THE
university SENATE OF
Minutes of Meeting 454
3 October 2007
Synopsis:
(1) The Senate elected Gerry Caneba to the Faculty Distinguished Service Award Committee
(2) The Senate Introduced Proposal 2-08, Certificate in Global Technological Leadership
1. CALL TO
ORDER AND ROLL CALL
President Sloan called the University Senate Meeting 454 to order at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, 3 October 2007, in Room B45 EERC.
Secretary Glime called roll. Absent were at-large Senators Michele Miller and Nick Koszykowski and representatives from Army/Air Force ROTC, Biomedical Engineering, Geological and Mining Engineering and Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and Academic Services B. Liaisons in attendance were SherAaron Hurt (USG), and Lakshmi Krishna (GSC). Academic Services C and Auxiliaries currently have no elected representatives.
2. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
Guests included Bob Warrington (IIS).
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Nelson MOVED and Kern seconded the motion to approve the agenda. The motion to approve PASSED on voice vote with no dissent.
4. approval of minutes from meeting 453
L. Davis MOVED and Veurink seconded the motion to approve the minutes of Meeting 453 as presented. The motion PASSED on voice vote with no dissent.
5. President’s Report
President Sloan
reported that the Provost is dining with the Board of Control tonight. The administration hasn't acted on any Senate
proposals since our last Senate meeting.
6. Old business
University Standing
Committee Elections
Gerry Caneba has agreed to serve on the Faculty Distinguished Service Award Committee, if elected. There were no contending nominations, so he was elected by acclamation.
President Sloan announced that there is also an open position on the Public Safety Oversight Committee. However, there were no nominations.
7. New Business
Proposal 2-08,
Certificate in Global Technological Leadership
Senator Kern, asking on behalf of Bill Yarroch, questioned why the majority of teaching staff, mostly GTA's, are from one department if this is an interdisciplinary program.
Senator Boschetto-Sandoval pointed out that the graduate degree was in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, not Scientific and Technical Communication. She inquired where the languages would be taught.
Boschetto-Sandoval commented that there is no reference in the proposal to intercultural communication.
Kern expressed the concerns raised by Yarroch regarding cost. The proposal refers to 20 scholarships for students. That means they are not paying, so how is new money generated, as suggested in paragraph 4 of page 4?
Kern asked
8. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 5:48 pm.
Respectfully Submitted by Janice M. Glime
Secretary of the University Senate