UTK Faculty Senate President's Page for 2006-2007

Faculty Senate Home Page

I will be posting to this page my correspondence with various administrators, the Senate leadership, the leadership of other UT campuses and individual faculty that I consider to be of general interest. I will include written responses when those are available.

Faculty Senate Committee Preference Surveys 2007-2008

Site for current and new Senators and alternates to specify preferences for Committees April 19, 2007

Site for non-Senators to specify preferences for Committees April 19, 2007

Plans for Raises 2006-2007

Letter to President Petersen requesting clarifications on UT System merit raise plan June 13, 2006

Response from President Petersen on UT System merit raise plan June 20, 2006

Letter to Chancellor Crabtree with suggestions on faculty raise guidelines June 14, 2006

Governor's Chairs Hiring

Letter to President Petersen, Chancellor Crabtree and Provost Holub regarding the lack of appropriate criteria in advertisements for these positions July 6, 2006

Letter to President Petersen, regarding the search procedures for these positions July 14, 2006

Response from President Petersen regarding the search procedures for these positions July 26, 2006

Letter to Vice President Millhorn regarding Governors Chairs search procedures, Dr. Millhorn's response, and my follow-up message to him July 26, 2006

Information Technology Issues

Note to UT Chief Information Officer Brice Bible following meeting of July 6, 2006 July 7, 2006

Note to UT Chief Information Officer Brice Bible regarding data security July 11, 2006

Response by UT Chief Information Officer Brice Bible regarding data security July 14, 2006 - Word .doc file

Request to Gary Rogers and Sylvia Davis regarding UT policies on Social Security Numbers February 23, 2007 - text file

Academic Planning

Welcome to Provost Holub and summary of issues to discuss July 11, 2006

Academic Salaries Budget Line Questions

Question to Vice President Sylvia Davis regarding Allocation of System Resources to Academic Salaries September 1, 2006

Response from Vice President Sylvia Davis regarding Allocation of System Resources to Academic Salaries September 6, 2006

Follow-up note to Vice President Sylvia Davis September 6, 2006

Certificates of Occupancy for Campus Buildings Questions

Question to Vice President Catherine Mizell regarding status of use of buildings without Certificates of Occupancy September 4, 2006

Response from Vice President Catherine Mizell regarding status of use of buildings without Certificates of Occupancy and my reponse September 7, 2006

External Revenue Generated per Faculty Member and Whether Faculty Numbers have Increased

Series of Correspondence with Vice Chancellor Denise Barlow regarding external funding generated by UTK faculty and associated data on faculty numbers over past several years October 24, 2006

Speeches

Welcome to new UTK faculty and Graduate teaching assistants August 17, 2006

Faculty Senate Retreat Welcome and Charge September 8, 2006

Welcome and comments to the Board of Trustees meeting of November 3, 2006 November 3, 2006

President's report to the February 5, 2007 Faculty Senate meeting February 5, 2007

Welcome and comments to the Board of Trustees meeting of June 21, 2007 June 21, 2007

Items distributed for November 20, 2006 Senate Meeting

Agenda Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Meeting of October 23, 2006 Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Executive Committee Meeting of November 6, 2006 Word .doc file

Draft letter to Governor from Senate Budget and Planning Committee Word .doc file

Report of the Faculty Senate Task Force on Historic Preservation .pdf file

Items distributed for February 5, 2007 Senate Meeting

Agenda Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Meeting of November 20, 2006 Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Executive Committee Meeting of January 22, 2007 Word .doc file

Proposed Faculty Senate and Executive Committee meeting dates for 2007-2008 Word .doc file

Resolution from Senate Information Technology Committee on use of Social Security Numbers Word .doc file

Letter of support from OIT regarding Resolution from Senate Information Technology Committee on use of Social Security Numbers Word .doc file

Department Heads/Directors Reappointment review Schedule from Faculty Affairs Committee pdf file

Minutes from the November 16, 2006 Graduate Council meeting link

Minutes of the January 30, 2007 Undergraduate Council meeting Link - these minutes are on the agenda for the March Senate meeting

Items distributed for March 5, 2007 Senate Meeting

Agenda (revised from that in printed packet) Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Meeting of February 5, 2007 Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Executive Committee Meeting of February 19, 2007 Word .doc file

Proposed Bylaws amendments regarding election of University Faculty Council representative Word .doc file

Proposed Faculty Handbook modification regarding Joint Faculty appointments Word .doc file

Resolution from the Undergraduate Council regarding primacy of faculty control of curricular decisions PDF file

Resolution from the Budget and Planning Committee regarding Socially and Environmenmtally Responsible Coal purchasing Word .doc file

Minutes from the February 1, 2007 Graduate Council meeting link

Minutes of the January 30, 2007 Undergraduate Council meeting Link

Items distributed for March 19, 2007 Senate Executive Committee Meeting

Agenda Text file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Executive Committee Meeting of February 19, 2007 Word .doc file

Comments regarding campus budget hearings from Senate President Text file

Proposed Faculty Handbook change regarding number of ombudspersons Word .doc file

Resolution from Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee regarding syudy on a wellness program for UTK .pdf file

Items distributed for April 2, 2007 Faculty Senate Meeting

Agenda Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Executive Committee Meeting of March 19, 2007 Word .doc file

Proposed Faculty Handbook modification regarding Joint Faculty appointments (Second reading) Word .doc file

Proposed Bylaws amendments regarding election of University Faculty Council representative (Second reading) Word .doc file

Proposed Faculty Handbook change regarding number of ombudspersons Word .doc file

Resolution from Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee regarding study on a wellness program for UTK .pdf file

Items distributed for April 30, 2007 Faculty Senate Meeting

Agenda Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Meeting of April 2, 2007 Word .doc file

Draft Minutes of the Senate Executive Committee Meeting of April 16, 2007 Word .doc file

Proposed Faculty Handbook change regarding number of ombudspersons Word .doc file

Faculty Salary Survey 2006-2007 pdf file

Proposed resolution regarding child care on Cherokee Campus pdf file

Proposed resolution of congratulations to the Lady Vols Basketball Team Word .doc file

Report on possible retirement plan changes Word .doc file

Report on Analysis of Faculty Salary Data based on Gender pdf file

University Faculty Council

Report from Candace White, UTK elected representative, on the January 2007 University Faculty Council meeting (the first meeting of this group) Word .doc file

Letters

Letter to Governor Bredesen from Senate President as approved by November 2006 Faculty Senate Meeting Word .doc file

Letter to the Daily Beacon in response to letter by Thom Gray Text file - February 12, 2007

Letter of March 22, 2007 regarding UT Non-discrimination policy to UT Board of Trustees and response Text file LGBT Commission resolution refered to in letter Word .doc file

Letter to the Knoxville News Sentinel regarding tuition costs at UTK Text file - June 27, 2007

Salary Compression at UTK

Calculation of magnitude of salary compression at UTK as compared to peer institutions Text file - January 19, 2007

Correspondence concerning campus email problems (Note I have received and responded to numerous other individuals on this matter)

Correspondence with Faculty IT Committee and Brice Bible and summary by Professor Gayle Baker January 9, 2007

Correspondence with Chancellor Crabtree regarding email concerns January 8, 2007

Correspondence with Chancellor Crabtree and Mike McNeil regarding email concerns January 14, 2007

Letter to President Petersen regarding email concerns as per request of Senate Executive Committee February 26, 2007

Letter to President Petersen regarding Lack of UT System Organizational Response on Email Problems May 2, 2007

Letter to President Petersen regarding UT System Organizational Structure of Information Technology May 23, 2007

Gender and Faculty Salary Analysis Report

Report on Analysis of Faculty Salary Data based on Gender pdf file - April 28, 2007

Addendum to Report on Analysis of Faculty Salary Data based on Gender Word .doc file - June 28, 2007

Tuition Analysis Report

Analysis of Tuition Costs at UTK for an Average Student over a Ten Year Period (PDF format) June 26, 2007 (Word .doc format)

Letter to the Knoxville News Sentinel regarding tuition costs at UTK Text file - June 27, 2007

UT Priorities and Encouraging Support from the Legislature

Memo from Hank Dye, UT Vice President Public and Government Relations February 21, 2007

Note to all UTK Faculty from Louis Gross on Encouraging Support from the Legislature February 26, 2007