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FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
1989 Meeting 454 - January 12. 1889
FORALL ACADEMIC
STAFF
Barduson;
Mathany,
Sel ivonchick,
The regular
Jaruary meeting was called
to order at 3: 10
p.m. by President
Thurston Doler in LaSells Stewart Center
following a reception
hosted by Academic Affairs honoring
retiring
President
Doler.
Doler carmented on his report
attached
to the agenda ard reminded Senators that AOF is
their organization
ard it should be utilized.
Jonathan
King, Carroll DeKock, Mary Powelson, and Paul Farber were
recognized
as _ outgoing
Executive
Committee MeRbers.
Incoming President
Gary Tiedeman received
the gavel from
President
Doler and presented
the outgoing President
with
a
myrtlewood
plaque
recognizing
Dol err s
career
contributions
to
the
Faculty
Senate
ard OSU.
President
Tiedeman then installed
Mike Martin as President-Elect;
Francie Faulkenberry,
Henry Sayre, ard Bill Smart as the
new Executive
Committee rneniJers; ard welcaned the new
r=>.
Senators.
Minutes of the DeceRber 1 meeting were approved
as ptblished
ard distributed
with one exception:
Joel
Davi s loIas reported
as bei ng absent when he was actually
present.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The President,
were
installed.
Parl iamentarian.
President-Elect,
ard Executive
Committee
Thurston
Doler
was approved
as
Amendnent was approved to be inserted
in
the Guidel ines for Program Reductions.
Senate approved a
report prepared
by the FEWCfor the Chancellor'S
Office
regarding
Proposed
Salary
Adjustments.
The Senate
approved
the quarter-equivalent
There may be
Faculty Cllb.
a possibil
ity
of the Baccalaureate
of
a
facil ity
to
Core.
house
a
Amendnent to Guidel ines for Program RedJct ions , passed,
Motion
to
amend
portions
of
the
FEI/C's
first
reconmendation
regarding
Salary
Adjustments,
fai led;
motion to amend the above amendnent, failed;
motion to
approve
FEI/C's
reconmendations
regarding
Salary
Adjustments,
passed.
Motion
of
that
the
Senate
adopt
the
Baccalaureate
Core,
89-454-01 through 89-454-07]
the
passed.
J. Drexler;
Sessions,
P. Adams: Suttie,
D.
Langely.
Members Absent
~ere:
Baxter,
Crabtree,
DlI1can,
Gates, Krahmer, Ladd, Mundt, Nelson, M. Orzech,
Schauber, Schultz,
Trehu, ard Van HoLde.
Froman,
Righetti,
Facul ty Senate Officers/Staff:
Thurston Doler, Outgoing
Senate
President;
Gary
Tiedeman,
Incoming
Senate
President;
Mike
Martin,
President-Elect;
Vickie
Nunnemaker, Senate Administrative
Assistant.
Guests
of the Senate
Kinsey
Green,
~ere:
John Davis,
Home Economics;
Academic Affairs;
Kathleen
Heath,
Curriculum
Council;
Susan Horn, Staff Benefits;
Stan Miller,
Bylaws
Committee;
R. J. Morris,
General
Science,
ard Margy
~oodburn, Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee.
APPROVALOF PARLIAMENTARIAN
- Motion 89-454-01 passed
voice vote approving Thurston Doler as Parliamentarian.
by
AMENDMENTS
TO GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAMREDUCTIONS- Al
Mukatis has requested
a slight
rephrasing
to his proposal
contained
in the agerda which is being recommerded by the
Executive
Committee for Senate approval.
The amendnent
would strike
"use
due diligence
in"
and replace
it
with
"di l i gentl Y", change "seeki ng" to "seek",
and change
"attenpt i ng" to "attenpt".
The proposed amendnent reads
as follows:
"The University
faith
place
administration
paragraph
Providing
Reduction
will
act
in good
and diligently
seek out ard et tenpt to
the affected
faculty member in an alternate
position
in the University."
The proposed
amendnent would
SUMMARY
OF SENATEACTIONS:
quarter-equivalent
[Includes motions
G. Beach; Miller,
D. ~illiams:
be
placed
at
the
erd
of
6 on page 6 of. the Institutional
ProcedJres
for Faculty Input During Program or Departmental
or Elimination
and/or Financial
Exigency.
Senator Mukatis explained that this proposal is an attenpt
to clarify
the board rules.
There was no discussion
or
objection
to the rephrasing.
Motion 89-454-02 to amend
the Guidelines
for Program RedJctions
by inserting
the
above sentence
passed
by voice vote.
r>.
ROLLCALL: MeRbers Not Present
~ere Represented
as
Follows:
Avery, D. watkins; Conrad, C. Michel; Griggs,
Freeman: Kerr, J. Pease: Kinch, E. Brazee: Kock, P.
President
M.
suffered
mobility
Tiedeman
amounced
that
D.
Curtis
a stroke prior to Christmas,
is experiencing
problems, but is recovering nicely.
Mumford
some
RECCM4ENDATIa-I
a-I PROPOSEDSALARYADJUSTMENTS
FOR 1989-91
Request by Chancellor's
Office as to how, speculatively,
OSU might divide !4) any salary
increases
that may come
forth
in the future,
This was an opportl.l1ity
for the
Senate to endorse the Faculty Economic Welfare Committee's
reconmendation.
The FEWC made these
recarmendations
without the endorsement
of the Senate since the Facul ty
Senate Office
received
the request
on December 28 and
administration
needed a reply by the end of the first week
in Jan.J8ry (prior
to the Senate meeting)
in order to
formulate
their
response
to the Chancellor's
Susan Hron, Benefits
Officer,
benefits
package and stated
Office.
explained
aspects
of the
that
the facul ty benefi ts
package is the least costly to the University,
because it
contains
fewer benefits
than the Classified
or Management
Service packages.
Senator
Shaughnessy,
COS, was concerned
that benef its
should not be the first
priority
as stated under #1 of the
FEWCreport and moved to amend reccmnendation #1 to read:
"Faculty should have the option of drawing part of their
benefits
in the form of a 'cash-back',
i.e.,
as additional
salary."
[Motion 89-454-03]
Following a more cOl1'4'lete explanation
of the package from
lIP Spanier and lengthy discussion,
Senator Francis moved
to amend the amerdnent by placing the above statement at
the end of #2. The recomnendation
would then read:
"The !WlIOUOt
allocated
benefits'
should be
for an indivicilal's
'faculty
equal to the average ~t
provided
for
classified
management employees.
Faculty should have the option of drawing part
of
their benefits
in the form of a 'cash-back',
i.e.,
as additional
salary."
[Motion 89-454-04]
Motion 89-454-03
#1 was defeated
to change the wording
hand vote.
of reconmendation
by
present at the conclusion
of the presentation.
Tiedeman rejected
the motion as inappropriate.
President
Senator
Shepard,
speaki ng for the Curri culun Council,
reviewed procedJres
for reconverting
semester curricula,
what the General Education program should be, and outl ined
the achievements
made in obtaining
the new curricula.
Sheperd moved that "The Senate adopt, as the core of its
general education
requirement.
the C!Jarter-equivalent
of
the Baccalaureate
Core reccmnended to the Senate by its
Curriculun COI.I1Cil." [Motion 89-454-06]
Senator
Shepard
expressed
frustration
over
the
Board's
reversal
on the semester conversion
in light of the fact
that
OSU had worked diligently
to meet the original
conversion requirements.
Senator
Richardson,
Education
Model to
requirement.
COAg, moved to amend the Genera l
add an additional
3 credit
Math
Motion was not seconded.
Senator
Mrazek moved the previous
C!Jestion to vote on
whether to vote on Shepard's
motion.
[Motion 89-454-07]
Motion passed by voice vote.
Motion 89-454-08
passed
by voice vote.
VP ANDPROVOSTGRAHAM
SPANIER - lIP Spanier spoke briefly
on
the
following
items:
Recognition
of
Doler's
contributions
and
leadership
as
Senate
President:
mentioned
that
the OSU portland.
Center
is now open:
reminded Senators
that the new Chancellor,
Torn Bartlett,
will begin on February 6, and that the Legislative
Session
has be9l.l1;stated
that the Faculty Associate Program will
continue
through next year;
OHSU to locate an expansion
the OSU c~:
and, there
arnouncements
for OSU on six
discussions
between OSU and
of the School of Nursing on
are currently
plbl ic service
TV stati ons at no charge to
OSU.
Motion 89-454-05
to approve
total passed by voice vote.
FEWC's reccmnendations
in
FACUlTY/UNIVERSlTY CLUB
A new faci l ity
is
now
potentially
available.
If anyone would like to volunteer
DETERMINING
APPORTla-IMENTCHARTSFOR NO-RANKFACULTY- In
the
past,
the
Executive
Committee
has
made the
detennination
each year
of who is excluded
in the
apport i onnent.
However, s i ~e there is turnover with in
the EC, the same classifications
may not be excluded each
year.
Stan Miller,
Bylaws Committee Chair,
appeared
before the Senate seeking
its
ir'9-Jt on who should be
excluded,
who should enforce
the exclusions,
and what
criteria
should be used.
Assoc. VP Fullerton
explained
who has been excluded
previously.
After
further
discussion,
it
was agreed
that
recons i der the issue
and return
specific
reccmnendation.
the Committee would
to the Senate with a
CURRICUlLMCClJNCIL RE~T
RE: RECONVERSla-ITO QUARTER
SYSTEM- Senator Garrble moved to place a time limit of
5:00 pm on this matter and that the matter be concluded if
a majority of the people who are currently
present are not
to
reconstitute
an ad hoc. committee
feasibility
of this
location,
Senate Office at x4344.
please
to
investigate
call
the
the
Faculty
REPGlTS FRCMTHE OUTGOINGFACULTYSENATEPRESIDENT ~ In
response to Senator Ganble's question,
President
Tiedeman
stated that the Senate
from the
Executive
possibly a combination
to the "carY'libalization"
agenda lSIder the above
Meeting was adjourned
should expect some form of response
Committee,
Senate
President,
or
response from several organizations
issue which was included in the
heading.
at 5:15.