ATTENDEES: Curtis, Dickerhoof, Frost, Harrison, Illangasekare, Kee, Kidnay, Navidi, Nickum, Olson, E. Pang, and Ross

APOLOGIES: Lu

GUEST: Dennis Readey

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. September Faculty Forum will be September 26 at 4:00 pm in Metals Hall, Green Center.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes of the September 4, 2001 Faculty Senate Meeting were approved as ammended.

There are no minutes from the May 5, 2001 Faculty Senate Meeting

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Senate Response to CSM Students Query on September 11, 2001 Attack of America -
   Harrison proposed and Kee seconded following resolution

   The senate expresses its deepest sympathy to those affected by the recent tragedy in New York City and Washington D.C.

   The Senate endorses a position that the CSM administration develop a leadership plan indicating what is appropriate faculty, staff and student behavior. The Senate is concerned about the effectiveness of holding a campus-wide town meeting at this time and instead purposes the following alternatives for discussion.

   1. Smaller focus meetings by cultural or international groupings of students and faculty.

   2. Meetings coordinated by LAIS addressing global political and economic issues.

   3. CSM campus security and the administration must address a viable policy for ensuring international students safety. This policy is to be communicated to students, faculty and staff.

   4. The campus develop a page on the CSM website that can be available to to express condolences, provide instructions and communicate information.

   This information must be disseminated to the entire CSM community.

   The senate unanimously passed the resolution.

( Pang asked Frost to preside in his absence for the remainder of the meeting as he needed to report to the Administration the above action taken by the Senate in the passing of the resolution. )

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Committee on Committees (Readey)
   1. Faculty Senate Comittees - A senator was appointed to each of the the Senate Committees and, if designated in the Faculty by-laws, will also serve as chair of that committee for a one-year term:
      1. Academic Standards Committee - Art Kidnay (Chair)
      2. Committee on Committees- Wendy Harrison (Chair)
      3. Committe on Sports and Athletics- Phillipe Ross
      4. Executive Committee of the Senate- William Navidi and Tissa Illangasekare
      5. Faculty Affairs Committee- Dean Dickerhoof (Chair)
      6. Graduate Council- Robert Kee
      7. Research Council- John Curtis
      8. Undergraduate Council- Lisa Nickum
      9. Readmissions Committee- Wendy Harrison
      10. Committee on Evaluation- David Olson (Chair)
      11. Colorado Faculty Advisory Council (CFAC) - Eul Pang

   2. University Committees- The Senate appointed the following Senators/Faculty members to serve on the following committees:
      1. Promotion and Tenure Committee- The following faculty memeners have agreed to have their names submitted to the VPAA for possible service on the Promotion and Tenure Committee: Gary Olhoeft, Eileen Poeter, Vaughn Griffiths, Kent Voorhees, Bernie Bialecki, Mark Linne, and Ron Miller. The VPAA will choose two faculty members from this list to to serve three year terms.

         The Senators requested Dennis Readey to include a statement with the above names that the senate desires that women be more broadly represented on University Committees.

      2. Budget Committee- Dean Dickerhoof and Vaughn Griffiths

      3. Handbook Committee-Phillipe Ross
      4. Ad-Hoc Faculty Salary Committee- Faculty Reperesentative- Rick Wendtland;, Senate Representative - Ning Lu
      5. University Space Committee- Ning Lu

      Pang returned from his meeting with the Administration and reported that is was supportive of the Senate's resolution. A Crisis Management Committee has been formed and is chaired by Barbara Olds, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Pang presented a request from the administration that the topic of the Faculty Forum for September 28 be CSM/s Responses to the the events of September 11, 2001. A guide for the faculty from Stanford University on ¨ How to Deal with Crisis ¨ will be distributed. A motion was made by Ross and seconded by Kee to honor the Administration's request.

   3. Budget Committee Report (Dickerhoof) - Robert Moore would like more faculty involvement in the budgeting process. The enrollment for the fall semester is $ 300, 000 over the anticipated figure.

Kidnay moved and Kee seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion Passed.

The meeting adjourned at 4:05 pm.