UAA Faculty Senate Agenda

October 06, 2006 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 309

I. Call to Order II. Roll

2006-2007 Officers:

( ) Kerri Morris, President ( ) Caedmon Liburd, Chair, UAB ( ) Bogdan Hoanca, 1st Vice President ( ) Jocelyn Krebs, Chair, GAB ( ) Debbie Narang, 2nd Vice President ( ) Greg Protasel, Past President ( ) Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian

2006-2007 Senators:

( ) Vacant ( ) Jackie Cason ( ) Sean Licka ( ) Andy Veh ( ) Janice High ( ) Shelley Theno ( ) Ann McCoy* ( ) Jeff White ( ) Susan Kalina ( ) Anne Bridges ( ) John O. Riley ( ) Tara Smith ( ) Brad Bradshaw ( ) Kenrick Mock ( ) Terri Olson ( ) Bruno Kappes ( ) Maria Ippolito ( ) Tim Hinterberger ( ) Carol Coose ( ) Maureen O’Malley ( ) Tim Jester ( ) Dan Kline ( ) Ping Tung Chang ( ) Timothy Gail ( ) Dave Fitzgerald ( ) Rashmi Prasad ( ) Toni Croft ( ) Diane Erickson ( ) Robert Boeckmann ( ) Trish Jenkins ( ) Genie Babb ( ) Robert McCoy ( ) William Schnabel ( ) Gerry Busch ( ) Sally Bremner ( ) Vacant (CAS Fine-Arts) ( ) Hilary Davies ( ) Sam Thiru ( ) Vacant (CTC) ( ) Jack Pauli ( ) Sarah Kirk ( ) Vacant (CHSW)

III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-2)

IV. September 1, 2006 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 3-6) V. Officer’s Reports A. President

• Committee Reports (pg. 7) B. First Vice President’s Report

• IDEA Update C. Second Vice President’s Report VI. Boards and Committee Reports

A. Graduate Academic Board (pg. 8) Approve Curriculum and Motion Curriculum Convocation

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B. Undergraduate Academic Board (pg. 9-11)

C. University-Wide Faculty Evaluation Committee D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (pg. 12) E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee - PBFA (pg. 13)

F. Committee on Committees G. Diversity Committee (pg. 14-16) H Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee I. IUAC – Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update J. Library Advisory Committee (pg. 17-20) K. Professional Development Committee L. Student Academic Success Committee (pg. 21)

VII. Old Business

A. Senate Goals B. Activity Reports Online

VIII. New Business A. Honor’s Notation

IX. Reports

A. Chancellor Elaine Maimon B. Provost Michael Driscoll

C. Vice Chancellor Gebe Ejigu

X. Informational Items & Adjournment

A. New Faculty Welcome B. Don Jose’s – Friday, October 13th 2006, 5pm - ?

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UAA Faculty Senate Summary

September 01, 2006 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – RH 117

I. Call to Order II. Roll

2006-2007 Officers:

(x) Kerri Morris, President ( ) Caedmon Liburd, Chair, UAB (x) Bogdan Hoanca, 1st Vice President (x) Jocelyn Krebs, Chair, GAB (x) Debbie Narang, 2nd Vice President (x) Greg Protasel, Past President (x) Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian

2006-2007 Senators:

( ) Alisha Drabek (x) Jackie Cason (x) Sean Licka (x) Andy Veh (x) Janice High (x) Shelley Theno (x) Ann McCoy* (x) Jeff White (x) Susan Kalina (x) Anne Bridges ( ) John O. Riley (x) Tara Smith ( ) Brad Bradshaw (x) Kenrick Mock ( ) Terri Olson (x) Bruno Kappes ( ) Maria Ippolito (x) Tim Hinterberger (x) Carol Coose (x) Maureen O’Malley (x) Tim Jester ( ) Dan Kline (x) Ping Tung Chang (x) Timothy Gail (x) Dave Fitzgerald (x) Rashmi Prasad ( ) Toni Croft (x) Diane Erickson (x) Robert Boeckmann (x) Trish Jenkins ( ) Genie Babb (x) Robert McCoy ( ) William Schnabel ( ) Gerry Busch (x) Sally Bremner ( ) Vacant (CAS Fine-Arts) (x) Hilary Davies (x) Sam Thiru ( ) Vacant (CTC) (x) Jack Pauli (x) Sarah Kirk ( ) Vacant (CHSW)

III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-2) Approved

IV. May 5, 2006 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 3-6) Approved V. Officer’s Reports A. President

• Call for recommendation of member for Diversity Action Council contact Robert Boeckmann or Kerri Morris

• Had Faculty Alliance meeting in Fairbanks o Statewide is on same page- Student Success o Faculty Alliance adopted Student Success as main goal o Request for proposals from statewide- $100,000 for projects in Math and

English leaning toward student success o Alliance members will represent faculty on all statewide committees

• Retreat- 20 people talk about goals • Sub committee chairs need to contact Kerri, she would like to attend first meeting

B. First Vice President’s Report No report C. Second Vice President’s Report

September 01, 2006 UAA Faculty Senate Page 2 Summary

• Committee chairs: goals and objectives are due at meeting in October • Solicitation for nominations needed • Need volunteers to change committee assignments • 4 senators on each faculty committee

o Several committees with 6 senators o Some committees have 2 vacancies (ex. UAB, GAB, and Budget Planning

and Facilities) • GAB: Diane Erickson volunteered

VI. Boards and Committee Reports Reserve conversation from boards and committees to:

1. Issues that need clarification from entire Senate 2. Motions that have to be brought to floor

A. Graduate Academic Board (pg. 7) Motion to table GAB to 10/06/06 Approved

B. Undergraduate Academic Board (pg. 8-9)

Motion to table UAB to 10/06/06 Approved

C. University-Wide Faculty Evaluation Committee D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee - PBFA

F. Committee on Committees G. Diversity Committee (pg. 10-13) H Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee I. IUAC – Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update J. Library Advisory Committee (pg. 14) K. Professional Development Committee L. Student Academic Success Committee

VII. Old Business

A. Pilot Tests of IDEA Center Student Evaluation of Instruction - Bogdan • In past Faculty Senate approved pilot and second pilot • IT will support fall 2006 -2007 pilot study • Point person with IDEA will be responsible for rules and procedure about how the

system is run • Education process will come from Faculty Senate • WWAMI professors are already using different evaluation forms and could offer

guidance

September 01, 2006 UAA Faculty Senate Page 3 Summary

MOTION made by Robert Boeckmann and amended by Bruno Kappes to read, “Replace the current evaluation system with the IDEA evaluation system as the standard measure by which we evaluate teaching for 2007, but spend this year 2006 piloting and doing dual assessments to be adopted Fall 2007”. 2nd: Tim Hinterberger Educational report to be done at all campuses Educational meeting in provost office KPC requests reports about pilot results and training Faculty referendum not require Opposed: 4 Abstentions: 8 Motion passed

VIII. New Business

A. Senate Goals

Results of retreat: • Student Success-

o Statewide STARS report on developmental education, semester project done from all MAU’s

o Plan to ask Student Academic Success Committee to write a response to that report

• Completing Tasks o IDEA o Harassment of Faculty and Policies o Strategic Planning- asked UAB/GAB to discuss Strategic Planning, UAB and

GAB will have joint meeting and make motion to Faculty Senate, have first reading in March, then vote in April

• Tenure and Promotion- Would like Faculty Senate to work with academic affairs office to think about process & content

• Each subcommittee to do survey of your committee o What you actually do o What bylaws say you do o How bylaws should be changed or reconciled

• Communication and engagement of colleagues across campus o Kerri to travel to each college in each campuses to get more voices heard o Improve webpage

Need ideas on how to do these goals Institutional leadership assessment committee working with administration – need support from Deans and Directors

Kerri will talk separately to individual committees about senate goals

AdHoc Committee for Research merged into Professional Development Committee.

IX. Reports

A. Chancellor Elaine Maimon • Thanks to Faculty Senate for service • Announced Ground dedication of Integrated Science Building

B. Provost Michael Driscoll

Goals/ Priority: • Promotion and tenure processes

o Need to have shared understanding of definition of “expectation” o Focus on research expectations

September 01, 2006 UAA Faculty Senate Page 4 Summary

o Meaning of scholarship of community engagement • Internationalization

o Focus resources to have impact on internationalization • Need direction for distance education • Research and Graduate Studies- Doug Causey has made great progress • Strategic Planning Impact • Diversity

o Need to do more to give students chance to see and appreciate different perspectives

• Student Success o Meet students where they are at and help them get to where they want to be o Need to identify skills students need to have and get them with experts o States support honors program becoming honors college o Give support in undergraduate research (which includes experiences in

community engagement) o Mandatory placement testing, need classrooms o Need to be partners with K12

2 proposals from UAA coming forward to BOR meeting in September • Bachelor of Art in International Studies • Career Specialty Certificate (primarily at Kodiak)

C. Vice Chancellor Gebe Ejigu

• Update on Parking Voice Over IP: (Rich Whitney) • Rich Whitney reported on new system

D. Professor Emeritus Will Jacobs- Strategic Planning

• Each major unit (school college campus) will be revisited current strategic plan • For next five weeks refining guidance and adding revised mission statements • CAFÉ sessions:

o Sept. 6th, 13th, 20th in Library Dean’s Conference Room 11:30 to 1:00 o Fourth meeting is on West side of campus Gordon H Markley 103

X. Informational Items & Adjournment Meeting Adjourned

CLASSIFIED COUNCIL REPORT TO UAA ASSEMBLY, SEPTEMBER 2006 Prepared by Kim Stanford Classified Council met on September 7, 2006 (regular meeting)

• Chancellor Maimon, Provost Mike Driscoll, and Executive Vice Chancellor Ejigu

attended as guests. Each addressed the group briefly at the start of the meeting, and we then had time for additional discussion/questions from Council members at the end of the meeting.

• VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE

Classified Council is working to support the UAA Voter Registration Drive. We are currently seeking to meet a goal of having a voter registrar in each building on the Anchorage campus. Information regarding training has been sent out on the classified staff e-mail list.

• CAMPUS SAFETY COMMITTEE Kim Heidemann was re-selected as the Classified Council representative to the Campus Safety Committee.

• DIVERSITY ACTION COUNCIL Two Classified Council members expressed interest in serving as the representative to the Diversity Action Council. Those names, as well as their nominee paragraphs, will be forwarded to the Chancellor for selection.

• EVENTS COMMITTEE The Classified Council Ad Hoc Events committee will be comprised of Wendy Withrow, Kathy Smith, Susan Hviid, Sandi Barclay, and Megan Carlson. This group will meet soon to present their recommendations for a Fall event for classified employees at UAA.

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Graduate Academic Board August and September 2006 Report

Program/Course Action Request

A. CAS- ANTH

Chg MA Program in Anthropology Chg ANTH A683 Zooarchaeology (4 cr) (3+2) (stacked with ANTH A483)

Add ANTH A690 Special Topics in Anthropology (1-3 cr) (1-3+0) Add ANTH A629 Contemporary Alaska Native Society, 1940-present

(3 cr) (3+0) (stacked with ANTH A429)

Add ANTH A676 Ethical Issues in Archaeology (3 cr) (3+0) (stacked with ANTH A476)

Chg ANTH A685 Advanced Human Osteology (4 cr) (3+2) (stacked with ANTH A485)

Add ANTH A686 Advanced Applied Human Osteology (3 cr) (3+0) (stacked with ANTH A486)

Motion Adoption of new graduate form

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Undergraduate Academic Board August and September 2006 Report

Program/Course Action Request

A. CS- BIOL

Chg AMSC B.A., B.S. in Biological Sciences

Chg AMSC Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences Add Honors in Biological Sciences Add BIOL A499 Senior Thesis (3 cr) (3+0)

B. SOENGR

Chg BSE Program Catalog Updates

C. CAS- ANTH/LSIC/PS Chg B.A., B.S. in Anthropology Chg Bachelor of Liberal Studies Del ANTH A260 Old World Archaeology (3 cr) (3+0) Add ANTH A290 Special Topics in Anthropology (1-3 cr) (1-3+0) Chg ANTH A354 Culture and Ecology (3 cr) (3+0) Add ANTH A360 Anthropology of Art (3cr) (3+0) Add ANTH A375 Introduction to Cultural Resource Management (3 cr) (3+0)

Chg ANTH A410 History of Anthropology (3 cr) (3+0) Add ANTH A425 Archaeology of Identity (3 cr) (3+0) Del ANTH A426 Arctic Ethnology (3 cr) (3+0)

Add ANTH A429 Contemporary Alaska Native Society, 1940-Present (3 cr) (3+0) (stacked with ANTH A629)

Add ANTH A460 Peace, War, and Violence: An Anthropological Perspective (3 cr) (3+0) Add ANTH A476 Ethical Issues in Archaeology (3 cr) (3+0)

(stacked with A676)

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Add ANTH A483 Archaeology of Animals (4 cr) (3+2) (stacked with ANTH A683) Add ANTH A484 Lithic Technology (3 cr) (3+0) Chg ANTH A485 Human Osteology (4 cr) (3+2) (stacked with ANTH A685) Add ANTH A486 Applied Human Osteology (3 cr) (3+0) (stacked with ANTH A686) Add ANTH A495 Practicum in Anthropology (1-3 cr) (1-3+0) Add ANTH A499 Senior Thesis in Anthropology (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LSIC A392 Seminar in Liberal Studies (1 cr) (1+0) Chg PS A492 Senior Seminar in Politics (3 cr) (3+0)

D. CT CTC Chg FIRE A117 Rescue Practices (3 cr) (2+2)

E. HW CHSW Add JUST A366 Alcohol and Crime (3 cr) (3+0) Chg Baccalaureate Nursing Program Chg Bachelor of Science Registered Nurse Option

F. MATH- KO Chg MATH A101 Technical Mathematics (3 cr) (3+0)

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Undergraduate Academic Board Goals 2006-2007 Goal 1 Institutionalize the review and development of policies that impact academics so that faculty input and review by UAB and GAB is an automatic and necessary part of the process. Goal 2 Any curricular action or policy proposal to be reviewed for First Reading by UAB/GAB must be submitted to the Governance Office no later than 9 a. m. of the Monday prior to the meeting. It is required that the action or proposal be presented by the faculty initiator or a cognizant representative of the unit submitting the action at First Reading. If changes to the submission are suggested and agreed upon at First Reading, the revised submission must be submitted to the Governance Office no later than 5 p. m. Monday of the week in which Second Reading is requested. If this deadline is not met, the submission will not appear on the agenda for that week, but will be held by the Chair until such week as this deadline is met. The faculty initiator or a cognizant representative is expected to be prepared to present every change made in the submission between First and Second Reading. Further revisions requested by a vote of the Board at Second Reading may require the approval of the submission to be tabled until a "clean copy" is submitted. If an initiator brings forward a package program change, it cannot go forward for Senate review until every part of that package is approved. Please see page __ in the Curriculum Handbook. Goal 3 Define ongoing role of UAB and GAB in ensuring academic quality for distance delivery courses. Goal 4 Clarify definition of resident credit.

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Senate Report Academic Computing, Distance Learning, and Instructional Technology Committee

September 2006 ACDLIT October meeting will be on Friday October 20, 2006, 2-4 PM in RH 303 The September 20 meeting of the ACDLIT committee was convened at 2:00 PM. Members present: Anne Bridges Kenrick Mock Shane Southwick

Bruno Kappes Bogdan Hoanca Kathi Baldwin David Meyers

Jackie Cason Guests: Provost Mike Driscoll Reports The committee discussed goals for the year. The following goals were agreed on:

1. Follow-up on resolutions to faculty senate regarding student evaluations via online format with IDEA and the allocation of resources for the completion of current evaluation reports in a timely manner with return to faculty within 4 weeks.

a. Write a white paper on how to use the IDEA instrument for distance delivered classes (Bruno Kappes)

2. Develop and implement a plan and procedure to inform, promote, and emphasize to all UAA faculty the current technology tools that are available for use at UAA.

3. Continue to work on the A-Z list of technology terms started in 2004-2005 and explore ways to link it for easier access by all UAA faculty (Carol Coose, as committee Chair)

4. Organize a Symposium on Learner Centered Distance Education, with faculty presentations and guest speakers (Kathi Baldwin and Jackie Cason). Target date TBD in March 2007.

Guest speaker Provost Driscoll discussed his goals relating to distance education. He asked the committee to help define the term as well as the priorities in funding DE. The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM Submitted by Bogdan Hoanca

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Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Board 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage AK 99508

Maureen O’Malley, Chair

Report to Faculty Senate – 9/29/06 1. BPFA met on Friday 9/29/06, at 1PM, PSB 213. The following reports were discussed. 2. Members Present: M. O’Malley (Chair), Brian Wick, Yong Cao 3. Goals: The PBAC developed and approved the following goals.

A. Be a liaison between administration and the faculty in the area of budget, facilities and

planning. B. Seek to increase the awareness and involvement of the faculty with budget, facilities and

planning issues.

4. PBAC. Planning, Budget Advisory Council (M. O’Malley)

A. PBAC has not met yet this year. B. The group discussed the options for filling the seat on PBAC. The group agreed that

some continuity (at least 2 years) is beneficial. The committee will work to prepare a member to serve at the end of the current PBAC member’s term.

5. University Facilities Board. The UFB is seeking a member. Brian Wick and Yong Cao are

possible members. The date of the meeting will determine who serves. 6. Facilities Open Forum. The Facilities open forum will be scheduled in late October. A Budget

open forum will be scheduled in the Spring.

7. Issues to Review. The committee listed several issues that will be addressed this year: parking and textbook policies/costs. Additional issues should be sent to the BPFA for consideration.

Respectfully submitted, Maureen O’Malley

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FACULTY SENATE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE 3211 Providence Drive , Anchorage Alaska 99508

D r s R o b e r t B o e c k ma n n & J e a n n e E d e r , C o - c h a i r s .

DATE: OCTOBER 6, 2006 TO: Dr. Kerri Morris, Faculty Senate President

FROM: Rob Crosman, Secretary

SUBJECT: Committee Status Report. The second regular meeting for 2006-07 was held on September 15th, from 3:00 to 4:30

P.M in GHH 105. Present: Profs. Robert Boeckmann (Chair), Yong Cao, Ping-Tung Chang, Robert Crosman

(secretary), Jeanne Eder, Patricia Fagan, Dave Fitzgerald, Nancy Furlow, Songho Ha, Alice Kisamoto, Natasa Masanovic, Sudarsan Rangarajan, Russell Presley.

The minutes from the August 25th 2006 meeting were unanimously accepted as given. The agenda was approved, with the addition of a report from sub-committee #1.

I. Schedule of Meetings for 06-07: 3rd Friday of each month, Sept. ‘06 through April ’07, namely Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15, Jan.19, Feb. 16, Mar. 16, April 20. Unless announced otherwise, all meetings will be in GHH 105.

II. Diversity Action Council Issues A. A joint meeting is planned between our committee and the DAC during Fall 06, but

it must wait until new members of the DAC have been appointed by Chancellor Maimon.

B. Input into DAC Director Hire – Dr. Boeckmann is on the search committee for the new Diversity Director. He announced that this person will have an assistant who will handle most of the compliance issues, freeing the director to focus on the constructive side of diversity at UAA. See below for more discussion (under sub-committee #1’s proposals).

III. Diversity Action Council Nominations (4 – International faculty already well represented). President Morris has asked our committee to propose names for each of four open positions on the DAC allotted to faculty. This committee was unclear as to whether our nominees had to be faculty senators, or could come from the faculty at large. We proposed Profs. Nancy Furlow (AKNS) and Jeanne Breinig (ENGL).

IV. Discussion: How to Use Membership to best Achieve Goals

Dr. Boeckmann had asked committee members to contribute goals and priorities for ’06 – ’07. There were half-a-dozen responses. In terms of process, conflicting points of view were expressed as to whether to abandon the sub-committee structure adopted last year, and turn instead to a unified one-goal-at-a-time approach. Dissatisfaction was expressed with the lack of significant accomplishment during the first year of this structure, but it was agreed to stick with this structure for at least another year before abandoning it. It was pointed out that the sub-committees had some achievements to their credit, including a successful motion to the Faculty

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FACULTY SENATE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE REPORT FOR 6 OCTOBER 2006

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Senate to support the ANPsych program, which had lost its government funding, and the introduction of the issue of including diversity questions on the new IDEA forms for students evaluating their teachers. Moreover, sub-committee #1 has recently met, and has come forward with proposals for this meeting (see below).

V. Report from sub-committee #1: The Sub-committee on Diversity Training met on Friday, September 8th. We decided to concentrate first on diversity training, and to delay consideration of how to support colleagues from abroad until next semester. Our proposals are:

1) A concern for diversity training for faculty should be included in the job description of the new Diversity Coordinator. We request that those members of our committee who are also on the Search Committee include in their interview questions this concern . In our view, there has to be someone whose job includes responsibility for setting up mechanisms for training new and continuing faculty to better understand the cultures of our diverse student body, as a way of teaching them more effectively. Such mechanisms should include, but not necessarily be limited to:

a) A substantial diversity component to instruction given to new faculty at the start of their first semester at UAA;

b) Development of workshops at CAFÉ or elsewhere where new and returning faculty can learn about the diverse cultures represented at UAA, and discuss in a non-punitive way problems arising in the classroom;

c) Creation of multimedia sensitivity training modules that new and continuing faculty could watch on their own schedule

d) A yearly visit to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for new and continuing faculty; e) A mandatory component to the periodic self-review that describes the faculty-

members steps to make her- or himself aware of the cultures represented by his or her students, and steps the faculty member has taken to resolve difficulties in the classroom arising from differences in cultural background;

f) The addition of questions on the new IDEA student evaluation forms aimed at determining the faculty-member’s success in teaching students of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds;

g) Other mechanisms such as the entire Diversity Committee shall see fit to include.

2) To bring a proposal or proposals to the UAA Faculty Senate expressing faculty willingness to institute the mechanisms proposed above.

We therefore make the following motions to the Faculty Senate Diversity Committee:

MOTION # 1: This committee instructs members who are on the search committee for a new UAA Diversity Coordinator to bring our proposals to the search committee, and to present them to candidates for the position as part of their mandate from our committee. MOTION #2: To seek from the Faculty Senate approval of a faculty mandate to the relevant faculty committees (ours especially), to the UAA administration in general, and specifically to the new Diversity Coordinator to institute the above policies.

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In discussion, the committee made some revisions in the proposals and then passed them both unanimously. The Faculty Senate Diversity Committee therefore instructs Prof. Boeckmann to bring our proposals to the Diversity Director Search Committee. It also instructs its members who are Faculty Senators to move that the UAA Faculty Senate take the action described in the Action Item below.

• Next meeting: Next scheduled meeting will be on Friday, October 20th, 3:00 - 4:30 P.M. in Gordon Hartlib Hall, Rm. 103.

• Website: See the Website for the latest News Flash and the Diversity Scholarship Notices - http://hosting.uaa.alaska.edu/fsdc/diversity.html

• ACTION ITEM FOR FACULTY SENATE: MOTION: The UAA Faculty Senate pledges to institute, and requests Chancellor Maimon’s support in the following initiatives to improve the climate of diversity at UAA:

a) A substantial diversity component to orientation given to new faculty at the start of their first semester at UAA. Such orientation should include, but not be limited to, a visit to the Alaska Native Heritage Center, mandatory for new faculty and available for continuing faculty and staff.

b) Development of workshops at CAFÉ or elsewhere where new and returning faculty can learn about the diverse cultures represented at UAA, and can discuss in a non-punitive way problems arising in the classroom.

c) Creation of multimedia sensitivity training modules that new and continuing faculty can watch on their own schedule.

d) A mandatory component to the periodic self-review that describes each faculty-member’s steps to make her- or himself aware of the cultures represented by students at UAA, and steps the faculty member has taken to resolve difficulties in the classroom arising from differences in cultural background.

e) The addition of questions on the new IDEA student evaluation forms aimed at determining the faculty-member’s success in teaching students of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

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Library Advisory Committee (LAC)

Minutes from September 1st 2006 11:45 am. In Attendance: Sally Bremner, Anne Bridges (Co-Chair), Christine Hanson, Gary Kaulitz, Sean Licka, Robert McCoy, Steven Shore, Deborah Tharp, Sam Thiru and Steve Rollins (Library Dean). 1. Welcome: Anne Bridges (Co-Chair) welcomed everyone back to the new semester, especially sabbatical returnees and new members Sam Thiru and Jackie Cason. 2. Vote for New officers: Members agreed to continue with two co-chairs who will share secretarial duties. Anne agreed to continue for another year, and Sally Bremner was voted in as her co-chair. 3. Goals: Anne circulated Dec. 6, 2002 version for review. Members decided to discard the goal relating to the Consortium Library’s construction and renovation. Any small-scale future renovations can be rolled into the 1st goal. Steve Rollins proposed a new goal - that LAC members participate in trials of library databases, software and websites to help the library decide what to purchase or implement. This goal will be added to the revised document. Points arising from the discussion:

-- Faculty should be educated in e-copyright issues, especially related to digital publications made available in online courses. The library is considering software for an e-reserve system which will also address copyright issues. -- Members would like to see UAA provide plagiarism screening software, since it is very expensive for personal purchase. The Library has a current trial for RefWorks, a citation software package which would also be used university-wide. Steve Rollins suggested the LAC draft a letter to Rich Whitney to advocate for IT Services to consider UAA site licenses for these. It would be an appropriate use of the student technology fee.

4. Ideas for the Year-Long Agenda (Steve Rollins)

1. Address safety concerns for APU students accessing the library (as identified by recent APU accreditation). These include pedestrian access with poor lighting and snow removal. The new parking stations will improve access for APU drivers.

2. Support opening of the Library North Entrance. An architect is engaged; some

funds remain from the renovation project. Possible completion date is fall 2007.

3. Discussion of the Library's priorities.

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4. Software testing.

5. Promote the Consortium Library Prize. APU students may not apply since the Office of Undergraduate Research provides the prize money.

6. Find ways to advocate for the Consortium Library

E.g. University-wide licensing of databases (President Hamilton) Contacting legislators

Since time did not allow members to share their ideas, discussion will continue by e-mail. Highlights from the Library Report, September 2006. Major Accomplishments/Announcements: APU’s recent 10 year accreditation review brought accolades for the library. The scope of the main and special collections is far beyond the acquisition ability of most private institutions of Alaska Pacific’s size.” Additional funding has allowed the addition of the American Psychological Association’s PsycINFO database and its ejournal collection, PsycARTICLES. ISI’s Citation Indexes for the Sciences and Social Sciences were added as well to support UAA’s growing research interests. The Alaska State Library gave the library a grant for $133,464 to fund licensing of a database of test preparation materials, automotive repair guides, and an online tutoring service. These resources are available to all residents of Alaska at http://sled.alaska.edu. The Consortium Library has joined with 11 other libraries in Alaska to develop a collection of audio books by licensing titles from Overdrive. This collection of 800 popular titles will be available via the library’s catalog for downloading to MP3 players. Staff recognition/Accomplishments Professor Kathy Murray presented a paper at the International Federation of Library Associations in Seoul, Korea. Kathy was also approved as a Distinguished Member in the Academy of Heath Information Professionals. This body is the Medical Library Association’s peer-reviewed career recognition credentialing program. Staff member Christie Ericson was accepted to the Pacific Northwest Library Association Leadership Institute for the fall 2006 session. Steve Rollins was selected by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities to attend the Evaluator Training Workshop in Seattle in November. Two library faculty, Susan Elliott and Juli Braund-Allen were recognized at the recent UAA Convocation for promotion to professorial rank, while Kate Gordon and Deborah Mole were recognized as new associate professors and for receiving tenure.

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The Library welcomed two new faculty members. Page Brannon started in June as the Head of Instruction and Reference Services and Susan Mitchell started in August as the Head of Technical Services. Progress on Initiatives An architect has been hired to design the Library’s North Entrance with an arctic entry and a circulation/check out desk. The library received permission to start a national search for Head of Archives and Special Collections. Steve Rollins will chair the search committee. The new semester is off to a fast start with 45 events, meetings or seminars already scheduled in the library for September. Prepared by Sally Bremner, LAC Co-chair.

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GOALS OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

OF THE

FACULTY SENATE, UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE The Library Advisory Committee (LAC) serves as a direct communication link between UAA and APU faculty and students on issues involving the Consortium Library. The LAC plays an active role with the following goals:

1. To advise and assist the library dean and staff on issues and concerns

with the Consortium Library, to better meet the evolving needs of UAA, APU and the greater Anchorage community

2. To promote the Consortium Library in its mission to sustain

academic excellence

3. To encourage the development and expansion of the library and information services to all users

4. To assist the Consortium Library staff in testing and evaluating new

databases, websites and library-related software under consideration for purchase or implementation

Revised 2006-09-01

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Student Academic Success Committee Meeting Minutes

September 22, 2006 Committee Members Present: Sarah Kirk (FS), Tom Skore, Connie Fuess, Kamal Narang, Trish Grega, Kathleen Voge Committee Members Absent: Trish Jenkins (FS), Joan O’Leary Guest: Kerri Morris Overview of Meeting

1. The Committee discussed membership. We need two more members from Faculty Sentate on SAS.

2. Committee foisted its chair-ship on Sarah Kirk for a second year. The minute-

taker will rotate amongst committee members each meeting.

3. Kerri Morris requested that SAS a. review Dave Veasey’s STARS report from May 31, 2005, b. compose a letter of response directed to Faculty Senate’s e-board/Dave

Veazey, c. provide Provost Driscoll with the UAA’s Attrition Report and update, and d. work with Faculty Alliance in some form, since their goal is Student

Success. 4. Linda Morgan requested (via Sarah Kirk) that the committee provide her with

feedback on her Faculty Advising Series Quick Guide. (To be returned with comments to Sarah by Thursday, October 5.)

5. 2006-2007 Goals for SAS were determined as the following:

a. Review Veazey/STARS report and provide a thorough response b. Work with Linda Morgan and CAFÉ on the Faculty Advising Series c. TBA (wait until full committee with new Faculty Senate members to

determine all goals). Fall Meeting Dates: (all meetings will be held Friday’s from 2:30-4:30 in GHH 105) October 13th October 27th November 10th or 17th

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