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University Curriculum Forum

Minutes of the First Meeting
September 4, 1997

Call to Order:
Flo Hatcher (Art), Chairman of the Elections Committee of the Faculty Senate, called the first meeting of the University Curriculum Forum (UCF) to order at 9:35am.

Selection of a Chair
Jos Ullian (Communications) made a motion to nominate DonnaJean Fredeen (Chemistry) for Chair of the UCF.  Robert Wein (Physics) seconded.

D. Fredeen was elected as Chair by unanimous ballot.

D. Fredeen chaired the remaining meeting.

Formation of Sub-Committees
Members of UCF selected to serve on one of the four standing sub-committees.  Each sub-committee chose a Chair.

Notifications Management             Peggy Gallup (Public Health)
New Program & Innovation            Camille Serchuk (Art)
University Wide Impact                 Polly Beals (History)
Program Review & Assessment       Bob Gelbach (Political Science)

Permanent Secretary
A motion to entertain a permanent secretary was make by J. Ullian and seconded by John Kavanagh (Mathematics).

The motion passed with 1 opposing vote.

D. Fredeen asked for nominations for secretary, but there were none.  Therefore the Chair will pursue the recruitment with committee members outside the meeting.

Ad Hoc Rules Committee
A motion was make by J. Kavanagh that the Chair of the UCF be authorized to appoint an Ad Hoc Rules Committee with no more that 6 members or alternates, including one member from each of the standing committees.  The motion was seconded by J. Ullian.

The motion passed with a unanimous vote.

Faculty-At-Large Members
The Committee members discussed whether the Senate Election Committee should conduct the first election, or if the UCF should run its own first election, after the Ad Hoc Rules Committee establishes procedures.

A motion was made that for a 1-term period the election of the at-large faculty members will be referred to the Ad Hoc Rules Committee for immediate action.  The motion was made by Mike Shea (English) and seconded by P. Gallup.

The motion passed 24-0-5.

Adjournment
A motion was made to adjourn at 10:45.  The motion was made by J. Ullian and seconded by P. Beals.

Meeting Schedule
The next meeting of the UCF will be held on Thursday September 18th in the BOT room form 9:35 to 10:50.

Respectfully submitted,
Peggy Gallup