UNIVERSITY SENATE MINUTES
October 12, 1998
The University Senate met at 3:30 p.m. in Room 338 of the Memorial Union
with Dr. J. Gerst presiding and the following members present: Baiocchi,
Buckhoff, Chang, T. Christensen, V. Clark, R. Collins, T. Colville,
J. R. Cook, Corry, Danbom, A. G. Fischer, Gessel, Grafton, Hageman, D. Hawley,
Hellevang, Helweg, Hershberger, Horvik, Jackman, A. Kostecki, Leitch,
J. H. Lorenzen, Martens, McCaul, McCourt, D. Miller, J. A. Miller, S. Morgan,
Nawrot, R. O'Connor, N. A. Olson, C. D. Peterson, Pieri, Riley, Rottman,
R. C. Schnell, W. Slanger, Srivastava, Steffenson, N. Waldhaus, Youngs,
D. Bakken, Bernstein, J. Greene, T. M. Jackson, T. Mercer, and Michaelson.
Substitutes: Isrow for Barnhart, Knoepfle for S. Jacobson, Statler for
P. Jensen, Comez for K. R. Johnson, J. Schwarz for Khan, Jackson for
C. W. Lee, Cheng for Novy, and M. Morris for Sibi.
Previous Minutes
MOTION (Helweg/McCaul): to approve the minutes of September 14, 1998. MOTION
CARRIED by unanimous consent.
General Announcements
1. Interim President Fischer
a. Budget Hearing
Dr. Fischer reported that the presentation of the NDSU budget at the
hearing held by the Office of Management and Budget in Bismarck on
October 8, 1998, went well.
b. Legislative Forum
Dr. Fischer encouraged attendance at a voter education forum
for Fargo area legislative districts and Cass County state's attorney
candidates on October 17, 1998, in the Fargo Civic Memorial Auditorium
and Centennial Hall from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fischer also stated
that participation in off-campus events is a way for NDSU to not become
identified with any particular candidate.
2. Vice President for Academic Affairs Schnell
Dr. Schnell reviewed the complexity of the various budget plans. These
include the Governor's 95% plan, which is actually a 91% budget due to "cost
to continue" estimates. The Restoration/Reinvestment budget plan includes
salary adjustments and various directives. Two of the major directives are
that everything can't be restored, and new initiatives must be presented.
There is the potential of losing tenured positions and graduate assistants,
some of which would be through attrition.
Other budgets plans include the State Board of Higher Education needs-based
budget and the NDUS Strategic Plan 1998-2004 (six-year plan). The latter
calls for achieving salary increases through internal reallocation. Schnell
concluded that if all pieces proposed are accepted, NDSU would come out in
fairly good shape.
3. Presiding Officer Gerst
a. Ballots to be Mailed
Elections for replacement representatives on the Council of College
Faculties and the Standing Committee on Faculty Rights will be by ballot.
Ballots will be distributed via campus mail and need to be returned to
the Office of the Registrar by November 5, 1998.
b. Open Forum on Presidential Search
The Presidential Search and Screening Committee, chaired by Fargo Mayor
Bruce Furness, will hold an open forum on Thursday, October 15, 1998,
from 3:30-4:30 p.m., 124 Family Life Center. Two of the major questions
to be addressed are the following:
ø What is the role of the R. H. Perry and Associates consulting firm?
ø Why is there a need for the compressed time frame?
Gerst encouraged everyone to attend the forum and raise any other
questions they may have.
3. Council of College Faculties Representative Prunty
Dr. Lyle Prunty distributed and reviewed a report shown in Attachment 1
(attachment is available by calling the Office of the Registrar at 701-231-7988).
Of special note was that NDSU could elect an alternate to stand in for a
regular representative, when needed. Also reported was that there will be
a State of Faculty Conference at NDSU during Fall 1999. The date will be
announced when it is set.
Committee Reports
1. Academic Affairs
Dr. Donna Terbizan, committee chair presented the committee recommendations.
a. Curricular Recommendations
MOTION (T. Colville/Horvik): to approve the curriculum recommendations
as shown in Attachment 2 (attachment is available by calling the Office
of the Registrar at 701-231-7988). MOTION CARRIED by unanimous consent.
b. Commencement Option
MOTION (McCourt/Youngs): to approve the commencement option statement.
"Students who qualify as fall semester degree candidates may elect to
participate in either the fall (December) or the following spring (May)
commencement ceremony."
MOTION TO AMEND (Slanger/Kostecki): to amend the statement by inserting
the word "undergraduate" between the words "semester" and "degree."
The amended statement: "Students who qualify as fall semester
undergraduate degree candidates may elect to participate in either the
fall (December) or the following spring (May) commencement ceremony."
MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED by unanimous consent.
MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED by unanimous consent.
c. Common Course Numbering
Terbizan reported that Kay Fulp, System Coordinator of Articulation and
Transfer, met with the Academic Affairs committee on October 9, 1998,
to discuss common course numbering. Terbizan urged Senators to advise
their constituents to process all common course numbering changes during
this academic year to avoid Bulletin deadline problems next fall. Rather
than using course proposal forms for this, units may submit to the
committee a "from/to" list of changes in number, title, or prefix and
attach copies of the related course syllabi.
2. Policy Coordinating Committee - Developmental Leave & Leave Without Pay
Dr. Mark McCourt reviewed NDSU changes to two policies: Section 132 -
Developmental Leave (shown in Attachment 3 - attachment is available by
calling the Office of the Registrar at 701-231-7988) and Section 314 - Leave Without
Pay (shown in Attachment 4 - attachment is available by calling the Office of
the Registrar at 701-231-7988).
MOTION (Helweg/McCaul): to accept the policy (132 and 314) changes. MOTION
CARRIED by unanimous consent.
New Business
1. NDSU Policy 350.2.1.3 - Special Review Committee
Presiding Officer Gerst explained that the State Board for Higher Education
regulations on the Standing Committee on Faculty Rights includes a stipulation
that a pool of faculty members representing each of the colleges needs to
be available to serve on a Special Review Committee. He presented the
following for consideration:
Ag ...... Thomas Freeman E&A ...... Donald Smith
Ag ...... Donald Kirby HD&E ..... Denis Isrow
AH&SS ... John Helgeland HD&E ..... Harriett Light
AH&SS ... Ramakrishnan S. Krishnan Pharm .... Edward Magarian
BusA .... Michael Garrison Pharm .... William Shelver
BusA .... Terry Knoepfle S&M ...... Malcolm Butler
E&A ..... Kam Li S&M ...... Dennis Tallman
MOTION (McCaul/C. D. Peterson): to approve the faculty pool as presented.
MOTION CARRIED by unanimous consent.
2. Alternate Representative to Council of College Faculties
MOTION (Danbom/Youngs): to take advantage of the special election for a
replacement representative on the Council of College Faculties by designating
the person receiving the highest tally of votes as the representative and
the person receiving the next highest as the alternate. MOTION CARRIED by
unanimous consent.
3. Summer Graduates
MOTION (J. Greene/Horvik): to approve the list of summer graduates as shown
in Attachment 5 (attachment is available by calling the Office of the Registrar
at 701-231-7988). MOTION CARRIED by unanimous consent.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:22 p.m.
Alberta M. Dobry, Ph.D.
Secretary
