GEORGE
MASON UNIVERSITY
AGENDA FOR
THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING
SEPTEMBER
7, 2011
Robinson
Hall B113,� 3:00� - 4:15 p.m.
I.
Call to Order
II.
Approval of the Minutes of April 6,�
April 20, and April 27, 2011
III.
Announcements
Provost Stearns� � Issues for 2011-2012���������������������������������������������������������� Attachment A
VRS Summer Salary Update:� Linda Harber, VP Human Resources/Payroll
IV.����� Unfinished Business
Organization and Operations Committee Annual
Report 2010-11������������������� Attachment B
Academic Initiatives Committee Spring 2011
Report� ������������������������������������� Attachment C
V.
New Business - Committee Reports
A. Senate Standing Committees
Executive
Committee
Academic Policies
Budget & Resources
Faculty Matters
Nominations
Organization & Operations
Motion to amend the Composition of the General Education
Committee����������� Attachment D
������������ B. Other
Committees
VI.
Other New Business
A. Elections
Election
of the Secretary of the Senate������������������������������������������������������ Nominee:
��Earle Reybold
Election
of Members of Senate Standing Committees�������������������������������� Attachment E
Election
of Members of University Committees���������������������������������������� Attachment F
Election
of other Faculty Representatives�������������������������������������������������� Attachment G
������������������
B. Presentations
Blackboard/Technology Classrooms Update:��� Sharon Pitt, Executive Director, DOIT
VII. Remarks
for the Good of the General Faculty
VIII.
Adjournment
[followed
by brief organizational meetings of the Senate Standing Committees]
ATTACHMENT
A
2011�12 Issues � For
Faculty Senate -- Provost Stearns
posted at http://www3.gmu.edu/resources/facstaff/senate/Issues_for_Faculty_Senate_2011_12.htm
ATTACHMENT B
The AY 2010-2011 Annual Report of the Organization and
Operations Committee� is posted at http://www3.gmu.edu/resources/facstaff/senate/MINUTES_FS_2010-11/OandOReport20102011vf.pdf .
ATTACHMENT C
The Spring 2011 Report of the Academic Initiatives Committee is posted on the Faculty Senate website.
ATTACHMENT
D
Motion
from the Organization and Operations Committee to amend the composition of the
General Education Committee:
General Education Committee
Composition: The membership of the Committee comprises 14
voting members:
A. Eight elected from the Faculty Senate ensuring that most academic units are
represented, one at least should be a senator;
B. Four faculty appointed by the Provost;
C. The Associate Provost for General Education; and
D. One student elected by the Student Senate.
Motion: To amend
the composition of the General Education Committee by inserting the words shown
in italics.
A. Eight elected from the Faculty Senate for staggered three-year terms, ensuring
that most academic units are represented, one at least should be a senator;
The terms of the elected members of the General Education
Committee will be staggered effective with the election for AY 2011-2012: three
members will finish their terms ending in 2012, two members will be elected for
two-year terms, three members will be elected for three-year terms.
Rationale: The General Education Committee functions more efficiently and effectively when there are more members with committee experience and less turnover. With two-year terms, 4 new members (half the elected faculty) potentially could be elected each year, thus diluting the collective experience of the committee. With the elected membership serving three-year terms, there would be only 2 or 3 new members elected each year, with the remaining members gaining additional experience.
ATTACHMENT E
September 2011 Faculty Senate Nominations
Committee Report
The Faculty Senate bylaws
charge the Committee on Nominations to nominate persons for each available
committee position, taking into account factors such as�willingness to serve,
previous senate and committee experience, and the need to develop future senate
leadership�. Furthermore, the Standing Rules of the Faculty Senate state that
each University standing committee should include 5-7 voting members of the
General Faculty from more than one college, at least one Senator, and no more
than one non-voting ex officio member. Several
committees have further specific membership requirements. There are 50 elected
Senators and there is a need to fill 25 Senate Standing Committee and 17
University Committee positions with Senators (and 1 Chair and 1 Secretary),
along with numerous appointments to represent the Faculty Senate on various
university groups.
The Committee on
Nominations presents the following nominations for AY 2011-2012:
SECRETARY of the SENATE:� Earle Reybold
(CEHD)
FACULTY
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES
(all
members are Senators)
ACADEMIC POLICIES:
Continuing
Members: none
Nominees: Sheryl Beach (COS), Kelly Dunne (CHSS), Ning Li
(SOM), Suzanne Scott (CHSS), HalaevaluVakalahi (CHHS)
BUDGET AND RESOURCES
Continuing
Members: June Tangney (CHSS), Phil
Wiest (CHSS)
Nominees: Yvonne Demory (SOM), Charlene Douglas (CHHS), Jerry
Mayer (SPP)
FACULTY MATTERS
Continuing
Members:� Doris
Bitler (CHSS), John Cantiello (CHHS), Mark Houck (VSE), Jim Sanford (CHSS)
Nominee: Paula Petrik (CHSS)
NOMINATIONS:
Continuing
Members: David Kuebrich (CHSS),
Howard Kurtz (CVPA), Pierre Rodgers (CEHD)
Nominees: � Two
vacancies; nominations must come from the floor.
ORGANIZATION AND
OPERATIONS:
Continuing
Members:� Bob
Dudley (CHSS), Kelly Dunne (CHSS), Star Muir (CHSS)
Nominees: John Farina (CHSS), �Elavie Ndura (CEHD)
ATTACHMENT
F
UNIVERSITY STANDING COMMITTEES
(Members
and nominees in bold type are Faculty Senators)
ACADEMIC APPEALS
Continuing
Member:� Eva
Thorp (CEHD)
Nominees:� 1-year term:Carryl Baldwin (CHSS), Sheri Berkeley
(CEHD)
������������������� 2-year term:Flavia Colonna (COS), Michael Naor (SOM),
Johannes Rojahn (CHSS)
Provost
Appointee:� Michael
Hurley (CHSS)
ACADEMIC INITIATIVES
Continuing
Members: Liz Chong (CHHS), Wayne Froman (CHSS), Tom Kiley
(COS), Thomas Speller (VSE)
Nominee: Robert Johnston (SOM)
Ex Officio: Anne Schiller, Vice President for Global and
International Strategies
ADMISSIONS
Continuing
Members: Dan Joyce (CVPA), Charles Thomas (CEHD)
Nominees: Marion Deshmukh (CHSS), Jeng-Eng Lin (COS), Hung
Nguyen (CHSS)
Dean of
Admissions Appointee:
ATHLETIC COUNCIL (4
elected members)
Continuing
Members: none
Nominees: 1-year
term: Len Annetta (CEHD), Steve Klein (CHSS)
������������������� 2-year term: Robert Baker (CEHD), Cody Edwards (COS)
Presidential
Appointee:� Linda
Miller (Chair, Faculty Athletic Representative)
EFFECTIVE TEACHING
Continuing
Member:� Paula
Petrik (CHSS)
Nominees:� 1-year term:Michele Greet
(CHSS), Robert Pasnak (CHSS),
������������������� 2-year term:Paul Gorski
(CHSS), Ramin Hakami (COS), Danielle Rudes (CHSS)
EXTERNAL ACADEMIC
RELATIONS
Continuing
Members: Karl Fryxell (COS), Frank Philpot (SOM)
Nominees:� Alok Berry
(VSE), Arie Croitoru
(COS)
Provost
Appointee:� Lisa Gring-Pemble (CHSS)
FACULTY HANDBOOK REVISION COMMITTEE (3
elected members)
Continuing Members: Suzanne Slayden (COS), Lloyd
Cohen (LAW)
Nominees: Geoff Birchard (COS),
Richard Miller (CEHD)
GENERAL EDUCATION (8 elected members)
Continuing
Members:� Kammy Sanghera (VSE), Carol Urban (CHHS), Peter Winant
(CVPA)
Nominees:� 2-year term: Doug Eyman (CHSS), Hugh Sockett (CHSS)
����������������� 3-year term:� Kelly Dunne
(CHSS), Mack Holt (CHSS), Mark Uhen
(COS)
Provost
Appointees: Rick Diecchio (COS), Frank
Allen Philpot (SOM), Cliff Sutton (VSE), Kim Eby (Assoc. Provost), Rick Davis
(Assoc. Provost for Undergraduate Education)
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
Continuing
Members: Scott Bauer (CEHD), �Robert Pasnak (CHSS), Johannes Rojahn (CHSS), Sylvia Sanchez
(CEHD)
Nominee:� Cody Edwards
(COS)
MINORITY and DIVERSITY ISSUES COMMITTEE
Continuing
Members: Harold Geller (COS), Suzanne
Scott (CHSS)
Nominees:� David Anderson (CEHD),
Xiaomei Cai
(CHSS), Hazel McFerson (CHSS), Michael Mink (CHHS)
NON-TRADITIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY,
and ADULT LEARNING
Continuing
Members:� Steve Klein (CHSS), Jaime Lester (CHSS), John Riskind (CHSS)
Nominees: Cynthia Lum (CHSS), Carole
Rosenstein (CVPA), Ray Sommer (SPP)
SALARY EQUITY STUDY
COMMITTEE� (3 elected members)
Continuing Members: Michelle Buehl (CEHD), Prosenjit Mazumdar (SOM)
Nominee:� Margret Hjalmarson (CEHD)
Provost Appointee: Karen Hallows (SOM)������������������ Equity Office Appointee:
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Continuing
Members:� Sharon
Williams vonRooij (CEHD), Stanley Zoltek (COS)
Nominees:� Maggie
Daniels (CEHD), Andy Finn (CHSS),
Nirup Menon (SOM), Nigel Waters (COS)
Provost
Appointee:� Goodlett McDaniel (CHHS)
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Continuing
Members: Sue Durham (CHSS), Tamara Maddox (VSE), Nicola Scott
(SOM), Stanley Zoltek (COS)
Nominees:� Michele Greet (CHSS), Agnieszka Paczynska (S-CAR), Greg
Robinson (CVPA), Miruna Stanica (CHSS), Sharon
Williams vonRooij (CEHD)
Ex Officio: Terry Zawacki, Director, WAC Program
ATTACHMENT G
Faculty Senate Task Force to Examine Agreements between GMU
and Private Donors
Members: Esther Elstun (Emerita), Dave Kuebrich (CHSS, chair),
Earle Reybold (CEHD), Rich Rubenstein (S-CAR), and Matt Zingraff (ex officio)
Nominee: Penny
Earley (CEHD)