UNEVERSITY OF
SENATE
Minutes of November
12, 2002 Meeting
1. WELCOME BY THE CHAIR
The meeting began at
2. MINUTES
OF
The minutes of the October 2002 meeting were amended to indicate that a diversity committee was appointed during the meeting. Thereafter, the minutes were approved unanimously.
3. COMMITTEE REPORTS
a) Student Concerns Committee
Ms Alice Crowder presented the student concerns as follows:
i. There were some alleged break-ins in the clusters and the student apartments.
ii. Some blue emergency lights on campus were yet to be repaired.
During the discussion that ensued, Dr. White, Vice President for Students Affairs, drew the attention of Senate to the following inaccuracies in the Students Concerns Committee’s report that had been presented during the October Senate meeting:
iii. No students were housed in Crisfield.
iv. The number of the alleged rapes was three, rather than six.
Furthermore, Chief Bell, Director of Public Safety, explained that the alleged rapes were date rapes.
b) Academic Affairs Committee
The Chair of the committee, Ms Demanche, reported as follows:
i. The committee would provide Senate with the list of the courses that had been approved during the October meeting.
ii. The committee found no fault with the Doctor of Physical Therapy program that it had reviewed. Consequently, all 51 courses were approved by Senate.
iii. The committee was in the process of returning to the departments concerned a number of proposals that were routed to it without the appropriate signatures.
c) Campus Security Committee
Dr. White, Vice President for Student Affairs, reminded Senate that since the committee dealt mainly with issues of safety, rather than security per se, the name of the committee should be changed to reflect its primary focus. Thereafter, the motion to change the name of the committee from Campus Security to Campus Safety was approved by acclamation.
d) Physical Plant Committee
The Chair of the committee, Mr. Billie, reported the following actions and findings resulting from the issues that were referred to it during the October Senate meeting:
i. A commuter bus service to transport students to and from the Value Inn during the weekends had been inaugurated.
ii. Some emergency telephones on campus had been repaired.
iii. The hours of operation of the gymnasium had been extended.
iv. It was not feasible to extend the existing meal plan due to financial considerations.
v. Establishing a food court at Carver Hall was also not feasible, but a delivery service from the Hawk’s Nest might be considered.
vi. Hazardous waste on campus was sometimes not removed in a timely manner.
vii. The committee was exploring the possibility of wiring the emergency telephones to a panel that would identify the location of the phones.
e) Chief Bell’s Presentation
The Director of Public Safety, Chief Bell, began his presentation by informing Senate that the UMES campus was essentially a pedestrian-friendly campus. Consequently, although there were not enough convenient parking spaces, there were actually adequate parking spaces on the campus as a whole. In his view, the parking problems on campus emanated from the community’s inappropriate parking habits.
As a solution to the campus parking problems, Senate approved that henceforth any student who accumulated four unpaid parking tickets would not be allowed to register. By the same token, any faculty or staff, who had four unpaid parking tickets would have his or her parking privileges revoked.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at
Submitted by
Dr. Clement A. Okafor