Minutes
Campus Council
March 8, 2011
Giffels Auditorium
3:30 p.m.
Status: Approved

Roll Call

Present

Officers: Payne, Dodd, Brady, Jones
Voting Members - Ex-officio: Black, Battjes
Administrative Representatives:
Faculty Senators: Gay, Jensen, Turner, Parry,Smith-Nix
Staff Senators: Vaught, Frye, Payne, Hart, Carter, Donnelly, Bixby, Mounce, Owens, Gilbride
Student Senators: Wright, Mullendore, Jackson, Ensley, Dodd, Pohlner
Non-Voting Members, Ex-officio: Gaber

Absent

Officers:
Voting Members - Ex-officio: DiBrezzo, Freund, Fleming, Johannesen
Administrative Representatives: Vayda, Shannon, Schwab, Worrell, P. Rankin, Smith, Saxena, Shields, Nance, McMath, Henderson Allen, Pugh
Faculty Senators: Stegman, Savin, Brummer, Kirkwood, Salisbury, Wall, Comfort, Fort, Whayne, Riggs, Rhoads
Staff Senators: Parker, Blagg, Martin, Golden, Rowe, Foshe
Student Senators: Spencer, Mattiza, Baxter, Brumfield, Treece, Fitgerald, Ferreira, Hodges, Norton
Non-Voting Members, Ex-officio: Gearhart, Pederson, Choate, Hudson

I. Call to order

The meeting was called to order at 3:31 by the Chair, David Gay.

II. Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved.

III. Minutes of the Fall 2010 meeting.

An amendment was made to include the Campus Council Chair's report, item D under reports. Amended minutes approved.

IV. Reports of Activity

a. Report of the Faculty Senate, Timothy Kral

• Academic policy revised and in effect this Fall
• Promotion and Tenure document reviewed (letters from outside reviewers updated)
• Saturday finals dropped (but will be added back as needed by the calendar committee)
• Recommended changes made for honorary degrees
• Razorback Day at Capitol a success
• Accepted report from Tom Jensen on the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics
• Approved over 40 course and program changes

b. Report of the Staff Senate, Angela Black

• The staff picnic takes place May 19th (more information on the way
• Revising the by-laws regarding scholarship program
• Established the Barbara G. Taylor scholarhip
• Scholarship deadline, June 3.
• Staff senate elections to take place soon
• March 10 - Team Award meeting
• Continuing to assess childcare needs on campus
• Reached endowment - $25,000 scholarship monies now endowed; Chancellor will match this- GREAT NEWS!

c. Report of the ASG/Student Senate, Billy Fleming

• No report given

V. Summary of Campus Council Committee Reports

• Artists and Concerts Committee -Nothing to report
• Campus Climate - Nothing to report
• Catastrophic Leave - Nothing to report
• Conduct Board - Nothing to report
• Distinguished Lectures Committee - Rudy Giuliani will speak at the U of A, April 3; Dalai Lama, May 11th. Tickets are for sale for the Dalai Lama. Also looking at restructuring student fees.
• Fringe Benefits - Jremey Battjes; not much to report - trouble meeting due to snow. Any concerns about fringe benefits should be sent to the committee as they will meet soon.
• Satisfactory Academic Progress Committee - Nothing to report
• Students Honors and Awards - Nothing to report
• Student Relations - Nothing to report

VI. Old Business

Steering Committee - Janine Parry and Tom Jensen were elected to the Steering committee.

VII. New Business

Janine Parry porposed a change to our election process to ensure our governance groups coincide in terms of Chair positions and elections. The Steering committee will look into this and report back to the Campus Council.

VIII. Announcements

IX. Adjourn

Meeting adjourned by 5 p.m.