Oakland University Senate
Seventh Meeting
Thursday, 11 April 1991
3:10 p.m.
Gold Room C, Oakland Center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Keith R. Kleckner for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business
1. Motion from the Admissions and Financial Aid Committee to adopt policy modifications for certain transfer admissions (Mr. Hovanesian; Mr. Stern). Item B.I. from the agenda of 14 March 1991.
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board that Section IV of the Undergraduate Admissions Policy adopted in 1985 be modified to implement permanently the modifications introduced for a trial period at the April 20, 1989 meeting of the University Senate.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
B. New Business
1. Motion from the Senate Committee on Human Relations (Ms. Garcia):
MOVED that each School or Department shall develop a program to increase understanding of racial and cultural diversity issues and to examine especially those racial and cultural diversity issues important to that particular discipline.
Reports of accomplishments and programming, including ways in which you plan to implement programming in 1991-92, should be submitted by September 30, 1991, to the Senate Committee on Human Relations.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: The committee seeks information about what academic units have already accomplished to foster multicultural diversity and what they are planning to accomplish during the 1991-92 academic year. Helpful practices and ideas will be made available to the university community. There is no intention for the committee to determine course content or teaching methods.
2. Motion from the Senate Committee on Human Relations (Ms. Garcia):
MOVED that the Senate shall recommend to the President of Oakland University that the Board of Trustees dedicate the sum of one million dollars to endow scholarships to enhance the diversity of the university's student population.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible final vote at this meeting.
Comment: In presenting this motion, the committee envisions the endowment corpus to be comprised of funds donated to or otherwise raised by the university. The motion does not carry with it an expectation that the general fund be tapped for this purpose. Scholarship support of the type proposed would advance the university goal of achieving a more richly culturally diverse student body.
3. Motion from the Steering Committee to staff standing committees of the Senate (Ms. Tripp).
MOVED that the faculty nominated below be confirmed as appointed to committees with terms as specified.
a. Academic and Career Advising Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Barbara Mabee
Diane Wilson
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Frank Cioch (chair)
Amir Hormozi (on leave during 1990-91 academic year)
Jon Yates
b . Academic Computing Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
James Dow
Michael Hartzer
Renate Rohde
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Rita Gallagher (chair)
Charles Cheng
Kenneth York
c. Academic Conduct Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Lawrence Lilliston (chair)
Mohammad Bazaz
Michael Latcha
Billy Minor (alternate)
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Fay Hansen-Smith
Anahid Kulwicki
Frank Lepkowski
Ren-Jyh Gu, alternate
Carol Zenas, alternate
d . Academic Policy and Planning Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Howard Schwartz
Melinda Beaudry
J. Curtis Chipman
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Beverley Geltner (Chair)
Joel Russell
David Sidaway
Sarma Vishnubhotla
e. Academic Standing and Honors Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Julia Dorminey
Robert Gaylor
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Hoda Abdel-Aty-Zohdy (chair)
Addington Coppin
Mary Mittelstaedt
f. Admission and Financial Aid Committee
NOMINEE to new two-year term (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Janice Fries
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Gadis Dillon (chair)
Robert Stern
g. Campus Development and Environment Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Geoff Brieger
Laurie Eisenhower
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
George Gamboa
Bruce Mann
Barbara Theisen
h. General Education Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Harvey Burdick
Kevin Grimm
Sharon Muir
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Charles Marks (chair)
Renate Gerulaitis
Clementine Rice
i. Research Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Ka C. Cheok
Harriet Margolis
Dean Purcell
John Reddan
NOMINEE to one-year term (1991-92)
Satish Walia
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Linda Benson
Austin Murphy
Meir Shillor
Brian Goslin (Graduate Council Appointee) (chair)
j. Teaching and Learning Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
David Lau
Steven Miller
Sandra Pelfrey
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
Robert Edgerton
Patricia Montenegro (chair)
Darlene Schott-Baer
k. University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction
Sheldon Appleton (Chair)
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1991-93) effective fall 1991
Gloria Blatt: School of Human and Educational Services
Anandi Sahu: School of Business Administration
Patricia Ketcham: School of Nursing
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-92) serving final year
You-Lang Gu: School of Engineering and Computer Science
Osa Jackson: School of Health Sciences
Mildred Merz: Library
Frank Schieber: College of Arts and Sciences
l. Committee on Human Relations
NOMINEES to new three-year terms (1991-94) effective fall 1991
Ronald Kevern
Sherman Folland
Ann Pogany
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1990-93) serving second year
Frances Jackson
Richard Pipan
Mohamed Zohdy
CONTINUING MEMBERS (1989-92) serving final year
Wilma Garcia (chair)
Monifa Jumanne
John Tower
Procedural Motion: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
C. Good and Welfare
Private Resolutions
D. Information Items
1. Report from the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Conference Center Planning (Mr. Pettengill)