Highlights of the September 10, 2001, meeting of the College Park Senate
The Short Version:
Newly appointed committee chairs and members
for 2001-2002 were approved.
Postponed til
October: Proposal to revise the Policy on Review of Academic Units.
Moved and approved: Requirement
that individuals smoke more than 15 feet away from buildings.
State of Campus address by President Mote.
The Detailed Version:
Newly appointed chairs and members
of the standing committees for 2001-2002 were approved. This
includes the chair and
member appointments for committees on Academic Procedures and
Standards, Campus Affairs, Educational Affairs, Elections, Faculty
Affairs, Governmental Affairs, Human Relations, Programs, Staff
Affairs, Student Affairs, Student Conduct, Campus Recreation, and
Campus Parking.
Postponed until next meeting:
Recommendation to revise the Policy on the Review of Academic Units.
Revisions include very specific changes including the addition of an
internal self-study, a time limit on the duration of the review,
weakening of the requirement that faculty from outside the unit be
included in the self-study, and a specific charge to the review
committee as to the review criteria.
Moved and approved: Requirement added
to the UMCP Smoking Policy and Guideline
that individuals smoke more than 15 feet away from buildings.
The Office of Environmental Safety was asked to do tests and found
evidence of environmental tobacco smoke at the entrances of various
campus buildings. The wording added to the guidelines is: "Smoking
is prohibited outside of buildings within 15 feet of any building entrance,
air intake duct or window."
The
meeting closed after the State of the Campus
address by President Mote.
Some key points were: (1) The success of our campus last year, as
exemplified by recruitment of 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 1 Nobel Laureate,
1 Clark Medal Winner, and acquisition of research
funding that topped $300 million (ranking us
15th in the US); (2) The continued commitment to diversity, including
the recruitment of
minority faculty and maintainenance of an undergraduate student body that is
36% minority; (3) An invitation to plan for support
of a freshman mentorship program; (4) A commitment to working on
graduate student needs and making
improvement in the graduate student experience a priority; (5) Appointment
of a Presidential Civility that will provide a statement of
principle on civility
and sportsmanship, e.g., hate crimes, intolerance, threats, violence,
injury, and destruction---or unruly celebration of any kind.
For a more complete and detailed transcript of the speech, see:
Mote's speech
Bonnie Dorr & Don Perlis
Senators, Department of Computer Science