Minutes of 15 March 1999
Circulated 16 March 1999
Approved 4 October 1999

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
SENATE ASSEMBLY MEETING
MINUTES OF 15 MARCH 1999

ATTENDANCE

Present: V Anderson, R Bartlett, L Bernal, M Bonner, A Burdi, D Burns, R Christiansen, T Croxton, D Deskins, R Dunkle, W Ensminger, M Foss, H Harrington, D Karr, L Kleinsmith, S Kossoudji, J Lehman, M Lomax, G MacAlpine, B MacAdam, N Marshall, J Merchant, Y L Murphy, M Navvab, J Rahme, J Raisler, J Rush, M Schneider, D Schteingart, M Shapiro, R Sharp, M Sheil, J Shotwell, K Taylor, J Turcotte, P Ward, F Whitehouse Jr., E Wingrove, S Wright, C Yocum, J Zorn

Alternates: None

Absent: B Bleske, D Brophy, J Boyd, V Castle, L Colletti, K Cooney, S Erickson, M Feldman, I Francis, K Freese, R Gull, J Hart, K Jamerson, A Jensen, S Julius, P Kabamba, B Karnopp, J Lawson, D Lee, C Loveland-Cherry, M Maehr, A Malkawi, R Mann, S Nolen-Hoeksema, R Robertson, P Rogers, V Rosenberg, M Rosenthal, J Scheiman, A Sedman, R Sharf, S Teasley, D Malamud (Sabbatical), L Nagel, G Winger

MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED

1. Senate Assembly Agenda

2. Academic Freedom Lecture Fund brochure

3. Universities and Cosmopolitanism lecture announcement

4. Statements by candidates for election to SACUA

Chair Ensminger convened the meeting at 3:40 P.M.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. In view of the Academic Freedom Lecture scheduled for today, consideration of the Minutes of the February meeting of the Senate Assembly will be postponed until the April meeting.

2. The symposium on tobacco investments originally slated for April will be postponed for Fall Term. One of its aims has already been accomplished, in that President Bollinger and CFO Kasdin have announced the intention to establish a special committee composed of faculty, staff, students, and alumni which will consider whether holding tobacco stocks is antithetical to university values. The action of establishing the committee will be brought to attention of the Regents and Senate Assembly will be credited with initiating the process.

3. A report from the Tenure Committee is scheduled for the April meeting.

4. Vice President and General Counsel Krislov will attend the 19 April 1999 meeting of Senate Assembly at 3:45 P.M. He is expected to provide clarification of information regarding university policies on intellectual property. SACUA has been engaged with the General Counsel on the subject, and correspondence will be shared with the Assembly in advance of the meeting.

5. Ballots are distributed for election of three new members to SACUA. Staff of the Senate Assembly office will serve as tellers for the ballots, and results will be made available at the conclusion of the University Senate meeting and the Academic Freedom Lecture.

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS

There was no new business.

The meeting adjourned at 3:46 P.M. for the annual meeting of the University Senate, followed by the Academic Freedom Lecture.

The tellers reported that Professors Karnopp, Navvab, and Ward had been elected to SACUA.

Respectfully submitted,

John T. Lehman

Senate Secretary