Agenda for the Faculty Senate Meeting

September 6, 2006

Room B-113 Robinson Hall

3:00-4:15 p.m.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes of April 19, 2006 and May 3, 2006

III. Announcements

Special Meeting on Wed., Sept. 13 for consideration of a report from the Task Force on Salary Issues

Phi Beta Kappa – Marion Deshmukh

Report of the President’s Council – Provost Peter Stearns

Eulogy for Mel Friedlander – Joe Scimecca

IV. Old Business

None

V. New Business - Committee Reports

A. Senate Standing Committees

Executive Committee

Academic Policies

Budget & Resources

Faculty Matters

Organization & Operations

Nominations

B. Other Committees

Faculty Handbook Revision Committee

Task Force on Salary Issues

VI. Other New Business

Approval of Meeting Schedule for 2006-2007 Academic Year

(Attachment A)

Elections

Election of the Secretary of the Senate

Nominee: Susan Trencher

Election of Members of Senate Standing Committees

(Attachment B)

Election of Members of the University Committees

(Attachment C)

Election of Members of other Faculty Representatives

(Attachment D)

VII. Remarks for the Good of the General Faculty

VIII. Adjournment (followed by brief organizational meetings of the standing committees)

ATTACHMENT A

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE FACULTY SENATE

PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE

FOR AY 2006-2007

All Faculty Senate meetings take place on Wednesday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. in Robinson Hall, rm. B113

September 6, 2006

September 13, 2006:

Special Called Meeting: Report and Recommendations of the Faculty Task Force to Consider Salary Issues

October 18, 2006

November 1, 2006

President Merten to address Faculty Senate

November 29, 2006

January 24, 2007

February 21, 2007

March 7, 2007

April 4, 2007

President Merten to address Faculty Senate

May 2, 2007

May 9, 2007

(if necessary)

ATTACHMENT B

FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES

ACADEMIC POLICIES:

Continuing Members: Cliff Sutton, Peter Pober, James Willett

Nominees: Julie Christensen, Dan Joyce

BUDGET AND RESOURCES

Continuing Members: Rick Coffinberger, Phil Buchanan

Nominees: Karen Hallows, Joe Scimecca, Ray Sommer

FACULTY MATTERS

Continuing Members: Patricia Moyer-Packenham, Jane Razeghi, Larry Rockwood

Nominees: Warren Decker, Jim Sanford

NOMINATIONS

Continuing Members: Jim Bennett, Mark Houck, Phil Wiest

Nominees: Must come from Senate floor

ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Continuing Members: Ernest Barreto, Alok Berry

Nominees: Lorraine Brown, Jean Moore, Susan Trencher

ATTACHMENT C

UNIVERSITY STANDING COMMITTEES

ACADEMIC APPEALS

Continuing Members: Pamela Cangelosi, Julie Christensen, Michael Hurley (Provost Appointee), Peter Pober, Ellen Todd

Nominee: Lloyd Cohen

ADMISSIONS

Continuing Members: Rose Brenkus, Dan Joyce, Eddie Tallent (Dean of Admissions appointee), Charles Thomas

Nominees: Kelly Dunne, Ramon Planas

ATHLETIC COUNCIL

Continuing Members: Bob Baker, Sharon deMonsabert, Gerald Hanweck

Nominees: Linda Miller, Phil Wiest

EFFECTIVE TEACHING

Continuing Members: Alok Berry, Jose Cortina, Harold Geller

Nominees: Doris Bitler, Jane McDonald, Bob Smith

EXTERNAL ACADEMIC RELATIONS

(two nominees must be Senators)

Continuing Members: Lorraine Brown, Michelle Marks (Provost Appointee), Toni Travis

Nominees: Deborah Boehm-Davis, David Kuebrich, Nance Lucas

GENERAL EDUCATION

Continuing Members: Rose Cherubin, Laurie Fathe (Provost appointee), Jim Harvey, Susan Hirsch (Provost appointee), Jim Kozlowski, Christena Langley (Provost appointee), Marilyn Mobley (Associate Provost – Chair), Lolita O’Donnell, Cliff Sutton (Provost appointee), James Willett

Nominees: Alok Berry, Peggy Feerick, Sheryl Friedley

GRIEVANCE

(nominees may not be non-tenured, chairs, or administrators)

Continuing Member: Ryszard Michalski

Nominees: John Crockett, Cynthia Lont, Miriam Raskin, Joseph Reid

MINORITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES

(nominees must be tenured or tenure-track faculty)

Continuing Members: Amal Amireh, Wayne Froman, Jennie Wu

Nominees: David Kravitz, Jim Metcalf

NON-TRADITIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND ADULT LEARNING

Continuing Members: Jennifer Berger, Eugenia Verdaguer, Mary Williams

Nominees: Jen-Eng Lin, Laurie Harmon

SALARY EQUITY STUDY

Continuing Members: Josephine Evola (Equity Office appointee), Elyse Lehman (Provost appointee), John Miller, Don Seto

Nominee: Kristine Bell

TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Continuing Members: Ami Motro, Paula Petrik

Nominees: Melissa Martin, Goodlet McDaniel (Provost appointee), Iosif Vaisman, Steven Weinberger, Stanley Zoltek

WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Continuing Members: Tamara Maddox, Tom Owens, Ellen Rodgers, Terry Zawacki (Director of the WAC Program)

Nominees: Susan Durham, Elavie Ndura, Beth Schneider, Andrew Wingfield, Stanley Zoltek

ATTACHMENT D

OTHER FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES

JOHNSON CENTER POLICY BOARD

Larry Rockwood

UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE

Peter Pober

HUMAN RESOURCES AWARDS COMMITTEE
Jason Kinser

CONFLICT OF COMMITMENT POLICY COMMITTEE

Kevin McCrohan

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMITTEE

Tomasz Arciszewski

Dan Cox

Sean Luke

PATENT POLICY COMMITTEE

John Crockett

Kenneth Hintz

RESEARCH RECORDS POLICY COMMITTEE

Susanne Denham