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MINUTES OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
KU West Ballroom
Presiding: Dr. David Biers
Senators Present: Biddle, Biers, Brill, Chen, Courte, Darrow, Desmond, Doenges, Doyle, Eggemeier, Eloe, Gerla, Hardie,
Hausmann, Hileman, Ilg,
John, Lasley, Meyers, O’Gorman, Penno, Pestello,
Phelps, Rapp, Saliba, Singer, Strain, Thompson, Turk, Wells
Guests: Farrelly, Gustafson,
Johnson, Mullins, Patterson, Seielstad, Simmons, Untener, Vanderburgh
Excused: DeMarco
1. Opening Prayer: Senator Phelps opened the meeting with a
prayer.
2. Roll Call: Thirty of
thirty-nine Senators were present.
3. Announcements: Dr. Biers thanked the outgoing Senators and
welcomed the newly elected Senators who had been invited to attend. Dr. Biers also announced that the Board of
Trustees will evaluate President Curran in the fourth year of his five year
contract. Mr. Sadlier,
President of the Board of Trustees, will meet with the Executive Committee of
the Academic Senate to develop a strategy for the Board of Trustees to obtain
information from the faculty and from the student body.
4. Document I-05-03, a recommendation for change in the QRC
Module 3 retake requirement was moved and seconded. Discussion followed. Discussion focused primarily on fairness and
implementation issues. The motion
carried with a vote of 18 for and 7 against.
5. Document I-05-04, a recommendation to support the Doctor of
Physical Therapy (DPT) proposal was moved and seconded. Senator Lasley offered a correction that
support from the SOEAP was almost unanimous, not unanimous. There was a question concerning the
credentials of the program faculty and some clarification was given. The motion carried with a vote of 24 for and
one abstention.
6. Standing Committee Reports
FAC: Senator Gerla reported that the FAC has submitted a response to Joe
Untener concerning the criminal background check. The FAC has not endorsed the proposed concept
to require criminal background checks on all new hires.
APC: Dr. Biddle
reported that the APC was considering three separate issues, a policy
concerning canceling graduate classes during the Stander Symposium, the
assessment of clusters and the role of the Academic Senate in the oversight of
General Education Committee, and the university policy with respect to
withdrawal from a course.
SAPC: Senator Hilemon reported that the SAPC has revisited the Honor Code
issue. The focus has changed and the
committee is working to bring forward a Statement or Pledge that students will
be asked to sign when submitting a test, paper or other form of assessment..
7. Senator Biers closed with a report from
ECAS. Dean Saliba continues to work on a
strategy concerning the on-line bulletin.
The North Central report requested dialogue on the Senate. There have been preliminary discussions to
determine a strategy to develop this dialogue.
8. The minutes of the
The meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Paul W. Eloe