Meeting of the University Senate

 Wednesday, February 13, 2008

 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., 150 Columbia


Agenda

3:00 Call to Order

3:05 1. Approval of minutes from January 9th and January 23rd meetings

3:10 2. State of the University
        2.1. General update -- Dave Frohnmayer, president
3:25 2.2. Proposed changes to UO Public Safety policies -- Frances Dyke, vice president for finance and administration, and Douglas Park, assistant general counsel

3:30 3. Reports
        3.1 Update of on-line course evaluations trial, Fall term 2007; Update on the Ad Hoc Committee for On-line Course Evaluations Implementation - Brad Shelton, mathematics; Paul van Donkelaar, human physiology and senate vice president
3:40 3.2 Update from Search Committee for a New Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - Andrew Schulz, art history
3:45 3.3 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate report on the OUS proposal to change peer institutions; also, report on peer evaluation of teaching at the UO - Peter Gilkey, mathematics, and IFS representative

4:00 4. Unfinished Business
        4.1 Resolution US07/08-15 Resolution concerning revenue sharing with the Athletics Department - Paul van Donkelaar, human physiology
4:10 4.2 Motion 07/08 - 9 to add three classified staff members with voting rights to the senate - Peter Gilkey, mathematics

4:25 5. New Business
        5.1 Motion US 07/08 - 17 regarding an initiative to protect the rights of faculty authors of scholarly publications - Elizabeth Peterson, library
4:35 5.2 Motion US07/08-16 to amend the section of the governance Enabling Legislation which details calling a meeting of the University Assembly - Peter Gilkey, mathematics
4:45 5.3 Resolution US07/08-10 - to obtain clarification and explanation from the state Attorney General regarding the required majority to pass a motion in the UO University Assembly (assuming there is a quorum) - Frank Stahl, emeritus biology

5:00 Adjournment


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