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MINUTES
FACULTY SENATE
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA®
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1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Mitchell at 3:03 p.m. in the College of Law, Room 146.
Present: Senators Boepple, Burd, Chandler, Christenson, Conway, Corcoran, Cromwell, Cuello, Cusanovich, Dahlgran, D. Davis, Estrada, Green, Gruener, Hertzog, Hildebrand, Howell, Jenkins, Jones, Kiefer, McKee, Mitchell, Mitchneck, Mountford, Murdaugh, Mutchler, Nolan, Pavao-Zuckerman, Pintozzi, Ranger-Moore, Salazar, San Martin, Schlager, Shelton, Silverman, Songer, St. John, Strittmatter, Thorn, Ulreich, Weinand, Willerton, Witte and Zizza. Robert Sankey served as Parliamentarian. J. Warburton substituted for Senator Sebesta.
Absent: Senators Chang, G. Davis, O. Davis, Jackson, Joens, Marchalonis, Ruiz, Sarid, Sebesta, Smith, Spece, Sterling and Tatman.
Guest: Adrian Shelton
2. OPEN SESSION
UA staff member Jennifer Lawrence invited Senators to participate and to invite colleagues and staffers to attend the “Arizona Women in Higher Education – Southern Arizona Conference” to be held October 27, 2006 at the Doubletree Hotel. The conference is an outgrowth of the former “Way Up” conference, with organizers coming from the UA’s Beta Group and Commission on the Status of Women, Pima Community College (PCC) and the University Of Phoenix (UOP). Although the title is “Women in Higher Education,” men are also welcome to attend. The conference will feature speakers from UA, PCC and UOP, ASU, NAU and the community. Classified staff, faculty, appointed professionals and graduate students from all institutions of higher education are all invited.
Professor Emeritus and University of Arizona Retirees Association (UARA) Representative Cornelius Steelink reported on the UARA’s upcoming events including a luncheon with President Shelton on October 21st. The Arizona State Retirement System investment portfolio now stands at $24.5 billion as of May 2006. University employee contributions to the ASRS have risen to 9.1% as of July 2006. The UARA is an organization of retired UA faculty, staff and appointed professionals.
3. REPORTS
3A. ASUA
President Erin Hertzog
[followed GPSC report because of a conflict in Senator Hertzog’s schedule]
ASUA President Hertzog announced ASUA’s “UA Votes 2006” campaign to promote voter registration, education and participation. An early polling station in the ASUA office will again be available for the general election beginning October 11-November 3. A series of candidates’ debates has been scheduled and a “voter block party” scheduled for October 6 will be a major event with candidates, a concert and other activities. ASUA is working with GPSC and the Arizona Students’ Association (ASA) to develop a combined tuition proposal for the Regents’ new deadline in November. ZonaZoo fees have increased, so more events are planned, including tailgating and a road trip to UCLA. ASUA’s cabinet has a new position, Diversity Director. The ASUA website will soon be generating scholarship funds. ASUA is planning a gala for February 3, 2007, also to generate scholarship funds. President Hertzog responded to GPSC President Thorn’s concerns about GPSC representation on the Campus Recreation Center Expansion Team and the Wireless Implementation Team, indicating that the Rec Center group hasn’t been formed yet. She is looking forward to working with GPSC this year and feels that they’ve made a step in the right direction, in that GPSC now is allowed to select the graduate student representative to the ASA instead of having that person selected by the ASUA. President Thorn will occupy that position for this year.
GPSC President Thorn reported that GPSC is planning Student Showcase 2006, which will take place during homecoming weekend, November 10-11. He asked faculty to encourage students with high-quality research projects or proposals to participate, particularly in the areas of fine arts, business economics, and architecture. He also asked faculty who would consider being a judge for this event to email him directly at pthorn@email.arizona.edu. As part of President Likins’ 2007 tuition plan, a funding stream of about $350K has been created with $50K going toward the graduate students’ travel fund, and $300K for graduate student fellowships. Later in this week, GPSC will attend a tri-university student health insurance advisory committee meeting to advocate for an improved Student Health Insurance Plan. President Thorn reminded the Senate of a referendum last spring in which graduate students voted overwhelmingly not to be represented by ASUA. He then commented that there have been several recent issues in which ASUA’s plan to represent graduate students has resulted in the exclusion of GPSC representation of graduate students. One example is that CCIT recently invited GPSC to appoint a representative to its Wireless Implementation Committee to offer graduate student input on how to use the ABOR-approved $25/semester IT fee, which all students pay. CCIT later retracted the invitation, saying that there was no formal plan for student consultation on the Wireless Implementation Committee, but that the Committee would be soliciting student input from ASUA. A second example concerns the ABOR-approved $25 per semester student fee for the Campus Recreation Center. A Campus Center Expansion Team has been created with ASUA representing all students on this committee. President Thorn contacted the director of the Recreation Center about the omission of GPSC representation. She explained that her office had decided to work with ASUA because it is the body that represents all students. She added that if graduate students have specific concerns, they should express them through ASUA.
Substituting for Provost Davis who is attending the AAU Chief Academic Officers’ Retreat, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Juan Garcia reported that the budget cuts targeted all of the colleges and units in the Provost’s office except for the Vice President for Research and Student Affairs. The differential cuts varied from .1% to .5%, depending on the services and support they provide to the University. President Shelton has assigned several units to report to the Provost now, including Student Affairs, Human Resources, UA Presents, and the Vice President for Outreach. Provost Davis has examined and restructured the Academic Council so that the deans will meet monthly as a whole, and then once a month in smaller, related groups of deans such as health sciences, arts and sciences, and the professional schools. The Provost’s Leadership Team, which includes the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Vice Provost for Instruction, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Initiatives, and the Vice President for Outreach, will attend all of the deans’ meetings. Provost Davis has also organized four “enterprise teams” to assist with the work of his office: the Academic Financial and Budget enterprise team, co-chaired by Vice President for Learning and Information Technology Sally Jackson and Associate Vice President for Academic Resources, Planning and Management Ed Frisch; the Supporting Faculty and Staff enterprise team, co-chaired by Vice President for Human Resources Allison Vaillancourt and the Vice Provost for Academic Affair,s Juan Garcia; the Academic Priorities enterprise team, co-chaired by Vice President for Research, Leslie Tolbert, Vice Provost for Instruction, Jerry Hogle and Vice President for Outreach, Gene Sander; and the Data and Informed Decision-making enterprise team, co-chaired by financial administrator Nancy Milburn, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Initiatives, Jacqueline Mok, and the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Juan Garcia.
3E. President Robert N. Shelton
President Shelton told the Senate that the faculty is his highest priority and charged the faculty to remind him of this. He has strong convictions about shared governance and is extremely pleased with the UA’s shared governance document and thanked Chair of the Faculty Wanda Howell for her time and energy in orienting him to UA’s shared governance mechanisms. President Shelton mentioned several areas that he has been involved in during his first two months. Emphasizing the role of UA in Tucson, he has focused on Community Relations by meeting with the city council and mayor, the legislators and governor, and community groups. He said it is important to have access to these groups when issues arise. UA South is going to have a new and expanded presence at the Science Technology Park, which will tie it more closely to UA. The Bio-Science Park is making progress, and he views this park as an essential component in the future of UA. Regarding the Rio Nuevo development, President Shelton is committed to a world-class Science Center at Rio Nuevo, which will inspire youth and minorities. After much consultation and thought, President Shelton realized that the Rainbow Bridge portion of the plan just did not fit with the University’s fiscal priorities. Regarding the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix, President Shelton has been meeting with Mayor Gordon, Governor Napolitano and her staff, and community, healthcare and research leaders in Maricopa County to promote an accelerated schedule to grow the COM-Phx class size. He has secured $1.5M to plan this acceleration. The dedication of the facility is set for October 10. The first class will arrive in the fall of 2007. The Phoenix Biomedical Campus will be more than just UA’s COM; it will also house an expansion of UA’s College of Pharmacy, and NAU is intent on bringing some of its allied health programs to this campus. Turning his attention to the UA’s budget, President Shelton thanked the faculty leadership, the Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, the deans, student leaders, and the Finance Committee who met frequently and regularly with him during July to help him think about the budget cuts and to be true to the budget stabilization plan. President Shelton is working on his tuition proposal since ABOR has accelerated that process to begin in November. He is also beginning to work on budget requests for decision packages and beyond with these two themes: 1) emphasizing support for and rewarding our best faculty, staff and researchers; and 2) applying UA’s strengths to the issues and needs that are important to the people of the state of Arizona. Reorganizations in the President’s Office include: 1) not replacing Senior Vice President for Campus Life, Saunie Taylor, and redirecting three lines to report directly to Provost Davis, including: Dean of Students, Melissa Vito, now also serving as Vice Provost for Student Affairs; Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Allison Vaillancourt; and Director of UA, Presents Natalie Bohnet.
4. QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD FOR AGENDA ITEM 3
Senator Green thanked the officers for changing the date of the faculty reception honoring President Likins’ UA career but was surprised to hear that the Senate meeting scheduled for October 2, 2006 would not also be canceled or postponed to observe the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur. Presiding Officer Mitchell noted the precedent that the Faculty Senate has met on Yom Kippur in previous years. He also noted that the University of Arizona is a secular institution which does not have a policy of canceling classes or business to observe religious holidays such as Yom Kippur or Good Friday. He reminded Senators that there are no penalties for missing a Senate meeting due to the holiday or other reasons. Mitchell said that rescheduling the reception was considered separately from the Senate, as it is a celebration and a special occasion.
Senator Silverman thanked President Shelton for his commitment to shared governance and indicated that UA faculty members are equally committed to it. He asked if President Shelton will sign the Shared Governance Memorandum of Understanding as his predecessors have done. Chair Howell said that signing ceremony will take place at the October Senate meeting because Provost Davis is absent today. President Shelton said he communicated with Chair Howell long before he arrived that he is not only willing, but is keen, to sign this document.
5. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 1, 2006
The minutes of May 1, 2006 were approved.
6. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FORWARDED AS A SECONDED MOTION FROM THE INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM POLICY COMMITTEE (attachment)
Consent agenda items 2, 3, and 4, forwarded by the ICPC and detailed at the end of these minutes [Motion 2006/07-7, 2006/07-8, and 2006/07-9] were approved. Senator Silverman requested the removal of item 1 [Motion 2006/07-6], a seconded motion from the Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee to approve the proposal to amend the University disqualification Policy to read, “Students who are under disqualification from the University may not take University of Arizona courses for credit or establish credit by examination during their periods of disqualification, although they may remove incomplete grades.” Senator Silverman asked whether the policy originally allowed disqualified students to enroll in Correspondence courses in order to prove that they can do university-level work. He felt the justification is weak, because the deans have not been allowing the practice and it contradicts two other rules. Celeste Pardee of the Office of the Registrar said this issue did come up in the early stages of discussion. She researched the policy’s origin and could not find any minutes relating to this language in the policy. The office of the Registrar encourages students to attend another institution to prove their ability and this change simply makes the policy conform to practice. Senator Burd said she agreed with the change. Motion carried with one abstention.
7. WELCOMING PRESIDENT SHELTON
Secretary Jenkins, on behalf of the Faculty Senate and the entire faculty, warmly welcomed President and Mrs. Shelton with a basket of faculty-authored and autographed books donated by the BookStore, and several DVDs and CDs donated by the College of Fine Arts, plus some traditional desert treats. President Shelton was most grateful and said there is no better gift for an academic than books.
8. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION: DEAN OF LIBRARIES REPORT (attachment)
Dean of Libraries Carla Stoffle distributed “State of the Libraries” handouts and announced the “theme of the library: “Wherever you are – the UA Library.” The passage of the Student Information Technology/Library Fee has helped the library to move in this direction. The UA Libraries has raised over $670K in grant awards and $1.2M in donations. Approximately $400K has been used to purchase new materials for the collections. The UA Student Campus Climate survey rates the libraries at 86% satisfaction; they are the second most-used service/resource on campus (92%) and first in areas of greatest improvement. The library buildings log over 2M visits per year, and online usage is also rising, based on a sampling of database searches and an estimated 13M searches of the online catalog last year. Additional study space has been added in the Science-Engineering and Main libraries, along with installing security cameras, express check-in and checkout machines. Other new services include a 24-hour chat reference available during the week, email reminder notices for overdue books, and free 24-hour Interlibrary Loan digitized document desktop delivery. The library archivists are seeking new ways to digitize materials and preserve electronic information, and to make collections available through search engines and multiple databases. In spite of these improvements, the UA libraries continue to drop in the national Research Library rankings, from 30th in 2004 to 33rd in 2005, largely due to budget cuts and exponentially growing serials costs. The Center for Creative Photography has placed an Ansel Adams exhibit at the Bellagio Hotel Art Center in Las Vegas for a year, and is digitizing collections to make them available to the public schools. The North Campus Library has been added to the campus Capital Improvement Plan, and fundraising will begin this year. The libraries are challenged to maintain a balance between access rights and privacy issues related to pornography and potentially objectionable materials. Senators’ questions and comments included: 1) Do the national research library rankers only look at funding? Dean Stoffle responded that the rankers mainly consider the amount of investment and the number of employees, not the quality or services offered. Dean Stoffle is trying to effect a change in this paradigm through national professional associations, but it takes time. 2) What is the impact of net neutrality? Dean Stoffle said that Proposed new data transport charges could have the effect of increasing the cost of providing off-campus access to the Library's online resources. 3) Thanks for the free document delivery service. It is receiving rave reviews in the English Department. It has really made a difference. 4) Is there a financial relationship with the Bellagio? The UA library and the Ansel Adams Trust each receive a percentage of the proceeds.
9. INFORMATION ITEM; UA SOUTH AND UNIVERSITY OUTREACH (attachment)
Vice President for Outreach and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Eugene Sander distributed handouts of his slides, “University of Arizona Outreach Fall 2006.” The future of UA South is bright; he has recruited a new dean, Dr. Gerald (Skip) Jubb, and the school is going to be doing some additional student recruiting. UA’s Outreach is a work in progress and Dean Sander is open to suggestions about things the University should/could be doing. About a year ago, ABOR received a report about academic outreach in response to the attempt to reorganize higher education in Arizona. At this time, there was also some discussion among legislators about allowing community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees. Although the reorganization didn’t take place, the UA administration did begin looking at how UA would address growth in Arizona and the need for higher education. President Likins and Provost Davis asked Dean Sander to accept an appointment as the Vice President for Outreach. Dean Sander proposed to retain his position as Dean of CALS, an arrangement that is similar to Ohio State and Colorado State, and he began to draft an overall plan for UA Outreach with his CALS administrative team of Dave Cox, Alma Sperr, Mike Proctor, Jim Christenson, Skip Jubb and Randy Groth. The current components include UA’s Cooperative Extension offices, the office of Continuing Education/Academic Outreach (CEAO), UA South and the CALS administrative team. The enterprise is intended to be education-oriented, demand-driven, revenue positive, related to UA mission, and flexible. In addition to academic outreach for credit/degrees through CEAO, his vision includes community outreach involving not-for-credit education such as Arizona Youth University, Elderhostel, an “academic outreach college” and “community/UA learning centers” which may be housed in the extension offices or the community colleges. Broadening the outreach of the UA and the Arizona Cooperative Extension will enable more connections to be made with communities, as is being done in Yuma, where the UA offers B.S. degrees in Agronomy and Agricultural Technology Management with CALS faculty collaborators, facilitated by CEAO, and housed at Arizona Western College. Decision packages for UA South and for outreach are being realized and proposed. Senators’ comments stressed that this outreach must not be viewed as a CALS-exclusive enterprise. Dean Sander responded that this is a good point. He said he simply took advantage of a team that already exists in CALS and that he knew would understand how to do this job. In his view, making use of these personnel represents quite a bargain for the UA.
10. INFORMATION ITEM: UAPD’S 911 CALL JURISDICTION
UA Police Department Chief Tony Daykin explained the UAPD’s jurisdiction on and around campus, which he acknowledged can be confusing. The UAPD is authorized by ABOR and all officers are certified. The staff includes about 100 men/women; all officers may carry weapons. Jurisdictions are actually political rather than geographic boundaries; UAPD is responsible for all UA owned or operated buildings or facilities, but it will not be the primary responder for places such as the Extension Offices, UA South, or the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix. Regarding the 911 call jurisdiction, all UA-telephones will be routed to UAPD first. Response time is typically about three minutes and the evidence indicates that the system works quite well. Occasionally there may be some overlap of jurisdictions, such as in the Medical Center where the hospital falls under TPD but some of the offices and labs fall under UAPD. Responding officers from either agency will try to provide the response as needed first, and sort out the fine jurisdiction issues later. The agencies have cooperative intergovernmental working relationships among the walking/car patrols, bicycle officers and Department of Public Safety officers. Senators’ questions and comments included: 1) An attempt to report an outside incident to TPD calling from a UA office phone created a serious safety issue because of the routing to UAPD. Currently, cell phones are required to reach TPD’s 911 directly. Chief Daykin responded that the UAPD system works well and that has been proven in the past few years.
11. DISCUSSION: PROMOTION AND TENURE STATISTICS
As time ran out, Presiding Officer Mitchell asked Vice Provost Garcia and APPC Chair Aleamoni to return with this presentation for the October 2 meeting.
12. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:04 p.m.
Jennifer L. Jenkins, Secretary of the Faculty
Pamela S. Bridgmon, Recording Secretary
1. “Arizona Women in Higher Education” 2006 Conference “Save the Date” postcard
2. University of Arizona Retirees Association Report to the Faculty and Staff, Sept. 11, 2006
3. Consent Agenda forwarded from the Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee
4. Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule 2006-2007
5. 2005-06 Annual Report from the Shared Governance Review Committee
6. 2005-06 Annual report from the Faculty Senate Task Force for Monitoring Labor and Human Rights Issues
7. 2005-06 Senate Actions
8. Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Guidelines (under revision)
9. Faculty Senate Standing Committees 2006-2007
10. General Faculty Standing Committees 2006-2007
11. Other University Committees 2006-2007
12. State of the Libraries Presentation to the UA Faculty Senate, Sept 11, 2006
13. PowerPoint slides for University of Arizona Outreach Fall 2006 presentation
*Copies of material listed in the Appendix are attached to the original minutes and are on file in the Faculty Center.
Motion 2006/07-6 Seconded motion from the Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee to approve the proposal to amend the University disqualification Policy to read, “Students who are under disqualification from the University may not take University of Arizona courses for credit or establish credit by examination during their periods of disqualification, although they may remove incomplete grades.” Motion carried.
Motion 2006/07-7 Seconded motion from the Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee to approve the post-baccalaureate certificate in Rock Mechanics. Motion carried.
Motion 2006/07-8 Seconded motion from the Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee to approve the post-baccalaureate certificate in Mine Production and Information Technology. Motion carried.
Motion 2006/07-9 Seconded motion from the Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee to approve the post-baccalaureate certificate in Mining Occupational Safety and Health. Motion carried.
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