From the Senate Office

Election of At-large SEC Member

No nominations were received by petition and the Senate Nominating Committeeês nominee Robert Hornik (Annenberg School for Communication) is declared elected to a 1-year term effective immediately as an at-large member of the Senate Executive Committee.

Agenda of
Senate Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 5, 2001
3-5:30 p.m.

1. Approval of the minutes of May 2, 2001
2. Chairês Report
3. Discussion on Nomination of Senate Nominating Committee
4. Election of one assistant professor member to fill a one-year vacancy on SEC
5. Progress Report of the Teaching Evaluation Committee
6. Report to the President and Provost Concerning Services to Students With Disabilities
7. Other new business 8. Adjournment by 5:30 p.m.

Report of the 2000-2001 Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility

August 2, 2001

The Committee met once on May 25, 2001 to elect a chair.

As in the past, the Committee distributed a letter to all members of the faculty informing them about SCAFR. We received no inquires or appeals of actions relating to issues of academic freedom and responsibility; no inquiries were forwarded to the Committee from the Faculty Senate. We did not identify any further questions that the Committee needs to address at this time.

-- Sheila Murnaghan, Chair

Report of the 2000-2001 Faculty Grievance Commission

August 14, 2001

This year the Faculty Grievance Commission considered two cases, attempting to act as facilitators in achieving their resolution. In addition, we were approached by two other faculty members who may decide to put in grievances in the future.

One of two cases before us was finally resolved: we congratulate the people who were involved in this. All of them behaved as responsible members of the University.

The other case is still ongoing and we cannot discuss it under the confidentiality rules of the Commission.

The members of the 2000-2001 Faculty Grievance Commission were Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, Chair, Steven Sondheimer, Chair-elect, and Leonard J. Bello, Past Chair.

--Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, Chair