Executive Committee Minutes

02/06/2019 03:30 PM - Peabody Boardroom, Administration Building

View Related Documents Online The University Council Executive Committee met on February 6, 2019 in the Peabody Boardroom. A quorum being present, chair Andy Owsiak called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Standing committee chairs in attendance included John Maerz of the University Curriculum Committee and Scott Pegan of the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws, and Committees. Guests to the meeting included Olivia Adams, Laura Bierema, Paul Brooks, Sarah Covert, Janet Frick, Kelly Happe, Paul Matthews, Henry Munneke, Ed Panetta, Gracen Pace, Kathy Pharr, Lee Shearer, William Vencill, and Kandauda Wickrama.

Dr. Owsiak opened the meeting by reminding Executive Committee members that the committee has standing meetings with the finalists of the Provost search. He then moved to the day's agenda.

The minutes of the November 7, 2018 meeting were approved as distributed.
Action Items:
1. Proposals from the University Curriculum Committee:
  1. Proposal to offer the existing major in Poultry Science (M.S.) with a Non-Thesis option (item removed at request of committee)
  2. Proposal to offer the existing Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) as an online program. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  3. Proposal for a new minor in General Business. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  4. Proposal for a new Graduate Certificate in Organization Coaching. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  5. Proposal for a new Graduate Certificate in Science and Health Communication. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  6. Proposal for a new Online Graduate Certificate in Public Health. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  7. Proposal for the following name change:
    - From: Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods in Family Science
    - To: Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods in Family and Social Sciences. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  8. Proposal to terminate the Undergraduate Certificate in Community Forestry. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  9. Proposal to terminate the Graduate Certificate in Research Administration. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  10. Proposal to deactivate the major in General Business (B.B.A.), Online only. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
2. Proposals from the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws, and Committees:
  1. Proposal to update the number of ex-officio members of the University Council. Following a brief discussion, a vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  2. Proposal to revise the duties of the University Council Executive Committee. A vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  3. Proposal to revise the duties of the Chair of the University Council Executive Committee. Following a brief discussion, a vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  4. Proposal to add titles to the membership of the Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC). Following a brief discussion, a vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  5. Proposal to revise the membership of the Educational Affairs Committee. A discussion occurred on the proposal, including the bylaws stating that only undergraduate enrollment will be considered in proportioning membership on the committee and how in their proposal the Statutes and Bylaws Committee distributed members on the EAC based on undergraduate enrollment. Following discussion, a vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
  6. Proposal to revise the membership of the Faculty Affairs Committee. During an extensive discussion, friendly amendments were made to the proposal. The first sentence in the second paragraph under the proposed revisions to the Faculty Affairs Committee was agreed to be changed to read, "One non-tenure track appointment will come from each of the following faculty career tracks." The last sentence under the section in the proposal titled "Faculty Affairs Committee Chair" was agreed upon by the committee to be changed to read, "The FAC chair may delegate tenure-related additional items or matters to the Tenured Faculty Subcommittee." Following further discussion on the proposal, a vote was called and the proposal was approved to be placed on the February 27, 2019 University Council agenda.
Old Business:
1. An update was provided by the Registrar on the implementation timeline of the motion recently passed by the University Council and approved by the President concerning a revision to the Presidential Scholar and Dean's List requirements.
There was no new business to come before the committee.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:12 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Fiona Liken, Registrar
Secretary to University Council

Executive Committee Members Present
Malcolm Adams
Kevin Burke
Jim Carson
Jamie Cooper
Stephan Durham
Ammishaddai Grand-Jean
Keith Herist
Steven Holladay
Fiona Liken
Shari Miller
Marie Mize
Libby Morris
Scott Nesbit
Kerry Oliver
Andy Owsiak
Amy Rosemond
Esra Santesso
David Shipley
Patricia Yager

Executive Committee Members Represented by Substitute
Itai Himelboim (Jooyoung Kim)
Amanda Smith (Ben Campbell)