Oakland University Senate
Seventh Meeting
April 4, 1996
3:10 p.m.
Oakland Center, Gold Rooms B -C
Agenda
A. Information Items
Report (attached) from UCUI regarding CLEP credits.
B. Old Business
1. Motion from the Graduate Council (Mr. Dahlgren, Mr. Andrews)
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board the establishment of a program in Software Engineering leading to the Master of Science degree.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.
Comment: A copy of the proposal was distributed with the March 14th agenda.
2. Motion from the Graduate Council (Mr. Dahlgren, Mr. Downing)
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board the establishment of a program leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Applied Mathematical Sciences.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.
Comment: A copy of the proposal was distributed with the March 14th agenda.
C. New Business
1. Motion from the Steering Committee ( Mr. Christina)
MOVED that, during the term for which they are appointed, no member of a Senate Committee shall receive any money, award, or anything of value as a result of an action or recommendation of a Senate committee of which they are a member.
First reading: Debatable, amendable but not eligible for final vote.
Comment: Current Senate policy, adopted in 1984, disqualifies any member of a standing committee from applying to that committee for funds during his/her period of service. The proposed motion clarifies and extends that policy in order to avoid any potential conflict-of-interest.
2. Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff Senate standing committee (Ms. Jackson)
MOVED that the persons listed below be confirmed as nominated to Senate standing committees:
a. ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Ching Ko (Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Science)
Devadatta Kulkarni (Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
David Garfinkle (Associate Professor of Physics)
Barbara Theisen , chair (Associate Professor of Accounting)
b. ACADEMIC COMPUTING COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Robert Facko (Associate Professor of Music)
Gary Moore (Associate Professor of Nursing)
Joel Russell (Professor of Chemistry)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Robert Christina (Associate Professor of Education)
Robert Stewart, chair (Associate Professor of Psychology)
Uma Venkateswaran (Assistant Professor of Physics)
c. ACADEMIC CONDUCT COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Ted Landau (Associate Professor of Psychology)
Billy Joe Minor (Associate Professor of Education)
Gopalan Srinivason (Associate Professor of Physics)
Daniel Ring (Assistant Professor-Library)
Mohinder Parkash (Associate Professor of Accounting)
Vacancy
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Natalie Cole, chair (Associate Professor of English)
William Keane (Associate Professor of Education)
Ravi Khattree ( Professor of Mathematical Sciences)
Michael Latcha (Associate Professor of Engineering)
Tung Weng (Professor of Engineering)
Mary Lou Wesley (Instructor in Nursing)
d. ACADEMIC STANDING AND HONORS COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Edward Haworth Hoeppner (Associate Professor of English)
Randy Gu (Associate Professor-Engineering and Computer Science)
Dyanne Tracy (Associate Professor of Education)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Ronald Finucane, chair (Professor of History)
Mark Severson (Associate Professor of Chemistry)
e. ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Brian Connery (Associate Professor of English)
Mary Mittelstaedt (Assistant Professor of Nursing)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Karen Miller, chair (Assistant Professor of History
Floyd Willoughby (Associate Professor of Management)
f. CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Laurie Eisenhower (Associate Professor of Dance)
Geoffry Wawro (Assistant Professor of History)
Sherman Folland (Associate Professor of Economics)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Geoff Brieger, chair (Professor of Chemistry)
Robert Gaylor (Associate Professor-Library)
g. GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Margaret Christenson (Instructor- Nursing)
Jerry Grossman (Professor of Mathematical Sciences)
Nivedita Mukherji (Assistant Professor of Economics)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Walli Andersen (Associate Professor of Rhetoric) on leave fall semester
Barbara Mabee (Associate Professor of German)
Andre Slavin (Associate Professor of Physics)
Replacement: vacancy--fall semester only to replace Walli Andersen (fall 1996)
h. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
New members nominated for three year terms effective 15 August 1996
John Bello-Ogunu (Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Communications & Journalism)
Patricia Montenegro (Associate Professor of Spanish)
New member nominated for two year term effective 15 August 1996
Brian Murphy (Professor of English)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Rasul Chaudry (Associate Professor of Biological Sciences)
Kenneth York (Associate Professor of Management
I. RESEARCH COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Mukesh Bharghava (Assistant Professor of Marketing)
Todd Estes (Assistant Professor of History)
Nicole Buffard-O’Shea (Associate Professor of French)
Winson Taam (Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Jim Cipielewski (Assistant Professor of Education)
Jon Yates (Associate Professor of Biological Sciences)
Carol Zenas, chair (Associate Professor of Nursing)
Ranald Hansen ( Professor of Psychology)
j. SENATE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE
New members nominated for three year terms effective 15 August 1996
Sean Moran (Associate Professor of History)
Ernie Schochetman (Professor of Mathematical Sciences)
Continuing members serving 2d year of three year terms
Edward Farragher (Associate Professor of Finance)
Keith Kleckner, chair (Professor of Engineering)
Continuing members serving final year of three year terms
Ron Sudol ( Professor of Rhetoric)
Mary Van Sell (Associate Professor of Management)
k. SENATE PLANNING REVIEW COMMITTEE
New members nominated for three year terms effective 15 August 1996
Gaddis (Buck) Dillon (Professor of Accounting)
Abe Liboff (Professor of Physics)
Continuing members serving 2d year of three year terms.
Kevin Andrews (Professor of Mathematical Sciences)|
David Shantz (Associate Professor of Psychology)
Continuing members serving final year of three year terms
Robert Eberwein (Professor of English)
Michelle Piskulich (Associate Professor of Political Science)
l. TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMITTEE
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
Austin Murphy (Associate Professor of Finance)
Seigo Nakao (Assistant Professor of Japanese)
B. Joyce Wiencek (Visiting Professor of Education)
Jacqueline Wiggins (Assistant Professor of Music Education)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
Shelley Appleton (Professor of Political Science)
Richard Pipan (Associate Professor of Education)
Ananda Sen (Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences)
Susan Woods, chair (Associate Professor of Art History)
m. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT
New members nominated for two year terms effective 15 August 1996
College of Arts and Sciences:
Christine Hansen (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
School of Business Administration:
Sandra Pelfrey (Associate Professor of Accounting)
School of Nursing:
Darlene Schott-Baer (Associate Professor of Nursing)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
College of Arts and Sciences:
Kathleen Moore, chair (Associate Professor of Chemistry)
School of Engineering and Computer Science:
Bhushan Bhatt (Professor of Engineering and Computer Science)
School of Health Sciences:
Brian Goslin (Associate Professor of Exercise Science)
School of Education and Human Services:
Robert Wiggins (Assistant Professor of Education)
n. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTION
New members nominated for three year terms effective 15 August 1996
College of Arts and Sciences:
Barbara Hamilton (Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Communications, and Journalism)
School of Health Sciences:
Vacancy
Continuing members serving 2d year of three year terms:
School of Business Administration:
Addington Coppin (Assistant Professor of Economics)
School of Education and Human Services:
Eric Follo (Associate Professor of Education)
School of Nursing:
Catherine Vincent (Assistant Professor of Nursing)
Continuing members serving final year of two year terms
School of Engineering and Computer Science:
Fatma Mili (Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Science)
Library: Ann Pogany (Assistant Professor-Library)
Procedural motion: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: The names listed above, drawn principally from volunteer lists, reflect the Steering Committee’s current expectations about committee membership. Veteran senators will not be surprised to find corollary motions on subsequent agendas to replace members who will be on leave. Faculty who wish to volunteer for Senate standing committees may still make their wishes known to the Steering Committee and will be considered as vacancies arise. When considering the overall balance of these committees, it is important to remember that most have student and administrative members as well as faculty elected by the Senate.
2. Good and welfare.
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