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Motions Passed

Motions Passed May 9, 2001

Motion to Thank Michael Grillo for His Outstanding Leadership of Faculty Senate in the 2000-2001 Academic Year

  Whereas: Michael Grillo has led the Senate through a lengthy process of consideration of the university's five-year strategic plan; and

  Whereas: Michael Grillo has led the Senate and especially the Executive Committee through the first ever campus-wide faculty evaluations of UMaine administrators, following procedures newly adopted in April 2000, and dealing with significant concerns in several cases; and

  Whereas: Michael Grillo has established and pursued an agenda of addressing complex and unresolved issues related to the definitions of faculty and related issues; and

  Whereas: Michael Grillo has established direct communication between the Senate and the University's Board of Visitors; and

  Whereas: Michael Grillo has encouraged and supported a variety of other actions to come to and be addressed by the Senate, such as: clarifying faculty intellectual property rights, updating of the Faculty Handbook, strengthening first year experience courses, reconsidering general education requirements, extending the class book project, clarifying the minimum class enrollment policy, finding an alternative location for display of Hudson Museum artifacts, monitoring university finances, supporting a fair and equitable resolution of the UMPSA contract deadlock, and creating committees to examine interdisciplinary programs and university policy with respect to employment of domestic partners; and

  Whereas: Michael Grillo has demonstrated clear direction, persistence, good humor and positive working relationships with colleagues and administrators throughout the process of addressing these important issues;

  Therefore, through this motion,

  The Faculty Senate thanks Michael Grillo for his outstanding leadership of Senate meetings and Executive Committee meetings, as well as on countless other occasions during the 2000-2001 academic year. Michael Grillo has carried on the traditions of his predecessors in an exemplary manner, and has truly left the Senate and the university a better place through his efforts.

Motion to continue the study and development of the General Education requirements at the University of Maine .

  Whereas the current discussions regarding General Education have raised many points that need further study and consider and,

  Whereas the University of Maine must consider and develop effective general equation requirements with stated learning objectives and,

  Whereas the University of Maine must develop General Education outcomes and a means of assessing them prior to its next accreditation,

  Be it resolved that the General Education Special Committee be authorized to continue the work started this year in the next academic year.

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