Oakland University Senate

September 11, 1969

MINUTES
 

PRESENT: Messrs, Akers, J. Appleton, Barthel, Beardman, Briod, Burdick, Butler, Cherno, Coon, Cramer, DeMent, Dovaras, Dutton, Gerulaitis, Gibson, Haskell, Hetenyi, Heubel, Hildum, lodice, P.J. Johnson, Kleckner, Letvin, Mascitelli, Matthews, Mattis, McKay, Obear, Righter, Rue, Seeber, Simmons, Springfield, Stern, Stoutenburg, Sturner, Susskind, Swanson, Tipler, Torch, Torgoff, Varner, Witt.
ABSENT: Messrs: Childress, Davis, Fernald, Harding, Hoopes, Kent.
GUESTS: Approximately 10.

Chancellor Varner called the meeting to order at 3:45 p.m.

Mr. Obear announced that Mr. Sturner would replace Mr. O'Dowd on the Senate while the Provost is on leave and will also chair the Senate Steering Committee for the fall semester.

Mr. Obear announces that with the approval of the School of Economics and Management, Dean Norton Seeber will now sit on the Senate. It was further explained that when the constitution of the School of Economics and Management is approved by the Senate, one faculty member from the new school will be added to the Senate roster and that the other new positions on the Senate caused by the creation of the new School will be added at the next election.

Chancellor Varner briefly outlined the operating procedures of the Senate for the new members.

New Business

Mr. Kleckner, Chairman of the Election Committee, read the following excerpt from the Constitution of Oakland University to be the guidelines for electing the 1969-71 Steering Committee.

The University Senate shall have a Steering Committee composed of the Provost of the University, who shall serve as chairman, and six other senators elected at the first Senate meeting of the fall semester. The Committee's term of office shall be two years. At least one senator from the College of Arts and Sciences, one from the School of Engineering, and one from the School of Education shall sit on the Committee, .and no more than three seats shall be held by Senators from any one faculty.

Mr. Kleckner handed out ballots for the election of a Steering Committee. Messrs. Matthews, Hetenyi, Gibson, Seeber, Torch and Obear asked to have  their names withdrawn from the ballot.

Those elected to the Steering Committee are as follows:

John Springfield,  Student Body
Leo Gerulaitis, College of Arts and Sciences
Clifford Harding, College of Arts and Sciences
Edward Heubel, College of Arts and Sciences
Ronald Cramer, School of Education
Keith Kleckner, School of Engineering

General Discussion

Chancellor Varner reported on the progress of the Michigan State University President Search and Selection Committee and discussed briefly his meeting with the State Board of Education regarding Oakland University's role statement .

Mr. Springfield asked why the candidates for the first three positions on the Steering Committee were limited to the Senators representing the three colleges. Mr. Kleckner explained that the Constitution requires that there be one Steering Committee member from each college, therefore, by taking care of this matter first, this procedure assured that this requirement of the Constitution was met.

Chancellor Varner suggested that if the Senators, elected by the Student Body, wanted a change in the voting procedure for electing members of the Senate to the Steering Committee, they could draft an amendment to the Constitution and bring it back to the Senate for consideration.

Mr. Cherno moved that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Mr. Heubel.

Approved.

Meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.

Submitted by:
H. N. Stoutenburg, Jr.
Secretary
University Senate
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* Motions and amendments adopted at this meeting.