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The Faculty Senate of 0 rego
FOR ALL ACADEMIC
(985 Meeting
STAFF
422 - October
State Un iversity
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October
17, 1985
10, 1985
The regular October meeting of the Faculty
Senate was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by
President Ron Cameron in the LaSells Stewart
Center.
The Minutes of the June 1985 meetin
were approved as published and distributed i
Staff Newsletter Appendix.
FACULTY CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Herbert
Frolander, Co-Chairman, reporting:
Frolander
cited Senate motion Bl-378b-3, March 12, 1991,
which created the Faculty Club Board of
Directors, with authority to incorporate, dx'aw up
Bylaws, and solicit funds. Other members of the
Board are: John Yoke, Chemistry (Co-Chairman);
Dan Brown, Business; Don Pierce, Statistics;
Martha Plonk, Retired; George Stevens, MU; Bind
Vice President Jo Anne Trow.
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Senate HeaberBhip:
Deborah J. Allen, George
Bailey, Eleen Baumann, Robert R. Becker,
J. Richard Bell, Ralph E. Berry, Robert Besc
Peter Bottomley, Victor Brookes, H. D. Brunk
Dwight Bushnell, John V. Byrne (Ex-Officio),
Charles Carpenter, Kenton Chambers, Mark
Christensen, Neil W. Christensen, Robert Col
Curtis R. Cook, A. Morrie Craig, Robert Dale
Charles Dane, E. Julius Dasch, Joel Davis, G
DeLander, Harold Dorn, John Dunn, David Eis
David Enfield, David Faulkenberry, Francis J
Flaherty, Leslie Fuchigami, James Funck, Wil
Gamble, Ralph Garren, Louis Gordon, Dahli Gr
Lawrence Griggs, David Hannaway, Dianne Hart
Kathleen Heath, Martin Hellickson; Doyle Hen
H. Warren Hovland, Simon Johnson, W. Curtis
Johnson, Harold Kerr, Robert Kiekel, Robert
Krahmer, James Krueger, James Leklem, Nancy
Leman, Greg Look, George Martin, Michael Mar
Donald E. Mattson, Thomas McClintock, Edward
McDowell, Cliff Michel, Charles Miller, Stan
Miller, Terry Miller, Dallice I. Mills, Al
Mosley, Al Mukatis, Gary Musser, Rick Nelson
David Nicodemus (Ex-Officio), Janet Nishihar
Eldon D. Olsen, Mariol R. Peck, Jean Peters,
Roger G. Petersen, David Philbrick, Nancy Po
Fred Rickson, Jon Root, Louise Sarasohn, Tho
Savage, Henry Sayre, Jane Siebler, Margaret
Smith, Robert StaIley, Sam Stern, Les Streit
Dorice Tentchoff, Gary Tiedeman, Fred Tonge,
Charles Vars, Hollis Wickman, Robert E. Wils
and Ron Wrolstad.
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Frolander reported that Anderson House, 2406 NW
Jackson (just behind the Shell Station on Monroe
Street), has been made available by the OSU
Foundation, which recently purchased the property
and is willing to lease it to the Faculty.
The
prospects of working out an affordable arrangement look good, Frolander asserted.
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The several needs for getting into operation are
now being studied.
These include licensing for
food and liquor, liability, zoning and parking
requirements, sanitation requirements, and cost
of operation, he noted.
Included in the cost of
operation would be the salary of a full-time professional Manager and someone to direct Food
Services, he stated. Frolander believes that
these two positions are the keys to making the
operation successful.
He noted that the Hotel,
Restaurant, and Tourism Management program in the
College of Business is interested in being considered for providing the food service arrangements for the Faculty Club. The feasibility of
that kind of arrangement is now under study.
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Frolander was reluctant to speculate on specific
costs to prospective members in terms of initial
membership fees and monthly dues, but asserted
that, with a reasonable percentage of faculty
membership, they would be very, very reasonable.
His summary of the issue was, "If we want a
Faculty Club, we can have one."
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ROLL CALL: Members Not Present Were Re rese ted
As FoTIOWS:
Allen, johnson; Bailey, ixon;
Hellickson, Cavaletto; Johnson, Rudinsky; Pe ers,
Holmes; Root, Purvis.
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Absent were:
Carpenter, Cha~ers,
faulkenberry, funck,
Krahaer, M. Martin,
Philbrick, Rickson,
Tonge, and Wilson.
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Chairman Frolander pointed out that anyone
(ANYONE) can make a tax deductible contribution
through the OSU Foundation for the Faculty Club.
Bell, Bott~ley,
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Collins, Dale, Dasch,
Hannaway, Heath, Hensle ,
Mills, Mosley, Petersen,
Siebler,Stalley,
Stern,
The Senate gave Frolander a round of applause
the work that his group is doing.
Annual Reports for 1984-85:
Written reports were
presented for the information of the Senate from
the following committees:
Academic Regulations
(Don Claypool, Chrm.); Academic Requirements (Ken
Funk, Chrm.); and Faculty Recognition & Awards
(John Dunn, Chrm.).
President Cameron observed that the Annual
Report from the Promotion and Tenure Committee
has been written and will be available at the
next Senate meeting.
This report supplements the
brief report that was included in the June
agenda, Cameron noted.
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Senate: Bill Wilkins, Acting ice
President for Academic Affairs & Provost; Ro ert
Mrazek, Executive Committee; Herb Frolander,
Co-Chairman, Faculty Club Board of Directors.
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Reports from the Executive Committee:
NWASC Accreditation Visit: Dr. William Tiet
PreSIdent of Hontana-stare University, was t
visiting officer on campus for the NWASC ace
tat.ton visit on October 8, 1985, as a follow
to the team's visit in 1980. Senate Officer
members of the Executive Committee met with
Tietz for one session.
A full report of the
visit will, presumably, be available at a la
date.
Ad Hoc Committee on the Advancement of Teach
President Byrne hiS appointed an "AdHoc com
tee of students, faculty, and administrators
review policies and procedures related to ev
luation of teaching and to develop recommendations for changes and improvements."
The Committee membership consists of: Fra
Cross, Education; Bill Simonson, Pharmacy; L
Klemke, Sociology; John Block, Pharmacy; Pat
Wells, Curriculum Coordination; John Ringl.~,
Graduate School; ,Erin Edgar, Business; Nelia
Scovill, CLA, and Dean Osterman, Coordinator
E) Took under advisement recommendations elf the
Retirement Committee regarding: (1) creatior~ of a
"Retirement Handbook;" (2) th~ ,:""ployment of a ~,
600 hr. retired person to admlnlster the
University's retirement policies, and (3)
creation of s University-level
revolving fund to
finance early retirement contracts.
F) Forwarded to the~bancellor's
Office the
Senate's five recommendations regarding creation
of a Centralized Travel Management program.
However, Vice President Parsons was asked to
assist the Senate's Executive Committee in
carrying out recommendation V. of the Ad Hoc
Committee's report, Le., "That the Faculty
Senate recommmends that •••the Vice President for
Administration,
in cooperation with the Faculty
Senate's Executive Committee, establish ongoing
evaluation procedures to monitor cost savings,
level of service, and traveler satisfaction, and
that these procedures be reported to the Faculty
about nine months from the date of the award."
In response to concerns expressed by members of
the Senate to questions, etc., regarding the new
travel service, it was noted that the central
place where faculty can ask questions about the
travel plan would be Dr. Parson's office.
One Senator noted that, "the Chancellor's
Office is taking on more and more functions that
used to be locally controlled."
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Actions of the Faculty Senate:
President By n 's
responseS-to-Bctions
of the Faculty Senate i Hal Y
and June are noted below:
MAY: A) Criteria and Procedures for awardin
Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty
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Achievement Awards have been approved and 1m
mented.
B) Eligibility Requirements
for Participat
in the Senate:
The Executive Office will
cooperate fully in their implementation.
C) The revision of the "English Language
Proficiency Requirement for Admission of For
Students," which the Faculty Senate approved
not been approved by the Executive Office pe
resolution of a financial problem.
The Offi
International Education requested funding fo
part-time provisional admissions counselor
service was considered essential to implemen
the proposed change.
As of this date, the
requested funding has not been approved.
D) Changes in AR ll.f., and the deletion 0
AR 25.b. were approved and should appear in
1985-86 Schedule of Classes.
E) The Senate's action in extending the te
of members of the Faculty Panels for Hearing
Committees was considered to be a matter of
Senate prerogative.
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Conflict of Interest Guidelines:
The "findl
draftn-of-rhese
Guidelines has been approvedl by
the State Board and was to become effective with
the 1985-86 academic year. Copies of the draft
are available in the Faculty Senate Office and in
Vice President Parson's office.
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Administrative
Staff Retreat, Senate President
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Cameron reporting:--President
Cameron explained
the process by which he was invited to participate in the Administrative Staff Retreat, (by
virtue of being the Senate President) in
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September.
Dr. Byrne invited Dr. Cameron to be a member of
the group of Vice Presidents who meet with him on
a regular basis. Dr. Cameron discussed the invitation with the Past Senate Presidents, who
seemed to be somewhat split in opinion as to
whether this would be beneficial or not.
Dr. Cameron accepted the invitation personally;
in other words, during the time of his tenure as
Senate President, to enable the incoming President and
Dr. Byrne to evaluate the usefulness at a later
time. This would also enable to the Senate's
committees and Executive Committee to review this
proposed change.
On the current Organizational Chart (which was
distributed to Senators), the Faculty Senate is
shown as a group between the level of President
and Vice Presidents who can work with either
level.
It is not shown as a part of the Administrative structure, but as an entity that can go
to either level of the administation.
Dr. Cameron thinks the current situation of
meeting with the Vice Presidents and Presidents
gives both sides the ability to obtain some kind
of faculty input in situations where it might not
be possible under other circumstances due to time
constraints, etc. The meetings have required
that he be available several days a week, but he
indicated he thinks it is time well spent.
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In response to several questions, Vice
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President for Academic Affairs Wilkins noted tha
a great many changes are taking place.r~ght now.
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JUNE: A) Expressed appreciation to the Senat for
its role in approving the Registrar's recomm ndations for degrees and scholarship recognitj·on.
B) Approved the revised "Guidelines for
Preparation and Review of Internship Curricular
Proposals."
C) Approved recommendations of the Undergr~~uate Admissions Committee regarding: (1) crea~lon
of a part-time (7 hours or less) category fo~
non-admitted students, and (2) retention of the'
Special, non-degree category for Nationsl Stident
Exchange Study-Abroad students.
D) Approved recommendations of the Academic
Regulations Committee: (1) For revised WOrdi1'g of
AR 20 (which now appears on p. 14 of the new
Schedule of Classes), (2) For revised wording of
AR 10 (which appears on p, 14 of the new Sehedule
of Classes).
(3) Endorsed the Academic
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Regulations Committee decision not to modify AR
26.e. (3) •
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The process of identifying the compOSItIon of the
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OSU Academic Council is well under way (he ad e~
that the Dean of the Graduate ,School will be
part of that Council as well as the Academic
~Deans
and the Dean of faculty).
:hange in Executive Committee Membership:
El
Baumann has resigned from the Executive Commi
and has been replaced by Bob Schwartz, Englis
following Bylaws guidelines for this procedur
Senate President's Apologies ••', President
Cameron, in a brief statement, apologized to
faculty for language used in his faculty Day
address that was construed aa sexist by some
bers of the faculty.
He assured the Senate t
this perception of him does not reflect his
treatment of all faculty, male and female. H
asked Faculty to point out to him any future
usages which might reflect perceived views tha
did not place female faculty on an equal with
male, since his intent is not to differentiate
the basis of gender.
University Honors Program Under Review, President
Cameron reporting:
The President reminded
Senators that the University Honors Program
Committee is currently working on new ideas and
visualizing what the Honors Program on the OSU
campus should be. Peter List (Philosophy) is
Chairman of the Committee, which hopes to have
recommendations
to the Senate near the end of the
term. Cameron encouraged Faculty to contact
Professor List if they have suggestions, ideas,
or concerns that need to be addressed.
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Review of Senate Structure:
President Cameron
reminded the Senators that, pursuant to their
action, an Ad Hoc Committee to review the Senate
and its structure and operation is well under
way. Robert Becker (Bio/Bio) is Chairman of the
Ad Hoc Committee and hopes to have a report
for the Senate by the end of this term.
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Centralized Travel Management:
In response to
questions by members of the Senate, President
Cameron indicated that the Travel Task force
(which made the report to the Senate in June on
the Travel situation) has finished the job it was
asked to do. After a great deal of discussion,
the Senate indicated its desire to appoint an
additional Committee to over-see compliance with
motions adopted by the Senate at that June
meeting.
Several volunteers names were noted,
and more work on this issue will be done by the
Executive Committee in the next few weeks.
As Senators expressed concern and dismay over
the lack of attention to the Senate action in
June requesting the proposed Contract be held in
abeyance until the Fall term had begun and more
in-depth studies could be completed (see information earlier in these Minutes), it became
clear that there was no one at the meeting who
could furnish adequate responses to the questions
being posed by Senators.
The action to establish
the contract was taken at the State System level,
and many Senators expressed a desire to talk with
someone from there who could explain intent and
supply background.
President Byrne asked Senators if they would
like an opportunity to have the Chancellor here
on campus to talk with and ask questions of. The
answer was strongly in the affirmative.
Many
Senators seemed to feel there are other issues
beside the Travel questions that need to be
explored with the Chancellor, if possible.
In the meantime, Senators were urged to tell
colleagues to keep documented records of things
they are not happy with or that are in error in
relation to the travel arrangement.
Sen. Hovland noted that the appearance of the
Chancellor might also improve attendance at the
Senate meeting.
The Senate's Executive Committee was requested
to try to gather information on concerns about
travel in preparation for asking the Chancellor
to OSU to be involved in a dialogue on this
issue.
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REPORTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE OfFICE:
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President Byrne-indicated
to the Senate
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has been an especially busy time trying to wor I
out the new operation of the office.
He asked
the Senate to help by being patient while we a 1
struggle to move ahead.
The President reported that -\I many things we e
gOlng on:
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LONG RANGE PLAN (GOALS COMMISSION):
The
University has hired a consultant to work with
the Goals Commission group when named.
The
President has been working with the Senate's
Executive Committee to identify individuals fo
appointment to the Commission, whose membershi
will be announced soon. He also noted that "i
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not our intent to re-invent the wheel."
SEARCH COMMITTEES:
He indicated that they a e
in the process of identifying three seach comm·ttees for Vice Presidents - University Relation ,
Academic Affairs, and since Tom Parsons has
announced his retirement in late 1986, one for
finance and Administration.
PROMOTION & TENURE: The President noted tha
the administrative group has been looking at t
P&T process with the intent to revise and shor
the time element so that results will be known
earlier in the year. Vice President Wilkins
noted that the time schedule for next year has
been shortened some already.
The Deans have b n
asked to have dossiers into the Executive Offi
by February 1, 1986. Some Deans are not able
respond so quickly this coming year, but will
ready for that time schedule the following yea •
Vice President Wilkins indicated that the
intent is to-have meetings with the Deans in th
month of April. They then hope to have deciions made by the end of April and results
announced by the middle to end of May.
There are two workshops to be scheduled yet
this term on dossier preparation.
Deans, depar ment heads, and others who work with P&T dossiers
will be asked to participate, Wilkins observed.
The meeting was adjourned
Senate Meeting Attendance, President Cameron:
President Cameron observed that the attendance
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this Senate meeting was less than hoped for, an
that a great deal of important information had
been given in the process of the reports and
discussions.
He urged Senators to talk with
~~heir
colleagues and to ask them to attend thesf
anate meetings (especially since they are
dlected to represent their areas).
at 4:40 p.m.
Thurston Doler
Recording Secretary
Shirley Schroeder
Editorial Assistant
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