Faculty Council (“FC”)

March 2, 2004

MEETING SUMMARY

Action Items Completed…

  • Faculty Affairs Committee Chair, Christian Kloesel, presented the revised Grievance Procedure for Designated Academic Appointees for approval. Friendly amendments were made from the floor to see that the wording of the policy better reflected the legitimacy of the Executive Committee’s role in participating in the selection of panel members. With a motion by Wokeck and second by Schneider, the amended policy was unanimously approved. See to view the approved policy.

Information Items Presented…

  • Nominating Committee Chair, Dolores Hoyt, read the slate of candidates for the April 2004 election of the Faculty Council President and Vice-President (respectively) for the 2004-06 term. The slate can be viewed online at The election will take place at the April 6 Council meeting.
  • UPDATE: At the February 3, 2004 Council meeting, new members were elected to the Faculty Grievance Advisory Panel (“FGAP”) and Board of Review Pool (respectively). The results were as follows:

New members of FGAP (2004-06 TERM):

Patricia Blake, Hasan Akay, Paul Galanti, Richard Turner

New members of the Board of Review Pool (2004-06 TERM):

Simon Atkinson, Andrew Barth, Valerie Chang, Mary Fisher, May Jafari, Betty Jones, Christian Kloesel, Rose Mays, Patricia Wittberg, Marianne Wokeck.

  • Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair, Jennifer Hehman, gave the first reading of proposed revisions/amendments to the Faculty Council Constitution and Bylaws pertaining to the service of the immediate past president as an ex-officio non-voting member of the Executive Committee and Council (serving in an advisory capacity). The proposal was initiated by the Nominating Committee in the interest of promoting continuity and enhancing the institutional memory resources for incoming presidents. The proposal was then reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee, who requested that amendments be made. Read the proposed amendments at . These amendments will be put forward for a second reading on April 6, at which time the amendments to the bylaws will be eligible for a Council vote. The proposed amendments to the Constitution will be subject to a faculty-wide electronic ballot.
  • Student Affairs Committee member Rick Ward and Chair Robert Yost updated the Council on the status of revisions being made to the Code of Conduct. Due to incongruent conclusions about certain procedures detailed in the code (such as the grievance process) made by Student Affairs Committees at IUPUI and IUB, Ward and Yost moved that revisions to the code be postponed indefinitely. In the interim, the IUPUI and IUB committees will work to synthesize their work to create a unified code. The Council approved the postponement. Yost then asked for Council endorsement to recommend a summer meeting between the two Student Affairs committees that would act as a sort of “constitutional convention” at which a new draft of the Code of Conduct could be drafted and agreed upon. The Council endorsed the recommendation.
  • Chancellor Charles Bantz reported the following:
  • The Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science was approved by the Board of Trustees last week.
  • On March 23, a public hearing on tuition in higher education and related policy issues will be held on campus. Further details on the hearing will be circulated soon.
  • Budget hearings are underway. Bantz thanked the Budgetary Affairs and Campus Planning Committees for their investment of time and thoughtful deliberations. He also mentioned that proposals thus far had been very creative, thorough, and appropriately mindful of current economic and political climates.
  • The Doubling Teams have convened for the first time and begun their work. Membership of said teams was circulated to FC members the week prior. Bantz informed the faculty that the three primary teams (Civic Engagement; Teaching and Learning; Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity) had been additionally charged to integrate the consideration and address of diversity issues throughout their work. A subcommittee (with members drawn from, among other sources, the Diversity Cabinet) has been created to coordinate and assist the primary teams with their integration of diversity issues into their deliberations.
  • Bantz congratulated IUPUI faculty recently recognized withteaching awards: Juanita Keck (Nursing), Mary Riner (Nursing), and Jan Keffer (Nursing). He also announced that George Edwards (Law) recently received the Pinnell Award. Enid Zwirn, then, announced that Vicky Champion (Nursing) has been recognized by the Indiana Business Journalas a finalist for this year’s “Healthcare Heroes” awards.
  • President Mary Fisherreported the following:
  • Congratulations to Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties William Plater for winning a 2004 Hine Award.
  • Fisher acknowledged the ongoing discussion of campus learning environments (furnishings, information-technology, informal learning spaces) by offering faculty the opportunity to donate to an account that has been established by Nancy Chism and the Office for Professional Development to build funding for learning environment-related costs [as part of the 2004 Campus Campaign]. Interested faculty may donate to account number32-P008215.
  • Faculty may have received an inventory/survey of faculty perspective on the first-year experience, distributed by Penn State. Fisher strongly encouraged all faculty—even those who are not directly involved in/impacted by first-year programming—to complete and submit the survey.
  • President Herbert’s Inauguration will take place on April 15th at 3:00pm at IUB. IUPUI faculty are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Fisher noted that any faculty who faxed their academic apparel request to Bloomingtonshould re-send the request via campus mail due to a faxing issue with the dark paper on which the forms were printed.
  • The university-wide task force on graduate education is seeking feedback. The Executive Committee is drafting a statement reflecting their thoughts on the appropriate direction for and administration of the graduate school and welcome faculty feedback. Faculty are also encouraged to provide feedback directly to the task force (per President Herbert’s recent e-mail to all faculty).
  • Two AAUP forums will be held on campus this spring (March 23 and April 13). Agenda and location announcements will be circulated via e-mail.
  • Fisher was recently interviewed by the L.A. Times and The Sagamore (respectively) regarding the issue of A+’s in higher education. Fisher shared with the Council that she spoke at length with the student trustee at last week’s board meeting and explained the appropriate procedure students would need to follow in order for the University Faculty Council to review the matter.
  • The NCAA five-year recertification for IUB is underway and faculty feedback is welcomed.
  • Fisher also reported that the University Faculty Council (“UFC”) has made headway on the issue of Chancellor reviews. A meeting between Fisher, David Daleke, Charlie Nelms, and Ken Gross-Lewis yielded some solid revisions which will proceed for review by the UFC agenda committee and chancellors.
  • The IU Kenya AIDS Project has received a $1.6 million grant that will allow them to, both, expand their patient base and launch prevention programs.
  • Fisher announced and Vice Chancellor Robert Martin confirmed thatrenovations/construction has reconvened and that campus food service [within the new Chartwell’s locations] will be up and serviceable on April 1. Bantz and Martin reemphasized how grateful the university is for Chartwell’s cooperation and patience throughout this long process.
  • Finally, Fisher announced that former Academic Affairs Chair Ken Rennels has “passed the torch” to New Chair Betty Jones. She thanked Rennels for his outstanding service and Jones for her agreement to serve.
  • Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Diversity, Karen Whitney, introduced the Council to her unit’snew and improved websitelife.iupui.edu . Through the site and its linked features students may take a virtual 360º tour of student housing, faculty may access online/downloadable forms from the Dean of Students, and community members may take greater advantage of viewing/scheduling/coordinating campus events.
  • Metropolitan Affairs Committee Chair, Carole Gall, announced to the Council that her committee has developed a survey meant to gauge faculty and staff experience and interest in non-profit volunteer administration/“board work.” Gall noted that she is currently verifying her survey (proper administration, that it is not duplicating the efforts of another campus body, etc.) with the appropriate campus units. The survey will be used to develop programming and create a directory of potential volunteers/board members from the IUPUI community.
  • IUPUI’s Affirmative Action Officer, Lillian Charleston, presented her annual report to the Faculty Council on affirmative action (complaints of harassment or discrimination, faculty/staff diversity, retention, etc.). Her detailed report is available online at Areas of primary concern continue to be: sexual harassment (prevention and education); the hiring and retention of diverse faculty and staff; and enhancing communication throughout the administrative ranks on diversity-related issues so that hiring issues can be better tracked and addressed.
  • The meeting was adjourned by Jeff Watt (theExecutive Committee member appointed by Vice President Bart Ng to preside over the March 2 meeting) at 5:09pm.
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Please visit the Faculty Council Standing Committees webpage to determine on which committees you would be interested in serving. You are also welcome and encouraged to nominate a colleague whom you feel would enhance the work of a particular committee.

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAYAPRIL 6 FROM 3:30-5:30pm

IN INLOW HALL 100 (“The Wynne Court Room”)