STEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA
December 4, 2001
3:30pm—Room 309 Ferguson
Role Call and Quorum Check (Keith Woodbury)
Approval/Corrections to the Minutes for November 13 (Keith Woodbury)
Visit with Vice President Sybil Todd and her staff
Action Items
Privatization of the Greek System Proposal (not supported by Student Affairs Committee)
Resolution Commending Lambda Sigma Phi for desegregating (see below)
Mediation and Grievance Committee Selections
President’s Report (Norm Baldwin)
Board of Trustee concerns
Non-voting members of the Steering Committee and Council of Deans
Task Force on the Evaluation of Deans and Chairs
Vice President’s Report (Steve Miller)
Secretary’s Report (Keith Woodbury)
Reports from Senate Committees
Planning and Operations (Bill Keel and John Mason)
Final Exams and Scheduling Issues: Tuesday due date for final exam grades; Saturday finals when Test Services are closed; Move Saturday finals up a week.
Fall break
ACHE data presentation (instructional/non-instructional split; TA data)
Environmental Audit—should we do one?
Academic Affairs (Don Desmet and Beth Macauley)
Proposal that student pictures accommodate class rosters
Inconsistent tenure and promotion standards between departments and colleges
Financial Affairs (Terry Royed and Keith Woodbury)
Health insurance for graduate students
Faculty Life (Wythe Holt and Jerry Rosiek )
Maternity leave policy for the Faculty Handbook
Employment statement that includes gender and sexual orientation
Hiring and retention of minority faculty (Knight case)
Emeritus College
Research and Service (Bing Blewitt)
Library fines and book replacement policy for faculty
Senate Operations (Steve Miller and Harry Price)
Ombudsman language for the Bylaws
Clarification of Senate Eligibility and Senate Reapportionment, including double dipping concerns (needed before next election)
Graduate Student Association representation (i.e., non-voting, floor privileges) on the Faculty Senate
Grievance Document
Implementation of "Shared Governance Document" principles
Student Affairs (Alvin Winters)
Reports from University Standing and Other Committees
Legislative Agenda Committee (Margaret Garner)
Strategic Planning Initiative Task Force (Margaret Garner)
New Business
Old Business
Announcements
Our next meeting with the Provost is Thursday, December 6th, at 3:30 in her conference room. Attendance was sparse at the last meeting, so please try to attend.
RESOLUTION COMMENDING LAMBDA SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY
Whereas efforts to desegregate white Greek social fraternities at The University of Alabama have proceeded for over 25 years culminating in nationwide media attention to segregation problems in 2001, and
Whereas Lambda Sigma Phi fraternity is the first white social fraternity at the University of Alabama to heed the call to become racially desegregated, and
Whereas in becoming the first white social fraternity to desegregate, Lambda Sigma Phi captures a rare, profound, and historic opportunity to turn the page on our racially divided past and to write a new chapter in the racial history of our Greek system and university, and
Whereas through desegregating white Greek social fraternities, Lambda Sigma Phi helps minorities exercise social choices not previously available at The University of Alabama, and
Whereas the desegregation efforts of Lambda Sigma Phi helps signal that minorities are welcomed, included, appreciated, and treated fairly at The University of Alabama, and
Whereas the desegregation efforts of Lambda Sigma Phi are an important step in allowing diverse groups to realize their common humanity, mutual respect, and shared delight, and
Whereas through desegregating the white fraternity system, Lambda Sigma Phi is a model of inspiration for organizations throughout the University,
Therefore be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of The University of Alabama extends its highest admiration, appreciation, and commendation to Lambda Sigma Phi for the racial desegregation that it achieved during fall semester of 2001. The Faculty Senate especially appreciates the power of example that Lambda Sigma Phi sets for all organizations on campus, whether they be Greek, non-Greek, student, faculty, or staff organizations.