GENERAL FACULTY MEETING

October 13, 2003

3:30 PM

104 Gore Hall

I.  President David Roselle convened the meeting at 3:33 PM with the announcement that memorial tributes would be read for Carl B. Klockars and John R. Mather.

A.  Joel Best presented a tribute for Carl B. Klockars who was a faculty member in the Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice.

B.  Cort Willmott presented a tribute for John R. “Russ” Mather who was a faculty member in the Department of Geography.

II.  Remarks: President Roselle.

            Dr. Roselle commented on the physical plant at the University of Delaware and the strategy of scheduled maintenance that the University has adhered to for 13 years.  He specifically described replacement of the Pencader dormitory complex,  renovation of the Girls’ Inc. building, and the proposed Center for the Arts.  The Capital Campaign will continue an additional year after totaling $365 million in donations over five years.  It was noted that a contributor had agreed to a very substantial donation to the University earlier in the day.

The meeting was adjourned by Dr. Roselle.

UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE MEETING

October 13, 2003

Immediately following the General Faculty Meeting in 104 Gore Hall

Members absent: J. Brown, P. Chapman, D. Green, I. Hall, R. Hampel, S. Kikuchi, P. O’Neill,  J. Sholz, R. F. Steiner

Members excused:  T. Bates, J. Dee, C. Denson, E. Kaler, R. Opila, T.F. Russell, D. Seckel, N. Wagner, L. Ware, S. McGeary, L. Peterson 

I.  Faculty Senate President Karen Stein convened the University Faculty Senate Meeting at 4:02 PM.  The meeting agenda was adopted unanimously after it was agreed that David Hollowell’s presentation would precede Dan Rich’s since Vice President Hollowell’s information continued with the remarks made by President Roselle regarding building improvements and additions at the University.

II.  The meeting minutes of September 8, 2003 were approved unanimously.

III.  A.  Remarks by Executive Vice President David Hollowell listed the completed, in progress, and in planning improvements of UD facilities.  Those improvements that were completed this year were: 1.) Installation of dormitory sprinklers, 2.) Computing Center, 3.) East chiller plant, 4.) Pencader dining hall, 5.) Otis Smith Lab in Lewes, 6.) Christiana Towers bathrooms phase I, 7. Harrington area landscaping, 8.) Smith Hall area steam and condensate line replacement, 9.) Morris Library women’s restrooms, 10.) Kent dining hall, 11.) Pearson Hall roof replacement, and Willard Hall room 006.  Those improvements in progress are: 1.) Mechanical Hall renovation, 2.) Morris Library lighting, and 3.) Pencader fitness center.  In the planning stages are: 1.) McKinly Laboratory roof and animal facilities construction, 2.) renovation of the fraternity houses next to Carpenter Sports Building to receive Foreign Languages & Literatures program, 3.) Girls’, Inc. to the Early Learning Center, 4.) Continuation of phases for Christiana Towers bathroom restorations, 5.) Pencader dormitory complex of 750 beds, and the Center for the Arts.  The drawings of architects were presented to show what the Pencader dormitory complex and Center for the Arts will look like.  Construction for each of these new facilities will start in the spring.

B.  Remarks were made by Provost Dan Rich.  Provost Rich announced that Dan Robertson would be visiting the campus and that the Delaware Biotechnology Institute was holding a conference in which Rita Colwell would be given an honorary UD degree.  He also added that the McNair Scholars conference was recently held here.  He summarized current enrollment figures (approximately 21,000 students at UD).  He added that with 1,140 faculty at UD, <10% of all classes were taught by supplemental faculty.  He noted that two new councils were formed at UD, the University Council on Student Diversity & Success and the University Council on Ethics & Policy.  He talked about the responsible computing manual and his recent email message on monitoring of electronic submissions of UD employees.  He described the compelling reasons for monitoring such as for worms and viruses, content subject to subpeona, and access for legal obligations.  Questions and discussion on this subject followed.  David Saunders proposed that a committee be formed to examine policy regarding confidentiality of electronic communications.

IV.  Announcements: President Karen Stein stated the desire for communications, forums and discussions to occur at Faculty Senate meetings.  She noted the deadline changes of the University course approval process.  These included a new deadline for course changes from December 1 to December 22 and a new university challenge period from January 26-February 6 to February 9-13.  She also announced that the University list of all multicultural courses would be under review this year.  Submission of revised multicultural courses were due out of the colleges by November 15, 2003 while resubmissions of those courses originally on the list but not revised would be due December 22.  She added that the final General Education report would be due to the Executive Committee next week and the report would be posed on the Faculty Senate website soon afterwards.  She concluded that the November Faculty Senate would be the last hard copy agenda distributed; thereafter all Faculty Senate agendas would be delivered by email only.  Dan Rich interjected that the UD Faculty Handbook was now completely available on-line.

V.  Consent agenda - none.

VI.  Agenda.

            A.  Old business - none.

            B.  New business - none.

VII.  Introduction of new business - none.

Karen Stein adjourned the meeting at 5:20 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Dallas Hoover, Faculty Senate secretary

10/13/03

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