996.  Tasks of this committee will be to
        disseminate the document presented at that meeting, hold forums to
        acquire feedback and input, amend the document, and present their
        proposal to the Senate no later than the meeting scheduled for
        December 9, 1996.

Unfinished Business

ø  Library Update on Serials Collection Project

McCourt initiated the update with a review of the recommendation made by 
the Senate last year to implement a document delivery concept to offset 
cancellation of serials and to restore the book budget.  He stated that the 
Library Committee plans to fine tune, evaluate, and re-evaluate the process.

T. Bremmer reviewed the steps that were used to this point in the serials 
redesign project.  He reported that all three lists are available on the 
Library Web page:  WWW.Lib.NDSU.NoDak.Edu/SerProj.

So far about $270,000 of journal savings from cancellations have been 
identified.  Another $20,000 is needed to restore the full book budget.  
Faculty are asked to review the Web lists and report their recommendations 
to their library representatives by September 18, 1996.

J. Beecher presented the Library goals regarding use of funds.  The goals 
include (a) addressing a 10% inflation rate, (b) reinstating the book budget, 
and (c) subsidizing the document delivery services.  He reported that this 
year there will be no charge to users for interlibrary loan or for document 
delivery services so that the actual costs may be determined.  Announcements 
will be made in the future regarding services, processes, and training for 
document delivery.



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New Business

A.  Resolution

MOTION (Cummings/McCourt): to present a resolution commending Jack Zaleski, 
Opinion Page editor of The Forum, for putting North Dakota higher education, 
and especially faculty salaries, in an appropriate perspective.  MOTION 
CARRIED.  Presiding Officer Miller agreed to draft the resolution.

B.  Ad hoc Awards Committee

MOTION (Satterlee/R.C. Schnell): to form an ad hoc Awards Committee to review 
the guidelines and criteria used for various faculty awards and to coordinate 
the establishment of consistent guidelines and criteria for selection of 
recipients.  MOTION CARRIED.

C.  Council of College Faculties

Presiding Officer Miller announced that an election will be needed to replace 
R. Rathge who is on leave of absence.  Current nominees are R. Ekstrom, K. 
Hellevang, and R. Harrold.  Names of any additional nominees should be 
forwarded to Miller as soon as possible.

D.  Approval of Summer Graduates

MOTION (Marchello/Wiesenborn): to approve the summer graduates.  MOTION 
CARRIED.  (See Attachment 2.)

Adjournment

MOTION (McCourt/Marchello): to adjourn.  MOTION CARRIED.  The meeting 
adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Alberta M. Dobry, Ph.D.
Secretary