Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of August 30, 1993. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 1993-1994, v.7

Agenda: (Informal statements and proposals) -- (President's report) -- (New business): 1. Presentation and discussion / President Hughes, Interim Vice President Dreifort -- 2. Dismissal for Cause Policy and Procedure -- 3. Senate's goals and priorities for the 1993-1994 Year

Attachments: Wichita State University Procedures for Dismissal for Cause, revised draft 8/16/93 -- President's report for August 30 Senate meeting / Jim Clark

Minutes: Summary of action taken: 1. Elected Randy Chambers to fill Abu Massud's Senate Seat during the Fall 1993 session -- 2. Approved the WSU Procedure for Dismissal for Cause. Forwarded to President Hughes -- (Informal statements and proposals): Welcome to President Eugene Hughes, Interim VPAA John Dreifort and new Senate secretary Bobbi Dreiling / Senate President Clark -- Joint Legislative Educational Policy Committee hearings on tenure / Senator Mandt -- Questions about response by the University to the Wichita Eagle editorial on Sunday, August 29, 1993, critical of enrollment declining being blamed on WSU faculty being uncaring and inflexible toward students -- (President's report): Athletic Director and Vice President for Academic Affairs searches updates -- Community college leaders to meet in Wichita during the fall -- (New business): Vote on the nomination of Randy Chambers to replace Senator Massud on the Senate during fall / President Clark -- Introduction of President Hughes / President Clark -- Discussion of university goals, nurturing relationships with constituencies, working with Northeast neighborhood center, increasing off campus services, and appointment of Gerald Graham as Dean of the Barton School of Business -- Questions and Discussion followed: Responses to comments about University Sexual Harassment policy by Senator Daugherty -- Report from IVPAA John Dreifort concerning Tenure and Promotion document -- Deans of Liberal Arts and Sciences and College of Education will start soon -- Questions and Discussion followed: Question about classes being canceled the afternoon of President Hughes' inauguration -- Inquiry about status the new Dean of Business -- Question about sequencing searches for Academic Vice President and Deans -- Comments regarding critical Wichita Eagle editorial -- Dismissal for Cause Policy and Procedure: Discussion concerning details of the document