University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate Executive Committee met Nov. 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
I. CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate was called to order at 3:10 pm with Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris presiding and Professor Emeritus H. George Friedman, Jr. serving as Parliamentarian.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 11/11/19-01 The minutes of the October 14, 2019 meeting were approved as distributed.
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
No requests received.
IV. SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR’S REMARKS
Professor Rob Kar (LAW), a faculty senator and Chair of the Senate Executive Committee (SEC), reported that the Vice Chancellors will give presentations at the next several SEC meetings to inform the SEC about their annual goals. The Faculty Sexual Misconduct Report and Recommendations was published. The recommendations will hopefully make Illinois a leader in the nation on better ways to respond to sexual misconduct. There is a resolution supporting the Report on today’s agenda.
V. CHANCELLOR’S REMARKS
Provost Cangellaris gave remarks in the Chancellor’s absence. The Chancellor is attending the Association of Public and Land-grant Institutions (APLU) meeting and assuming the position of chair of the APLU. Cangellaris recognized Veteran’s Day and thanked those that help to protect our freedoms.
The Faculty Sexual Misconduct Report and Recommendations has been published and many groups are being consulted in the implementation plans. Cangellaris thanked the chair of the Faculty Sexual Misconduct committee, Rob Kar, for his and the committee’s hard work in developing the report and recommendations. The Committee stayed in contact with the system level committee. A separate committee is developing policy recommendations on consensual relationships and will publish their report soon. To be successful, we need to create a framework that has policies and procedures that create a campus climate intolerant of sexual misconduct.
President Killeen recently sent an email message announcing three new guiding principles for a total of six guiding principles; Freedom of Speech on Campus, Globalization and Immigration, Civic Engagement, Excellence with Integrity, Fostering Healthy Relationships Across the Campuses, and Financial and Environmental Sustainability. The system website has additional information on each guiding principle.
Senate Minutes 11/11/2019 Page 2 of 6 The Celebration Women Faculty at Illinois is an annual event sponsored in part by the Office of the Provost. The event recognizes women faculty at Illinois who have recently been promoted and/or tenured; honored as named professors or chairs; named University Scholars; and elected to national academies. We are making good progress in increasing the size of the women faculty, but there is still more room to grow.
The Student Success Initiative strives to increase access, promote timely degree completion, and prepare our students to make positive contributions to the state, nation, and the world. Part of our goal is to provide transformative learning experiences for our students with areas of focus on academic support, co-curricular activities, first- year experience, and foundational courses. Working groups will consider opportunities to improve and expand efforts to help students achieve a degree at Illinois.
Cangellaris recognized the Illini football team for their fourth consecutive victory and congratulated our student athletes.
VI. QUESTIONS
Student senator Bambenek (GRAD) expressed his concern about reporters that are also employees of the University of Illinois and therefore considered mandatory reporters. Cangellaris replied that this issue is being considered at the system level by President Killeen.
VII. CONSENT AGENDA
Hearing no objections, the following items were approved by unanimous consent.
11/11/19-02 EP.20.01* Establish a Master of Veterinary Science (MVS) Degree
11/11/19-03 EP.20.03* Establish a Major in Livestock Systems Health, Master of Veterinary Science
11/11/19-04 EP.20.04* Establish a New Graduate-level Concentration Titled "Data Analytics in Finance" in the Department of Finance in the Gies College of Business
11/11/19-05 EP.20.11* Revise the Computer Science + Crop Sciences Major for the Bachelor of Science Degree, in the Department of Crop Sciences, College of ACES, and the Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering
11/11/19-06 EP.20.19* Establish Joint Program in the Department of Crop Sciences for BS/MS
11/11/19-07 EP.20.22* Proposal to rename the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and establish the “Humanities Research Institute” as a permanent institute
11/11/19-08 EP.20.23* Revision of the Speech and Hearing Science (SHS) Undergraduate Major
11/11/19-09 EP.20.24* Establishing a 5-year BS/MS option in the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism (RST)
11/11/19-10 EP.20.25* Establish a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology Major
11/11/19-11 EP.20.26* Proposal to Rescind the Restructuring of College of Veterinary Medicine PhD Programs into a Single Doctoral Program Named “Comparative Biomedical Sciences” and to Continue the Existing PhD programs in Comparative Biosciences and Pathobiology
11/11/19-12 EP.20.27* Proposal to Continue the Existing PhD Programs in Comparative Biosciences
11/11/19-13 EP.20.28* Proposal to Continue the Existing PhD Programs in Pathobiology
11/11/19-14 EP.20.30* Revision of the Speech and Hearing Science (SHS) Undergraduate Major and Concentrations, BS (Neuroscience)
11/11/19-15 EP.20.31* Revision of the Speech and Hearing Science (SHS) Undergraduate Major and Concentrations, BS (Audiology)
11/11/19-16 EP.20.32* Revision of the Speech and Hearing Science (SHS) Undergraduate Major and Concentrations, BS (Language Pathology)
11/11/19-17 EP.20.33* Revision of the Speech and Hearing Science (SHS) Undergraduate Major and Concentrations (Cultural-Linguistic Diversity)
VIII. PROPOSALS 11/11/19-18 CC.20.10* Student Nominations to the Joint Committee on Investment, Licensing, and Naming Rights
On behalf of the Senate Committee on Committees (CC), Chair Span introduced and moved approval of the slate of nominees in proposal CC.20.09. There were no nominations from the floor and nominations were declared closed.
11/11/19-19 By i-clicker and show of hands, the slate of nominees listed in CC.20.10 were approved with 100 in favor, 0 opposed, and 3 abstention. The names of the nominees will be forwarded to the Chancellor for selection of three student members to serve.
11/11/19-20 CC.20.14* Election of Members on Standing Committees of the Senate On behalf of CC, Chair Span introduced and moved approval of the slate of nominees in proposal CC.20.14 with the addition of Rebecca Maree (GRAD) to the Senate Committee on the Library. There were no nominations from the floor and nominations were declared closed.
11/11/19-21 By i-clicker and show of hands, the slate of nominees presented in proposal CC.20.14 were elected with 115 in favor, 0 opposed, and 3 abstention.
11/11/19-22 EC.19.05* Revision to the Election Rules for the Faculty Electorate – Article 6. General Election Provisions On behalf of the Senate Committee on Elections and Credentials (EC), Chair Graber introduced and moved approval of proposal EC.19.05. No discussion.
11/11/19-23 By i-clicker and show of hands, proposal EC.19.05 was approved with 115 in favor, 0 opposed, and 2 abstentions.
11/11/19-24 SC.20.06* Resolution to Support Implementation of the Report and Recommendations on Faculty Sexual Misconduct
On behalf of the SEC, Chair Kar introduced and moved approval of resolution SC.20.06. Kar noted that members of the Office of the Provost created an informal task force that is beginning to work on implementation of some recommendations. Chair of the Senate Committee on University Statutes and Senate Procedures (SP), Gilmore added that some of the recommendations would require amendments to the Statutes and those amendments require agreement of all three universities.
11/11/19-25 By i-clicker and show of hands, proposal SC.20.06 was approved with 113 in favor, 1 opposed, and 5 abstentions. Chair Kar abstained from the vote.
11/11/19-26 RS.20.01* Resolution to Produce Information on Sexual Harassment Cases
Student senator Bambenek (GRAD) introduced and moved approval of resolution RS.20.01 noting that this was the new business he introduced at the September 16, 2019 Senate meeting. The motion was seconded and discussion followed.
11/11/19-27 Due to the burden of manually compiling the requested information, faculty senator Rosenstock (LAS) made a motion to substitute “Such a report should be produced in a timely manner” for the existing #10 “Such a report should be produced in time for review by the Senate meeting held on December 9, 2019.” The motion was seconded and discussion followed.
11/11/19-28 A motion was made to amend the amendment by substituting “Such a report should be produced in time for review by the Senate meeting on April 27, 2020.” For the previous motion of “Such a report should be produced in a timely manner”. The motion was seconded and discussion followed.
11/11/19-29 By i-clicker and show of hands, the motion to amend the amendment was approved with 106 in favor, 7 opposed, and 7 abstentions.
11/11/19-30 By i-clicker and show of hands, the motion to approve the amended amendment was approved with 102 in favor, 9 opposed, and 4 abstentions.
11/11/19-31 After further discussion, a motion was made to amend the motion by substituting “Such a report should be produced in a timely manner, but no later than the Senate meeting on April 27, 2020.” for the previous language “Such a report should be produced in time for review by the Senate meeting on April 27, 2020”. The motion was seconded and discussion followed.
11/11/19-32 By i-clicker and show of hands, the amendment to the motion was approved with 108 in favor, 4 opposed, and 6 abstentions.
11/11/19-33 By i-clicker and show of hands, proposal RS.20.01 was approved as amended with 109 in favor, 4 opposed, and 5 abstentions.
11/11/19-34 SP.20.02* Revision to the Standing Rules 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, and 16
On behalf of SP, Chair Gilmore introduced and moved approval of proposal SP.20.02. Bambenek expressed his concern that #5 may not be fully compliant with the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA).
11/11/19-35 By i-clicker and show of hands, proposal SP.20.02 was approved with 110 in favor, 0 opposed, and 2 abstentions.
11/11/19-36 SP.20.03* Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.1 – Senate Executive Committee and Standing Rule 11 – Election of a Senate Executive Committee Member from the Committee on the University Senates Conference
On behalf of SP, Chair Gilmore introduced and moved approval of proposal SP.20.03. No discussion.
11/11/19-37 By i-clicker and show of hands, proposal SP.20.03 was approved with 113 in favor, 0 opposed, and 1 abstentions. The required two-thirds was achieved.
11/11/19-38 SP.20.04* Revision to the Standing Rules – Setting Time Limits for Introduction and Discussion of Senate Items
On behalf of SP, Chair Gilmore introduced and moved approval of proposal SP.20.04. Gilmore noted that this rule requires a two-third vote to approve and for any future amendments since it limits debate.
11/11/19-39 Faculty senator Maher (LIBR) made a motion to substitute five minutes instead of three minutes for introduction of an item. Motion was seconded and discussion followed.
11/11/19-40 By i-clicker and show of hands, the motion to amend by substituting five minutes instead of three for introduction of an item was approved with 94 in favor, 19 opposed, and 4 abstentions. Debate on the main motion continued.
11/11/19-41 Chair Kar made a motion to amend line 12 by adding “per speaking instance” after the phrase “per speaker”. The motion was seconded and discussion continued.
11/11/19-42 Chair Kar made a motion to close debate. The motion was seconded and a vote was immediately taken.
11/11/19-43 By i-clicker and show of hands, debate was closed with 92 in favor, 8 opposed, and 4 abstentions.
11/11/19-44 By i-clicker and show of hands, the motion to add “per speaking instance” on line 12 was approved with 95 in favor, 4 opposed, and 4 abstentions.
11/11/19-45 By i-clicker and show of hands, proposal SP.20.04 was approved as amended with 72 in favor, 23 opposed, and 9 abstentions. The required two-thirds was achieved.
IX. MY-UI- FINANCIALS: YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION ANYTIME ANYWHERE
Brent Rasmus, Assistant Vice President and Controller, University of Illinois System, and Jason Bane, Sr. Business & Financial Coordinator, University Accounting & Financial Reporting, presented information about the online My-UI-Financials system.
X. NEW BUSINESS
No new business.
XI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 pm.
https://www.senate.illinois.edu/20191111senate/20191111m.pdf
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