Faculty Policies Committee Minutes, March 3, 2003, 3 p.m.

Present: Michelle Benedict, Barbara Coleman, Bill Dodd, Gordon Eisenman, Cliff Gardiner, Andy Hauger (chair), Jeff Heck (secretary), Donna Hobbs, Jana Sandarg, Sabina Widner

Minutes of February 17, 2003 were approved as amended.

Agenda items: Old Business

1. Email Policy

A merged version of an email policy presented by Andy Hauger and Donna Hobbs was approved with minor changes. The version will be forwarded to Bill English prior to sending it to the University Council.

2. Sexual Harassment Committee Policy

The proposed new policy from the Sexual Harassment Committee was reviewed, amended to guide students in events requiring police intervention and for presentation, then approved unanimously by Faculty Policies. Sabina Widner will write in the suggested changes and forward the proposed policy to Jeff Heck for posting on the FPC web site immediately. Andy Hauger will ensure posts to Pipeline and email have gone out so faculty will know in advance of the 3 p.m., March 10 forum to be held about the new policy. The Science Building, room W1002 has been reserved for the forum. Following the forum, the policy will go to the University Council. The policy will replace existing separate policies in the Student Handbook and the Faculty Manual.

3. Promotion and Tenure Recommendations

Amendments to the Promotion and Tenure policy presented by Bill Reese (chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee) and Brigitte Ziobrowski were considered. The Reese amendments were adopted. Following discussion of the Ziobrowski amendments, the FPC voted to recommend that Dr. Sullivan emphasize one point in his letter of instructions that accompany the P&T charge, that P&T applicants note multiple translations of the same manuscript. Other proposed points may be included in a model vita.

4. Parking

Andy Hauger will discuss with President Bloodworth the issue of parking availability for faculty. Enforcement remains the primary issue.

5. Textbook Resale by Faculty

The FPC discussed a request that the bookstore not be allowed to dictate who may buy review textbooks held by faculty. Currently, a representative approved by the bookstore makes rounds during the semester and faculty members are asked not to sell their review books to other buyers. The committee discussed the ethics of the process and chose not to act at this time.

6. Cullum Committee

The FPC voted unanimously to approve Andy Hauger’s text for revision of the Faculty Manual to reflect recently approved changes to the Cullum Series process. The text will be forwarded to the University Council.

Adjourned 4:15 p.m.
Next meeting: March 17, 2003, 3 p.m., Science Building (forum March 10)