Meeting Minutes

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Present:  Alatis, Bates, D. Betz, P. Betz, Brown, Breall, Campbell, Cole, DaSilva, Davis, Fink, Goldfrank, Haramati, Hirsh, Jacobs, Martire, McCabe, Morris, Mujica, J. Murphy, A. Myers, Noyes, O'Donnor, Soudee, Spiegel, Stent, Viksnins, Wientzen, Witek,S.J.

Excused: Fasold, Kellar, Kromer, Lawton,S.J., McFadden, S.J., Rameh, Richardson, Sara,S.J., Subramanian, vonArx,S.J., J. Walsh,S.J.,

Absent: Areen, Arend, Barth, Byrne, Cohan, Cohn, Cooper, Dover, Dretchen, Fekrat,  Ferdows, Finkel, Fisher, Fort, Gallucci, Gerli, Glazer, Haft, Harter, Kopac, Lieber, Moran Cruz, Mujal-Leon, K. Myers, Nelson, Nichols, Oakley, Owen, Pinkard, Rothstein, Schuelein, Schwartz, Scribanu, Terrio, Tracy, Vroman, Wallace, Walters, Wasserstrom, Weidenbruch, Wiesel, Young.

Guests: David Andrews, Mark Daniels, Harvey Iglarsh, William Lauerman, Jeff Peck, Peter Pfeiffer,Tom Walsh, Lisa Zauccarelli (new senators)
 

The meeting was convened by Professor Bates in the Program Room, Leavey Center at 4:26 p.m.

1. Minutes: The minutes of the last Faculty Senate meeting were not ready.
   
   
2. Report of the Main Campus Election: This was item 5 on the agenda, but was moved to item 2: Father Witek, Chair of the Main Campus Faculty Election committee, reviewed the elections.  He was concerned that there was a decreased number of faculty running for the Faculty Senate.  In 1996, there were 31 candidates for 16 slots; in1997, 17 candidates for 11 slots and in 1998,19 candidates for 18 slots.  Hopefully, there will be more candidates in the future.  However, the current election has brought forth 10 new people to the Faculty Senate.  For the first time the results were put out on e-mail, and in the future the results should be put out of the Senate web page.
   
   
3. Introduction of New Senators: New Senators were introduced except for the Law Center which was in the middle of lengthy election procedures.
   
   
4. Faculty Senate Awards:
       Professor Richard Bates
       Professor Aviad Haramati
       Professor Wayne Davis
   
   
5. Appointment to Committees: At the beginning of the meeting senators were providesd with a list of the nominees for Faculty Senate appointments to committees for the 1997-98 academic year.  In the majority of cases there was a single nominee for each position, and the Senate unanimously approved these candidates.  In cases where there were more than one nominee for a position the Senators conducted a ballot. Those candidates that garnered the most votes formed a slate that was approved unanimously.
   
   
6. Officers of the Senate: Professor Adams Myers is stepping down as President of the Medical Caucus of the University Faculty Senate as of July1, 1998.  The Medical Caucus has voted that Professor Michael Cole be elected to take Professor Myers place.  The University Faculty unanimously affirmed this change in leadership of the Medical Caucus. As Professor Cole is currently Secretary of the Faculty Senate a vote was taken to replace Professor Cole with Professor Myers.  This exchange of positions was accepted unanimously.
   
   
7. Other Business: There are some developments that may require an additional meeting of the Faculty Senate:
   
   A meeting of the Fringe Benefits Committee that will consider the potential addition of Blue Cross and Blue Shield and other plans to the Health Care providers.
   
   Search committees for EVPs, Chairs etc.
   
   The meeting adjourned at 5:52 p.m.

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