University Council Minutes

12/07/2006 03:30 PM - Student Learning Center - Room 171

View Related Documents Online The University Council met on December 7, 2006 in Room 171 of the Student Learning Center.  President Adams called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.

The minutes from the November 2, 2006 University Council meeting were approved as distributed.

President Adams' report included the following:

1. Dr. Adams recognized that today is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a day many people lost their lives.  The remaining survivors agreed that today would be their final reunion.  Dr. Adams acknowledged the significance of this event and the sacrifices that were made.
2. Dr. Adams congratulated the following people on recent appointments:
• Phil Williams was congratulated on his appointment as permanent dean of the College of Public Health.  Dr. Adams stated that under Dr. Williams' leadership the college is sixty percent of the way toward full accreditation.  Dr. Williams was given a round of applause.
• Jere Morehead has been named interim vice president for instruction.  A search committee has been identified to fill the position on a permanent basis.  Dr. Rodney Bennett was thanked for his willingness to chair the search committee.
• Bob Boehmer will serve as interim vice provost for academic affairs.
• Karen Bauer will serve as interim associate provost for institutional effectiveness.
• Rob Hoyt will serve as interim dean of the Terry College of Business when George Benson leaves to become the president of the College of Charleston.
• Libby Morris has been named director of the Institute of Higher Education.
3. During the upcoming holiday break the university will be more aggressive than last year in energy conservation.  Dr. Adams asked everyone to encourage their colleagues to conserve energy.  The university is facing an eight million dollar increase in energy costs and about an eleven million dollar increase in employer provided health care costs.  The administration hopes diligent energy conservation will offset some of these increases.
4. Dr. Adams congratulated everyone who works in international programs.  The university has already met our 2010 goal with twenty-nine percent of undergraduates having a residential study abroad experience.  Five years ago only eleven percent of undergraduates had study abroad experience.  The university now ranks ninth in America of colleges having a residential study abroad experience.
5. Dr. Adams noted the following upcoming events:
   • Fall commencement will be held next Friday, December 15, in Stegeman Coliseum.  The undergraduate ceremony will be at 9:30 a.m. with U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss as the featured speaker.  The graduate ceremony will be at 2:30 p.m with Terry Coffey, president of Production Operations East for Murphy-Brown LLC, being the featured speaker.  The student speaker at the undergraduate ceremony will be Romona Condell.
   • The annual State of the University Address will be on January 11 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel.
   • On January 12 at 7:30 a.m. the annual Freedom Breakfast will be held in the Tate Center.
   • The Carter Administration 30th Anniversary Conference will be held on January 19-21, 2007. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter will be in attendance. Others expected to be in attendance include former Vice President Walter Mondale; former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer; former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin; former Chief Domestic Policy Advisor Stuart Eizenstat; former CIA Director Stansfield Turner; NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams; and television news anchor and PBS contributor Judy Woodruff.

The floor was opened for standing committee reports as follows:

Executive Committee (attachment a)
Benefits Committee (attachment b)
Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics (attachment c)
University Libraries Committee (attachment d)

Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committees - Peter Shedd reminded all standing committees to review the Bylaws and provide him with suggested changes for the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committee to consider.

Committee on Facilities - no report 
Committee on Student Affairs - no report
Educational Affairs Committee - no report
Faculty Admissions Committee - no report
Faculty Affairs Committee - no report
Faculty Conference - no report
Faculty Grievance Committee - no report
Faculty Post-Tenure Review - no report
Faculty/Staff Parking Appeals Committee - no report
Strategic Planning Committee - no report

David Shipley presented, on behalf of the Faculty Affairs Committee, recommendations regarding faculty salaries (attachment e).  The vote was called and the recommendations were approved.  The President indicated that he will attach a cover letter to the Chancellor indicating his support when these resolutions/recommendations are forwarded to the Board of Regents. 

As an information item, Susan Mattern-Parkes addressed Council on the importance of faculty attendance at alumni events.

Katie Bowers, a representative from SGA, made two requests to the faculty:  please post their syllabi on the web to assist students as they make decisions on what courses to take; please submit their orders for textbooks in a timely manner; the amount of money the Bookstore gives for buy-back textbooks is determined by whether or not that book will be used the following semester.

Dr. Adams wished everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:11 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Rebecca L. Macon
University Council Secretary

University Council roster

Members represented by proxy

Adams, Michael Akers, Mary Anne Allen, Christopher Anderson, Jim Baginski, Steve Bamber, Michael Barstow, William Beasley, Vanessa Bothe, Anne Bowers, Kathryn Bride, Brian Brooks, Dwight Brosius, Peter Burgess, Timothy Calhoun, Georgia Cason, Caroline Caudill, Justin Chepyator-Thomson, Rose Childs, Adrian Chinnan, Manjeet Correa-Diaz, Luis Daniels, Maurice Davis, Jolene DerVartanian, Dan Dookwah, hugh Duncan, Dennis Dunham, Richard Ely, Lane Feldman, Daniel Felson, Nancy Florkowske, Wojciech Frick, Janet Gibbons, Alison Giraudo, Silvia Grab, Ryan Grasso, Maureen Harriman, Jay Harris, Ruth Harrison, Georgia Hathcote, Jan Hendrick, Rod Hill, Janette Hilton, Nelson Hollett, Bruce Houser, Thomas Hume, Janice Johnson, Jeremiah Johnson, Loch Jones, Catherine Keith, Charles Langston, David Lauth, Thomas Leonas, Karen Lewis, Steven Lipp, Erin Little, Susan Mace, Arnett Macon, Rebecca Maltese, John Mattern-Parkes, Susan McDougald, Larry Merkle, Scott Mewborn, Denise Milford, Richard Milton, Jason Mohler, Brittany Momany, Cory Morehead, Jere Nielsen, Kristin Noakes, Scott Norman, naomi Oie, Svein Peper, Jamie Potter, William Quick, Paul Rathbun, Stephen Ritz, Casey Rothstein, Mitch Sarasvati, Bala Scott, Shannon Shamp, Claudia Shedd, Peter Shipley, David St. Pierre, Elizabeth Stokes, Garnett Suber, Matt Taha, Thiab Vail, Cynthia Vencill, William Weinberg, Scott West, Joe Williams, Phillip Willis, Kirk Womble, Myra Woolums, Amelia Wraga, William Zinkhan, George

Angle, Jay Clark, Culpepper Fu, Zhen Larson, Ed Mauricio, Rodney Miller, John Roulston, Kathy Warren, Robert