Oakland University Senate
Sixth Meeting
Thursday, February 14, 1980
3: 1 5 p. m.
128-130 Oakland Center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Frederick W. Obear for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business:
None
B. New Business:
1. Resolution of Commendation for Mary Sue Rogers and 1979 University Congress (J. Tower).
WHEREAS Ms. Mary Sue Rogers has served with distinction as President of the University Congress; and
WHEREAS under her able leadership the University Congress has initiated and completed several activities of value to the University including both the Student Library Donation and the Oakland University Twentieth Birthday Celebration; and
WHEREAS Ms. Rogers and her colleagues in the University Congress have made considerable efforts to involve the student body constructively in the activities of the university community; therefore be it
RESOLVED that her former colleagues in the University Senate take this means to thank Ms. Rogers and her fellow Congress members for their productive efforts over the past year.
Procedural Motion: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
2. Resolution from Steering Committee (J. Tower).
WHEREAS the Steering Committee of the University Senate last July recommended that the Board of Trustees of Oakland University consider the presidential search procedures recently used by the Regents of the University of Michigan; and
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees announced in October a presidential search procedure modeled after that used by the Regents of the University of Michigan; and
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees requested the Steering Committee to appoint a Faculty Advisory Committee to the Presidential Selection Committee and other appropriate bodies to appoint administrative-professional employee, alumni, and student advisory committees; and
WHEREAS the University Senate considers an essential feature of the University of Michigan model to involve the participation of some members of the Faculty Advisory Committee in all interviews of finalists- therefore be it
RESOLVED that the University Senate urges the Board of Trustees to attempt to select a set of finalists who are endorsed by the four advisory committees; and be it further
RESOLVED that the University Senate requests that the Board of Trustees of Oakland University include this provision for faculty participation in all interviews as an integral part of the search and selection procedures and that these procedures be established and publicized as soon as possible.
Procedural Motion: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
3. Motion from the Steering Committee (J. Tower).
MOVED that the Senate approve the formation of a new standing committee to be known as the Academic Computing Committee with the following charge and membership specifications:
CHARGE: The Academic Computing Committee shall be responsible for advising the University Senate on all matters pertaining to the use of computers for instruction and research. It is expected to define and be responsive to the needs of students and faculty using the university for devising and directing the implementation of plans to develop appropriate levels of computer literacy for all students and faculty of the university, it is required to prepare annually a recommendation to the Provost and President on requirements for improvement's and additions in computer facilities (both hardware and software) to meet the anticipated academic computing needs for the subsequent five year period.
The Academic Computing Committee Shall advise the Director of Computing Services as necessary and shall assist him in developing services, schedules, and priorities for academic computing usage in relation to total university computer usage. It should, periodically examine patterns of use and charge systems, and make recommendations for such modifications as may be necessary.
MEMBERSHIP: Six faculty members, one appointed as Chair, two students, one appointed by the University Congress and one by the Oakland University Programming Society Manager of Academic Computing Services, ex officio and voting, Director of Research and Instructional Services, ex officio and voting.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
C. Good and Welfare: Private Resolutions
D. Informational Items:
1. Mr. Billy J. Minor will replace Ms. Dolores Burdick on the Academic Conduct Committee for the remainder of her two year term.
2. The APPC has recommended that there be a uniform ten- minute break between all scheduled class periods and that the times for classes published in the Schedule of Classes give both the starting and ending times for each class. The following times will be administratively implemented effective with the 1980 Fall term;
MWF: 8:00-9:05, 9:15-10:20, 10:30-11:35, 11:45-12:50, 1:00-2:05, 2:15-3:20, 3:30-4:35
MW: 3:30-5:20, 6:00-7:50, 8:00-9:50
TTh: 8:00-9:50, 10:00-11:50, 1:00-2:50, 3:00-4i50, 6:00-7:50, 8:00-9:50
The classes that meet for one evening only will remain from 6:30-10:00.
3. The Board of Trustees at its February 20 meeting will consider an administrative recommendation to transfer the Department of Music from the College of Arts and Sciences to the School of Performing Arts effective July 1, 1980, and to grant the School authority to recommend primary appointment of faculty in the performing arts discipline of music. Implications of this transfer for Senate membership will be considered by the Steering Committee later this semester.