Oakland University Senate
Sixth Meeting
Thursday, March 12, 1981
3:00 p.m.
128-130 Oakland Center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Frederick W. Obear for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business:
1. Motion from the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (Kleckner, Tower). Item B.I. from the agenda of February 12, 1981.
MOVED that the name Department of Learning Skills be changed to Department of Rhetoric.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
2. a. Main Motion:
Motion from the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (Kleckner/R. Eberwein). Item B.2. from the agenda of February 12, 1981.
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the Board of Trustees that it establish a new rank of Emeritus (or Emerita) Professor to honor distinguished faculty members upon retirement; that it undertake a study to determine appropriate honorific perquisites for retired professors so designated; and that it approve the awarding of emeritus rank under the following conditions:
Title: Emeritus (a) __________(title held or promoted to upon retirement; for example. Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Purpose: To honor retired faculty who have made significant long-term contributions to Oakland and to encourage a continuing relationship with the University.
Eligibility: In order to be eligible to be considered for award of this title, a number of conditions must be met. The faculty member must have been awarded tenure or job security at Oakland University, and must have spent a continuous lengthy period of full-time service (normally at least ten years) at Oakland University ending in retirement. Retirement is here defined as the intention on the part of the individual to reduce her/his commitment to her/his discipline and/or the world of work generally to substantially less than a full- time basis.
Procedure: Nominated by the individual's academic dean after seeking the advice of the appropriate unit(s) and committees recommended by the Provost and President; confirmed by the Board of Trustees.
b. Amendment (Ghausi/R. Eberwein)
Delete the words "or job security" between "tenure" and "at Oakland University" in the Eligibility section.
c. Amendment (Heubel/Ketchum)
Substitute the words "upon the recommendation of the appropriate academic units(s)" after "academic dean" for "after seeking the advice of the appropriate unit(s)" in the Procedure section.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
3. Approval of the Constitution of the School of Performing Arts (Hetenyi/R. Eberwein).
Item B.3. from the agenda of February 12, 1981.
Second Reading: Debatable, but not amendable; eligible for final vote at this meeting.
B. New Business:
None
C. Good and Welfare: Private Resolutions
D. Information Items:
1. The Steering Committee plans to bring to the April Senate meeting recommendations for reconstituting Senate standing committees.
2. The Elections Committee has been charged to preside over the election of the 1981-83 University Senate.