Auburn University Senate Meeting

February 10, 2004

3:00 p.m.

Members Absent: Barbara Struempler, Immediate Past Chair; Don Large, VP for Business and Finance; Lee Evans, Dean, School of Pharmacy; Fran Kochan, Interim Dean, College of Education; John Jensen, Interim Dean, College of Agriculture; Thomas Hanley, Provost; Sheri Downer, Interim Dean of Libraries; Vic Walker, Staff Council Chair; Martha Taylor, A&P Assembly Chair; William Gale, Steering Committee; Leanne Lamke, Steering Committee; David Cicci, Aerospace Engineering; AAES Representative; Mario Lightfoote, ACES; John Pittari, Architecture; Barry Fleming, Art; Renée Middleton, Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Thomas Smith, Human Development and Family Studies; Hugh Guffey, Marketing; Richard Good, Music; John Rowe, Nursing; Jack DeRuiter, Pharmacal Sciences; Kem Krueger, Pharmacy Care Systems; Marllin Simon, Physics; Virginia O’Leary, Psychology; Thomas White, ROTC-Air Force.

Members Absent (Substitute): Norbert Wilson (Conner Bailey), Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; Scott Kramer (Norbert Lechner), Building Sciences; Dennis DeVries (Russell Wright), Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture; Ken Tilt (Fenny Dane), Horticulture; Cindy Brunner (Mary K. Boudreaux), Pathobiology

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. by the chair, John Mouton.

John Mouton, Chair of the Senate: The first business of order is to approve the minutes from our January 13, 2004 meeting. Are there any additions, corrections or deletions to the minutes? There being none; the minutes are accepted as approved. We have one action item this afternoon and that is the nomination for the Rules Committee. Paula, you will keep a record of the nominees. If people want to come to the microphone and make nominations for the Rules Committee. Please.

Action Item

Nominations for the Rules Committee.

Conner Bailey, Substituting for Ag, Econ, and Rural Sociology: I would like to nominate Virginia O’Leary (Psychology).

David King, Substituting for Geology and Geography: I would like to nominate Rik Blumenthal (Chemistry).

David Bransby, Agronomy and Soils: I would like to nominate Kathryn Flynn (Forestry and Wildlife Sciences).

Christa Slaton, Political Science: I would like to nominate Ruth Crocker (History).

Richard Penaskovic, Philosophy Department: I would like to nominate Paul Starr (Sociology).

John Mouton, Chair of the Senate: Are there other nominations? Please.

Bob Locy, Biological Sciences: I would like to nominate David Cicci (Engineering).

Conner Bailey, Ag, Econ, and Rural Sociology: I had spoken with David…Dr. Locy, did you talk with David today? He indicated that he would not be available to serve this year.

John Mouton, Chair of the Senate: We will follow up on that. Thank you. Are there any other nominations? Do we need to read a list of the nominations? There being no more nominations, we are going to go ahead and adjourn the Senate Meeting and we will begin the Faculty meeting. Okay…we will start the Faculty Meeting at 3:15. This meeting is adjourned.

Adjournment

[The meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m.]