UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE

SENATE

Minutes of December 10, 2002 Meeting

1. WELCOME BY THE CHAIR

The meeting began at 11: 07 a.m. The Chair, Dr. Leon Coursey, greeted the senators and welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2. MINUTES OF NOVEMBER, 2002

The minutes of the November 2002 meeting were approved unanimously.

3. COMMITTEE REPORTS

a) Ad-hoc Grievance Committee

The Chair, Dr. Gupta, presented the report which recommended that all matters pertaining to faculty grievance be handled by one campus-wide grievance committee to be located in the Faculty Assembly. After considerable debate, the recommendation was approved.

b) Academic Affairs

The Chair, Ms Demanche, began her presentation by submitting the following list of the courses that had been approved during the October meeting:

i. Biology 213 L Principles of Biology III Lab

ii. Biology 404 Conservation Biology

iii. Biology 211C Principles of Biology III

iv. NUDT 210 Elements of Nutrition

v. MCCJ 625 Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice

vi. Biology 404 Conservation Biology

vii. Biology 432 Herpetology

viii. ENVS 301 Marine Chemistry

Continuing, she reported that her committee did not find any fault with the four new programs it had reviewed from the following departments:

x. Aviation Sciences

xi. Rehabilitation Services

xii. Physician Assistant

xiv. English and Modern Languages

Consequently, all four submissions were approved by Senate. Furthermore, in order to expedite the processing of programs in the future, the Chair of the committee was mandated to approve those submissions that entail only typographical errors or minor changes like course numbers and then present her action to Senate for ratification.

c) Athletics

The Chair of the committee reported that student athletes were graduating at a higher rate than ever before. In addition, he informed Senate of the litigation in progress concerning some of the new athletic facilities on campus.

NEW BUSINESS

The Chair of Senate, Dr. Leon Coursey, was reminded to arrange a presidential luncheon to enable the President, Dr. Thelma Thompson to meet informally with the senators.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 12:15 p.m.

Submitted by

Dr. Clement A. Okafor