FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
December 12, 1996

Members present: Ballester, Butler, Calhoun, Greenlief, McCoy, Payne, Terrell, Yanik
Absent: Irwin

I. Call to order:

President Ron McCoy called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m.

II. Announcements and Remarks:

A. Faculty President McCoy
1. At the Board of Regents meeting next week, the Student Advisory Council will meet with the Council of Senate Presidents to discuss putting information about courses and instructors on the Web.
2. Alesa Kimble has notified the Senate that a faculty representative should be appointed to the Student Employment Appeals Board. The matter was referred to Nate Terrell.
3. A meeting with Regent Nolan has been tentatively scheduled for February 11 at 3:30 p.m.

B. Vice President Payne
1. The Computer Users Group has sent a Web Server policy to Linda Mannering.
2. The Spring Faculty meeting will be Tuesday, January 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Bruder Theater.
3. Sabbatical recommendations have been forwarded to the President. ESU will allocate 9 sabbaticals for the 1997-1998.

III. Committee Reports:

A. Academic Affairs (Ballester)
The Committee decided not to return the prior approval bill to the Senate floor. Much discussion followed on this issue. Senator Greenlief suggested that the Senate Executive Committee put forward the bill citing the precedence last year on the legislation concerning a policy on AIDS which originated with the Senate Executive Committee. Senator Greenlief agreed to rewrite the prior approval bill and present for discussion at the next Exec meeting. Academic Affairs will be sponsoring a bill which assigns the responsibility for competency exams to the General Education Council.

B. Committee on Campus Governance (Terrell)
This committee did not meet since the last Senate Executive meeting.

C. Faculty Affairs (Butler)
This committee did not meet since the last Senate Executive meeting. On the issue of maternity leave which was brought up at the last meeting, Sen. Butler made some inquiries and learned that maternity leave policies are determined at the state level and local universities are unable to establish individual procedures.

D. Faculty Handbook (Greenlief)
This committee continues to make progress on updating the faculty handbook.

IV. Adjournment:

President McCoy adjourned the meeting at 1:10 p.m.. The next Senate Executive Committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for January 16.

Betsy Yanik
Secretary
Last updated on January 21, 1997.
Provide comments about the text to Betsy Yanik at yanikeli@esumail.emporia.edu.
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