OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Faculty Senate Office
(737-4344)
Corvallis are on 97331
Social Science 107
September 27, 1990
SENATE RECEPTION
Thursday, Oct ber 4, 1990; 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
yrtle Tree Alcove
La ells Stewart Center
Reception hosted by the Academic Aff irs Office, Graham Spanier, Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs, and the Faculty enate Office. Please plan to attend the reception.
FACU TV SENATE AGENDA
Thursday, Oct ber 4, 1990; 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Constr ction & Engineering Hall
La ells Stewart Center
The agenda for the October Senate m ting will include the reports and other items of business
listed below. To be approved are the minutes of the June Senate meeting, as published and
distributed to the faculty.
A.
SPECIAL REPORTS
1.
Acldress b
Provost & Vic
President Graham S anier
Provost Spanier wil~addre s the Senate on the state of the University and goals and
plans for the coming year.
2.
Aclmissions Office Update
Kay Conrad, Director of A missions, will discuss expected changes and initiatives
which may occur in the A missions Office now that the positions of Registrar and
Adlmissions Director have een split.
3.
Library Expansion
Mel George, Director of ferr
expansion of OSU's Libra .
4.
Library, will provide an overview of plans for the
Legislative Expectations
Roger Bassett, LegislJtive Liaison for the Chancellor's Office, will share his
observations about what Higher Education can expect from the 1991 Legislature.
B.
INFORMATION ITEMS
1.
Executive Office Response
Attached are Provost Spani r's responses to the Faculty Senate actions of June 7
and 8, 1990. (pp. 1 - 2)
2.
Nominations Committee
Gary Tiedeman, Nomination Committee Chair, is accepting recommendations for:
(1) President-Elect, (2) Ex cutive Committe members, and (3) Interinstitutional
Faculty Senate representati es. Please forward your nominations to him in care of
the Faculty Senate Office.
3.
Faculty Senate Calendar
Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings. All meetings have
been scheduled in the Co truction and Engineering Hall of the LaSells Stewart
Center, unless otherwise n ed.
November 1, 1990
December 6, 1990 - Austin
January 10, 1991
February 7, 1991
C.
uditorium
March 7, 1991
April 4, 1991 - Austin Auditorium
May 2, 1991
June 6, 1991
ANNUAL REPORTS
All Senate committees and council are expected to report annually to the Senate and to
describe their work for the year. Below is a list of reports that are attached. In most
instances, the reports are for the nformation of the Senate, and committee chairs may
not be present at the Senate meetin . These reports contain no specific recommendations,
although several express views upon which further consideration could be taken.
Questions regarding a report shoul be directed to the chair (prior to the meeting, through
the departmental affiliation), orthe enate president, if appropriate. (Most reports appeared
in the May and June agendas.)
Academic Advising Committee,
om Murphy, Chair (p.3)
D.
REPORT
SENATE PRESIDENT
E.
NEW BU~aNESS
FR M THE FACUL
IN ORDI:R TO PROPERL V RE<tORD MINUTES OF THE SENATE MEETING,
ALL SENATORS ARE REMINDED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES
AND THEIR COLLEGE; AFFILIATION WHEN RISING TO SPEAK.
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VICE PRESIDENT
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June
29, 1990
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mike M rtin, President,
FROM:
Graham
Provos
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RE:
Facult
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Faculty
B. Spanier ".,;>-,} ~<.J',_.
and Vice President
Senate
Actions
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for Academic
of June
val of the 1990 graduates
t commencement exercises.
The
with
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the
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Senate
Affairs
7 and 8, 1990
was noted
at the
OTC resolution will be forwarded, along
the university policy statement, to t.he
tary of Defense, Oregon senators and
rs of Congress, and other key individuals.
ter from President Byrne will accompany
esolution urging policy makers to change
y.
3.
We s pport the changes you made in your
comm'ttee structure and committee standing
rule .
4.
The
acuIty Senate recommendation
on the waiver
of c nfidentiality
is noted.
I will be
resp nding to you in a separate letter on this
matt
5.
The
is n
undergraduate
certificate
programs
6a. The
asters proposal in applied anthropology
has
een referred back to the Dean of the
ColI ge of Liberal Arts with a request that
furt er discussion take place with the
Univ rsity of Oregon regarding their
obje tions.
It is not likely that this
prop sal will make it through the system with
such Ian objection, thus I am reluctant to bring
it forward until such support is possible.
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6b., 6c.l 6d. The proposals
Bior sources Engineering
the hancellor.
pertaining to
have been forwarded
to
2,
Mike Martin
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June 29, 1990
6e. The pro
prepare
on Technology Education is being
forwarding to the Chancellor.
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forward
the Chancellor.
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Bruce Shepar
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July 9, 1990
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Faculty Senate
FRCM:
'!hamas A. Mw:phy, Cllair
AcademicAdvising Connnit
RE:
Annual Report
'!he Academic Advising Connnittee t three times during the 1989-90 academic
year.
Several topics were di.scussed including:
1.
2.
3.
Defining the role,
nsibilities
and functions of the Academic
Advising Committee
Clarify:in;J the rela ionsh.ip of the AcademicAdvis:in;J Committee to
other organizations
ch as the AcademicAdvising Cotmeil and the
Academic Services
ter.
Evaluating the avail
ility and quality of advis:in;J on campus.
In addition the chair of this '-'Vf'"'U.'ttee
lOOtwith the chairs of the Advancement
of Teachi.n<;J
Ccmni.ttee, the Ins
ctional Media Committee and the chair and
several meIliIbersof the Faculty
te Committee in Committees regarding
possible rE~tructuring of the
'ttees.
'Ihrough thE~ discussions it became apparent that the charge for our committee
was tmelear arx:iambiguous. '!he
nsensus of our committee was that:
1.
2.
3.
4.
'!he Academic Advis'
CoImnitteebe confinned as a separate
committee.
'!he AcademicAdvis'
Committeebe given a more explicit mission
with specific respo ibilities
to include an armual review of
advising on campus.
'!he Academic Advising Conunittee have fonnal representation on the
AcademicAdvising CoUncil.
Student memberson the AcademicAdvising Conunittee be appointed
for more than one yekr in order to increase the continuity from
year to year.
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