Minutes of January 25, 2006
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I. The meeting
was called to order by Executive Officer, Byrd at 4:03 p.m. (53 senators present). II. The minutes of November 16,
2006, approved, moved/seconded by Senators Berekley/Greene. IV. Report of the Executive Officer
– Mickey Byrd (Attachment
B). V. Reports of Senate Committees:
Permanent Committees: A. Committee on Committees: Steve
Knouse, Chair. No
Report B. Ways and Means Committee: William
Rieck, Chair. No
report C. Academic Planning and Development
Committee: George Thomas, Chair. No
report D. Governmental Concerns Committee:
No
report. E. Faculty Senate-Faculty Advisory
Council Committee: Harry Bruder, Chair. Senator
Bruder stated that there are two major concerns at the state level. Promoting LSU policies to quickly short circuit routes
to employee termination is being attempted. FAC is in direct contact with
the VP of the system regarding this. The second concern
is the civil emergency policy for intervening and removing people from classrooms
secondary to endangerment and/or threats. (Attachment C). VI. Reports of Special Senate
Committees A. Ad Hoc Committee on Adjunct Faculty:
Need chair person. No
report B. Ad Hoc Web Site Committee: Jack
Ferstel, Chair. No
Report. C. Ad Hoc Committee on Dismissal
for Cause Procedures: John Greene, Chair. Senators Greene and Dorwick moved and seconded that edited
document ‘Procedures for Dismissal for Cause and Imposition of Major Sanctions,’
be approved. Motion passed unanimously. Senator Gentry
moved that this approved document be sent to the president. Motion carried
unanimously. D. Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Student
Housing Concerns: No
report. E. Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Harassment:
Judy Gentry, Chair Senator
Gentry has additional information and will have a meeting. F. Ad Hoc Committee on Status of
Women: Sharon Ridgeway, Chair No
report. G. Ad Hoc
Committee on Diversity: Phebe Hayes, Chair Ms.
Hightower also reported on concerns related to an article, “Honoring a Lie,”
written by John Hinson and published in the Vermilion on January 18, 2006. The article alleges Martin Luther King to be dishonorable
and protests having a Martin Luther King national holiday.
Ms. Hightower, Senator Wooddell and others wrote letters of
protest and Senator Wooddell’s letter was published in the January 25, 2006,
Vermilion. Senator
Wooddel proposed the resolution for the Senate to protest this defamation
article. Whereas, the Faculty Senate of the along with the citizens of the the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., and Whereas, the legacy of Dr. King is especially important
to much of our University family that has been the victim of vicious
language and worse acts, and Though we support Mr. Hinson’s rights under the
first amendment to the Constitution and
would not censor him in any way, The assembled Faculty Senate of the at that the comments of John Hinson in his column
in the Vermilion dated January 18, 2006, are alien to this body
and we do not wish to be associated with them. Resolution passed unanimously. H.
Ad Hoc Committee on Campus Trees Preservation-Lewis Deaton,
Chair No report. VII. Reports of University Committees
A. Curriculum
Committee: No report. B. Faculty
Grievance Committee: Jim Underwood, Chair No Report. Senator Byrd announced the appointment
of Senator T. Clement to fill a vacancy on this committee. C. Faculty
Benefits and Welfare Committee: No report.
D. Library
Committee: Allan Jones, Chair. No report. Questions asked regarding library hours. Senator Flynn provided the following:
Library hours on Friday are 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday
10a.m. -2 p.m., and Sunday 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Keith Dorwick presented the following resolution: Resolved, that the President and the University
Administration re-consider the importance of the library to the
academic mission of the university and extend its hours of operation
without further cuts in the library budget, particularly on Friday afternoons to allow faculty and student research to be completed
in a timely manner. Seconded by E. Committee
on Academic Affairs and Standards: Lewis Deaton, Chair The committee has met, approved three waivers of
residency rule and three overloads; and denied one overload. Approved Comm. 212 as meeting the Board of Regents' requirement. A sub-committee was appointed to examine the drop deadline
and consider moving it to an earlier semester date. F. Parking
and Planning Committee: Joey Dudley, Chair. No
report. G. Student Evaluation of Instruction:
James Flaitz, Chair. No
report. H. Academic Technology Committee
Keith Dorwick, Chairman The committee
has met twice and the chair has met with Dr. S. Landry and Dr. C. Bruder. Two (Intellectual Properties and Technological Literacy)
of the documents are being revised before further action. Two were returned
for additional work. Dr. Landry requested a five year
plan for Distance Learning and that is being done. The major project and
the one on which the Task force is working on Moodle. VIII.
Unfinished Business: None IX. New Business: None X. Announcements: None XI. Other: None XI. Adjournment: Senator
Byrd, Executive Officer, adjourned the meeting at 4:58 p.m. Mary B. Neiheisel,
Secretary Faculty Senate
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