UAA Faculty Senate Summary September 7, 2007 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 309

I. Call to Order at 2:30 pm

II. Roll

2007-2008 Officers: X Bogdan Hoanca, President X Caedmon Liburd, Chair, UAB X Anne Bridges, 1st Vice President X Genie Babb, Chair, GAB X Larry Foster, 2nd Vice President X Kerri Morris, Past President X Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian

2007-2008 Senators: X Ann McCoy X Heidi Mannion X Ping Tung Chang X Caedmon Liburd X Herminia Din X Randy Magen Carlos Alsua X Hilary Davies Rashmi Prasad Carol Coose X Jackie Cason X Robert Boeckmann Catherine d’Albertis X Janice High X Robert Crosman X Cathryn Pearce Jeremy Tasch X Robin Wahto X Charles Licka X John Pauli X Sam Thiru Dan Kline X Judith Moore X Sarah Kirk X Dave Fitzgerald X Katherine Rawlins X Susan Kalina X David Meyers X Maria Ippolito X Susan Mitchell X Eva Kopacz X Mark Fitch X Terri Olson X Gail Holtzman X Maureen O’Malley X Tim Jester X Gail Johnston X Nicolae Lobontiu X Toni Croft X Genie Babb X Peter Dedych X Trish Jenkins

III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-2) Approved

IV. May 4, 2007 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 3-5) Approved

V. Officer’s Reports A. President’s Report Announcement: Sara Kirk is unable to fill 2nd Vice President position MOTION (Toni Croft): Runner up for the 2nd Vice President position to become the elected 2nd Vice President. 2nd: Jack Pauli Approved

. IDEA will be online survey this year, but the results will not be used for promotion and tenure, unless the professor wishes September 7, 2007 UAA Faculty Senate Page 2 Summary

. Spring 07 exams will start on a Tuesday and end on a Saturday

. Faculty Alliance Retreat- had great collaboration

. Met with Marva Watson- Director of Diversity and Compliance . Met with Coalition of Student Leaders in Fairbanks . EBoard and Faculty Alliance met w/ New Vice President for Academic Affairs- Dan Jullius . Board of Regents in Anchorage on the September 18th and 19th . Met with Pat Pitney to talk about putting out information on campus costs

B. First Vice President’s Report . Update on Faculty Senate Retreat- summary in agenda packet C. Second Vice President’s Report . Please send Committee roster, meeting times, and goals to Larry Foster

VI. Boards and Committees A. Graduate Academic Board

B. Undergraduate Academic Board

C. University-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee

D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology

E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee- BPFA

F. Committee on Committees

G. Diversity Committee

H. Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee

I. IUAC- Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update

J. Library Advisory Committee

K. Professional Development Committee

L. Student Academic Success Committee

M. Faculty Senate Awards Committee

VII. Old Business A. Faculty Intellectual Property Rights (pg. 6-30) 2 MOTIONS (Kerri Morris): Faculty Senate endorses the changes proposed by UAS. PT 2nd Approved Faculty Senate empowers the Faculty Alliance to represent this with Statewide. Approved

B. Priority Registration (pg. 31) MOTION Untabled (Hilary Davies) September 7, 2007 UAA Faculty Senate Page 3 Summary

2nd: Dave Fitzgerald Original Motion Withdrawn: Sam Thiru MOTION (Genie Babb): Approve the updated Priority Registration document. 2nd: Dave Fitzgerald 1 opposed Approved

VIII. New Business A. Updated Strategic Plan (pg. 32- 44) MOTION (Kerri Morris): The University of Alaska Anchorage Faculty Senate, upon careful consideration, unanimously endorses the Strategic Plan UAA 2017 (draft 7c). The Council specifically emphasizes its support for the proposed UAA mission statement. 2nd: Caedmon Liburd Unanimously approved

B. New UA Metric on Partnership and Outreach (pg. 45-61) Detailed discussion on statewide metric summary MOTION (PT Chang): Table item No 2nd Motion Failed

MOTION (Rob Crossman): Faculty Senate endorses the entire Metric on Partnership and Outreach packet. 2nd: Kerri Morris 1 opposition Approved

C. Recap of UAA Faculty Senate Summer Retreat and Goals (pg. 62-66) MOTION and 2nd (Executive Board): Formation of Ad Hoc Committee to update Constitution and Bylaws Committee Unanimously approved

MOTION (Sara Kirk): Formation of Ad Hoc Committee to examine Promotion and Tenure Committee 2nd: Robert Crosman Unanimously approved

IX. Reports A. Provost Michael Driscoll Board of Regents agenda is online Will be looking at promotion and tenure process

B. Interim Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle Statewide internal review is still continuing Regents are working on external review ORP Tier 1 rates- rate is going down Average of what TERS was for last three years

C. Chief Dale Pittman- Campus Safety Update and Full-time Emergency Preparedness Coordinator- Lt. Ron Swartz 1. Review of UAA campus in light of Virginia Tech Convened Campus Response Team and Group Safety Committee- meet just after Virginia Tech to discuss possible issues at UAA Issues on Campus- September 7, 2007 UAA Faculty Senate Page 4 Summary

 no locks on classroom doors- locks have been ordered and should be in place before the end of the Fall semester  need better notification system- (caller id)  Rich Whitney has obtained 3,000 more phone numbers from ACS to provide exact location when 911 is called.  Training Seawolf Safety Patrol Officers to answer phone.  Working to train employees in Eugene Short Building to answer phones in crisis  All UAA phones will receive software update to allow for emergency messages to be broadcast over the speaker phone. . May have community training classes . If you have a student that you are concerned about, contact Dean Shultz

2. Full-time Emergency Preparedness Coordinator- Lt. Ron Swartz Paper planning of emergency situations Educational component- speak with people about what they can do Exercise plan that was developed Distributed Incident Action Plan For earthquakes- if you are inside, stay inside

D. Union Representatives i. ACCFT Considering hiring a health care consultant If you received promotion, raise will be in your next paycheck ii. United Academics Carl Shepro- ORP Talked to attorney- 3 options 1. Lobby for legislature 2. Lobby with Board of Regents 3. Litigate Currently in joint health negotiations

X. Informational Items & Adjournment A. Faculty Senate 2007-2008 Roster (pg. 67-68)

B. Online Faculty Evaluation Instrument - IDEA

C. ORP Question

Meeting adjourned at 5:02 pm