OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SENATE
Eighth Meeting
Thursday, 9 April 1992
3:10 p.m.
Oakland Room, Oakland Center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Keith R. Kleckner for the Steering Committee
A. Old Business
1. Motion from the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction to establish a graduation requirement in American cultural diversity (Mr. Appleton; Mr. Hough). Item B.1. from the agenda of 12 March 1992.
MOVED that all Oakland University students must acquaint themselves with American cultural diversity by taking at least one course designated as exploring the implications of the disciplines for ethnic perspectives and interrelationships. Courses will acquire this designation through departmental application to a subcommittee of UCUI, demonstrating that at least the equivalent of three weeks of the course deal with these subjects. These courses may be in any rubric and may also be used to meet general education, major, minor, distribution, concentration, elective credit or other degree requirements. This requirement is to be implemented when UCUI has approved a sufficient number of courses to meet student need.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
2. Motion from the Graduate Council to change designation for some degrees (Mr. Dahlgren; Mr. Pine). Item B.2. from the agenda of 12 March 1992. B.
MOVED that the M.A.T. degree offered by the School of Education and Human Services in the areas of Curriculum, Instruction and Leadership; Early Childhood, and Special Education be designated as M. Ed..
Second Reading Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
B. New Business
1. Motion from the Steering Committee to establish a new standing committee of the Senate (Mr. Hough). This motion emerges from Senate conversations on 13 February and 12 March 1992
MOVED that the Senate establish a University Finance and Budget Committee with charge and membership specifications as follows.
Charge:
1. To seek actively and to receive information bearing on the university budget process and to advise the Senate on matters pertaining to the university budget;
2. To seek and receive information bearing on programs of the Office of Development and to advise the University Senate on matters pertaining to the university's development efforts;
3 To engage in and report on such comparative budget studies as will best support the budget making process at the university.
Membership: Six faculty, one of them the chair of the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (or designee); one administrative- professional (AP), who is appointed by the Executive Committee of the AP Assembly; one student, appointed by the University Student Congress; and the Vice President for Finance and Administration and the Vice President for Development and External Affairs (or designees), both of whom shall be ex officio and voting.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: The finance and budgeting process concerns all sectors of the university, as both the allocation of resources and their acquisition are vital decision-making activities. Understanding this process and developing better ways to address problems of budget and finance are properly the concerns of the University Senate, which recognizes their major impact on academic programs. In the present Senate organization, the APPC has a responsibility to monitor and advise on the academic budget. In recent years, however, university resources have been increasingly directed toward non-academic operations. These reallocations have significant impact, both positive and negative, on academic programs. The Senate has not been involved in or aware of many of these finance and budget decisions. The purpose of the University Committee on Finance and Budget is to act as a vehicle to establish communication. The Steering Committee recognizes that the specific charges of this committee and perhaps of the APPC as well may need to be refined during the next year and suggests that these changes be made in consultation with President Packard.
2. Motion from the Steering Committee to staff standing committees of the Senate (Ms. Briggs-Bunting).
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 (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Edward Haworth Hoeppner
Robert Stern
Martha Zingo
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Barbara Mabee (chair)
Diane Wilson
b. Academic Computing Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Walli Andersen
Kieran Mathieson
Jack Nachman
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
James Dow (chair)
Michael Hartzer
Renate Rohde
c. Academic Conduct Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
William Fish
Frank Lepkowski (chair)
Subbaiah Perla
R. J. Gu (alternate)
Jane Walter (alternate)
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Lawrence Lilliston
Mohammed Bazaz
Michael Latcha
Billy Minor (alternate)
d. Academic Policy and Planning Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Brian Goslin
Miron Stano
Charlotte Stokes
Thomas Windeknecht
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Howard Schwartz
Melinda Beaudry
J. Curtis Chipman (chair)
e. Academic Standing and Honors Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Hoda Abdel-Aty-Zohdy (chair)
Louis Bragg
Mohinder Parkash
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Gloria Blatt
Robert Gaylor
f. Admission and Financial Aid Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Sheila Jacobs
Charles Lindemann
CONTINUING MEMBER serving final year (1992-93)
Janice Fries
g. Campus Development and Environment Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
George Gamboa
Don Mayer
Barbara Theisen
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Geoff Brieger (chair)
Laurie Eisenhower
h. General Education Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Addington Coppin
Steven Gilbert
Michael Smith
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Harvey Burdick
Kevin Grimm (chair)
Sharon Muir
i. Research Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
K. C. Cheok
Janice Schimmelman
Ronald Tracy
Nalin Unakar
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-9 3)
Harriet Margolis
Dean Purcell (chair)
John Reddan
Gopalan Srinivasan
j. Teaching and Learning Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Kevin Andrews
Mary Papazian
Kenneth York
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
David Lau (chair)
Steven Miller
Sandra Pelfrey
k. University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction Sheldon Appleton (chair)
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1992-94) effective fall 1992
Robert Eberwein: College of Arts and Sciences
Janet Krompart: Library
School of Engineering and Computer Science :
School of Health Sciences
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Gloria Blatt: School of Education and Human Services
Anandi Sahu: School of Business Administration
Patricia Ketcham: School of Nursing .
l. Committee on Human Relations
NOMINEES to new three-year terms (1992-95) effective fall 1992
Estela Moreno-Mazzoli
Brian Murphy
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving second year (1992-94)
Sherman Folland
Ann Pogany (chair)
Eleanor Reynolds
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1992-93)
Frances Jackson
Richard Pipan
Mohamed Zohdy
Procedural Motion: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
3. Report from the Research Committee on projected changes in allocations (Mr. Goslin).
4. Special Resolution from the Steering Committee (Ms. Rush).
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees has completed the most open and inclusive presidential search in the history of Oakland University by appointing Dr. Sandra Packard as our next president;
And whereas Dr. Packard brings to this position a strong background of academic leadership at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Bowling Green State University, and Miami University of Ohio;
And whereas she has pledged herself to communicate openly with all university constituencies in advancing the academic and fiscal fortunes of this institution;
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Senate welcomes Dr. Packard to membership in this body and looks forward to working with her for the well-being of Oakland University.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
5. Special Resolution from the Steering Committee (Mr. Edgerton).
WHEREAS John DeCarlo has served Oakland University during the 1991- 92 academic year as our second Interim President;
And whereas he has demonstrated repeatedly during that time his willingness to meet with the University Senate and to provide this body with information on current conditions and future prospects;
And whereas he has worked energetically to assure that the university's affairs are good order for our incoming president;
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Senate thanks Mr. DeCarlo for his services as Interim President.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
6. Conversation on possible privatizing of the University Bookcenter (Mr. Kleckner)
C. Good and Welfare
Private resolutions
D. Information items.