Fifth Meeting
February 13, 2003
Oakland Center- Gold Rooms B & C
3:10 p. m.

Respectfully submitted by Virinder Moudgil for the Steering committee.

A. Information Items

1. Budget Update - Mr. Moudgil
2. Cooley Law School Update - Mr. Moudgil
3. Athletic Facilities Prospects - Mr. Moudgil
4. General Education Update - Ms. Awbrey and Ms. Piskulich
5. Graduate Certificate Programs Approved

B.  Roll call.   Approval of  Minutes

C. Old Business:

1. Motion from the ad hoc Vision Committee to adopt a vision statement. (Mr. Henke, Ms. Eberwein)

MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President that the following statement be adopted as the vision statement for Oakland University:

Oakland University fulfills its distinctive role among Michigan public universities by steadily enhancing an intellectual and ethical environment that prepares students to lead and serve in the local and world communities.

Comment: The ad hoc committee continues to accept feedback by email to Mr. Henke.

Second reading: Debatable, amendable and  eligible for final vote at this meeting.

2. Motion to revise the membership of the Academic Standing and Honors Committee. (Ms. Schott-Baer, Mr. Latcha)

MOVED that the membership of the Academic Standing and Honors Committee be as follows:

Five faculty; three students (non voting); the Director of the Academic Skills Center, ex officio, the Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee), and the Vice President for Student Affairs (or designee), all non-voting.

Comment: This motion represents a slight change from the one presented at the January meeting in that the motion. The Academic Skills Center provides the administrative support for the committee, which deals primarily with student probation and dismissal. Establishing the Director of the ASC as a regular member of this committee will make it possible for the Vice President for Student Affairs to designate a different member to represent the Division of Student Affairs on the committee for matters of policy affecting student welfare. Currently, the VPSA needs to use up her authority to designate a member by appointing the Director of the Academic Skills Center. This change does not affect voting on the committee. The  faculty members are the only members who vote. For comparison purposes the current membership specification is given below:

Five faculty; the Vice President for Academic Affairs (or an academic officer representing him); three students (non-voting); and the Vice President for Student Affairs (or designee), who is ex-officio and non-voting.

Second  reading: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.

D. New Business:
1. Resolution to support a partnership with Cooley Law School (Mr. Schwartz)

        MOVED that the Senate supports the continuing development of a partnership between Oakland University and the Cooley Law School.

First reading:  Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.

2. Procedural motion to appoint a replacement for Kevin Nathan on the Academic Conduct Committee (Mr. Coppin)

MOVED that Floyd Willoughby (School of Business Administration) be appointed to the Academic Conduct Committee, 2002 - 2003.

E. Good and Welfare:

        Private resolutions

Note: Senate Committee vacancies:

Academic Conduct Committee --1 vacancy for 2003-2004.
Senate Library Committee --1 vacancy for the Social Sciences area of the College of Arts and Sciences for 2002-2004; one vacancy for the School of Engineering and Computer Science for winter, 2003.
      

updated 2/11/03