Minutes of the Faculty Senate meeting May 3, 2000 The regular meeting of the 1999-00 Faculty Senate was called to order by Dan Spencer at 3:30 p.m. The following Senators were present for all or part of the meeting: Berry, Brady, Cairns, Gillespie, Hariman, Honts, McCrickerd, Parsa, Petersen, Phillips, Pomeroy, Romig, Schneider, Simpson, Sisk, Spencer, Stratton, Strentz, Torgerson, Walker, Wright Absent: none Minutes of the Previous Meeting: Upon proper motion and second, the minutes of the April 19th meeting were approved. Report from President Maxwell: Dean Ron Troyer has been nominated for the Provost position and the interview process continues. The Board of Trustees as they have been operating will be eliminated at their request. The Board of Governors will be reconstructed as the Board of Trustees. Individuals will join various Advisory Boards or otherwise resolve their relationships with the University in the next months. A smooth transition is expected. At the June 2000 Board meeting, a business plan will be presented to create a unit of the University which will be charged with developing relationships (student and business) outside the traditional Drake student definition. The unit, tentatively called the Center for Professional Development, will be funded outside the University’s current operating budget. The unit’s purpose will be to address unmet educational need in the community and to generate revenue for Drake. Senator Cairns asked if faculty time would be used for the Center for Professional Development venture. President Maxwell replied that the faculty time will be ‘bought’ to work in this program and any persons hired to teach will go through regular department review to help provide quality educational delivery assurance. Senator Strentz asked what commitment would be made to students in any program, which is selected, for elimination during Program Review. President Maxwell replied that a program by program examination would occur with the University behaving responsibly to the students. Report from Interim Provost Hoag: No report Report from President Spencer: The members of the Review Program Advisory Committee (RPAC) were announced. College of Business & Public Administration Pat Heaston School of Education Jan McMahill School of Journalism & Mass Communication Herb Strentz Law School David Walker College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Lon Larson College of Arts & Sciences   Fine Arts John Pomeroy Humanities Deb Symonds Natural Sciences Judith Allen Social Sciences Joseph Schneider SSEC Carla McCrea Administrative Council Jean Berger Wanda Everage Bargaining Unit James O’Daye Student Representative John Rosen The Academic Charter & Faculty Manual Review Committee was announced as Jim Reynolds, Lou Ann Simpson, Karl Schaeffer, Steven Hoag, Nancy Geiger. Their charge is to go through the Academic Charter to note where the language is not current with actual practices on campus and to note where the language should be reviewed in light of Program Review. The committee’s report will come back to the Senate. Senator Wright indicated there is some interest in having AAUP representation during the document review although she had no concerns about the individuals named to the committee. President Spencer indicated there was no intent to exclude any group yet desire to keep the group small. Senator Torgerson indicated that the AAUP group meets next week and will consider this issue. A summary of the 1999-2000 Faculty Senate motions was distributed. President Spencer extended sincere appreciation and thanks to the Executive Committee, President Maxwell, Interim Provost Hoag and all committee chairs and members for all the work done in the very productive year. Unfinished Business: None presented New Business: Senator Wright moved and Simpson seconded motion 00-14: Approve Spring Break 2001 – March 19-23, 2001 The motion passed without discussion. Senator Peterson moved and McCrickerd second motion 00-15: Approve Academic Calendars 2001-2002 and 2004-2005 Senator Peterson presented an overview of the procedures used to bring academic calendars to the Senate and indicated that EPI this year had discussed extensively the Spring semester opening date. The calendar being presented today for 2001-2002 is a change from previously submitted calendars; the semester would begin a week later, January 22nd. The motion passed. Senator Walker moved and Berry seconded motion 00-16: Change the Faculty manual section 3.53 Copyright Policy & Rules Strike the existing handbook language on copyright, and substitute new language Senator Walker presented a review of 1990 language concerning copyright in the Faculty Manual and acknowledged Drake’s history of having a strong position of faculty owning their work. ‘Joint works’ were mentioned and are only applicable when the University is significantly contributing to the product from the beginning. He said that web design is not actually on the list of examples but it is to be regarded as a work. Bill Stoppel, Chair of the Subcommittee on Copyrights, was invited to address the Senate. He said that no indication was found that Drake University has ever claimed copyright. He offered this summary of the policy: Absent a contract to the contrary, the intellectual property of a member of the Drake University community remains that individual's property. Mr. Stoppel also noted that nothing presented today addresses patents. He indicated that Mr. Sease has reviewed the proposed language and responded favorably. Senator Romig requested that web pages and computer-based material should be added to the examples list for clarity. The words and web based courses were added to item #12 in the examples list in section 3.531 as a friendly amendment. The motion passed as amended. Senator Simpson moved and Brady seconded motion 00-17: Suspend the University Council for Strategic Planning (UCSP). The Faculty Senate will revisit the overall strategic planning process at its October 2000 meeting. Senator Simpson indicated the UCSP was very active during its first year and involved with the transition of Drake’s senior management. The concern now is to look for a consistent and continuing method to deal with the issue of strategic planning during this current time of transition and program review. The motion passed. Senator Simpson moved and Brady seconded motion 00-18: To suspend the Joint Committee on Student Concerns (5.12) pending review during the 2000-2001 academic year by the Student Senate Executive committee and the Faculty Senate Executive committee. This review is to be completed before the end of January 2001. Senator Simpson reminded the body that this standing committee of the Senate has not been meeting although several faculty leaders have made efforts. The examination would be to review the committee charge and membership and if it or some other method can be used to meet its real purpose, which was perceived after the University Senate was dissolved. Currently there are other committees and vehicles for the student voice to be heard. There is a concern about the image of concern and the reality of the usage of this committee. The motion passed. On proper motion and second the meeting closed at 4:35 p.m. Submitted by Nancy Geiger