The Faculty Senate of Seton Hall University
Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 3, November 2003
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Provost Search Committee Election In accordance with the Faculty Guide, the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate conducted an election for the Search and Screen Committee for the Provost. The Faculty Guide makes provisions for participation of the faculty in the selection of the chief academic officer as outlined in Section 13.2: 13.2 Search and Screen Committees -- Composition a. For the selection of the chief academic officer, five (5) faculty members elected by the full-time faculty of the South Orange campus as defined in Article 1 (three from the ballot list of Arts and Sciences nominees and two from the ballot list of nominees from the remaining academic units) who shall constitute no fewer than fifty (50) percent of the voting members of the search and screen committee. The two members elected from the non-Arts and Sciences list must be from different academic units. An electronic ballot was prepared from nominations made by the faculty. Results Richard Liddy - A&S Roseanne Mirabella - A&S Bert Wachsmuth - A&S Robert Shapiro - Stillman School of Business Phyllis Russo - Nursing hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Executive Vice President for Administration Search Committee In accordance with the Faculty Guide, Article 13.1.d , which states: "There shall be faculty participation in the selection of the president and executive vice president" at the Nov. 7 Senate meeting the following nominees were approved unanimously and their names sent to Msgr. Sheeran: Joseph Monaco - GME Elizabeth Torcivia - GME Roseanne Mirabella – A&S Elizabeth Torcivia was chosen to serve on the search committee. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh University Rank and Tenure Committee Issue The question of the number of representatives on the University Rank and Tenure Committee, which was raised by the Stillman School of Business faculty, has been resolved for this year. There will be one representative from the Business School (The College of Education and Human Services agreed to a similar last year) in order to maintain an uneven number of members for voting purposes. The Faculty Guide Committee is working on other options, including the possible addition of representatives from the Whitehead School Diplomacy and the School of Graduate Medical Education. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Charter Day Committee The following faculty members were chosen to serve on the university's Charter Day Committee, headed by Vivienne Baldini Carr of the provost's office: John Knopf – Business Cathy Sternas – Nursing Anthony Sciglitano – A&S Martha M. Loesch – Library The tentative date for Charter Day is Friday, Feb. 27th.
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If you have comments, questions, or suggestions regarding the material in this newsletter, please contact Mary Balkun, Faculty Senate Executive Secretary, at balkunma@shu.edu.
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Program Review Update
In order to ensure this connection between program review and budget decisions, Senate representatives are currently working with the budget and policy committee to develop a process by which program review recommendations can be reviewed by this body. 2002-2003 Review Group Athletic Training Physician Assistant Audiology Asian Studies African-American Studies Classical Studies Museum Professions Criminal Justice Social Work Chemistry and Biochemistry Freshman Studies 2003-2004 Review Group Public Administration Modern Languages Fine Arts Art History Graphic Design EOP Philosophy Sociology Political Science Anthropology History Psychology English Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.) School of Theology hhhhhh
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Middle States Progress Report On Nov. 14, Fr. Kevin Mackin, President of Siena College and Chair of Seton Hall's Middle States Evaluation Team, visited campus. Fr. Mackin met with the Middle States Steering Committee and subcommittee chairs, as well as with representative faculty and students. The Middle States Evaluation Team visit is scheduled for Feb. 29 - March 3, 2004. Information about the Middle States self study process can be found at http://provost.shu.edu/selfstudy/. hhhhhh Compensation Committee Update The Compensation and Welfare Committee is working on its budget presentation for faculty compensation for next year. The proposal for a faculty retirement package will be part of that presentation; they hope to get the funding for faculty retirement into next year’s budget. The other matter the Committee is working on is the overall faculty salary package. They have just received benchmark data from some 33 other colleges and universities which are comparable to Seton Hall, either as our peers or as aspiration schools. In terms of average faculty salaries among these institutions, we rank 21st out of 34 institutions, and are almost the lowest among all these institutions in the greater New York area. The Committee is developing models to redress this competitive disadvantage, and hopes to present a salary model that will move the university in a positive direction in next year’s budget. Comments on these matters may be directed to any member of the committee.
Senate Meeting Dates 2003-2004 September 5, 2003 October 3, 2003 November 7, 2003 December 12, 2003 January 16, 2004 February 6, 2004 February 27, 2004 April 2, 200 May 7, 2004 June 4, 2004 All faculty members are invited to attend meetings of the Faculty Senate. Meeting locations can be found on the Senate homepage. hhhhhh |
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