UNIVERSITY
OF HARTFORD
FACULTY SENATE
PRÉCIS
March 10 and
12, 2009
Tuesday, March
10
Attendance:
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Balco,
Cat |
A |
Gray,
Edward |
P |
Russell,
Ingrid |
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P |
Ball,
Kevin A. |
P |
Gray,
John |
P |
Shepela,
Sharon |
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P |
Beaulieu,
Mark |
P |
Hill,
Jonathan |
P |
Siegel,
Paul |
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P |
Blett,
George |
P |
Lashgari,
Malek |
A |
Taylor,
Melanie |
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A |
Borucinska,
Joanna |
P |
Lei,
Yu |
A |
Tetel,
Mihai |
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A |
Canedy,
Charles |
P |
Machuga,
Susan |
P |
Weinholtz,
Donn |
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P |
Comiskey,
Anne |
P |
Mellodge,
Patricia |
P |
Westfall,
David |
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P |
Diehl,
Susan |
P |
Mori,
Akane |
A |
Williamson,
Daniel |
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A |
Decker,
Robert |
P |
Padberg,
Carol |
A |
Zimmerman,
Christopher |
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A |
Fang,
Clara |
P |
Pedro,
Joan |
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Present/Absent |
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P |
Frey,
Mary |
P |
Petry,
Elizabeth |
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Attendance: (21 out of 31) |
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65% |
- Call
to Order
- Welcome
and announcements - Chair Weinholtz
§
Announcements: Academic Strategic Plan -- Senator
Russell invited the Senate to the Open Session on the Academic
Strategic Plan. She said “all faculty, staff
and students are invited to come and share their thoughts on the University of
Hartford’s Academic Strategic Plan.” (http://www.hartford.edu/provost/pdfs/UH_AC_Str_Plan_FINALDRAFT.pdf).
Senator Russell is co-facilitating with Frederick Sweitzer, the Assistant
Provost and Dean of Faculty Development on March 17th.
§
A
hard copy of the Faculty Senate Survey of Part-Time Faculty was shared with the
Senators.
- Presentations
r Master Plan –
SLAM Collaborative came to address the Faculty Senate in an effort to get
feed-back from the Senators. MaryJo Olenick and Casey Nixon presented the
purpose of the Master Plan, the process and schedule review, reviewed findings
to date, such as site developments and space drivers. Senators voice their
concerns with parking and class space. The presented slide show is available at
www…, and UNotes (4/23/09) text and sketch follows:
An overhead view of the 350-acre Bloomfield Avenue campus and the Handel
Performing Arts Center (in the lower right corner).
The University of Hartford has begun the process of
developing a Facilities Master Plan, which will serve as a blueprint for the
growth and maintenance of the campus over the next 10 years.
The plan will build upon the foundation that was laid by the previous master
plan, which was completed in 2000. The 2000 master plan paved the way for a
variety of new facilities over the past decade, including the Integrated
Science, Engineering and Technology (ISET) complex, new athletics fields, the
Renée Samuels Center at the Hartford Art School, Hawk Hall and Alumni Plaza,
the Handel Performing Arts Center, and more.
In looking ahead to the needs of the next 10 years, planners are evaluating all
of the University’s physical assets, including the 350-acre Bloomfield Avenue
campus, which contains 38 buildings totaling 2.15 million square feet, and
other properties such as the Asylum Avenue campus and the Handel Performing
Arts Center.
The planners also will be looking at possible uses for the roughly 140 acres of
undeveloped property that the University owns in the area north of the Sports
Center, and they will be examining the impact of the anticipated opening of a
new campus entrance on Mark Twain Drive. The new entrance is expected to open
in the fall of 2009, coinciding with the opening of a permanent home for the
University High School of Science and Engineering on Mark Twain Drive.
“The new Master Plan will be an integral part of the University’s future,” said
Vice President for Finance and Administration Arosha Jayawickrema. “It
will complement and support the new academic strategic plan and the new capital
campaign, creating a coordinated and seamless approach as the University plans
for the next 10 years and beyond.”
Four Primary Goals
In developing the new Facilities Master Plan, the University has four main
goals, said Executive Director of Facilities Norman Young. They are:
- To optimize the use of space
- To maximize the impact of capital expenditures
- To define opportunities for physical growth
- To promote a culture of sustainability
The University has retained the S/L/A/M Collaborative
of Glastonbury, Conn., to develop the plan, working together with a Facilities
Master Plan Steering Committee, which is chaired by Regent John Harris
(see below for the complete list of committee members).
Preliminary work, including an inventory of space on campus and inspection of
existing facilities, began in January and is currently being completed. The
S/L/A/M/ Collaborative and the steering committee are now moving into the
“concept development” phase, in which they will start considering ideas for the
future development of the campus.
In late April, a forum will be held where members of the University community
will have an opportunity to provide their input on what should be included in
the plan. The planners and the steering committee will finalize the concepts
and develop an implementation plan during the summer, with a final report to be
issued at the start of the Fall 2009 semester, Young said.
The members of the Facilities Master Plan Steering Committee are:
John Carson, Vice President of University Relations
Pamela Davila ’09 (student)
Chris Dupuis, Senior Project Manager, Facilities
James Fairfield-Sonn, Dean of the Barney School of Business
John Harris (Chair), University Regent
Arosha Jayawickrema, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Robert Killian, University Regent
Lynn Pasquerella, Provost
Lee Peters, Vice President for Student Affairs
Elizabeth Petry, Associate Professor of Architecture, CETA
Don Rizzo, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
T. Clark Saunders, Interim Dean, The Hartt School
Harry Workman, Professor of Chemistry
Norman Young, Executive Director of Facilities
- University
of Hartford Student Regents Elsa Chin and Alissa Rauch came to Senate to discuss
student life and student needs from students’ perspective. They explained
that their appointment was a one-year commitment. They are voting members
of the Board of Regents, and belong to two committees. They are also involved in activism in
the community, organizations such as C.U.P.S (Clean Up Public Spaces, a
student community service and environmental organization, and University of Hartford chapter of the Roosevelt
Institution, a national network of student think-tanks that conduct policy
research on pressing issues. Student regents also help in resolving
issues with advisors by creating communication with student forums.
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COMMITTEE
REPORTS |
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Administration
Liaison—Senator E. Gray announced to the Senate the creation of a new committee
to review and support the update of the University Website. |
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Curriculum—Senator
Russell presented the report from the Curriculum Committee for the Senate’s
vote. After discussion, the report was unanimously
approved. |
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Environmental
& Sustainability –Senators Borucinska and
J.Gray |
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Faculty
Affairs—Vice Chair Shepela announced that the slate for Faculty Senate
Officers would be brought forward at the next Executive meeting. She also
updated the Senate on the FPM issue of the course release for the curriculum
committee chair. |
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Faculty
Diversity—Senator Pedro shared a matrix of tasks for the years 2007-2010 with
responsibility, and status column. |
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Grants
(& Stipends)—Senator Williamson |
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Student
Affairs—Secretary Petry told the Senators about the recipients of the
University Scholars Award. The following meeting of the Student Affairs
Committee will include a review of the University Scholars program. She
also presented the latest version of suggested changes on attendance, and
Academic Honesty Polity. She reported that will e in the next MAPP. |
Orders of the
Day
Thursday,
March 12
Attendance:
|
A |
Balco,
Cat |
P |
Gray,
Edward |
P |
Russell,
Ingrid |
|
P |
Ball,
Kevin A. |
P |
Gray,
John |
A |
Shepela,
Sharon |
|
A |
Beaulieu,
Mark |
P |
Hill,
Jonathan |
P |
Siegel,
Paul |
|
A |
Blett,
George |
P |
Lashgari,
Malek |
P |
Taylor,
Melanie |
|
P |
Borucinska,
Joanna |
P |
Lei,
Yu |
P |
Tetel,
Mihai |
|
A |
Canedy,
Charles |
A |
Machuga,
Susan |
P |
Weinholtz,
Donn |
|
A |
Comiskey,
Anne |
P
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Mellodge,
Patricia |
A |
Westfall,
David |
|
P |
Diehl,
Susan |
P |
Mori,
Akane |
A |
Williamson,
Daniel |
|
P |
Decker,
Robert |
P |
Padberg,
Carol |
A |
Zimmerman,
Christopher |
|
P |
Fang,
Clara |
P |
Pedro,
Joan |
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Present/Absent |
|
A |
Frey,
Mary |
A |
Petry,
Elizabeth |
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Attendance: (19 out of 31) |
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59% |
- Reconvene
- Presentations
President
Walter Harrison – Update the Senate on fundraising efforts.
·
1.5
million under same time last year
·
New
Commitments are down
·
As
of May 1st, admissions are similar to last year
·
$1
million Financial Aid
·
The
president mentioned a series of articles the New York Times had run. He
believed that in comparison, the University is in better shape than some
others.
·
Some
proactive steps were discussed.
·
Communicating
that we can be competitive to out-of-state applicants
·
New
fundraising campaign will formulate within the next two years
·
The
president stressed that people would come before facilities.
·
Financial
aid and academic faculty
·
Monitoring
of social networking, Rick Zeiser,
·
Site
devoted to University and
·
*Open
Letter to President Harrison/Provost Lynn Pasquerella
·
Environment
and sustainability person
·
Bikes
on campus
·
Allow
individual ideas without being filtered through Walt
·
Bob
Painter, M.D., proposing bus through the Griffin Line
·
The
University has three buses from the Handel Center outsourced through DAATCO
·
Two
degrees at the same time; accelerated combined programs
·
Collee
Mission/Department Mission: emerge out
of the colleges
·
Educate:
Never waste a good crisis.
·
·
Private
University with a Public Purpose
·
Going
to Council of Deans using Bowling Greens model (subset)
·
How
do you evaluate?
·
How
do you put it into place?
·
Needs
everyone on board
·
Does
not exist in FPM
·
Examples
of cases
·
Definition
·
Broad
spectrum might be more effective
·
Education
on models
·
Carnegie
model
·
Solving
problems that the ? to society
Provost
Lynn Pasquerella was not available to present to the Senate this month.
- Other
Business
r Next meeting
of the Faculty Senate will be April 9 and 14, 2009, 12:15 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
- Adjourn (by 1:40
p.m.)