The University Senate
of Michigan
Technological University
Minutes of
Meeting 491
14 April 2010
Synopsis:
The Senate
·
Senate officer elections for the
2010-2011 academic year
1. Call to order and roll call. President Rudy Luck called the University Senate Meeting 491
to order at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The Senate Secretary Marty
Thompson called roll. Absent were Senators Marilyn Cooper and Cody Kangas, and
representatives of Army/Air Force ROTC, Humanities, Mechanical Engineering and
Engineering Mechanics, School of Business, School of Technology, Auxiliaries
and Cultural Enrichment, Advancement, IT, Research, USG and the Graduate
Student Council.
2. Recognition of visitors. Guests included Max Seel (Provost Office), Carl
Anderson (Dean of Engineering), Jackie Huntoon
(Graduate School), Ellen Horsch (Administration), Debra Charlesworth (Graduate
School) and Benjamin Depew (Graduate Student Government).
3. Approval of agenda. Hamlin moved approval of the agenda; Mallet Malette seconded the motion; it passed unanimously
on a voice vote.
4. University Senate meeting dates for the 2010-2011
academic year
Luck stated the University Senate
business could be performed on the two proposed dates: September 15, 2010 and
January 19, 2011. He then moved for approval of the dates; it passed unanimously on a voice vote.
5. Senate officer elections
Luck reminded the Senate that only
continuing and newly appointed Senators are eligible to vote for officers for
the 2010-2011 academic year. Luck turned over floor to Pierce, Senate
Vice-President who asked Onder, chair of the Elections Committee, to describe
the numbers of nominations for each open officer position. Onder stated that
there will be one candidate each for the positions of president and
vice-president and two candidates for the position of secretary. Pierce asked the
Senate if there were any additional nominations for President. There being
none, Hamlin moved to close nominations. Scarlett seconded the motion. Pierce
moved for approval to close nominations for president; it passed unanimously on a voice vote. Storer moved that we vote and
Onder seconded the voice vote for President. Luck was re-elected unanimously on
a voice vote. Luck resumed the gavel and proceeded to the election of the
Senate Vice-President. He asked Onder who the nominees were. Onder stated that
Pierce was the sole candidate to be voted on. Luck sought additional
nominations for Vice-President from the Senate. There being none, Hamlin moved
to close nominations. Christianson seconded the motion. Luck moved for approval
to close nominations for president; it passed
unanimously on a voice vote. Luck moved for a vote; it passed unanimously on a voice vote. Pierce was re-elected
unanimously as Senate Vice-President. Luck then deferred to Onder to list the
nominees for Senate Secretary. Soner noted there were two candidates (Cooper
and Thompson) for the position of Secretary of the University Senate. Luck
asked current Secretary Thompson, to provide statement to the Senate. Thompson
gave a rather concise description of his current status and expressed his
interest in continuing as Senate Secretary. Luck then read a statement on
behalf of Marilyn Cooper who could not be present. Luck sought additional
nominations from the Senate. There being none, Hamlin moved to close
nominations. Onder seconded the motion. Luck moved for approval to close
nominations for secretary; it passed unanimously
on a voice vote. Luck opened the voting by clicker. Results were 8 votes for
Cooper and 19 votes for Thompson. Thompson then resumed his typing duties. Luck
then welcomed the new people to the Senate and referred them to the Senate
website which has become a nexus of information regarding the University Senate.
Luck welcomed all the new Senators
and thanked them for their upcoming contributions to
the University. He added that everything about the Senate is available on the
Senate website. By examining this year’s minutes, new Senators can gain some
idea as to what it is we accomplish. Most important are the Senate Constitution
and the By-laws. These provide the guiding principles which we must follow in
order to achieve meaningful, orderly and constructive
progress for the university. Luck noted that Judi Smigowski has
either distributed or emailed a sheet for new Senators to state committee
choices. Essentially, prior Chairs of committees will be granted their first
choice and from then on anything is fair game. He noted that President Mroz
will be speaking at next week’s Senate meeting and encouraged everyone to
attend.
6. Adjournment. Hamlin moved to
adjourn; Onder seconded the motion. President Luck adjourned the meeting at
5.46pm
Respectfully submitted
by Marty Thompson
Secretary of the University Senate