University Council Minutes

10/30/2007 03:30 PM - Student Learning Center - Room 101

The University Council met on October 30, 2007 in room 101 of the Student Learning Center.  President Adams called the meeting to order at 3:32 p.m.

The minutes from the September 27, 2007 University Council meeting were approved as distributed.

Dr. Adams announced that he would be available to the media following the Council meeting.

President Adams' report included the following:

1. The Campaign for Charities is underway and everyone was invited to participate in order to reach our goal of $425,000.  Dr. Adams thanked Dean Maurice Daniels for chairing the Campaign for Charities this year.
2. The President's Faculty Advisory Committee provided many good suggestions for water conservation in addition to the recommendations already provided by the Water Resources Task Force.  The final report from the task force is due the middle of November at which time some hard decisions will have to be made by the end of the calendar year.  Everyone was asked to assist in the effort to reduce the university's water consumption by 35%.
3. The following upcoming events were noted:
   • Patrick Callan will deliver the 19th annual Louise McBee Lecture on October 31 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel.
   • The groundbreaking ceremony for the addition to the College of Pharmacy will be held at 2 p.m. on November 2 at the site which is immediately south of the College of Pharmacy on D. W. Brooks Mall.
   • This week is Homecoming and many events are ongoing throughout the week and are listed on the master calendar.  Saturday the Bulldogs will play Troy at 1 p.m. in Sanford Stadium.

The floor was opened for standing committee reports as follows:

Executive Committee (attachment a)
Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics (attachment b)
Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committees (attachment c)
Benefits Committee (attachment d)

Following the report of the Benefits Committee, Dr. Adrian Childs presented a resolution from the Benefits Committee reflecting the sense of the University Council of the University of Georgia on the Issue of Domestic Partner Benefits (attachment e).  The vote was called and the resolution was approved.

Professor David Shipley gave the report from the University Curriculum Committee (attachment f).

Professor David Shipley then presented the following proposals from the University Curriculum Committee (attachment g):

1. A proposal for a major in Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics under the Master of Science (M.S.).  The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
2. A proposal for a major in Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics under the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).  The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
3. A proposal to change the name of the major in Occupational Studies to Workforce Education under the MAT, M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., Ph.D. degrees.  The vote was called and the proposal was approved.

Dr. Denise Mewborn gave the report from the Educational Affairs Committee (attachment h).

Dr. Mewborn proceeded to present a request from the Educational Affairs Committee for a transcript notation indicating when a student has been expelled for violating the University's Academic Honesty Policy (attachment i).  The vote was called and the request was approved.

Dr. Mewborn noted the only information item on the agenda, the 2006-2007 Annual Report on Academic Honesty from the Educational Affairs Committee that was published in accordance with A Culture of Honesty (attachment j).

Dr. Elizabeth St. Pierre gave the second and final reading of a proposal from the Faculty Affairs Committee requesting changes to the Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines (attachment k).   The vote was called and the proposed changes were approved.

President Adams updated Council on his veto of the proposal to deactivate the minor in Child and Family Development that was passed by Council at the September 27, 2007 meeting.  The veto and its entire explanation can be viewed here.

Kathryn Bowers gave the report from the Student Government Association (attachment l)

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:17 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Rebecca L. Macon
University Council Secretary

University Council Roster

Represented by proxy

Adams, Michael Allen, Sheila Andrews, Gayle Andrzejewski, Sara Baginski, Steve Bergmann, Carl Bernstein, Irwin Bower, Don Bowers, Kathryn Brown, Mark Brown, Wayde Bullock, Charles Bultman, Dana Cai, Hanini Childs, Adrian Cox, Clayton Crowe, Douglas Curtis, Robert Daniel, Jerry Davis, Jolene DerVartanian, Dan Dookwah, Hugh Duncan, Dennis Ely, Lane Feldman, Daniel Florkowski, Wojciech Fu, Zhen Gittleman, John Goodie, Adam Gore, Matthew Grasso, Maureen Harriman, Jay Harris, Ruth Harrison, Georgia Hoffer, Peter Hollett, Bruce Honerkamp, Ken Houser, Thomas Houston, Jacquelyn Hunt-Hurst, Patricia Johnson, Mary Jolly, Laura Kamper, Cassie Keen, Brenda Krunkosky, Thomas Landau, David Langston, David Lee, David Lewis, Steven Lipp, Erin Little, Susan Mace, Arnett Macon, Rebecca Mauricio, Rodney McFalls, Mason Merkle, Scott Mewborn, Denise Miller, John Morehead, Jere Munneke, Henry Noakes, Scott Norman, Naomi Oie, Svein Quick, Paul Rathbun, Stephen Rothstein, Mitch Roulston, Kathy Rumely, Robert Sarasvati, Bala Scott, Larry Scott, Shannon Secord, Cameron Shah, Ashay Shamp, Claudia Shipley, David Simmons, Cara Spooner, David St. Pierre, Elizabeth Stokes, Garnett Tiller, Lori Vail, Cynthia Veliyath, Amrita Vencill, William Weinberg, Scott Williams, Phillip Wortham, Becky Zinkhan, George

Allen, Christopher Angle, Scott Burnett, Wesley Cason, Caroline Chinnan, Manjeet Cooney, Mark Cornell, Karen Dunning, Arthur Hilton, Nelson McCarthy, Conner Potter, William Ritz, Casey Stanley, Deborah Sumichrast, Robert Wilson, Jeanna