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Monday, May 17, 1999
Program Room, Leavey Center
PRESENT: Andrews, Areen, Arend, Bates, D.Betz, P.Betz, Bloch, Breall,
Brown, Cole, Danielson, Davis, DeGioia, Diamond, Dretchen, Fasold, Fink,
Fisher, Fort, Gerli, Glazer, Goldfrank, Hauser, Iglarsh, Jacobs, Lauerman,
Lieber, Kopac, Martire, McFadden,S.J., Moran Cruz, Morris, A.Myers, Noyes,
Pfeiffer, Pinkard, Rameh, Scribanu, Serene, Sitterson, Soudee, Spiegel,
Subramanian, Tracy, Viksnin, J.Walsh,S.J., T.Walsh, Wientzen, Zucarelli.
ABSENT: Angel, Byrne, Cohn, Dover, Finkel, Gallucci, Haft, Harter, Joyner,
Keller, Kromer, Lawton,S.J., Lepgold, McCabe, Mujal-Leon, Nishioka, K.Myers,
Oakley, Nelson, Peck, Pinkard, Puto, Richardson, Ronkainen, Rothstein,
Stent, Terrio, Vroman, T.J.Walsh, Wasserstrom, Weidenbruch, Wiesel, Young.
GUESTS: (Alatis, Banchoff, Glavin, O'Connor, Temple - new Senate members;
Gloria Massaro)
The meeting was called to order by Prof. Bates at 4:25 p.m. Minutes
of the April 19, 1999 Senate meeting were approved.
Prof. Bates announced the newly elected senators from the Medical Center
and Main Campus.
Awards for service to the Faculty Senate were given to Keith Fort and
Dorothy Brown.
Father McFadden presented the slate of new officers recommended for
the next Senate term by the nominating committee. The slate was moved and
seconded. It was Richard Bates, President; Adam Myers, Secretary-Treasurer;
Michael Cole and Cynthia Tracy, Medical Center, Co-VP; Wayne Davis, Main
Campus VP; and Richard Diamond, Law Center VP. The merits of having co-VP's
for the Medical Center were debated. A vote was taken on this point, and
the co-VP arrangement was supported by the Medical Center Caucus and the
University Faculty Senate, as a temporary measure during the current emergency,
for one year. The votes were 10-2-1 and 36-1-2, respectively.
In addition to the proposed slate, Siva Subramanian was nominated. He
declined. The slate was approved with no votes against, and one abstention.
Committee appointments nominees were presented. Main Campus Caucus nominations
on pages 1 & 2 (attached) were moved as a block and approved. A slate
of nominees for Medical Center committees (page 3, attached) was moved
and approved. On page 4 (attached), nominees to the University Affirmative
Action Committee, University Athletic Board and University Committee on
Investments and Social Responsibility were moved and approved. For the
Graduate School Research Steering Committee, Mark Warren was appointed;
Peter Pfeiffer (?) and Adam Myers were appointed to the Graduate
Executive Committee Council. Mary Culnan (Bus.) was appointed to the Georgetown
University Guide. To the Student Affairs Disciplinary Review Committee,
Jim Reardan-Anderson was appointed, pending his acceptance. On page 5 (attached),
Pietra Rivoli, Aviad Haramati, Douglas McCabe, Susan Deller Ross, Ralph
Fasold and Kathryn Olesko, pending her acceptance, were nominated and appointed
to the University Grievance Code Committee. Anthony Arend, Robert Glazer,
A. Bennet Jensen, Elizabeth Paterson and Silas Wasserstrom were appointed
by vote of the Senate as alternates to the Grievance Code Committee. Gloria
Massaro was reappointed as a Medical Center representative to the University
Rank and Tenure Committee. David Yang, Roger Chickering and Paul McNelis
were nominated. Ralph Fasold placed Marsha Morris into nomination as a
Main Campus nominee. Several spoke in support of this nomination, which
would provide a committee member from the humanities, as well as provide
better gender balance. Susanne T. Kord and Lucy B. Maddox were also placed
in nomination as Main Campus faculty. There was much discussion on the
rationale for considering additional nominees, and whether the main Campus
Caucus should be second-guessed by the University Faculty Senate. A motion
was made to remand the issue back to the Caucus. Prof. Davis stated that
the Caucus had considered issues revolving around its nominations at the
end of its meeting and chose not to further consider the questions raised.
A vote was taken on whether to refer the matter back to the Caucus; the
vote was 17-7-4 to refer it back to the Caucus.
Prof. Bates discussed the committee structure for the Comprehensive
Review Team and its subcommittees. Father O'Donovan has met with the Academic
Committee and the four academic subcommittees; the "numbers subcommittee"
has been meeting, and the clinical practice subcommittee has been appointed.
The "linkages committee," a special committee of the Senate, is now being
constituted, and Prof. Moran Cruz has been collecting information to inform
this committee. Prof. Zuccarelli raised the issue of undergraduate Nursing
education, and the lack of a committee to address this. Prof. Bates committed
to pushing to create an additional committee to address significant issues
if they arise; Nursing School representatives on sub-committees and Academic
Steering Committee should provide some oversight.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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