March 14, 2018
Faculty Senate Minutes
March 14, 2018 (Approved)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Secretary, Linda Jones
Attendance (A-absent; otherwise, present)
Faculty Senate Officers and Senators
| OFFICERS | Kevin Hall Kathleen Lehman |
Fran Hagstrom Tom Jensen |
Robert Brady | Linda Jones | A-John Pijanowski |
| COLLEGE OR SCHOOL | |||||
| School of Architecture | A-Frank Jacobus | ||||
| School of Law | A-Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile | ||||
| Library | Stephanie Pierce | ||||
| Walton College | A-Rajiv Sabherwal | John Delery | Vern Richardson | Jennifer Kish-Gephart | |
| College of Engineering | Paneer Selvam | A-Manuel Rossetti | Justin Chimka | Kevin Hall | |
| Bumpers College | A-Ioannis E. Tzanetakis | A-Kate Shoulders | Bruce Ahrendsen | A-Navam Hettiarachchy | A-Don Edgar |
| College of EDHP | A-Chris Goering | A-Kaitlin Gallagher | A-Kristin Higgins | A-Stephanie Lusk | Lisa Bowers |
| Fulbright College | A-Anna Zajicek Hope Christiansen Myria Allen A-William Quinn |
James Gigantino Fred Spiegel A-Ravi Barabote Calvin White |
A-Weston Wilkerson Shauna Morimoto Dennis Brewer A-Denise Beike |
A-Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam Stephen Caldwell A-James Lampinen |
A-Matt McIntosh Kathy Comfort Michael Landman |
| At-Large Members | A-Cheryl Murphy Luti Salisbury Tom Jensen |
Kelly Hammond Deborah Korth Karen Sebold |
David Gay A-Michelle Gray |
Norm Dennis Neil Allison |
Timothy Kral Don Johnson |
| Non-Voting Senators in Administration | |||||
| A-Joe Steinmetz Kathy Van Laningham Kim Needy Lynda Coon |
Jim Coleman Don Judges Matthew Waller Melissa Harwood Rom |
Ro DiBrezzo A-Charles Robinson Michael Miller A-Julie Cromer |
Lona Robertson A-John English A-John Fagg |
Terry Martin Peter MacKeith A-Stacey Leeds |
Suzanne McCray Todd Shields A-Carolyn Henderson Allen |
I. Call to Order: Chair, Kevin Hall
II. Roll Call
Roll called
III. Approval of Agenda
Agenda Approved
IV. Approval of Minutes of February 14, 2018
Minutes approved
V. Reports
A. Provost
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- Budget process is still moving forward. Will be holding tuition flat for instate students; will probably have an increase for out of state.
- 1% reallocation plans have for the most part been approved and are moving forward
- Law School Dean search is ongoing - two on campus visits completed; two more to take place
- Vice Provost for Reserach and Innovation ongoing; hope to have candidates on campus before graduation in May.
- Kathy Van Laningham is retiring. An extrodianary helper for Provost since his arrival; will do an internal search, hopefully find someone before she leaves.
- Suzanne McCray - Looks like about 5100 new students coming in, with upwards to 300-400 more.
- John Delery's task force has made a great deal of progress around non-tenure track faculty.
- Wes Stites - working with Provost to discuss institutional space planning
- Gen Ed core program continues to make progress forward.
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B. Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall
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- Still need one more name for Chair of Campus Faculty - help us identify one more person so that this can move forward. Provide the name to Kim Frazier.
- Gen Ed - the final draft of the proposal was sent out earlier this week to a few people. Will be in the UCPC meeting this Friday. We could possibly see it in our April Agenda for review.
- ASG - Reached out to Andrew Counts to see if they had anything they wanted to bring to Faculty Senate. One resolution they would like to pass - an election polling station on campus. They may also want us to examine their proposal on grade forgiveness.
- March 28 and 29, Board of Trustees Meeting in Monticello. Kevin anticipates their voting on policy for our campus.
- Kevin had a good meeting with the OE advisory committee, talking about diversity and inclusion. Saw a heartful presentation from Dean English. Kevin encourages us to be proactive; anticipates great stuff coming out of Yvette's Office of Diversity. Let's work hard on making this University an inclusive campus - a culture of inclusiveness and diversity. Play a part!
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VI. Announcements
CAC Recommendation on Classroom Technology - Frank Liu & Mandel Samuels
VII. Old Business
A. Recommendations for changes to the Academic Integrity Policy - Josh Youngblood
Motion to approve Item A - passes
Motion to approve Item B
Concerns raised with regards the wording, and the issue of intent: “
Lying (such as communicating untruths or miscommunications) in an academic context
in order to gain an unfair advantage.”
Misunderstanding about the word miscommunication
Motion made to amend the phrase - to remove everything in parentheses.
Motion to amend passes
Motion made to amend the phrase to say "Lying in an academic context, such that an unfair advantage is gained."
Motion to amend fails.
Motion to change to "Lying in order to gain an unfair academinc advantage."
Concerns about the word lying - and the word "unfair." Also, in order to vs. attempt to.
Motion to amend fails.
Motion to return to committee passes.
B. APT Committee - Norm Dennis
Motion to amend the document at the rank of University Professor and to remove "or incoming faculty who will be awarded tenure and who hold credentials of similar merit from another university or other venues."
Motion passes
Motion to approve document as amended
Appointed to ranks, not promoted; perhaps one should not utilize the ranks. It is more about distinction rather than rank. Board Policy is wrong to use the term Rank but concerns raised that that's not appropriate.
Motion passes
C. Recommendations from Academic Standards - Julie Trivitt
Motion to approve adoption of recommended credit hour definition
Motion passes
Motion to approve additional undergraduate degree policy
Motion passes
VIII. New Business
A. Recommendations from Academic Standards - Julie Trivitt
Proposes that an I convert to an F twelve months later when a student receives an I and does not enroll in the following semesters.
B. Proposed Student Conduct Record Policy - Rachel Eikenberry
See handout just above for proosed changes - revisions to record expungement; transcript notation; student conduct record retention; proposed disciplinary records policy
C. Calendar Committee 2022/2023
Proposed calendars 2022 and 2023
D. Consent Agenda: The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled March 14, 2018:
1. Course Change proposals – including undergraduate and graduate classes approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on February 23, 2018, and the Graduate Council on February 15, 2018: (pdf report).
2. Undergraduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on February 23, 2018: (pdf report).
a. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBM-GPRF – Music Guitar Performance Concentration (2a_muscbm-gprf_report03142018).
b. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBM-WPRF – Music Woodwind-Brass-Percussion Performance Concentration (2b_muscbm-wprf_report03142018).
c. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Education Dean – EDUC Honors – EDUC College Honors Requirements (2c_educhonors_report03142018).
3. Graduate Program Change Proposals approved by the University Course and Programs Committee on January 26, 2018 and the Graduate Council on February 15, 2018:
a. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering - BENGMS – Biological Engineering, Master of Science in Biological Engineering (3a_bengms_report03142018).
b. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering – BENGPH – Biological Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy 3b_bengph_report03142018).
c. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering – INEGPH – Engineering (Industrial Engineering), Doctor of Philosophy (3c_inegph_report03142018).
Item 3 c was pulled for further discussion. - Tabled
All other items in sections 1, 2 and 3 were approved.
4. Informational Items:
a. MBA Dismissal Policy – Graduate Council approved a revision to the policy language. See the attached document (mba_dismissal_policy03142018).
b. Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics – Proposal to delete the center has been approved by campus and will be forwarded to the Board of Trustees and Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (4b_cihl_deletion_ltrofnotif.docx, 4b_cihl_deletion_deans_memo.pdf).
E. Committe of the Whole
IX. Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.