MINUTES

LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY SENATE

Volume 12 December 2002 Number 4

1. Call to Order: Norman Pumphrey

The December 16, 2002 meeting of the University Senate was called to order at 4:00 p.m. in Prescott Memorial Library, Room 334, by President Norman Pumphrey.

2. Roll Call: Rose Butler

Senators absent from the meeting were John McKillip, Tony Grice, Frank Ji, Tianhong Cui, Peggy Carter, Don Braswell, Bob Burt, Steve Graves and Alexis Wreden.

3. Adoption of Agenda: Norman Pumphrey

A motion was made to accept the agenda. The motion was seconded and approved.

4. Adoption of the November 18, 2002 minutes.

A motion to accept the minutes was made and seconded. A request to change a sentence in the minutes was made. The request was voted on and the change to the minutes accepted. The motion to accept the minutes as changed was made, and the minutes were approved.

5. Announcements: Norman Pumphrey

Administrative and Planning Council update – none

Meeting with Dr. Rea – Discussion of proposed faculty/student evaluation proposal. Dr. Rea is in favor of The Specialty Service Award.

Post tenure review – Dr. Rea reported that this is imminent and will be mandated by the Board as early as this May. LSU and Southeastern University already have this in place. Criteria will be set in place and have to be followed in order to remove tenure. Fifty percent or more of the states require post tenure review.

School Colors Committee – Reflex Blue will likely be the official color of blue for the university. The Administrative and Planning Council will vote on the official colors at their next meeting.

Others

Parking study – Dr. Pumphrey reported that his class had done an informal study of parking problems on campus. According to their report, the primary problem is unstickered cars. A report by one of the students doing the study will be made to the Executive Board.

Academic Calendar – Dr. Pumphrey questioned why the Fall Quarter was 3 days longer than usual. He was referred to Mr. Vento, Registrar. His response to this question was that Louisiana Tech must have classes a required number of days for the academic year.

6. Treasurer’s report - Susan Elkins

A motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s report. The motion was accepted and approved.

7. Old Business

Teacher Evaluation form revision vote – A discussion was held prior to the vote. One member asked that the vote be made on the system as a whole and not parts of it. Another member asked that member vote as representatives of their area and to follow the wishes of their area.

After this discussion, secret ballots were cast with the revision to the teacher evaluation form passing with 20 in favor, 7 against and 1 abstaining.

After the vote, Dr. Pumphrey said he would write a memo to Margaret Alexander informing her that the Senate recommends approval of the new teacher evaluation form.

8. New Business

No new business

The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm.

Rose Butler, Recording Secretary