University of Minnesota, Morris
November 30, 2005
The Campus Assembly met on
Wednesday, November 30 at 4:30 p.m. in the Science Auditorium.
I.
Chancellor's
Remarks.
Chancellor
Schuman asked for an update from Andy Lopez, chair of the Strategic Positioning
Task Force. Lopez reported that
the task force has been meeting weekly with only a couple of meetings left this
semester. He added that the
meetings are open to everyone.
Over 650 people have participated either in focus groups or on-line
questionnaires that have been coordinated by our consultant, Anne Carroll. The offices of External Relations,
Student Affairs and Admissions have been very helpful in contacting
stakeholders. The preliminary
report will be submitted by the middle of December.
Nancy Carpenter,
chair of the Chancellor Search Committee, reported they are having marathon
meetings and are currently working on the job description. The committee appreciated the
participation in the open forums.
Chancellor Schuman
reported that the Executive Committee did not begin the academic year with an
introduction to Campus Assembly as weÕve done previous years. The Executive Committee has asked
Roland Guyotte to commission a document that will be presented at the first
Campus Assembly meeting of the spring semester.
He also reported
that the Constitutional Revision Task Force will begin its work at the start of
spring semester. The membership of
that task force is as follows: Michael
Korth, Jeff Ratliff-Crain, Mary Elizabeth Bezanson, Greg Thorson, Gwen Rudney,
Tom McRoberts, Roger Wareham, Rebecca Webb, Kristen Strissel, and Tim
Lindberg. Rich Heyman and Sandy
Olson-Loy will serve as ex-officio members. The revised constitution will have to be passed by the
Assembly.
II.
Minutes
from 10/31/05 assembly meeting were approved as presented.
Rich Heyman
expressed concern about the quorum count at the meeting today and noted that
half who donÕt opt out need to be present because technically speaking, we
should not be conducting business today.
Eric Klinger commented that more often than not we do not have a quorum
and if no one brings it up, we simply donÕtÕ address it.
III.
Committee
replacements.
Dennis Templeman replaces Bart Finzel on Scholastic Committee
Katie Gonier-Klopfleisch replaces Stacey Parker Aronson on
Scholastic Committee
Randi Peterson replaces Pam Solvie on Faculty Development
Committee
Barry McQuarrie replaces Keith Brugger on Teacher Education
Committee
Therese Buchmiller replaces Janet Ericksen on Assessment of
Student Learning Committee
IV.
The
2009-2010 Academic Calendar was presented for information.
A student member
commented that it would be very inconvenient for many students if finals were
held on December 23 and asked if the academic year could start earlier. Clare Strand said the calendar is based
on 39 working weeks for faculty.
Jeff Ratliff-Crain asked how our spring break lines up with other
coordinate campuses. Fritz
Schwaller said he would look into it.
V.
From the Curriculum
Committee. Course changes/addition
were approved as presented.
ArtS 1002 Visual Studies for
Non-Majors: Digitally Assisted
Design
Engl 3032 Creative Nonfiction
IS 3810 Practicum in the
Humanities
Hum 1553 CE: Literature & History of Jewish and
Muslin Spain
Th 3004 Art Direction for
Film and TV
Phys 3003 Computer Modeling
of Materials
Hist 3708 European WomenÕs
History 1600-present
Pol 4507 Politics, Violence,
Terrorism, Peace
ArtH 3311 CE: Italian Art in
Context
IS 3011 English Language
Teaching Assistant Program for Majors
Geog 3251 The Politics of
Claiming and Reclaiming Space
Fren 1312 Morocco: History, Story, Myth (new course [same
as Hum 1312]) with deletion of phrase:
Ō2 repetitions totaling up to 8.0 credits.Ķ
Hum 1312 Morocco: History, Story, Myth (new course [same
as Fren 1312]) with deletion of phrase:
Ō2 repetitions totaling up to 8.0 credits.Ķ
WSS 2311 Sports Officiating
(new course)
VI.
Senators'
Reports.
Peh Ng reported
that one of the agenda items for the University Senate meeting tomorrow is
student evaluations. She added
that the proposal is very different than what we currently use right now. She believes the written comments
are just as important as the numbers.
Roland Guyotte suggested that the Chancellor ask the Assembly for a
straw poll endorsing the way in which UMM has been doing evaluations. If there is a broad sentiment, then our
Senators would be able to say the proposal messes up what currently works well
for us. Several assembly members
said the written comments were more useful than the numbers citing that the
numbers donÕt always tell the tale.
The tenure review committee also relies heavily on written
comments. Chancellor Schuman
asked for a straw poll of all those in favor of retaining our current
system. There were 84 in favor, 0
opposed, and 2 abstentions.
VII.
Old
Business.
None.
VIII.
New
Business.
None.
Adjourned at 5:20 p.m.
Fall Semester 2009 (73 class days)
August 27-30 Thurs.-Sun. New Student Orientation
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August 31 |
Monday |
Classes begin |
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September 7 |
Monday |
Labor Day holiday |
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October 19-20 |
Mon.-Tues. |
Fall Break (no classes) |
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November 26-27 |
Thurs. -Fri. |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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December 16 |
Wednesday |
Last day of instruction |
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December 17 |
Thursday |
Study day |
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December 18,19,21,22 |
Fri., Sat., Mon., Tues. |
Final examinations |
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December 24 December 25 |
Thurs. Fri. |
Floating holiday Christmas holiday |
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December 31 January 1 |
Thurs. Fri. |
Floating holiday New Year's holiday |
Spring Semester 2010 (74 class days)
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January 18 |
Monday |
MLK holiday |
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January 19 |
Tuesday |
Classes Begin |
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March 15-19 |
Mon. - Fri. |
Spring Break |
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March 19 |
Friday |
Floating Holiday |
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May 7 |
Friday |
Last day of instruction |
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May 10 |
Monday |
Study day |
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May 11-14 |
Tues.-Fri. |
Final examinations |
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May 15 |
Saturday |
Commencement |
May Session 2010 (14 class days)
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May 17 |
Monday |
May session begins |
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May 31 |
Monday |
Memorial Day holiday |
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June 4 |
Friday |
May session ends |
Summer Session 2010
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May 24-June 25 |
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Term 1 Summer session (24 class days) |
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May 31 |
Monday |
Memorial Day holiday |
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June 28-July 30 |
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Term 2 Summer session (24 class days) |
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July 5 |
Monday |
Independence Day holiday |
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May 24-July 30 |
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Term 3 Summer session (48 class days) |
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May 31 |
Monday |
Memorial Day holiday |
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July 5 |
Friday |
Independence Day holiday |
2009-10 Holidays (Total: 11)--proposed
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July 3, 2009 December 31 |
Friday Friday |
Independence Day Floating holiday New Year's Day |