Oakland University Senate
Second Meeting
October 15, 1998
Oakland Center, Oakland Room
3:10 p.m.

Agenda

Refreshments will be served.

 Respectfully submitted by the Steering Committee.

A.     Approval of the minutes of the September 17, 1998 Senate meeting.

B.     Information items.

1.      Information technology--Mr. Cigna

2.      North Central Accreditation Report--Ms. Awbrey

Copies of the report have been sent to all academic units and additional copies are on reserve in the Library. The final report is scheduled to be sent to the bindery on November 1st so this Senate meeting represents one of the last opportunities for individuals to comment, to suggest changes and to make corrections. Please carefully review the document, and in particular those sections relating to your area and the SWOT analysis at the end.  

C.     Old Business

        None

D.    New Business

1.     Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff Senate standing committees (Mr. Keane)

MOVED that the persons listed below be appointed to Senate standing committees for the terms specified:

a.     ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING COMMITTEE
        Terri Orbuch (Department of Sociology)--1998-2000

b.     ACADEMIC COMPUTING COMMITTEE
        John Halpin (Department of Philosophy)--1998-99 to replace Ranald Hansen (Department of               Psychology)
        Robert Kushler (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), to serve as chair, 1998-99

c.    ACADEMIC CONDUCT COMMITTEE
       Shawn Patterson (Library)--Fall 1998 to replace Mary Van Sell (School of Business                     Administration)

d.    GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
       Nivedita Mukherji (School of Business Administration)--1998-99 to replace Nathan                      Longon (Department of Modern Languages)

e.    HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE
       Ravi Khattree (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)--1998-2001
       Ron Sudol (Department of Rhetoric, Communications and Journalism)--1998-2001

f.    HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
       Lucia Perez (School of Education and Human Services)--1998-99 to replace Patricia                 Montenegro (Department of Modern Languages)

g.     SENATE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE
        Rasul Chaudhry (Department of Biology)--1998-2000 to replace Anandi Sahu (School of              Business Administration)
        Geoffrey Wawro (Department of History)--Fall, 1998 to replace Sean Moran (Department of              History)

h.    SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
        Tamara Machmut-Jhasi (Department of Art and Art History)--Fall, 1998 to replace John              Cameron (Department of Art and Art History)

        Procedural motion: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.

Comment: We are making progress in staffing Senate Committees but as can be seen by the note at the end of the agenda, a number of additional short term vacancies remain to be filled. Faculty who wish to volunteer for Senate standing committees may still make their wishes known to the Steering Committee.

2.     Motion from the Steering Committee to change membership of the University Committee on Assessment. (Ms. Reynolds)

MOVED that the membership of the University Committee on Assessment be changed to include the Vice President for Student Affairs, or designee.

First Reading: Debatable, amendable but not eligible for final vote.

Comment: This change was requested by the Assessment Committee. The membership (with the proposed change underlined) would then consist of:

Three faculty members from the College and one from each School and the Library, appointed to staggered three-year terms by the Senate upon nomination of the Steering Committee, which shall designate one of these as chair; one student designated by the University Student Congress; the Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee), the Vice President for Student Affairs (or designee) and one Oakland University alumnus(a) designated by the Alumni Board on nomination of the Director of Alumni Relations.

E.   Good and welfare.

Note: A number of short term committee vacancies still need to be filled. Please share this information with your colleagues.

ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING
1 vacancy, Fall 1998 (to replace Karen Sheridan)
ACADEMIC CONDUCT COMMITTEE
1 vacancy, Fall 1998 (to replace Carl Barnes)
ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE
1 vacancy, Winter 1999; also chair for Winter 1999 (to replace Barbara Theisen)