Faculty Assembly Special Meeting 9/7/06

Galvin 161

 

  1. Meeting called to order by Jim VanSpeybroeck at 3:05. 48 persons present.

 

There will be a memorial mass for Fr. Ed. Botkin Thurs. Sept. 14th at 4:30.

 

  1. Minutes from 3/30/06 were approved (Motion: R. Serianz, 2nd K. Kelley)

 

  1. Jon Stauff highlighted section 7 of the Faculty Handbook. 

 

 John Barr felt the first description of clinical faculty in 7.2.2 was more in the spirit of the proposal. 

 

There was a motion (Ristow, 2nd Kilburg) to approve Section 7 as presented without the alternative to paragraph 7.2.2 statement.

 

Discussion and questions centered on the spirit of the clinical faculty description and keeping the statement “no more than 50% of the load can be devoted to classroom teaching” in the description. There was clarification of classroom versus clinical teaching.  S. Cassady clarified that the 50% of the load for classroom teaching came about from early discussions.  Clinical faculty often spent more than 50% of their time doing things other than classroom teaching. P. Wenthe felt the concept was a safeguard with the purpose of differentiating clinical faculty from the tenure track faculty. It was clarified the 50% was over the entire academic year.

 

Motion passed

 

  1. There was a motion (R. Serianz, 2nd B. DuBois) to approve Section 3 of the faculty handbook with the change from the April minutes.  The change reads:  While contracts may not be renewed and tenure may be terminated in instances in which faculty members acting as an institutional representative advocate ideas or engage in activities which are in conflict with the doctrines and morals of the Roman Catholic Church, the University explicitly recognizes the faculty member’s academic freedom to pursue issues and ideas in the spirit of an honest and conscientious search for the truth.

 

J Barr expressed concerned regarding 3.6.2 which read “with the concurrence of the Faculty Finance Committee (or the Board of Directors)…”. There was a friendly amendment (J. Barr, 2nd B. DuBois) to remove “or” and substitute “and” and remove the parentheses. 

 

It was clarified this is the first reading of Section 3. The verb and subject agreement will be tweaked later by the FHC.  Ristow called the question. 

 

Motion as amended passed.

 

  1. The final three areas of the faculty handbook to be reviewed deal with the sexual harassment policy (part of section 3), section 5, and the adjunct handbook.   

 

 

 

 

  1. Jon Stauff explained the process to secure board approval.  The Board of Directors wants to vote on the approval of the entire handbook rather than parts.  They have concerns about the previously faculty approved section on the quorum.  There was a brief discussion and clarification of the issues related to the quorum.

 

  1. Faculty Assembly Chairperson VanSpeybroeck feels Faculty Assembly meetings may need to move to a different location since we have outgrown the current meeting location, especially in McMullen.

 

  1. Motion to adjourn (Hustedde, 2nd Cassady).  Meeting was adjourned at 3:45.

 

      Minutes submitted by Terry Schlabach