MINUTES
UAF FACULTY SENATE MEETING #142
Monday, March 5, 2006
1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom

I	Call to Order – Shirish Patil

Faculty Senate President Shirish Patil called the meeting to order at 1 p.m.

A.	Roll Call

Members Present:  
	Members Absent: 	
Allen, Jane 	Anderson, Jodie	
Berge, Anna	Bandopadhyay, S.	
Bret-Harte, Marion	Daku, Michael	
Brown, Liz (Jennifer Reynolds)	Deters, Pamela	
Burleson, Derick	Lurman, Julie	
Cahill, Cathy		
Cascio, Julie		
Chowdhury, Ataur		
Collins, Jim		
Cooper, Christine 	Others Present: 	
Dandekar, Abhijit 	Anahita, Sine	
Davis, Mike	Callahan, Karen	
Dehn, Jonathan	Collins, Rich	
Freymueller, Jeff	Coffman, Christine	
Genetti, Jon	Hapsmith, Linda	
Iken, Katrin	Hardy, Cindy	
Illingworth, Marjorie	Jones, Steve	
Kingsley, Ilana	Layral, Sheri	
Konar, Brenda	Morrison, Joy	
Maxwell, David	Reichardt, Paul	
Newberry, Rainer	Sunwood, Kayt	
Patil, Shirish	Thomas, Dana	
Rickard, Anthony	Toopetlook, Debbie	
Roberts, Larry	Veazey, Dave	
Rosenberg, Jonathan		
Sousa, Marsha		
Weber, Jane		
Wiechen, Heinz (Larry Duffy)		
Zhang, Mingchu		
Zhou, Thomas		
Zhou, Wendy 		

Non-Voting Members Present:  
	Non-Voting Members Absent:	
Madsen, Eric - Dean, CEM	Francis-Chythlook, Oceana - GSO	
Morrow, Phyllis - Dean, CLA	Illingworth, Ron - ACCFT	
Stickel, Tim - Registrar	United Academics-Adjunct - vacant	
Stepp, Jeff - Staff Council President 		
Gilkey, Sven - ASUAF		
Bult-Ito, Abel - UNAC		

B.	Approval of Minutes to Meeting #141

The minutes were approved with the following correction.  Abel requested a change to his statement under VI. B to read, "Abel Bult-Ito asked whether students falling behind in his anatomy class should be referred to him."  He also asked that "Abel Bult-Ito suggests that Tim work closely with the Academic Advising Center" be added.  

C.	Adoption of Agenda

The agenda was adopted with the addition of two new items of New Business--G. Resolution to name the Natural Science Facility and H. Motion to amend the GCC Procedures.  

II	Status of Chancellor's Office Actions 
	A.	Motions Approved:
1.	Motion to define academic credit for practicum, internship, or scholarly activity. 
2.	Motion to approved a Certificate in Power Generation.
3.	Motion to amend the Residency Requirements for the Baccalaureate degree. 
	B.	Motions Pending:  none

III	Public Comments/Questions   - 

A.	Sine Anahita spoke in favor of the April 3rd Advisory Vote resolution.   This impacts your faculty colleagues and takes away rights.  If passed this resolution will send a strong message to colleagues, to the university, and to the state in support of these rights.  

B.	Rich Collins spoke about the impact of the advisory vote and stated that the minimum health care costs to the university would be $1,200/year.  He asked for support of the resolution.

C.	Kayt Sunwood asked for support of the resolution. 

D.	Abel Bult-Ito asked for support of the resolution on the Advisory April 3rd vote.  He is organizing an exercise for peace.  He asked that the Senate support the Walk for Peace.   Dahr Jamail, an independent Alaskan journalist will be speaking on Thursday, March 8 at Pioneer Park and Friday, March 9 in Schaible Auditorium. 

IV	A.	President's Comments - Shirish Patil    

Shirish announced that the Governance Coordinating Committee (GCC) passed a motion at it February 28 meeting to move the start date of the Spring 2008 semester back to the usual Thursday start as opposed to the Tuesday start date we had this semester.  

For the VPAA search, two candidates have visited; one more is scheduled for next week and another the following week.  Open forums are scheduled.  

Shirish provided an update of the Student Success effort.  Vince Tinto will visit the UAA and UAF campuses.  There will be a morning workshop with a discussion on academically under prepared students.  In the afternoon there will be 3-4 breakout sessions dealing with Academic Advising Center, student services, and RSS; CRCD; Enrollment Services; and Developmental Studies.  The second day will be spent with the Faculty Alliance and statewide.  At least one representative from each of the rural campuses will be invited to attend either the UAA or UAF meetings on the 25 or 26.  There will be an audioconference link throughout the day for those who wish to dial in.  

Another issue that Shirish has been discussing with Faculty Alliance is Intellectual Property and Distance Education.  The issue has been formally presented to United Academics in the past; the discussion continues to decide if it should be taken again to United Academics.  

Nominations for the position of President-elect are open.  

Finally, the Heart Walk is on May 17th.  There will be a Faculty Senate team.  Contact Shirish or Sheri if you would like to be part of the team.  

	B.	President-elect's Comments - Jon Genetti  

Nominations for President-Elect are open.  They will be open until the April 9th meeting at which time an election will be held.  If you have any questions on the position, please give him a call.  Nominations can be submitted by email to Sheri.  

V	A.	Remarks by Chancellor Steve Jones   

Bullock Award:  The Chancellor read from the call for nominations sent out in September. Pulled from the foundation website is information about Edith Bullock.  This award is about contributions to the University.  The Board of Trustee met last week and selected Paul Reichardt as this year's prizewinner of the award.  

Another noteworthy item is that many were involved over the past year for setting up the guidelines and process for appointing distinguished professors.  We were able to process a nomination for Dr. Terry Chapin to the president as our first distinguished professor.  

Roger Smith has agreed to chair the search for the Dean of the College of Engineering & Mines.  

UAA has announced Fran Ulmer as interim Chancellor for a two-year appointment.  

Jeff Freymueller spoke about the provincial Staff Benefit rate for next year.  This amounts to a 14% increase in budget.  Everyone supported on research grants will take an enormous hit.  Chancellor Jones stated that this is a tremendous problem for UAF as we have the largest amount of research grants.  We are hoping that the state will pick up the increased PERS/TRS costs.  The governor’s budget had the incremental money for all the PERS/TRS increases.  There is a lot of uncertainty on how it will be handled.  

The News Miner today had an article in support of the BIOS facility.  

	B.	Remarks by Provost P. Reichardt  

Institutional Accreditation standards:  There is an outline of new NW accreditation standards.  It is a significant departure from the past.  In the fall of 2010 we will start a new report.  The sections on 1) Missions and Goals and 2) Resources and Capacity encompasses the present standards.  In the next round institutional standards will be de-emphasized and the emphasis will be on planning and assessment and directed change.  It will identify the philosophy of who we are and how we plan to realize our vision.   It will state our resources and capacity.  It will address how we are implementing and assessing thing and what the future looks like for us.  The change to that approach to standards puts us ahead of the game for accountability and assessment.  It can provide the basis for an annual process that relates to the plans for the next year.   

Banner and the issue of prerequisites:  At a recent meeting of the Systemwide Academic Council (SAC) we commissioned the Banner folks to prepare for using the full capability of Banner with respect to prerequisites.  It turns out that the present configuration of Banner allows us to do three things:  1) ignore prerequisites; 2) flag students that do not have prerequisites so faculty can take action; and 3) block students who do not have the prerequisites for a course from registering.  The new process will allow each MAU to adopt what level they want.  The plan at this point is for Fall 2008 to implement the block registration for Core courses.  We will offer to SOM, CEM, and CS the option of using the Banner block for all of their courses.  This has been an issue in the professional accreditation for those three programs.  This will call for a number of disciplines to look at the prerequisites for their courses.  Jane Weber asked about developmental courses.  Paul indicated that they would also be blocked. 

Revision to the UA Regulations on educational leave and release time:  Regulations can be changed by the President.  There has been an effort over the past couple of months in terms of rewriting the educational leave and release time.  It creates three categories:  1) paid educational leave, which allows time for staff to obtain an additional degree; 2) unpaid educational leave, which is a leave of absence of up to 3 years to pursue an additional degree.  Employee will have an option for applying for a grant up to $10,000 a year or to continue to receive health care benefits; 3) educational release time, which is a modification of the current program.  A supervisor can allow up to 3 credits of leave a semester to take a class.  They are looking at increasing credits.  Ataur asked about the paid leave.  Jeff Freymueller asked about staff supported on research grants.    

Paul announced that Susan Henrichs has been named as the new Provost and will start July 1.  

VI	Governance Reports    

	A.	Staff Council - Jeff Stepp 

Jeff Stepp stated that due to the campus holiday on Friday, March 17, they will hold their next meeting on March 23.  They will address the motion on the Joint Committee on Student Success.  They will also address the Resolution on the April 3rd Advisory Vote.  And they hold elections for President-Elect.  That person will serve as president-elect until June and then take over as President.  Another election will be held in May for the next year President-Elect.  

The UAF Vision Task Force kicks off tomorrow.  Jeff is a member of working group on Faculty and Staff Development. Shirish and Jeff met with Joy Morrison.  They are looked at the accreditation report, the Segal HR report, Rural Affairs Committee report, and the current UAF Strategic Plan.  

Staff Council hasn’t given up on a staff handbook. They have submitted a request to VCAS Ro Bailey to reconsider the issue.  Staff Affairs is looking at training and development opportunities.  

Staff Council will also field a team for the Hearth Walk.  

Staff Alliance members will be going to Juneau April 3-4 to talk with legislators about the budget and other issues that are important to the University of Alaska.  

	B.	ASUAF -Sven Gilkey 

Sven Gilkey indicated that the student Senate met on Sunday and had a lengthy discussion on trans-fats at UAF and the affect on student's health.  The also passed the motion on the GCC Procedures to add the Joint Committee on Student Success.  Sven will be traveling to Juneau in April.  Student from UAF and UAS will be attending the Board of Regents meeting in April to advocate for a student life capital improvement package including the modifications to Wood Center.  

ASUAF has some money left in their budget and will be putting on some fun programs in the next month.  The UAF Student Trust Board will be meeting to discuss use of the funds to cover increased operating costs.  They are looking at a referendum on increasing the student government fees.  

Linda Hapsmith asked about the ASUAF tutoring program.  Sven indicated that it is in the current budget, but the draft budget for next year does not include the tutoring program.  They don’t have tutors this year.  Many of the departments have tutors, such as chemistry, math, and English.  Or they encourage students to meet with TA's or other graduate assistants.   Many of the potential tutors have been drawn off to do undergraduate research.  ASUAF will move from a role of providing the service to a role of advocating for tutors.  Tim Stickel asked about the vote on the increased fees and indicated that the catalog and the fall class schedule will be printed before the election.  

	C.	United Academics - Abel Bult-Ito

The United Academic leadership is starting collective bargaining.  Now is the time to bring issues forward.  Good contacts include any member of the Representative Assembly, Dan Walsh, or David Porter.  

The Representative Assembly met in Juneau three weeks ago.  They did a lot of lobbying for the University.  Legislators were surprised to see so many faculty.  They were generally well received.  

Abel read into the record a letter sent from Carl Shepro, United Academics President, titled "Vote No on the April 3rd Advisory Vote."  A copy of the email is available in the Governance Office.  

VII	New Business  

A.	Motion to amend the minimum grade requirement for graduate students, submitted by Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee 

Cathy Cahill introduced the motion.  It specifying the GPA required in each course required of graduate students.  David Maxwell stated he was not at the meeting and asked why this was necessary and questioned returning it to committee.  Larry Duffy spoke in favor of the motion.  The motion to refer it back to committee failed with 4 yeas.  Ataur spoke in favor of the motion but asked for a friend amendment to include indicate that the grade must be 3.0 or better.   The motion as amended passed with 1 nay and 1 abstention.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the minimum grade requirement for graduate students as follows:  

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CAPS - Addition

UAF Catalog, 2006-2007, Page 176:  

How to Earn a Graduate Degree

General University Requirements

• Grades and Grade Point Average (GPA)
You must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B) in the courses identified on your Advancement to Candidacy form to remain in good standing and in order to graduate. You must earn a[[n A or B grade]] (3.0) OR BETTER GRADE (no P grades) in 400-level courses; a  (2.0) C grade will be accepted in 600-level courses for the purposes of satisfying degree requirements, provided you remain in good standing.

•  Deficiencies
Your advisory committee may require that you remedy certain deficiencies in your program. Your committee will determine early in the program both how to remedy the deficiencies and the minimum level of performance required of you. Graded undergraduate courses taken to remedy a deficiency must receive a grade of (3.0) B or better. Deficiency courses are not listed on the Advancement to Candidacy form.

UAF Catalog, 2006-2007, Page 178:

Advancement to Candidacy

Advancement to candidacy formally establishes your specific degree requirements and should be done as soon as possible after qualifying. At the latest, you should submit your application for advancement to candidacy one semester before you are awarded your degree. If you are completing your programs primarily during the summer sessions, you should submit your application the summer session before you are awarded your degree.

The finalized Graduate Study Plan should be the basis for completing the Advancement to Candidacy form.  The GPA for all courses listed on the Advancement to Candidacy form must be ≥3.0, and no graduate courses with grades below (2.0) C, or undergraduate courses with grades below (3.0) B, can be used.

Admission to graduate study does not imply advancement to candidacy for a degree. The graduate advisory committee has the option of refusing to recommend a student to candidacy.

	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2007

RATIONALE:  	These changes clarify that the minimum requirement is a 3.0 B grade rather than a B- for all 400 level courses and a C (2.0) grade rather than a C- for all 600-level courses.  Student must still maintain a 3.0 overall GPA for the Advancement to Candidacy.  Individual departments may choose to establish different criteria or to petition the requirements for a particular student.

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B.	Motion to endorse the Report and Recommendations for Improving Developmental Education at UAF, submitted by Developmental Studies 

Cindy Hardy indicated that this brings forward a report done by the Developmental Education Task Force.  The Developmental Studies Committee is bringing this to the Senate because they would like the endorsement.  Over the years there have been many unfunded mandates.  They see the potential for that here.   There are a lot of Student Success initiatives.  They would like to keep Senate in the loop of what is recommended.  Jeff Freymueller asked about the structure of the Department of Developmental Education.  Ataur Chowdhury asked about the placement of faculty under the discipline of developmental education.  The motion passed with 1 abstention.

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to endorse the “Report of the Developmental Education Implementation Task Force to the Vice-Chancellor for Rural, Community and Native Education on Recommendations for Improving Developmental Education at UAF.”

EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

RATIONALE:		The task force report, besides providing a historical overview of actions to highlight and improve developmental education delivery at UAF, signals that the Department of Developmental Education is charged with spearheading immediate and long-term activities and requires appropriate funding levels to accomplish those activities.  The report’s eight (8) recommendations sketch what the Department of Developmental Education needs to address for its own hiring and internal review in order to achieve data-gathering goals, to implement effective pedagogy, to integrate student support services, and to interface curricula so that departments work together for student success.

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C.	Motion to amend the Grade Error Policy, submitted by Curricular Affairs  

Marsha Sousa indicated this motion adds a statement to clarify the intent of the grade error policy.  The motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the Grade Error Policy (2006-2007 UAF Catalog, page 75) to add clarification that this in not an appeal of an academic decision.  

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Grade Error Policy 

A grade, other than an incomplete or deferred, submitted by your instructor after a course is completed, is your final grade and becomes part of your permanent academic record.  Your grade will not be changed unless your instructor made a legitimate error in calculating the grade.  If you believe an error has occurred contact your instructor.  Grading errors must be corrected within 30 class days after the beginning of the next regular semester, and must be approved by the instructor's department head and dean.  THIS IS NOT AN APPEAL OF AN ACADEMIC DECISION.

EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

RATIONALE:  	Wording that clarifies that this is not an appeal of an academic decision is needed.

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D.	Motion to amend the Transfer Credit policy, submitted by Curricular Affairs 

Marsha stated this motion adds language to the transfer credit policy to allow students who have a baccalaureate degree to have met the lower level core requirements for certificate and associate degrees.  The motion passed unanimously.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the Transfer credit policies, stated on page 32 of the 2006-2007 UAF Catalog, as follows:

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CAPS  = 	Addition 

Transferring Credits

4. 	Any student who has completed a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution will be considered to have completed the equivalent of the baccalaureate core AND THE ASSOCIATE OF ARTS CORE when officially accepted to a baccalaureate degree program OR ASSOCIATE OF ARTS PROGRAM at UAF.  FURTHER, THOSE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE COMPLETED THE EQUIVALENT OF THE COMMUNICATION, COMPUTATION AND HUMAN RELATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND THE CERTIFICATE.

EFFECTIVE:  Immediately

RATIONALE: The catalog already states that a student transferring in with a Bachelor’s degree has met core requirements for the Baccalaureate.  Since the core (for AA) or the communications, computations and human relations (AAS and Certificate) requirement are less than the core for the Baccalaureate Degree, it is logical to state that those requirements have also been met. This motion will help alleviate the large number of petition received for these situations.

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E.	Motion to approve a policy of Retention of Course Records, submitted by Curricular Affairs 

Marsha stated this arose from questions by a number of departments about how long they should retain graded work.  This policy sets a standard policy to ensure that material is kept for a length of time to cover any grade appeals.  They are still a questions on material retain in Blackboard.  Clarification on how long material is retained in Blackboard is needed.  It was moved to refer the motion back to committee.  The motion to refer was approved unanimously.  

MOTION REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve a policy on Retention of Course Records.   

Retention of Course Records

The classroom records pertaining to course work of any student that have not been returned to the student must be retained by the instructor for a period of one full semester (excluding summer session) after the semester in which the course was completed.  These records may include but are not limited to: exams and answer sheets, homework, course papers, term papers, essays, laboratory reports, and other assignments submitted by the student in order to fulfill the requirement of the particular course.

Classroom records of any instructor for the purpose of evaluation of grade must also be retained for a period of at least one full semester (excluding summer session) following the semester in which the course was competed.  These records may include but are not limited to: syllabus, class attendance, complete list of student’s performance in all relevant course work, paper work related to the determination of a grade, and a record of final grades.

In case of any dispute or grievance process initiated by the student all the above records must be retained until the end of the process.  Any records or copies of records that are required for program review, accreditation purposes, or any other audit as mandated by the university may be retained for a period as deemed required by the process.

After the retention period, all records may be destroyed or properly discarded.

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2007

RATIONALE:  	The University does not have any policies or regulations regarding the retention of course materials, which has led to confusion among the faculty and has resulted in different retention practices and polices across the disciplines.  This proposed motion will help alleviate the confusion and provide a uniform retention policy across all disciplines.  The one-semester guideline is what was suggested by UA General Counsel as a reasonable policy to accommodate grade appeals. This policy should be added to the faculty handbook.

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F.	Resolution on April 3rd Advisory Vote, submitted by the Committee on the Status of Women 

Jane Weber introduced the resolution.  The resolution passed unanimously.

RESOLUTION

ON

April 3rd Advisory Vote

WHEREAS, The Constitution of Alaska states that “all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protection under the law” (Article 1, Section 1); and

WHEREAS, discrimination against faculty and staff on the basis of marital status and other statuses is expressly prohibited by the University of Alaska Board of Regents Statement of Non-discrimination; and 

Whereas, the UAF Faculty Senate affirms the importance of complying with university non-discrimination policies as well as upholding our State’s Constitution; and

Whereas, the voters of Alaska on April 3, 2007, will decide whether to place a proposed Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in 2008 that would “prohibit the state, or a municipality or other subdivision of the state, from providing employment benefits to same-sex partners of public employees and to same-sex partners of public employee retirees”; and

WHEREAS, the Constitutional Amendment, if passed would render the Constitution internally inconsistent, simultaneously asserting and denying equal rights, opportunities and protection under the law; and

WHEREAS, the Constitutional Amendment, if passed, would compel the university to deny financially interdependent partners (FIPs) health insurance benefits, tuition waivers, faculty housing, library cards, and other opportunities and benefits currently offered other similarly situated persons under university policy; and 

WHEREAS, the aforementioned consequences would prohibit the university from complying with its own policies of non-discrimination as well as require the university to violate both the spirit and the letter of the Alaska Constitution as it was written; and

WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate affirms that providing insurance and other benefits to FIPs is a valuable way to recruit and retain excellent faculty and staff; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate is opposed to the April 3rd Advisory Vote and to any proposed Constitutional Amendment that would abridge the rights of faculty and staff; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate commends the University of Alaska statewide administration for its ongoing support of financially interdependent partner (FIPs) benefits.

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G.	Resolution to Name the Natural Science Facility.

Shirish introduced the resolution to name the Natural Science Facility.  Larry Duffy offered two friendly amendments.  Abel asked about the origin of the resolution.  The resolution as amended passed unanimously.

RESOLUTION TO NAME THE NATURAL SCIENCES FACILITY

THE

PAUL B. Reichardt BuILDING

WHEREAS, Paul Reichardt has served UAF in many roles for 35 years in a manner deserving of the University of Alaska’s greatest admiration and respect; and 

Whereas, Paul Reichardt has served as Professor of Chemistry from 1972-1990; and 

Whereas, Paul Reichardt has served as Dean of the College of Natural Science from 1990-1998; and 

Whereas, Paul Reichardt was instrumental in planning the building of the Natural Sciences Facility and getting the funding from the State Legislature necessary for the furnishing of the Natural Sciences Facility; and

Whereas, Paul Reichardt served as Director of the Museum, 1993, and was very supportive of the UA Museum of the North’s expansion project and the fund raising campaign; and

Whereas, Paul Reichardt has served as Interim Provost, 1993, and from 1998 to present as Provost demonstrating a commitment to graduate and undergraduate education; and

WHEREAS, Paul Reichardt helped develop UAF 2005 and produced UAF’s Academic Development Plan that resulted in useful and practical guidelines for a variety of endeavors helping establish a basis by which decisions about programs, budget and space assignments are made and helps us to obtain state funding; and

WHEREAS, Paul Reichardt, while Provost, led significant UAF efforts resulting in 2006 institutional reaffirmation of accreditation with no subsequent reports, a relatively uncommon event among institutions of higher education; and

WHEREAS, Paul Reichardt has served on various Statewide Committees, and other university committees representing the interests of UAF faculty to the administration of UAF and statewide; and

Whereas, Paul Reichardt has established the Academic Leadership Institute where faculty, staff and administrators spend time studying and talking about academic leadership; and

Whereas, Paul Reichardt has been one of UAF’s most consistent and significant donors, donating $139,711.10 since 1974; and

WHEREAS, the UAF Faculty Senate wishes to acknowledge the outstanding service rendered to the faculty and the University by the work of Paul Reichardt as he concludes his term as Provost, now 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the UAF Faculty Senate respectfully requests that UAF’s Natural Science Facility be named for Paul B. Reichardt as an acknowledgement of his exemplary service and philanthropy to the university.

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H.	Motion to amend the Governance Coordinating committee (GCC) Procedures to add the Joint Committee on Student Success.  

Shirish reported on the actions taken at the GCC meeting to support a joint committee.  Changes to the GCC Procedures require approval by each of the three governance groups.  ASUAF has passed a similar motion.  The motion passed with 1 abstention.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the Governance Coordinating Committee (GCC) Procedures to add the Joint Committee on Student Success as a Standing Committee.  The GCC Procedures shall be amended as indicated below.  

	EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

RATIONALE:  	The Governance Coordinating Committee passed a resolution calling for a Joint Committee on Student Success.  Committee members agreed that a collaborative, shared leadership among administrators, students, faculty, and staff is a key component to creating campus environments that foster student success.  The GCC Procedures call for amendments to be approved by a two-thirds vote from each of the three governance bodies:  ASUAF, Faculty Senate, and Staff Council.  

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UAF GOVERNANCE COORDINATING COMMITTEE
PROCEDURES

ARTICLE V  	Committees

Sect. 1	The standing committees of the UAF Governance Coordinating Committee shall include:  

	JOINT COMMITTEE ON STUDENT SUCCESS

Sect. 2	A.	Standing committees shall have at least one representative from each of the governance constituencies, exception will be made when agreed upon by all constituencies.
B. 	Terms of all committee members will be one year for students and two years for faculty and staff.
C. 	Committee chairs will be elected from and by the respective committees.
D. 	Committee chairs shall forward committee business to the UAF Governance Coordinating Committee for disposition, except when limited by University of Alaska regulations.  
E. 	Policy items from the standing committees must be forwarded to the individual governance bodies for action.
F. 	In addition to the committees' specific charges, the primary responsibility of the committees are formulation and oversight of university-wide policies under the purview of each committee.  
G.	Committees will meet as needed during the academic year to fulfill their duties.
H. 	The chairs of the standing committees will report recommendations at the [[monthly]] UAF Governance Coordinating Committee meetings.  

Sect. 3	Standing Committees Charges

	A.	JOINT COMMITTEE ON STUDENT SUCCESS

	THE CHARGE OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON STUDENT SUCCESS SHALL BE TO:  

1.	CREATE A CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS STUDENT SUCCESS.
2.	WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO RECOMMEND STUDENT-FRIENDLY POLICIES, PRACTICES AND COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE AND ENHANCE STUDENT SUCCESS AT UAF.  
3.	EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S CABINET AND THE PROVOST COUNCIL.  

Sect. 4	Ad Hoc Committees may be established as demand warrants.

Sect. 5	The Governance Coordinating Committee will receive reports from other committees outside its control who are also concerned with campus issues.  Examples include:  police advisory board, technology board, one-card committee, and any other committee deemed relevant to faculty, staff, and students.  

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VIII	Guest Speakers 	

	A.	Buck Sharpton, Vice Chancellor for Research  

Buck Sharpton was not available to meet and will be invited to the April 9th meeting.  

	B.	Dave Veazey, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dave spoke about some of the activities he has been working on in terms of K-12 outreach.  A recent interest of the president is student success. It is important to talk about student success to a variety of people.  Shirish has been leading the Alliance in this effort.  We need to get the President and the Alliance on the same page.  We need to find things to agree upon.   Student success is one that works.  It is about communication, bridge building, and understanding.  There is a $1.5M increment in the FY08 budget that is just for student success.  The draft report puts together as a framework to pathways for student success.  It includes mandatory placement and baccalaureate admission standards.  What do we need for students to succeed?  How do we define readiness for high school students and how do we communicate that to K-12? 

Dave gave some statistics examples: start with 100 9th graders; 60 will graduate from high school.  Of those 60, only 30 will go on to college.  Out of the original 100, 15 will go to college in state. Of those 15, 10 come to the university unprepared for college level English or Math.  Out of those 15, 3.6 will graduate within six years with either a certificate, associate, or baccalaureate degree.  So out of those 100 9th graders, we have 96.4 adults in the workplace that are not prepared.  We have not only a large K-12 population coming to us unprepared for college level work, but also a large adult population requiring educational services.  Identifying who these student are, how well they are doing, their geographical distribution, what do they need, etc. is a large objective of this student success initiative. The role of statewide is to facilitate what the campuses want to occur.  

Abel indicated that many students don’t have the resources—many are working, are single parents, or don't have the resources to do well in class.  What is being incorporated into planning to assist these student's? Jane spoke about the realities of what the students want in their education.  Dave indicated that part of what they are going after is the data.  

Ataur asked what statewide is doing to bridge the K-12 with the university.  Dave indicated that they might work with select districts about college readiness with tests such as the PSAT.  Paul Reichardt gave some statistics from ACT about test scores and college readiness.  

IX	Committee Reports     

	A.	Curricular Affairs - Marsha Sousa 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

	B.	Faculty Affairs - Sukumar Bandopadhyay

No report was available. 

	C.	Unit Criteria - Debasmita Misra 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

	D.	Committee on the Status of Women - Jane Weber 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

	E.	Core Review - Michael Harris 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

	F.	Curriculum Review - Rainer Newberry

No report was available. 

	G.	Developmental Studies - Cindy Hardy 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

	H.	Faculty Appeals & Oversight - Norm Swazo 

No report was available. 

	I.	Faculty Development, Assessment & Improvement - Larry Roberts 

A report was attached to the agenda.  Larry reported great success on the conference.

	J.	Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee - Cathy Cahill 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

X	Members' Comments/Questions - none

XI	Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3:10 p.m.

Tapes of this Faculty Senate meeting are in the Governance Office, 312 Signers' Hall if anyone wishes to listen to the complete tapes. 

Submitted by Sheri Layral, Faculty Senate Secretary.