Minutes of Faculty Council Meeting

3 September 1999 - 12:00 noon

Faculty Club

Present: Akin, Caldwell, Cox, Dailey, Dharan, Droxler, Ghorbel, Mutchler, Wiener, Wilson, Wittenberg. Absent: Ambler, Bayazitoglu, Patten, Rea.

The agenda consisted of: (1) Election of Speaker, (2) Proposed Minor Change to By-Laws, (3) Update on Revisions to the Sexual Harassment Policy, (4) More Discussion of Appeals and Grievance's Procedures, (5) Introduction of Proposed By-Laws for Faculty Meetings, (6) Proposed Program in Literature, Language and Culture.

(1) Election of Speaker: Wilson asked for nominations for the 1999-2000 Faculty Council Speaker. After Wilson was nominated and unanimously elected, he agreed to serve in this position for another year. He then announced that Faculty Council committee appointments would be made over the next week. Members were asked to look at their schedules to determine the best day and times for future meetings and the next meeting was scheduled for noon, Monday, September 27, in A227 Abercrombie Laboratory.

(2) Proposed Minor Change to By-Laws: This year an Assistant Professor serving on Faculty Council was promoted to Associate Professor. As the Faculty Council By-Laws do not address this situation, Council agreed that the following should be added to the end of Section A-1 and brought before the faculty for approval: An Assistant Professor who is promoted to Associate Professor before the end of his or her term shall remain on Council, but will not serve on the Promotions and Tenure Committee. This change is consistent with past practice, as determined from a search of old copies of the Proceedings.

(3) Update on Revisions to the Sexual Harassment Policy: A brief update was presented and the subject was tabled until final documentation is available.

(4) More Discussion of Appeals and Grievance's Procedures: The issue of notification and reporting of findings was discussed at length, and a consensus was reached. Final action will take place at the next meeting when formal wording will be presented.

(5) Introduction of Proposed By-Laws for Faculty Meetings: A memo from Alan J. Chapman presenting a need for by-laws of meetings of the faculty and a draft of such by-laws were distributed with the request that Council study and be prepared to discuss at the next meeting.

(6) Proposed Program in Literature, Language and Culture: Wilson distributed a proposal for a Graduate Program in Literature, Language, and Culture which was reviewed and approved this past spring by the Graduate Council. Faculty Council's approval has been requested. He asked Council to study the proposal which will be discussed at a later meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.

Joan Reid, Secretary