Oakland University Senate
Third Meeting
November 21 , 2002
Oakland Center- Gold Rooms B & C
3:10 p. m.
Agenda
Respectfully submitted by Virinder Moudgil for the Steering committee.
A. Information Items
1. Report on visit to Cooley Law School Advisory Committee visit to Lansing- Mr. Khapoya
2. School of Nursing ten-year accreditation and Dean Search - Mr. Moudgil
B. Roll call. Approval of Minutes
D. Old Business:
1. Motion from the School of Nursing to approve a revised Constitution (Ms. Vincent)
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board approval of the new Constitution of the School of Nursing.
Second reading: Debatable and eligible for final vote at this meeting. Senate protocol holds constitutions to be unamendable from the floor. If revisions seem to be
needed, the document will be referred to its authors for reconsideration.
Comment: The revised Constitution has been approved by the School of Nursing faculty. Copies of the revised constitution and the original showing the changes are available as follows:
Original version showing the changes
Revised Constitution
2. Motion from the Steering Committee to recommend approval of a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (Mr. Downing)
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board of Trustees approval of a program leading to a Bachelor of Art in Studio Art.
Second reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting..
Comment: The proposal, related documents and responses from the various Senate committees are available here.
3. At the request of the Academic Computing Committee, the Steering Committee has withdrawn the motion to amend its name and charge.
4. Motion from the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction (UCUI) to amend the method by which the chair is appointed (Ms. Eberwein).
MOVED that the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education be named the permanent chair of the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction by amending the membership list as follows: [strikeouts indicate deletions; bold type additions]
Membership:
One faculty member from each organized faculty, appointed to staggered three-year terms by the Senate upon nomination by the Steering Committee, each of whom shall represent UCUI to the Committee on Instruction or equivalent group in her/his academic unit and one of whom shall be chair; the Director of General Studies; two undergraduate students designated by the University Student Congress; the above to be voting members. In addition the following shall serve ex-officio and non-voting: the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education as chair; the Vice President for Student Affairs (or designee); and the Registrar (or designee)
Second reading: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.
Comment: This change is proposed by the committee in its chair�s 2001-2002 report: �consideration should be given to appointing the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education as chair (paralleling arrangements for the Graduate Council). This was the Senate�s original plan for UCUI and still makes sense in terms of power to implement decisions and keep the catalog updated.�
E. New Business:
1. Motion from the Steering Committee setting a deadline for a report from General Education Task Force II (Mr. Schwartz).
MOVED that General Education Task Force II continue to consult widely and develop a plan for general education as directed by the Senate at its meeting of April 11, 2002, and that it present a report to the Senate by March 31, 2003.
Procedural motion: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: Through this procedural motion, the Steering Committee, in light of the recent resolution on general education from the Assembly of the College of Arts and Sciences, reaffirms the process of consultation and development set in motion at last April's Senate meeting and adds a deadline for a report from the task force. The deadline of March 31, 2003, will make it possible for the report to be on the agenda for the regular April meeting of the University Senate.
2. Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff Senate standing committees (Mr. Schwartz).
MOVED that the persons listed below be appointed to the Senate committees for the terms specified and those so designated be appointed as chair:
Senate Planning Review Committee
Brian Goslin (School of Health Sciences) as chair, Winter 2003
Shannon McNair (School of Education and Human Services) --Winter, 2003 (replacement for Frances Jackson)
F. Good and Welfare:
Private resolutions
Note: Senate Committee vacancies:
Senate Library Committee --1 vacancy for the Social Sciences area of the College of Arts and Sciences for 2002-2004.
updated 11/19/02