Executive Committee Minutes

11/07/2018 03:30 PM - Peabody Boardroom, Administration Building

View Related Documents Online The University Council Executive Committee met on November 7, 2018 in the Peabody Boardroom.  A quorum being present, chair-elect David Shipley, substituting for chair Andy Owsiak, called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.  Standing committee chairs in attendances included John Maerz of the University Curriculum Committee, Mark Farmer of the Educational Affairs Committee, and Scott Pegan of the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws, and Committees.  Guests to the meeting included Olivia Adams, Phillip Griffith, Elizabeth Kramer, Kathy Pharr, Rahul Shrivastav, Jeff Springston, and James Stanton.
 

1. The minutes of the September 12, 2018 meeting were approved as distributed.
2. Action Items:
   1. Proposals from the University Curriculum Committee:
      1. Proposal for a new major in Film, Television, and Digital Media (M.F.A.).  A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.
      2. Proposal to terminate the major in Veterinary Pathology (Ph.D.). A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.
      3. Proposal for a new Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Food Systems. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.
      4. Proposal to deactivate the Graduate Certificate in Creativity and Innovation. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.
   2. Proposals from the Educational Affairs Committee:
      1. Proposal for a revision to Policy 4.02-3, University Policy on Course Drops and Withdrawals. During discussion, two friendly amendments were made and accepted by the Executive Committee regarding the proposal. The first was to revise the proposal's text to clarify the deadline for submitting a hardship withdrawal. The second was to specify that summer semester counts in regards to the verbiage in the proposal that a hardship withdrawal must be submitted "by the withdrawal deadline of the semester following the semester for which the hardship withdrawal is sought." A vote was called and the proposal with the friendly amendments was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.
      2. Proposal for a revision to Policy 4.03-1, Presidential Scholar and Dean's List. Following discussion, a vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.
   3. Proposal from the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws, and Committees:
      1. Proposal for amendments to the University Statutes and University Council Bylaws. During discussion, several friendly amendments were made to the proposal and accepted by the Executive Committee. The first involved the section of the proposal revising the membership of the Faculty Affairs Committee in which the Executive Committee agreed to remove this section from the proposal to send back to the Statues and Bylaws Committee for further consideration. Next, the Executive Committee agreed that clarification was needed to number three on the proposal's cover page regarding the non-tenure track titles added to the Program Review and Assessment Committee's membership. Lastly, after much discussion, the Executive Committee agreed to remove from the proposal the portion regarding the request to move the Committee on Student Life from being a permanent standing committee to an ad hoc committee with defined membership that can be called at the request of the Executive Committee. A vote was called and the proposal, with these approved changes, was approved to be placed on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda for a first required reading and vote.
3. Information Item:
   1. From the Educational Affairs Committee:
      1. 2017-2018 Academic Honesty Report. This information item will appear on the November 28, 2018 University Council agenda.

There being no old or new business, the meeting adjourned at 4:27 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Fiona Liken, Registrar
Secretary to University Council

Executive Committee Members Present
Malcolm Adams
Dannie Chalk
Jamie Cooper
Nathan Hansen
Victoria Hasko
Keith Herist
Itai Himelboim
Steven Holladay
Fiona Liken
Marie Mize
Libby Morris
Scott Nesbit
Nate Nibbelink
Kerry Oliver
Amy Rosemond
Esra Santesso
David Shipley
Patricia Yager

Executive Committee Members Represented by Proxy
Miguel Cabrera (Jennifer Thompson)
Jim Carson (David Eckles)
Nancy Dellaria (Kevin Burke)
Stephan Durham (Sidney Thompson)
Shari Miller (Harold Briggs)