University of Central Florida Campus Report, January 13, 2006

            Dr. Manoj Chopra provided the following report:

Faculty Senate Issues

  1. The College of Arts and Sciences at UCF was reorganized into two different colleges – College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Sciences. The Faculty Senate extensively questioned the Provost on this issue at its November 17 meeting.
  2. The ad-hoc subcommittee established in August 2005 continued to work on developing new guidelines (eligibility criteria and procedures) for the Incentive Awards (TIP, RIA, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning).
  3. A task force on Ethics was convened to look at both student and faculty ethics related issues.
  4. The senate began looking at revised travel expense policy to bring them more in line with federal rates.
  5. A committee is studying the Student Perception of Instruction forms at UCF with cooperation of the faculty senate.
  6. The topic for UCF Quality Enhancement Program for SACS accreditation is Information Fluency. The faculty senate was approached by the QEP team to assist in the development and implementation of the QEP program at UCF.
  7. UCF Presented its Proposal for a College of Medicine to the BOG in November 2005. The Faculty Senate expressed strong support for this proposal through a resolution (see Resolution 2005-2006-2 below).

UCF BOT-UFF Bargaining Update

            A new agreement was reached on October 3, 2005 on the salary-related Article 23 of the contract between the UFF at UCF and the Board of Trustees. The agreement was ratified by the faculty and then subsequently by the BOT.  The raises are to retroactive to August 2005.

UCF Faculty Senate Resolutions

            Three Faculty Senate resolutions were passed by the Faculty Senate.

Resolution 2005-2006 – 1 TIP/SoTL (NOT RIA) Awards

Whereas, the issue has been raised to recommend decreasing the number of new TIP and new SoTL awards by half,

Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate recommends that these new awards continue to be awarded at their current numbers.

Resolution 2005-2006 – 2 Establish a College of Medicine

Whereas, the University of Central Florida is preparing a proposal to establish a College of Medicine,

Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate strongly supports this action.

 

Resolution 2005-2006-3 Condolence for Officer Mario Jenkins

Whereas, Officer Mario Jenkins gave years of service to University of Central Florida,

And

Whereas, Officer Mario Jenkins’ efforts assured the safety of the UCF community,

Therefore, on behalf of the faculty of UCF, the Faculty Senate hereby expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of Officer Mario Jenkins and to his coworkers in their time of loss.

           

One resolution was passed by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee to be forwarded to the full Faculty Senate. It was withdrawn since the next meeting of the Faculty Senate was after the appointment of the new Chancellor of Florida SUS System. The resolution is stated below:

Resolution 2005-2005-4 BOG regarding Chancellor of the Florida State University System

Be it resolved by the Faculty Senate of the University of Central Florida that we unequivocally urge the Florida Board of Governors to conduct a national search and appoint an individual with experience, academic credentials, and nationally recognized leadership in higher education, as Chancellor of the Florida State University System.