THE SENATE OF MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL
                               UNIVERSITY

                         Minutes of Meeting 272
                              26 March 1997

Synopsis:  The Senate 
    (1)     elected Phil Sweany (Computer Science), Faith
     Morrison (Chemical Engineering), and Kurt
     Pregitzer (Forestry) to serve on the Search
     Committee for the Vice Provost for Instruction.
    (2)     extended the date to 31 March for nominations for
     Senator At-large.


1.     CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
     Vice President Soldan called special Senate Meeting
272 to order at 5:33 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 March 1997,
in Room B45 of the Electrical Energy Resources Center.
     Secretary Glime called roll.  Absent were
representatives from Business and Economics, Army/Air
Force ROTC, IWR, Enrollment Management, Student
Affairs/Educational Opportunities, Research/University
Relations/Administrative Offices, and
Finance/Advancement.  Liaison in attendance was Ted
Soldan (Staff Council).  
2.     RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
     Guests included Marcia Goodrich (Tech Topics), and
Carol Hoepe (friend of Senator Sloan).
3.     APPROVAL OF AGENDA
     Vice President Soldan suggested moving item 5 New
Business, before item 4 and adding item 6, Nominations
of Senators At-large.
     Carstens MOVED and Walck seconded the motion
to approve the agenda as amended.  The motion to
approve PASSED on voice vote with no dissent.
[Appendix A. NOTE: Only official Senate and Library
archival copies of the minutes will contain a full
complement of appendices.]
5.     NEW BUSINESS
Proposal 10-97, Amendment of Senate Constitution
and Bylaws [Appendix B] 
     The proposal was introduced.
4.     ELECTION OF SENATE MEMBERS FOR VICE
PROVOST FOR INSTRUCTION SEARCH
COMMITTEE
     Vice President Soldan presented three slates of
nominees for the Search Committee for Vice Provost for
Instruction - College of Sciences and Arts:  Jack Jobst
(HU), Sallie Sheldon (Biol. Sci.), Phil Sweany (Comp.
Sci.); College of Engineering:  Faith Morrison (Chem.
Eng.); Kurt Paterson (Civ. & Env. Eng.); Ghatu Subhash
(ME-EM), Madhu Vable (ME-EM); Schools:  Vern
Dorweiler (Business), Bob Filer (Technology), Kurt
Pregitzer (Forestry).  
     Elections proceeded for one position at a time until
one person received a majority of the votes, according to
Search Procedures for Deans and University Administrators. 

     Vice President Soldan asked for additional nominees
for the College of Sciences and Arts.  None were
forthcoming.  Leifer MOVED and McKilligan seconded
the motion to close nominations.  In a secret ballot vote,
Jobst received 12 votes, Sheldon 9, and Sweany 10 on the
first ballot.  In the runoff secret ballot, Sweany received
17 votes and Jobst 14.
     Vice President Soldan asked for additional nominees
for the College of Engineering.  None were forthcoming. 
Leifer MOVED and Nesbitt seconded the motion to close
nominations.  In a secret ballot vote, Morrison received
13 votes, Paterson 8, Subhash 5, and Vable 5.  In the
runoff secret ballot, Morrison received 21 votes and
Paterson 10.       Vice President Soldan asked for
additional nominees to represent the three schools. 
None were forthcoming.  Leifer MOVED and Nesbitt
seconded the motion to close nominations.  In a secret
ballot vote, Dorweiler received 4 votes, Filer 13, and
Pregitzer 14.  In the runoff secret ballot, Filer received 15
votes and Pregitzer 16.
     The Senate-elected members of the search
committee, therefore, will be Phil Sweany, Faith
Morrison, and Kurt Pregitzer.
6.  NOMINATIONS FOR SENATOR AT-LARGE
     Vice President Soldan reported that there were only
two nominees for the position of Senator At-large.  The
officers had discussed this and felt that the Constituents
should be given a choice and we should insure that all
departments had an opportunity to nominate.  In the
past, President Bornhorst sought additional nominees
after the nominations closed so that the Constituents had
choices.
     Senator Walck stated that if the officers were going
to twist arms to get nominees, it should be done before
nominations closed.  It would look to those persons who
volunteered or were nominated that they were not
satisfactory candidates.
     Secretary Glime responded that officers would not
know until nominations closed whether there were
sufficient nominations.  Furthermore, in the past the
runners-up had been treated as alternates if one of the
elected Senators At-large was unable to serve for part of
a term.  
     Soldan ruled that the deadline for nominations
would be extended and invited any objections.  Walck
objected and MOVED not to extend the deadline.  Sloan
seconded the motion.  
     Senator Reed stated that he knew the date had been
extended two years ago to seek additional nominations. 
Walck responded that it was a bad precedent; we should
stop doing it because it looks bad.
     Senator Whitt stated that the period of time provided
seemed to be especially short.  Senate Assistant Meyers
stated that the amount of time was about the same as
before.
     Senator Shonnard asked if the constituents would
vote for one or two people.  Soldan answered two.     Senator Pegg stated that he agreed with Walck in
principle, but that we should not change the procedure
THIS year.  
     Shonnard agreed that one week was too short, but
that a month was too long.  Senator McKimpson stated
that if the arm-twisting was done before the deadline, it
would reduce the incentive to nominate or volunteer.
     The motion not to extend the deadline for
nominations was DEFEATED 7 yes to 20 no by show of
hands.  Vice President Soldan announced that the
deadline for nominations would be extended to Monday,
31 March.  

     Leifer MOVED and Carstens seconded the motion to
adjourn.  The meeting adjourned at 6:13 p.m.



Respectfully Submitted by Janice M. Glime
Secretary of the Senate