University Council Minutes

11/05/2009 03:30 PM - Tate Student Center - Grand Hall DEFG

The University Council met on November 5, 2009 in the Tate Center's Grand Hall DEFG. President Adams called the meeting to order at 3:31 p.m. The minutes from the September 17, 2009 University Council meeting were approved as distributed.

The report from President Adams included the following:

President Adams thanked all those who participated in the Diversity Summit last week. He also thanked Dr. Cheryl Dozier and her staff for their work on this system-wide effort.
President Adams thanked Dr. Art Dunning and his staff for their work on the 10th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference.
October 15th was the kick-off for the Annual Campaign for Charities.
The fall enrollment count of 34,885 is the largest in the history of the University of Georgia.
The President has received the report from the working committee on sustainability. President Adams stated he would have a formal response after the first of the year.
Upcoming events:

On Tuesday, November 10, at 11 am, Mario Capecchi, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, will give a lecture on Modeling Human Cancers in the Mouse.
This is Homecoming Week with activities throughout the week and a large number of alumni on campus.

The floor was opened for standing committee reports as follows:

Executive Committee –(Attachment a)
Curriculum Committee – (Attachment b)
Faculty Affairs Committee – (Attachment c)
Faculty Grievance Committee - (Attachment d)

Other Reports:

Staff Council - (Attachment e)
Student Government Association - (Attachment f )

Adrian Childs presented the following proposal from the Executive Committee:

Proposal for the chair of the Executive Committee to establish an Ad Hoc Committee on Employee Supervision (Attachment g) The vote was called and the proposal was approved.

David Shipley presented the following proposals from the University Curriculum Committee:

Proposal for a certificate in Asian Studies The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal for a new Major in Athletic Training (B.S.Ed.) The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal to offer a Major in Science Education (M.A.T.) as an External Degree on the Gwinnett Campus The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal to offer a Major in Science Education (Ed.S.) as an External Degree in Jackson County The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal for a non-thesis option under the Major in Speech Communication (M.A.) The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal for a non-thesis option under the Major in Pharmacy (M.S.) The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal for a non-thesis option under the Major in Foods and Nutrition (M.S.) The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal to Terminate the Minor in Textile Science The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal to Terminate the Certificate in Eastern Central European Studies The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
Proposal to revise Academic Affairs Policy #7: Centers and Institutes The vote was called and the proposal was approved.

Thomas Krunkosky and Loch Johnson presented the following proposal from the Committee on Facilities.

Proposal for A Campus Statue of Abraham Baldwin, Founder and First President of the University of Georgia (Attachment h) The vote was called and the proposal was approved.

Jeff Dorfman, chair of the Educational Affairs Committee, presented the Annual Academic Honesty Report (Attachment i).

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Rebecca L. Macon
University Council Secretary

University Council Roster

Adams, Michael

Holladay, Steven

Potter, William

Allen, Lewis

Honerkamp, Ken

Rawls, Raytheon

Allen, Sheila

Houston, Jacquelyn

Rhodes, Leara

Alzuru, Guillermo

Hurley, David

Ricketts, John

Amason, Allen

Ivy, Stuart

Ritchie, Branson

Assaf, Francis

Joerschke, Bonnie

Roberts, Phillip

Avery, Sarah

Johnson, Loch

Rooks, William

Barlow, Katie

Jolly, Laura D.

Saltz, David

Bonaparte, Eric

Karls, Anna

Samp, Jennifer

Brown, Lonnie

Kerr, William

Sanford, Paula

Brown, Wayde

Kidula, Jean

Savage, Mason

Burgess, Timothy P.

Kim, Soyoung

Schiller, David

Burke, Tom

King, Florence

Schuster, Richard

Byers, Carly

Koonin, David

Shelton, Robin

Caillault, J.P.

Kreshel, Peggy

Shetterley, Karen

Campbell, Jake

Kriesel, Warren

Shipley, David

Capomacchia, Anthony

Krunkosky, Thomas

Shostak, Robert

Casey, Daniel

Landau, David

Simmons, Cara

Crowe, Douglas

Landrum, Tom

Smagorinsky, Peter

Crystal, Jonathon

Lauth, Thomas

Southwood, Robin

Daniel, Jerry

Lease, Michele

Spooner, David

DeMaria, Don

Lee, David

Stancil, Phillip

Dorfman, Jeff

Lentini, Andrew

Stanley, Deborah

Dove, Robert

Live, David

Stevenson, Katherine

Dyles, Julie

Mace, Arnett

Stickney, John

Eberle, Roxanne

Macon, Rebecca

Stitt-Gohdes, Wanda

Elder, Deborah

Mauricio, Rodney

Stooksbury, David

Ellis, Angela

McDuff, Nancy

StPierre, Elizabeth

Epps, W. Dennis

McLocklin, Rachel

Taha, Thiab

Foster, Mark R

Millard, Larry

Thomas, Ian

Freeman, Melissa

Miller, William

Thomas, Susan

Gale, Jerry

Morehead, Jere

Tiller, Lori

Getch, Yvette

Moshi, Lioba

Tobin, Courtney

Glenn, Travis

Nadenicek, Daniel

Turner, Kari

Grasso, Maureen

Nairn, Alison

Turner, William Joseph

Happek, Uwe

Nairn, Joe

Wagner, John

Hein, Katie

Navara, Kristen

Webber, Meghan

Hernandez-Divers, Sonia M

Norman, Naomi

Williams, Phillip

Herod, Andrew

Peterson, Marjorie

Williams-Woodward, Jean

Hilton, Nelson

Porter, Delene

Wunderlich, John

Represented by proxy
(representative)

Angle, Jay Scott (Broder, Josef)

Batal, Amy (Kiepper, Brian)

Bennett, Rodney (Tschepikow, Kyle)

Biringer, Tyler (Rimmer, Rachel)

Chiu, Adam (Green, Christopher)

Clark, E. Culpepper (Alexander, Alison)

Cooney, Mark (Dowd, James)

Cooper, Diane (Seagraves, Beau)

Dunning, Arthur (Crowe, William)

Gittleman, John (Trapnell, Dorset)

Horne, Arthur (Hoy, Cheri)

Huang, Yao-wen (Harrison, Mark)

Lackey, Nicole (Williams, Katie Dean)

Oie, Svein (Francisco, George)

Severn, Jill (White, Elizabeth)

Shivers, Melissa (Poole, Leigh)

Stokes, Garnett (Malmberg, Russell)

Sumichrast, Robert T. (Feldman, Daniel)

Tollner, Bill (Thai, Chi)

Wells, Lenny (Boyhan, George)