University Senate Minutes 22 Apr 2011

Calendar 

1. April 29^th University Senate Standing Committee Organizational Meetings at 12:30
2. August 10^th Governance Retreat
   
   • Location: West Campus Center
3. September 2nd University Senate Standing Committee Meetings at 3:30
4. September 23rd University Senate Meeting at 3:30 

Attendance: Ryan Brown, Scott Butler, Cynthia Cano, Dianne Chamblee, Jan Clark, Carrie Cook, David de Posada, Jennifer Flory, Diane Gregg, Liz Havey Sandra Jordan, Josh Kitchens, Dorothy Leland, Mary Magoulick, Jen Maraziti, Bryan Marshall, Ken McGill, Becky McMullen, Cara Meade, Leslie Moore, Lyndall Muschell, Amy Pinney, Stephen Price, Holley Roberts, Doreen Sams, Susan Steele, John Swinton, Craig Turner, Edward Whatley, Catherine Whelan.

Guests: Myron Avila, Dean Baker (acting secretary for Debby MacMillan); Matthew Rogers, Christine Zuger.

Regrets: Mike Augustine, Debby MacMillan, Judy Malachowski

No attendance status for Susan Allen, Kirk Armstrong, Stephen Auerbach, Mike Augustine, Carol Bader, Andrei Barkovskii, Beauty Bragg, Martha Colvin, Toi Franks, Jason Huffman, Evan Karanovich, Deborah MacMillan, Greg Mahan, Judith Malachowski, Fadhili Mshana, Mike Rose, Ross Sheppard, Chris Skelton

Call to Order- 

1. Jan Clark called the meeting to order at 12:34 p.m.
2. Approve Agenda-SENATE ACTION APPROVED

Committee Reports 

1. Subcommittee on Nominations (ScoN) Report: Christine Zugar presented the ScoN report providing the slate of nominees for officers and committee members for the 2011-2012 University Senate.
   
   • Motion to adopt membership-Bryan Marshall from CoB to replace Howard Woodard on APC. Jan Clark asked for nominations from the floor. A motion was made, seconded and approved to close nominations from the floor. SENATE ACTION APPROVED AS AMENDED.

President's Report

1. President Dorothy Leland-
   
   • Welcoming remarks-President Leland praised Ken McGill for his leadership of the University Senate as its Presiding Officer during the 2010-2011 academic year, noting the presiding officer role is a challenging position. President Leland welcomed all the incoming members of the 2011-2012 University Senate, noting the senate is the policy recommending body of the university. President Leland encouraged all university senators to be an active member and to think about what policy changes would benefit the university. President Leland announced that Hank Huckaby has been appointed by the Board of Regents to serve as Chancellor of the University System of Georgia effective 1 July 2011. Hank Huckaby has a background in finance and in the classroom and served as Governor Perdue's chief financial officer.

University Senate Pins and Organizational Meetings of Standing Committees

1. Distribution of University Senate pins- Jan Clark and President Leland distributed the University Senate Pins to the first time newly elected senators who were present.
2. Jan Clark advertised the organizational meetings of standing committees (APC, CAPC, FAPC, RPIPC, SAPC) scheduled for Friday, 29 April 2011. The primary purpose of these organizational meetings is to elect committee officers. She also announced that the next University Senate meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 10 August 2011at the conclusion of the governance retreat. Jan referenced Douglas MacArthur's final public speech quoting “my last conscious thoughts will be of The Corps, and The Corps, and The Corps.” to introduce the Provost's report on the core.

Provost's Report

1. Provost Sandra Jordan
   
   • Core update-Provost Jordan introduced the revision of the core as the fastest revision in university history. She praised all the hard work by those present and others on campus for the new core. The newest section is Area B and these classes are thought of as first year and second year classes. She announced that work will begin fall semester to develop courses for the second year. Provost Jordan discussed the SACS review committees. The final report will be due to SACS 2014. Provost Jordan announced that the senate committees will play a big role in the SACS review process. She is asking for each standing committee to nominate one person to be on the SACS steering committee.

New Business

1. Navigating the new website-Matt Rogers provided an overview of the University Senate website -Jan Clark thanked Ken McGill, Jay Lancaster, and Matt Rogers for their contributions to the development of the new senate website. The url is senate.gcsu.edu. Matt demonstrated the new site - projecting the demonstration on the screen at the front of the room - and discussed the tabs located on the left side of the screen. There is a senator login on the left side which requires the mycats username and password. Matt offered to help any senator who is having trouble with logging into the new site. Matt displayed his email address, matthew.rogers@bobcats.gcsu.edu, on the screen and invited anyone to contact him if needed.
2. Governance Retreat update-Dee Sams presented information concerning the retreat. The retreat theme is "Pumping up the Flow: Shared Governance as the Heart of GC." The retreat is scheduled for 10 August 2011. There will be a celebration and social at the conclusion of the retreat. Dee asked for folks to fill out the governance retreat survey form providing their availability to attend the governance retreat and food and beverage preferences.
3. Jan Clark reminded everyone present that they will be receiving an email to let them know where the standing committee organization meetings will be held.
4. Jan Clark announced that the parliamentarian for next year is David Muschell.
5. As there was no further business, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and approved, The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 p.m.