RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE. FACULTY SENATE DURING 1983-1984 September 10, 1984 83-37 Dissolution of Teacher Education Committee 83-38 Reduction of quorum of membership of Teaching Grants Committee from nine’ to eight elected members : 83-39 Changing of commencement from May 4 to May 5, 1984 83-40 Referral of Student Recruitment and Retention resolution to the Committee on Committees to see if items fall under purview of Student Recruitment and Retention charge. (The SR&R resolution recommended that Faculty Senate, in cooperation with the Administration, organize a task force to identify perceived barriers to recruiting and retaining students at ECU and to recommend action to the appropriate Administrative unit.) (numbered this way because of mistake in numbering) Substitute motion amending Drama and Speech Unit Cede. Whenever possible, this committee will be made up of three members from the theatre portion of the unit (one from the directing/acting area, one from the design/technical area, and one from dance), one from Speech and one from Broadcasting. The members will be elected by a majority of the permanently tenured faculty by secret ballot. Addition of the Unit Code of Aerospace was approved in Section VII. B. "Copies of such evaluation will be forwarded to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs." Curriculum Changes from minutes of 9/22 and 10/13/84. Faculty Welfare Committee Resolution: The Faculty Welfare Committee moves that the Chairperson of the Faculty provide the Faculty Welfare Committee with annual, updated Salary study information as soon as possible after October 1 of each year." November 15, 1983 83-44 Policy concerning awarding of second undergraduate degrees with distinction 83-45 Curriculum revisions found in October 27, 1983, minutes. 83-46 Revised Research/Creative Activity Committee Criteria for Proposal Review. 83-47 Resolution concerning’ providing faculty members with Faculty Affairs Committee recommendations concerning removing six-year cap on non- tenured, full-time, state-supported faculty positions. December 6, 1983 83-48 83-49 83-50 83-51 84-4 Fall Break 1985 scheduled for October 21 and 22. Curriculum revisions found in minutes of Nov. 10 and 17, 1983. Revision of unit codes of Nursing, Technology, Counseling Center and History Document on Patents and Copyrights approved in principle with suggestion that faculty having questions or possible revisions submit them to Professor J. William Byrd, Physics. 24, 1984 Amendment to the resolution concerning faculty salaries directed to the Board of Trustees changing the wording of the THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED section: "that the Faculty Senate of East Carolina University urges Chancellor Howell to convey to t!.. Board of Trustees of East Carolina the faculty's deep concern on these matters and requests that the Board of Trustees solicit, as they can, support for as fair salary increment for the faculty in 1984-85." Resolution concerning faculty salaries directed to Board of Trustees Amendment to the resolution concerning faculty salaries directed to the Faculty Assembly adding another RESOLVED seetion concerning correcting disparities between salaries of male and female faculty. The phrase "no less than 15%" was inserted in the new section. "that the Faculty Assembly urge President Friday and the General Administration to seek additional funds to eliminate the discrepancy between salaries of male and female faculty." Resolution concerning faculty salaries directed to Faculty Assembly. February 21, 1984 84-5 846 Revised unit codes of Theatre Arts, Business and Music Amendment to definition of voting faculty "in their second year of appointment Amended definition of voting faculty Amendment to definition of general faculty, “or administrative staff" 84-10 84-11 Meeting dates for 1984-85 academic year for Senate and Agenda Committee Amendment to Faculty Affairs Report: "In schools with clinical disciplines, non-tenured facuity in such positions may be reappointed by the appropriate vice chancellor and dean for continuing terms of _one to five years. Main motion, as amended, of Faculty Affairs Report See above March 27, 1984 84-12 84~ 13 84 44 Senate support of Public Radio services for eastern North Carolina. 1984 Graduation List Revised Faculty Welfare Charge: The Faculty Welfare Committee monitors programs and policies concerned with insurance, annuities, leaves of absence, and other fringe benefits, faculty salaries, and all other programs and policies which affect the general welfare of the faculty or of specific faculty members; recommends to the Faculty Senate new previams and policies and changes in existing programs and policies. Constitutional Amendment: New definition of General Faculty (Appendix A) The General Faculty shall consist of all fulltime members of the _ teaching, research, or administrative staff who hold an academic title, including those on special faculty appointment (cf. the Code 604C) Motion to establish a task force to review information presented by Faculty Affairs Committee to the Senate with directions to report to the Senate next (academic) year Curriculum revisions found in February 23, 1984, minutes Revisions of unit codes of Dept. of Foreign Languages and School of Home Economics General College Adviser/Advisee Evaluation Survey Recommended smoking policy Smoking shall be prohibited in all ECU classrooms and other meeting ~ rooms at times when groups are required to meet in those rooms. April 17, 1984 84-20A (Numbered. this way because of. mistake in numbering.) 84-21 New By-Law for Constitution of the Faculty Senate concerning adding second alternate for Senate if unit has more than one senator. Motion to rescind previous action of Senate concerning forming a task force to study issue of removing six-year cap on non-tenure positions. Motion to recommit material to Faculty Affairs Committee with the suggestion that the FAC meet with representative of the Medical School and other interested persons who have spoken relative to said issue. Curriculum changes of March 22, 1984. Motion to recommit 1986-87 academic calendar to Calendar Committee with provision that there be a two-day fall break. Motion which read: The Faculty Senate recommends that the unit head (~3 defined in Appendix L) shall not cast a vote in any faculty vote on personnel matters but shall forward his/her recommendation along with that of the personnel committee to the next higher administrative official in accordance with the forwarding procedure in Appendix D. Revised unit codes of Library Science and Division of Continuing Education Unit codes of Geology and Army ROTC Unit code of School of Medicine approved with stipulation that the School forward weighting items listed in Appendix C to the Faculty Governance Committee