ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

DATE: April 15, 1981
TO: Tom Johnson, Chairman of the Faculty
FROM: Michael Bassman, Chairman

Membership of the Committee (including ex officio members)

Ex officio: Thomas Brewer, Chancellor
Tom Johnson, Chairman of the Faculty

Members : Michael Bassman, Foreign Languages, Chair
Raymond Garrison, Family Practice (Alternate)
Jo Ann Jones, English
Richard Lauffer, HPERS, Secretary
Jean Lowry, Geology
Ed Reep,: ‘Art
Gregory Ross, Philosophy
Ione Ryan, University Counseling Center
Jerry Tester, IND? (Alternate)
Sandra Wurth-Hough, Political Science

Committee meetings (dates and members absent)

September 15, 1980 Ross

October 13, 1980 Lowry

November 3, 1980 Reep

January 19, 1981 Ross, Ryan

February 23, 1981 Lowry, Wurth-Hough

March 25, 1981 Ross, Tester

April 13, 1981 Garrison, Lowry, Tester, Wurth-Hough

Date of reports to the Faculty Senate during the year.
November 18, 1980

Specific instructions, if any, given to the Committee by the Faculty
Senate, other than those found in the Committee's Constitutional charge.

Study the problem of student harassment of the faculty.

A brief statement of Committee organization, subcommittees, research
activities, etc.

A faculty member who has a grievance petitions the Faculty Affairs
Committee for redress. The petition must be written and must set
forth in detail the nature of the grievance and against whom it is
directed. After submitting the petition to the chairperson of
Faculty Affairs Committee, the petitioner is invited to present
orally the grievance before the entire committee. Following the
presentation, the Committee decides whether the grievance falls
within its authority, whether the petitioner has exhausted

 
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appropriate channels, and whether the grievance merits a detailed
investigation. If the case is accepted, the chairperson will
appoint a subcommittee to investigate the case and then report
back to the full committee. The full committee then decides what
further action is warranted.

List of Committee accomplishments including recommendations made
to agencies other than the Faculty Senate.

A. The settlement of three grievance cases pending from 1979-80.
B. A subcommittee was appointed to study the problem of student
harassment of faculty.

Citation of the resolution numbers of Senate resolutions that
originated with the Committee.

(80-16) See Faculty Senate Minutes of February 26, 1980
Proposals and/or business to be carried over to the next year.
None

Evaluation of the Committee

Structure: Satisfactory
Duties: Satisfactory

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B.
C. Functions: Satisfactory
D. Personnel: Satisfactory

Suggestions for Improving the Effectiveness of the Committee.

None.

Michael Bassman
Chairperson