Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Rev. Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Present: D. Weiss, R. Vaters-Carr, M. Das, S. Grace, S. Felsenfeld, R. Glinka, L. Foss, M. Generali, A. Abugri, N. Marano, J. Fullmer, M. Fede, D. Marino, S. Latorre, E. Larkin, E. West, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, C. Simoneau, M. Hartog, J. Hong, C. Dellinger-Pate, G. Brady, R. Kustin, J. Irving, J. Strawn,C. Michalski, R. Cain, K. Gatzke, H. Lockwood, K. Cummings, J. O'hara, K. Marsland, D. Smith, G. Adams, E. Keenan, W. Elwood, T. Lin, K. Barnett, G. Cochenet, A. Marsoobian, K. Rondinone, M. Shea, P. Beals, S. Clerc, B. Kalk,
Absent: M. Narumanchi, K. Skoczen, O. Gulacar, I. Antonios, M. McClain, D. Flynn, D. Smith, J. Tait, M. Kiarie, J. Mielczarski, J. Fields, S. Graves, K. Laing, D. Bentley-Drobish, T. Hils
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:39am.
II. Announcements
• G. Cochenet announced that only one hard copy of the Special Topics course form should be submitted to UCF from now on.
III. Approval of UCF minutes of September 3, 2009
• All approved minutes with minor revisions.
IV. New Business
• A motion was brought to the UCF from a faculty retreat in spring 2009 to approve formation of the Faculty Leadership Council. This council will be made up of the chairs of the following bodies: UCF, Senate, Chairs Council, AAUP, and Grad Council. The FLC will address issues with administration that are university-wide and concern all of these bodies.
• Faculty Leadership Council Statement:
Current economic pressures have prompted discussions among various faculty bodies about how best to preserve academic excellence and shared governance in a changing environment. To ensure representation of faculty concerns and interests in unfolding proposals for responses to budgetary realities, the Faculty Senate, Graduate Council, Undergraduate Curriculum Forum, Council of Academic Chairpersons and SCSU-AAUP have formed the Faculty Leadership Council (FLC). The purpose of the FLC is to provide coordinated representation of faculty interests to administration and to facilitate a cohesive discussion between faculty and administration on current university issues.
• Motion: UCF approves the statement of the Faculty Leadership Council.
• All approved with one abstention.
V. Old Business
GETF to LEPC transition:
Motion for discussion:
That the Liberal Education Program Committee:
1) be constituted of all newly elected members.
2) be comprised of 13 members, 2 from each school and 3 at-large members with full rights.
3) not require members to have previous LEP teaching experience in order to serve on the committee.
• The chair encouraged a broad discussion of the issues in the motion as well as questions that members may have.
• Several members are in favor of the following: having the new committee with "historical members" to aid in transition, opening up the LEPC committee to faculty with a 'teaching interest' in LEP courses, and having representation from the different schools.
• B. Kalk introduced a motion that the motion on the floor be tabled indefinitely because of the concern of the legitimacy of constituting the new committee and the time frame needed. The motion was seconded.
• Discussion ensued about tabling indefinitely and the rules for tabling. Many were in favor of the points of discussion of the original motion, but were concerned with potential outcomes from the motion. D. Weiss explained that if we table indefinitely we cannot bring this motion back for a vote. We need to vote to table indefinitely if it is an inappropriate motion and it does not address the points that should be discussed.
• The question was called and the motion to table the main motion on the floor was denied 7-14-0.
• The discussion returned to the original motion. Some felt that this motion has too many issues to vote all at once. Several amendments were presented but deemed too drastic to be considered amendments.
• A point of clarification was requested: It was recommended that the body go back and explore the document carefully to determine the process for creating the committee. This was clarified by P. Beals.
• P. Beals noted that there are two sub-committees also to be formed: Technical Fluency and Critical Thinking and they are being created and members are being sought.
• Discussion about the make-up of the committee. One possible configuration: 1 representative from each school, 4 at-large members, 2 from the GETF committee; or 1 representative from each school, 2 at-large members, 2 from the GETF committee to keep it to nine members.
• Consideration to separate the issues and vote on each section separately will be continued next time.
VI. The meeting was adjourned at 10:51 AM
These minutes were approved on September 24, 2009
