SENATE
From the Senate Office
The
following statement is published
in accordance with the Senate
Rules. Among other purposes,
the publication of SEC actions
is intended to stimulate discussion
among the constituencies and
their representatives. Please
communicate your comments to
Senate Chair Mitchell Marcus,
or Kristine Kelly, Box 12 College
Hall/6303, (215) 898-6943 or kellyke@pobox.upenn.edu.
Senate
Executive Committee Actions
Wednesday,
May 7, 2003
Old
Business
Chair's
Report. Professor Mitchell
Marcus began his report by informing
SEC members that he was delighted
that Les Hudson had been chosen
as the new Vice Provost for Strategic
Initiatives. Professor Marcus
reminded SEC that he participated
in the interview process, and
stated that he was optimistic
that Dr. Hudson's new role
in the development and implementation
of Penn's strategy for technology
transfer and entrepreneurial
initiatives will be very beneficial
for Penn's faculty.
Professor
Marcus told SEC that the three Senate
Chairs had informed Provost Barchi
of SEC's desire that a search
for a new Associate Provost begin
immediately, and communicated Provost
Barchi's response that with two
Vice Provost searches now underway,
for both the Vice Provost for Research
and Vice Provost for Libraries, that
it would not be possible to begin
the third search until the fall. Professor
Marcus conveyed that Provost Barchi
had committed that the search would
begin early in the fall semester.
Finally,
Professor Marcus pointed out that
Chair-Elect Lance Donaldson-Evans
would take over as Senate Chair with
New Business during this meeting..
Professor Marcus thanked SEC, its
Committee Chairs and committee members,
and the Grievance Commission for their
hard work this past year. Professor
Marcus also thanked his colleagues,
Past Chair David Hackney, Chair-Elect
Lance Donaldson-Evans, and Senate
Assistant Kristine Kelly.
Past
Chair's Report on Academic
Planning and Budget and Capital
Council. Past Chair David
Hackney reported that Provost
Barchi had agreed that in the
future many issues brought to
Academic Planning & Budget
can be shared with SEC, after
clearing with the Provost to
determine that discussion items
had already been vetted through
the University Administration
and Trustees. By the nature of
the items discussed at Capital
Council, the confidentiality
agreement will still stand and
the past chair will not be able
to report on Capital Council
discussions to SEC.
Nominating
Committee Update. Nominating
Committee Chair and SEC member
Peter Kuriloff updated SEC on
the completed Nominating Committee
slate. After reviewing the slate,
he informed SEC that Almanac
will be posting it in its May
13 issue. Professor Kuriloff
also thanked the committee for
their hard work.
Senate
Committee on Administration Report
on Faculty Retirement. Professor
Peter McCleary, Chair of the
Senate Committee on Administration
presented his committee's
final report on Faculty Retirement.
For background purposes, Professor
McCleary informed SEC that the
Committee had discussions with
Professor Gerald Porter and Associate
Provost Walter Wales on the history
and content of the Task Force
study.
In
its report, the Committee noted that
while the Retirement Task Force Recommendations
offer only marginal improvement to
the University's existing policy
on Faculty Retirement, the Committee
nonetheless recommended that the Senate
Executive Committee accept those recommendations.
Additionally, the Committee recommended
that SEC continue to study the issue
in order to clarify or explain such
questions as to whether a faculty
retirement problem exists, what are
the advantages or disadvantages of
early retirement, what are the actual
costs incurred, and so forth. SEC
unanimously approved the Report, and
encouraged follow up where necessary.
Professor
Marcus turned the Chair over to Professor
Donaldson-Evans.
New
Business
Professor
Donaldson-Evans thanked Professors
Marcus and Hackney for this past year,
and looked forward to continue to
work with Professor Mitch Marcus this
upcoming academic year. Professor
Donaldson-Evans also noted that Professor
David Hackney, while finishing his
SEC tenure, will continue to be a
valuable resource to him and SEC.
Elections. The
following elections were held, with
results to be tallied after the meeting:
- Election
of New Chair of Economic Status of
the Faculty Committee
- Election
of 2003-04 Faculty Senate Committees
- Election
of SEC Members for the 2003-2004 University
Council Steering Committee
Under
the Faculty Senate Rules, formal
notification to members may be
accomplished by publication in Almanac.
The following is published under
that rule.
TO: Members
of the Faculty Senate
FROM: Mitchell
Marcus, Chair
SUBJECT: Senate
Nominations 2003-2004
1.
In accordance with the Faculty Senate
Rules, official notice is given of
the Senate Nominating Committee's
slate of nominees for the incoming
Senate Officers. The nominees, all
of whom have indicated their willingness
to serve, are:
Chair-Elect Charles
Mooney, Professor, School of Law
Secretary-Elect Jacqueline
French, Associate Professor of Neurology
At-Large
Members of SEC (to
serve a 3-year term beginning
upon election): Sherrill
Adams, Professor of Biochemistry,
School of Dental Medicine Julie
Fairman, Associate Professor of Nursing Susan
Gennaro, Professor, School of Nursing Edward
Rubin, Professor, School of Law
Assistant
Professors (to serve a 2-year
term beginning upon election): Camille
Charles, Assistant Professor of Sociology Robert
W. Neumar, Assistant Professor of
Emergency Medicine
Senate
Committee on Academic Freedom
and Responsibility (to serve
a 3-year term beginning upon
election): Stephen
Thom, Associate Professor of Emergency
Medicine Lorraine
Tulman, Associate Professor of Nursing
Senate
Committee on the Economic Status
of the Faculty (to serve a 3-year
term beginning upon election): Amita
Sehgal, Associate Professor of Neuroscience Phoebe
Leboy, Professor of Biochemistry,
School of Dental Medicine
2.
Again in accord with the Senate Rules you
are invited to submit "additional
nominations, which shall be accomplished
via petitions containing at least twenty-five
valid names and the signed approval of
the candidate. All such petitions must
be received no later than fourteen days
subsequent to the circulation of the nominees
of the Nominating Committee. Nominations
will automatically be closed fourteen days
after circulation of the slate of the Nominating
Committee." Petitions must be received
by mail at the Faculty Senate, Box 12 College
Hall/6303, or by hand at the Faculty Senate
Office, 109 Duhring Wing by 5 p.m., Tuesday,
May 27, 2003.
3.
Under the same provision of the Senate
Rules, if no additional nominations are
received, the slate nominated by the Nominating
Committee will be declared elected. Should
additional nominations be received, an
election will thereafter be held by mail
ballot.
Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 33, May 13, 2003
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