FACULTY CAUCUS MINUTES

September 24, 2003

(Approved)

Call to Order

Senator Crothers called the Faculty Caucus to order.

Approval of Faculty Caucus Minutes of August 27, 2003

Motion: By Senator Pryor, seconded by Senator Winchip, to approve the Faculty Caucus Minutes of August 27, 2003. The minutes were unanimously approved.

Honors Council Election

Robert Preston, Biological Sciences, was unanimously elected to the Honors Council. His term of service is 2003-2004.

University Service Award Committee Election

By acclamation, Julie Johnson, School of Art, and Sandy Roe, Milner Library, were elected to the University Service Award Committee. Their terms of service are 2003-2005 and 2003-2004, respectively.

Parking Board Faculty Nomination/Election

Senator Pryor nominated Steve Landau of Psychology to the Parking Advisory Board and Professor Landau was unanimously elected to the board. His term of service is 2003-2006.

Council on General Education Election

By a majority ballot vote, the Faculty Caucus elected Lee Beier, History, to the Council on General Education. His term of service is 2003-2004.

University Curriculum Committee Election

By a majority ballot vote, Radheshyam Jayaswal, Biological Sciences, was elected to the University Curriculum Committee. His term of service is 2003-2006.

Post-Tenure Review

Senator Crothers: I am going to get back in touch with the people of URC to check into the question of post tenure review. They say that they are working on it diligently.

Faculty Caucus/College Council Communication

Senator Hampton: I think it might be useful to develop a policy for cultivating the relationship between the Senate, the Caucus and the College Councils. We have talked about that as being an important lapse in policy at the moment. I think it would great to have something on paper with which we could agree or disagree.

Senator Crothers: I can tell you what we have done in the interim since that last discussion. Caucus minutes are now going to go to College Council members. There are going to be special efforts made to make those kinds of connections. When there are caucuses where there are going to be issues of substance to colleges discussed, they will be invited to the caucus.

Senator Hampton: Is that on paper anywhere?

Senator Crothers: No, but if you would like to draft it and submit it to the caucus, the caucus could discuss it.

Adjournment