The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
MOTION PASSED (AS AMENDED)
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At the request of Chancellor Wadlow, the UAF Faculty Senate
endorses the selection of the following individuals as a pool from
which to select two representatives to a Chancellor's committee to
evaluate last year's program assessment: Eric Heyne, Brian Barnes,
John Craven, Michele He'bert, Donald Lynch, John Leipzig, and Dana
Thomas.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
MOTION PASSED (AS AMENDED)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to adopt the following changes to its
By-laws (Section 3 Art. V Committees STANDING and PERMANENT):
ADD = CAPS
DELETE = [[ ]]
STANDING
4. THE GRADUATE CURRICULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL
INCLUDE FIVE MEMBERS AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF GRADUATE COURSES, CURRICULUM
AND GRADUATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER ACADEMIC
MATTERS RELATED TO INSTRUCTION AND MENTORING OF
GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE LIBRARY, AND ADMISSIONS AND
RECORDS AND ONE GRADUATE STUDENT, ARE NON-VOTING EX-
OFFICIO MEMBERS.
PERMANENT
3. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL
INCLUDE THREE FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS APPOINTED BY
THE SENATE PRESIDENT, THREE FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS
APPOINTED BY THE PROVOST, AND ONE GRADUATE STUDENT
SELECTED BY THE PROVOST FROM NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED BY
THE GRADUATE FACULTY AND STUDENT SENATE. THE GRADUATE
STUDENT MUST HAVE COMPLETED A MINIMUM OF ONE FULL YEAR
OF ATTENDANCE AT UAF. EACH DEPARTMENT WITH A GRADUATE
PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN ONE MEMBER. THE DEAN
OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY
SENATE ARE EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS. THE DEAN OF
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL WILL CONVENE REGULAR MEETINGS, AND
MUST CONVENE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS IF REQUESTED BY TWO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE THE
DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE PROVOST ON
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE OPERATION AND
GROWTH OF GRADUATE STUDIES AT UAF, INCLUDING FINANCIAL
AND TAX-RELATED ISSUES AND DEALINGS WITH OTHER
UNIVERSITIES. ALL RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CURRICULAR
MATTERS WILL GO TO THE GRADUATE CURRICULAR AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE AND THE FACULTY SENATE FOR APPROVAL.
[[3. The Graduate Council shall consist of:
1. 5 graduate faculty members elected from and by the Senate
with no more than two members from the same college or
school.
2. To the extent not already being represented by the 5 Senate
members, 1 member elected from and by faculty in schools and
colleges with active graduate programs, or 2 if the school or
college has one or more active Ph.D. programs.
3. 1 graduate student.
4. 4 ex-officio non-voting members: Dean of the Graduate
School; Coordinator of Graduate Studies; Director of
Admissions and Records; and Director of the Library.]]
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: The Graduate Council feels that this structure
will better serve the process of graduate education at
UAF.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
Approved: Joan Wadlow, Chancellor Date: 4/27/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
MOTION
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to endorse the 1995-96 committee
membership as attached.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: New Senate members' preferences for
committee selection were reviewed and weighed against
membership distribution from schools and colleges.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
RESOLUTION ON OFFICE OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Faculty Development services on campus improve
effectiveness of instruction and advising, encourage collegial
exchange of ideas, and provide training and materials to
inspire and support creative teaching and research,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate recommends
that the Office of Faculty Development be more fully
supported, with a half-time faculty officer and half-time
clerical support; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the first priorities for the OFD be as
follows:
1) generation of funding to support development of teaching,
supervision, and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate
students, including travel to seminars, presentation of on-
campus seminars, and a collection of teaching resources to be
housed at the OFD:
2) encouragement of peer support for teaching, including a
mentoring program for new faculty, and peer visit programs to
supplement SOI's and stimulate cross-classroom exchange;
3) implementation of the UAF Featured Faculty Program, in
conjunction with the Office of the Provost.
RATIONALE: In the past, the UAF Office of Faculty Development has
provided seminars on teaching, on the assessment of teaching,
and on faculty promotion and tenure. The office has generated
outside funding for off-campus faculty training and for
presentation of successful UAF teaching programs at
conferences. Program efforts to achieve and retain
accreditation are also enhanced by the existence of vital
faculty development services.
Unfortunately, the Fall 1994 Assessment report (Kuykendall,
Worley) concluded that the funding of faculty development
provides "such minimal services that it is difficult to locate
on campus" and that "the absence of such an office jeopardizes
both faculty morale and the quality of teaching and advising
services."
The faculty senate should support current efforts of the
Provost to reinvigorate this valuable office.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate approved and passed the following at its
Meeting #57 on April 24, 1995.
MOTION PASSED (one opposed)
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The Faculty Senate accepts the recommendation of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Unit Criteria and approves the following unit criteria.
Art Department Unit Criteria
Library Science Unit Criteria
College of Natural Sciences Unit Criteria
Department of Mathematical Sciences Unit Criteria
School of Engineering Unit Criteria
EFFECTIVE: Upon Chancellor's Approval
RATIONALE: The foregoing unit criteria have been
reviewed and approved by the Ad Hoc Committee on Unit
Criteria and by the Provost. The question of criteria that
might be applied to the various units in setting standards
for evaluation has been debated since 1988. Approval of
this block represents the first formal approval of any
supplemental unit criteria
[Note: Copies of the above criteria will be available in the
Governance Office and at the Senate meeting.]
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
Approved: Joan Wadlow, Chancellor Date: 4/27/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate approved and passed the following at its
Meeting #57 on April 24, 1995.
MOTION
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The UAF Faculty Senate recommends to the Board of Regents that the
attached list of individuals be awarded appropriate UAF degrees,
pending completion of all University requirements. [Note: copy of
the list is available in the Governance Office.]
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: These degrees are granted upon
recommendation of the program faculty, as verified by
the appropriate department head. As the representative
governance group of the faculty, we are making that
recommendation.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate approved and passed the following at its
Meeting #57 on April 24, 1995.
MOTION
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The Faculty Senate adopts the following calendar for its 1995-96
meetings:
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: Meetings have to be scheduled and a room
reserved well in advance.
UAF FACULTY SENATE 1995-96
Calendar of Meetings
All meetings will take place in Wood Center Ballroom
Mgt# Date Day Time Type
58 9/18/95 Monday 1:30 p.m. face-to-face
59 10/16/95 Monday 1:30 p.m. audioconference
60 11/20/95 Monday 1:30 p.m. audioconference
61 12/4/95 Monday 1:30 p.m. face-to-face
62 2/5/96 Monday 1:30 p.m. face-to-face
63 3/25/96 Monday 1:30 p.m. audioconference
64 4/22/96 Monday 1:30 p.m. face-to-face
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
MOTION
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The Faculty Senate moves to empower the Administrative
Committee to act on behalf of the Senate between April 25 and
September 18. All Senate members are invited to attend and
participate in any Administrative Committee meetings held during
this period, and any such meetings will be posted in advance and
notification given to senators.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: Issues of importance to faculty often arise
over the summer when there are fewer faculty members
on campus. This motion enables the Administrative
Committee to take positions on behalf of faculty on such
issues.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
RESOLUTION ENDORSING FACULTY ALLIANCE POSITION
ON FACULTY SALARY STRUCTURE
RESOLUTION
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The UAF Faculty Senate endorses the following position taken by the
Alliance of Faculty Senates.
For simplicity and standardization, we propose a system of
compensation based on the staff pay scale which successfully
recognizes increased experience over time. Our proposal addresses
the goal of formulating a simple mechanistic system of pay
increases that could prevent the demoralizing practice of holding
experienced faculty members' salaries constant while bringing in
new faculty at higher pay. This proposal is similar to the staff
compensation system in that it offers three percent annualized
increases awarded every two years based on satisfactory or better
performance. These increases fall to an annualized rate of 1.5
percent at the higher end of the ranges. It also offers the
opportunity for promotions, which are equivalent to moving to a
higher grade in the staff compensation scale. This proposal is a
product of senate deliberations over the past few months, and, time
permitting, will be reviewed by the senates one last time in the next
couple of weeks.
The new salary schedule for non-bargaining unit faculty should
contain the following elements.
1. salary increases annualized at 3 percent;
2. cost of living adjustments to the faculty salary scale applied
in the same manner as to the staff salary scale;
3. step increases based on overall satisfactory or better
performance every two years for the first 12 years;
a. salary increases for promotion are equivalent to a 2 year
salary jump, from year 7 to year 10.
4. step increases of 1.5% after 12 years; and
5. appropriate discipline based started salaries
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
MOTION (PASSED)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to delete bylaw Section 3 Art V
Permanent Committee B and C.
RATIONALE: The sections should have been deleted in the
original motion to reorganize the Senate graduate
committees.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 4/25/95
Approved: Joan Wadlow, Chancellor Date: 4/25/95
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #57 on
April 24, 1995.
RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION FOR COLIN READ
WHEREAS, Professor Colin Read served on the 1992-93 UAF Faculty
Senate Administrative Committee, as 1993-94 Senate
President-Elect, and 1994-95 Senate President, and
WHEREAS, Colin was the first spokesperson for the newly created
UA Alliance of Faculty Senates, and was re-elected for a
second term, serving from 1993-95, and
WHEREAS, Colin served on other statewide and UAF committees over
the last three years, too numerous to mention, during a period
of extreme financial duress and a host of threats to the
university community and its mission, and
WHEREAS, Colin has been an extraordinarily diplomatic and patient
leader, and always a determined and eloquent voice for faculty
rights, and
WHEREAS, Colin has earned the highest respect from UA Regents,
Statewide administrators, and UAF administrators, but far
more importantly, from his fellow faculty members,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate thanks
Professor Colin Read for his exemplary service, congratulates
him on being done with governance duties (for a while), and
wishes him luck on his well-earned sabbatical.
Dated this 24th day of April, 1995.
Signed: Eric Heyne, President, UAF Faculty Senate
UA