Faculty Senate Meeting
October 7, 1997
Present: M. Abbott, B. Carlson, C. Canier, A. Desrochers, D. Ellison, R. Franklin, M. Goldberg, G. Handelman, K. Laughlin-Fortun, R. Leifer, R. Messler, S. Salon, R. Smith, W. Wallace
Absent: A. Basile, J. Durgee, T. Harrison, R. Norsworthy
Guests: M. Halloran, K. Connor, C. Pfau, J. Wilson, T. Yurkewecz, S. Kunkel, B. Adams, W. Foley
AGENDA
Quality of Educational Services Task Force – A. Wallace
Institute Priorities – Jack Wilson, Acting Dean of the Faculty
Continued Presentation on the Banner Project – Sharon Kunkel, Registrar
Campus Projects – Tom Yurkewecz, Vice President for Administration
Meeting called to order at 2:20 p.m.
Quality of Educational Service Task Force – A. Wallace
A. Wallace announced the formation of a
task force on the Quality of Education Services to be formed under the chair
of R. Messler. Additional members are J. Hudson (MSE), L. Kagan
(Associate Dean for Undergraduates, H&SS), J. Evans (Director of Academic
Support & Media Services), and R. Hepburn (Graduate Student in MSE, ’97).
The charge to the committee is as follows:
To assess the state of services essential to the delivery of quality
education at
The Task Force will report to the Faculty Senate at the last meeting in December, with a further goal to have recommendations before the Trustees in the Spring.
Institute Priorities – Jack Wilson, Acting Dean
of the Faculty
Jack Wilson reported on the recent development
of Institute Priorities for strategic investment and discussed the call for
proposals from the campus which would be announced through several venues. (Review of October 3 and October 10.) The three priorities which form the critical
focus for expenditure of over half of the $5M allocated by the Trustees are
Interactive Learning,
Continued Presentation on the Banner Project – Sharon
Kunkel, Registrar
Sharon Kunkel returned to continue her presentation on the initiation of the new registration and student records system knows as the Banner Project. The Banner system will be used for registration during the Spring 1998 semester for Su98/F98 classes. An Implementation Team is in place to continue sorting out details and to organize extensive training and information sessions. A. Wallace emphasized that the Banner program must be installed this spring because the current MTS system is being discarded. S. Kunkel also described some of the circumstances surrounding scheduling difficulties which had occurred this semester, as a result of the transition to 4x4 and other factors. A motion to move ROTC activities from Tuesday to Friday, freeing time for campus-wide events was tabled, pending further discussion.
Campus Projects – Tom Yurkewecz, Vice President
for Administration
Tom Yurkewecz, Vice President for Administration, made a presentation on campus projects and maintenance activity. The focus was on the activities of the Campus Planning Committee, the organization, budgeting and status of several large construction projects, and the examination of a consistent streetscape theme for the campus.
Prepared by: Richard N. Smith
Secretary of the Senate