1 University Senate Agenda All meetings are from 3:00-5:00 pm in the Auditorium of William T. Young Library unless otherwise noted. Monday, February 14, 2011 1. Minutes and Announcements Minutes from November 8, 2011 pg. 2-13 Minutes from December 13, 2011 pg. 14-22 2. Officer Reports a. Chair b. Vice Chair c. Parliamentarian d. Faculty Trustee - Joe Peek e. Presidential Search Committee Faculty Representative - Lee Meyer 3. Committee Reports. a. Senate's Academic Programs Committee - Dan Wermeling, Chair Proposed Suspension of Minor in Agriculture pg. 23-26 Proposed New Graduate Certificate in Teaching Nursing pg. 27-34 Proposed Suspension of Masters in Civil Engineering pg. 35-37 Proposed Suspension of Master of Arts in Distributive Education pg. 38-40 b. Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee - Alison Davis, Chair Proposal to Create Undergraduate Certificates pg. 41-46 4. Three Proposed 2011 Honorary Degree Recipients 5. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules Pertaining to Honorary Degrees pg. 47 6. Two Additional Nominees from University Joint Committee on Honorary Degrees Contingent upon Senate's vote on Agenda Item Number Five. 7. Proposed Changes to Governing Regulations II ("Governance of the University of Kentucky" pg. 48-60 8. Proposed New Senate Rule on Excused Absences for Religious Holidays pg.61 9. Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs: Fact and Fiction" - Presentation from Vice President for Research Jim Tracy 10. University Appeals Board Report - Joe Fink, UAB Hearing Officer 11. UK Faculty Athletics Representative to the SEC and NCAA Report - Joe Fink Next Meeting: March 21, 2011
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12 more the agenda is pushed back, the more there are additions after the release. Wasilkowski said that much time was needed to review the agenda, and that if the proposed changes were not truly better, then they were not good changes. He asked about the rationale for having only three days. Peek replied that it was three days more than people had now. At seven days in advance, the agenda is not firmly set, and the earlier the Board agenda is posted, the greater the likelihood of additions and revisions to the agenda. D. Jones moved that the Senate move to endorse the proposed changes to Administrative Regulations 1:2, and Mountford seconded. There being no further discussion, a vote was taken and the motion passed with two opposed. 8. Trustee Report Peek stated that he did not have much information to share that had not already offered to senators during the meeting. He said it might be better to answer specific questions. D. Jones commented that it was interesting the Board Chair is bringing a different demeanor to the Board, and asked if there was an indication that it might impact the annual evaluation of the president. Peek said that issue was not under discussion at the recent Board retreat, and that President Todd had opined that evaluating the president annually was too often. Peek said the recent retreat was only about selecting the next president. Arthur asked if there was a way to get ideas generated about things to actual candidates. Peek said that when there are final candidates, there will likely be forums. There was brief discussion about the use of the comments offered by faculty during the town hall meetings regarding the next president. Peek reminded senators that there were two faculty trustees that could help get issues in front of a pertinent committee, and that an appearance before a Board committee was less formally structured. 4. Committee Reports a. Senate's Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee 2009-2010 Annual Report The Chair invited Tom Nieman, chair of the Senate's Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee (SRWAC), to offer its 2009 2010 annual report. Nieman described the process by which a student requests a retroactive withdrawal and the parameters. He said there was a concern that cases were reaching SRWAC that should not be there. D. Jones commented that he was concerned about SRWAC s workload, and that it will be unmanageable at some time. Nieman affirmed that it was increasing exponentially. In response to a question from D. Jones, Nieman said that assistance could be had if the real purpose of SRWAC was appropriately reported and explained. He said that the cases were difficult enough without the adding work of unnecessary cases. In response to Debski, he commented that the breakdowns seem to occur with the advisor and with the associate deans who typically take responsibility for shepherding the student. He said that the dean in the College of Agriculture (AG) was very good at appropriately handling a lot of things within the college, and that in turn when a petition is received from AG, it was understood that it truly belonged with SRWAC for review. That cannot be said for all other colleges. 9. SACS Accreditation - Quality Enhancement Program (QEP) Update The Chair invited Guest Deanna Sellnow to offer an update on the Quality Enhancement Program (QEP). Afterwards, she took questions from senators.
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14 University Senate December 13, 2010 The University Senate met in regular session at 3 pm on Monday, December 13, 2010 in the Lexmark Public Room, 209 Main Building. Below is a record of what transpired. All votes were taken via a show of hands unless indicated otherwise. Chair Hollie I. Swanson called the University Senate (Senate) meeting to order at 3:02. She noted that quorum was reached with 54 senators, and thereby turned the meeting over to Senate Chair Lee T. Todd, Jr. 1. State of the University Address - University Senate Chair Lee T. Todd, Jr. Senate Chair Lee T. Todd, Jr. spoke for about 25 minutes on a variety of topics. He then answered questions from senators. Referring to the topic of town and gown issues that came up at faculty town hall meetings [regarding UK s next president], Blonder asked President Todd to comment on the new mayor coming into office in Lexington. President Todd said that he has known Jim Grey Gray for a long time, and that there have been continued efforts to stay in contact with the local community. He said he would be meeting with incoming mayor GreyGray soon, and opined that GreyGray understood the importance of UK to Lexington and appreciates the integration of culture that UK brings to Lexington. He commented on a few of the problems that have occurred in the past and said that there would likely always be some periphery town and gown issues. Grossman asked President Todd to comment on what he regretted most that was under his control. Todd said that he could do something every hour on the hour, and still not do what everyone wants. He said he regretted the fiscal situation but loved the improved student quality and changes to the undergraduate curriculum. Todd said he was proud of the people that had been brought to UK and retained. He said he was an optimist, and thought positively all the time regardless of what went on. He said what irritated him was that there are hard funding choices the state could make regarding prisons and mandatory sentencing, but was not. President Todd said that not having forward-thinking leadership is bad, and there is an opportunity to make a difference. The state says that everyone has money problems, but no one else has asked their flagship to do what Kentucky has asked of UK. There are Medicaid issues that are not monitored at the state level, and when UK offers the expertise of its College of Pharmacy and faculty, Frankfort turns it down. Todd said this situation frustrated him very much. He recalled being told by former president Otis Singletary that UK s president would have influence, but that the power lay in Frankfort. President Todd said that recurring state dollars used to support teaching, raises, maintenance of buildings, etc. have been flat for about nine years. He said that he had thought he could influence things more than he did. Brion asked President Todd to share what he would tell UK s next president about three requirements for continued progress. Todd replied that he was not sure if Frankfort knows what they asked of UK, and that funding for higher education must change. There have to be investments with a return, and wealth should be created where you have a shot at it. If wealth is created in this part of the state, then people who come from rural KY areas can return some of their money to their local areas. That will not happen if UK creates wealth in California. Secondly, UK needs to pay attention to the needs of the state. Land grant universities were created to generate jobs in the state, and UK accomplishes that through a variety of means, including start-ups. President Todd said that he was asked on his first day what he would like
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