THE GEORGE \T/ASHINGTON TINIVERSITY S7ashington, D.C. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FACULTY SENATE HELD ON FEBRUARY 10,2012 IN THE STATE ROOM Present: President Knapp, Provost Lerman, Registrar Amundson, and Padiamentadan Chamovitz; Deans Batratt, Feuer, Goldman and Johnsonl Ptofessors Barnhill, Brand-Ballard, Castleberry, Cordes, Cotry, Dickson, Fairfax, Galston, Garis, Greenberg, Harrington, Kessmann, Klafen, McAleavey, Newcomet, Parsons, Price, Rehman, Shesser, Simon, Williams, \Pirtz, and Yezet Absent Interim Dean Akman, Deans Berman, Brown, Dolling, Eskandarian, and Guthrie; Ptofessors Helgert, Flotez, Ku, Lipscomb, and Wilmath CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to otder by President Knapp at 2:15 p.m. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES The minutes of the meeting held on December 91z}llwere approved as distributed. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS No tesolutions were introduced. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UNIVERSITYS SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY AND CORRESPONDING PROCEDURES Provost Lerman telated that, on Aptil 4, 2011, the University rcceived new guidance from the Department of Education concetning changes it expected all Univetsities to make in their policies to bring them into compliance with Title IX. Most of the guidance centered around what colleges must do to prohibit, investigate and redress incidents of sexual assault, which is now considered a form of sexual harassment. The University's Title IX Cootdinatot is Vice Provost Terri Flards Reed, and she has been leading the effott to achieve policy compliance by drafting proposed changes. A working group that includes University Counsel has been formed and has been at work for quite some time. Compliance will tequire changes to two policies: student iudicial procedures set fofth in the Guide to Student Rights and Responsibilities, and the University's Sexual Ffatassment Policy. Draft changes to these policies were submitted to the Department of Education in mid-December, and the expectation was that the Depattment would provide a response within thitty to sixty days. The process has moved along more quickly than anticipated and the exchange of draft policies is now in its third \., Faculty Senate Meeting, February l0r20lz Page2 iteration' Ptovost Letman said that vice Provost Reed is doing an outstanding job coordinating this effoft, particulady-since the guidance teceived }rom the Department eoxuptelincteasti oonbs iewcitlilv ebes ,o bf tuhte dUoneivse rnsoityt .always pro,rii" "[.t"r clear guidance on what the AsEcaptocdrxuoamoedcdpcemeetunesmettdissTvni 'c hett(a ahs eFsrttc oyu rsohe udeoamegenndshnam o t ttp emlhiiertu eot Egde( puFxBieoclelao aiscfarraeou alr durtsdpi nvs rccoemiohovc faneece nnsrrodstgitmudu ietPresysmeor ,tsa peli itttcithietneoyoes ne t" c. h p. hhbe.ooasa ylnnGs"i cg c.t"by.heue e seiT cie)et hh,nh c ae "teobonr rrIgD-rsiJeeaitei,ofsfteipt at"sda.t "o" rrJwotr omtnt ihil nRelote tnhibn g tecte h wo pootfmsorofno r mgaEwdfeonodiatsditcnurse dugcRieeom ae dnptseo iaroponftl o nogtFEs n ratte shtewchsietbusoiu ci lluSrtoisytnleif de s naats ahnnbi)tti.ddeess tTchhheae rn icggohemts 'tm oT itahtpeepe Brsoo vwaeri ldol rpo dtfo isrvraiudpsept retohevesei t i asrne tych opem oulmilctieymn cadhtaera iornn"t.g re,**o.i t,y-rrr . oin.r trh"e-s,ei; ;pHol;ic ies, bethcea upsreo piot sheads Ptofessor Parsons asked about the nature of the policy changes involved. ptovost lrpsL:igetLeuhrt'dpm:ts;eera tnt:rnoat" otiiocnu hrfd oaatihrcrnmuiidsaca rttrde hepoiepzrn reoer,cd isgae ehntshntdsgtee s dms oia ff ft eahtshsreue erbsn eisptg teianrsrrpisrf ptioaciernnara .nlb - ctarr,hiis ng"nyagiomlnitnt.g m.ge.- e idnattirr't ycroi i.or"6bim'a*erlp"rt.wy laF ieison"t rtha, . ce e,Thxh uiahe:mn v"i ripvn;igle;ge;hr ,.s s"tiiys rnmy o smhifroaa emtnvthrdeeyer edoi nsiaff f letteGhhrgeWeeessnredest whptyaripotvnicecee aasdl lsurvyi'rg iecnhsseoht, tota Poubl ltleeiodngev vetnoehd sseI t ty ciPgR ocaamehtreiotpvrdoel-a st ogiemnb attashonetee trbsr vi ecaewo rdasmi dpttph hahtaeatatyyi,vn edutin ;on t h tdthneheoe .rt. li"phil"";arreriv;i.se;l,e'; q.ant6rc,tr c pierrs'oi*sstc io tleo t hdbm eaueet r ceaapon,r em pttshahpeea$rna t,t at.icanlloeathmgneetp.rd la utivnhniacadntneitm sriu nwshetai wlasl made aPvatoilvaobslet Ltoe rcmomanp laaidndaendts t hisa tt huantd oeft mtheed ciautriorenn.t uS"edxu;a;-l ,Hi;a-r;a;s;'som"eiin"tr ,p olicy, an option ltofuneg efro rb eh aarna osspmtioenn ta cnads esstu, dbeuntt wiuhdeicni atrh ep rcoocensdsu mctu esst cbaela itnevso tkoe ds.exual violenc,ier,r ; twhiisfl wstiilllt nboe iurtteesnsv itvpihseoiirrnodsdnP itei rytopde fh rreotaasosctsi ooeathrnsl tee'sc aa ' udsvyntli eicvtebeeser prsProiytrny od,avseso dkDs ette odRc tefehomeet dbDm ecero oprsneauf ribitrnmmmfoeeisrndmst i.oa thTnti hao"untt s t,oh tttneh. e tD hedeernp adtafitm fiontmegf l eiJnpnareont cufoeoasfrrs y E t,hi sdae unn cpodaow tlit iohcineny P^tofessot castleberry noted that the rime frame left fEiconsideration jff;|il: and its committees is quite short if .h. pori"y changes are to be finarized bbyy vice PrePsriedseindte nfot rK Ftl"upmpa nin Rtroesdouucrecdes asnadb rwinealc oEmlliesd, wthhoe in"e"w te.s.t. maetm GbWer foorf ahpisp rsoexnimioar tesltya ff, a Faculty Senate Meeting, Febtuary 1012012 Page 3 month. Ms. Ellis came to the University ftom her previous role as an Assistant Vice President of City College, which is now a part of the CUNIY system. Prior to that she worked at New York Univetsity, after working in the pharmaceutical industry. Ms. Ellis thanked the Senate for the oppottunity to speak briefly. She said that her work in the pharmaceutical industry had given her an oppotunity to wotk with researchers, and this proved a very good ttaining gtound for her later work in higher education. She observed that reseatchers are very focused on their wodg and prefer not to take time from their research activities to deal with administrative minutiae. She added that she was able to bring this perspective to both of the universities, and it ptoved quite beneficial. Ms. Ellis said that working with faculty has been one of the things she has enioyed most about her career in higher education. Universities have one of the most highly- educated and intelligent work fotces, and faculty members tend to have very high expectations of Fluman Resources staff. Ms. Ellis said she hoped to be a very good partner and ally to the faculty, and would work to develop a very good and strong telationship in assisting faculty to accomplish the academic mission of the University. Ms. Ellis noted that Human Resoutces in a higher education environment is a very diffetent service delivery model when HR staff are working with faculty as opposed to working with staff alone. It is important to eliminate a lot of the layers faculty have to negotiate that take them away from their primary academic pursuits. Fluman Resources can help to eliminate layerc by bringing in talent to the organization. In addition to gathering data to support adminisftative processes such as accurate record-keeping, benefits planning is a significant part of the Fluman Resoutces mission, as is providing assistance in navigating complex processes that can be unfamiliar intimidating, ,nd overwhelming. The role of Fluman Resources is to provide expertise and assistance, so that a positive experience can occur. In terms of benefits planning, Ms. Ellis said that February marks the beginning of the process of planning for next year. This involves looking at the entire benefits portfolio to ensure that the University's offerings are competitive. Claims experience from the prior year is also reviewed. There are two Committees that Ffuman Resources works with as the benefits planning process moves forward: the Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC), which includes faculty representation, and the Senate Committee on Appointment, Salary and Promotion Policies, (ASPP) whose Chair, Ptofessor Gupta, also serves on the BAC. Ms. Ellis said she had alteady met with membets of the ASPP Committee and hoped very soon to have the opportunity to meet with the BAC. Professor Yezer said that he had found it useful to consult a fee-based financial plannet, and had suggested this might be offered as a benefit for faculty. There are a number of very good fee-based planners in the Washington Metropolitan atea, and he asked if this benefit is one Ms. Ellis had encountered elsewhere. Ms. Ellis noted that GIV presently offers non-fee-based financial planning resources thtough two of its vendots, TIAA-CREF, and Fidelity. The possibility of ptoviding a fee- based benefit to faculty was raised at a recent ASPP meeting, and Ms. Ellis said she and a number of her partners in the Benefits Office would look into it. \-, Faculty Senate Meeting, February lO,Z0l2 Page 4 GENERAL BUSINESS I. is incluPdteodfe swsiotht ctahsetslee b-eirrrryi .p..r esented trh*e" -Rre.ip;o;"rt; ;o'if. pthoe rEt xecutive committee; the Repott Affairs committee of the Board of1 rrr,.. "te"" tr";;.,lng presengte, d to the Academic the Executive committee Report) is also incru"die d wirr, ,rr.r" Fmeibnruutaersy. 2q12(referenced in II. PROVOST'S REMARKS waunnitdihv edthrinsePin tyreSo'rsesv n onahsetaetwv 'L e T-e sbhttemreae tansenl geh iecper tiPlondlgva; i"ndc 'e *"-*d;H-Y ieaf] t i:epboer,ri:. ei9.hf a rushp ardM.t a.t,ht: e.e" , foip.f.nirrro irnt".h.rg.e"" wppelfaoengk frheyas, ssa naodlr,fe aafsodeyrrmi ebsue eloanft ifnsohrgua mrtehsde departments' schools and admini"i*ri"" arso been held with several binef ofromr athdeo ns ttroagteegthice tP afannd. adned' e*bhfy .a cirorh.e riueann.it.r s"t o.s or;;" t;-h".a;r'it; -itrsiiew -shtea"tt nitg t hcinok*sm thiie-" r"h ecmouetsd sghaothueldr editing stage, as^ a backdrop- pr.p"rrtior, document, which is in the final ":ra piece for chatging and populating to move into the ,,.*t pi"rrrrirrg .'t"g., *rri"r, *iu rI four [rtf-::"f:*: condu'cieo during the faculry Tmheemseb efrosu rfr owma rekian;gh girr orui'p"s- rw"rirllo in"rcrlu,-d;e;- fra;-c;ujlit y, including senate members, and order to incrude faculty who have a th;;;;"eisns ,a representadve mode, but in theacveei vien tae rseestt oifn c ohnaerg oef qthuee s"t"ior." . *.tt "oi"ort.,in t*. fif]ot;rr, t.f JuPrthl,"e. i," ,ai..Jrl,.iiloltph-ee nwt. hEo aacrhe *thoorutigrhgt fuglr,o ourp wwh,oI represent its thinking about some of the maior issues and luestisotnese rtinhgf *coormt miigitt egero ubpersie wveilsr l":::f:i,'JfilSi#xj|;.mm"*l*m?:[:?.t,"p.*,r*.,uiio'i"n.,,rry"nJ gaihered at the end or ,.hi. 1;+',;]rod.r"" ,"ri., oi;1i[X:"'"'ffflffxf:J],::i pros and cons for rhe various iaels that appear i"n the charge questions. processwesh itloe gthaeth wero rinkpinugt gwriothup tsh ea rBe odaerldib oerta rtirnrgi.,t "th.;e, ;slt;e ering commiftee wilr be running fPoreusti dwenotsrk ainngd sgtruodupesn,i g- rboruopasd' earr i.rrru""dglrn, tt no.rp"i noi'ioun L wl.riJlt .rbrDe, e rsaenopsru,e gsveihcntet.a tpIiornon v ooasndt sde aitacinohd no ,fv itchee ljT:[T'f::,il:*::;:*,*. in the "r,,,,J "o,,.,.,",iio,-,r,,, the ileas tr,"t *o,ri,,s sroups BpI'n roipmautadts r iyona nnfpodcuce utp 's tte howpivsaie IptIte l?at hb,n"ern i "eisn"fu gin. m"gs"t a"min"g"feeyo tiirs"m;g ;ca; oktitimo; ""np l e,frtope-r,, otth-haeea tnSeto et"ehJriin-nikgr'i tncrgoum satmbeoietutest e t h."werr lp"l rrisa-onirr,,t at;hn,rrdor rut.og. h sT ethheeek a-draftpran willb" the PIan will be presented at rhe fall.Facult}-il;il compreted, and it is expected porpepseonrttuedn itayt tthoe aOsckt oqbueers tBioonastd a mnde estiunbgm. it furthlr;;;; osno irth.a tT fhaec upltLyn w willi , haalvseo baen I Faculty Senate Meeting, February l0,Z0lz Page 5 esesntaabtelis Pwhrehodev noto si ttg Laisteh tfemirn. aafnul 'r sthIate idwr ihinlle p awulstoo. u Iblnde cspohonasctteleu dst hioeenl e,m cptorrosotnv iroceasctlel yLn,et arpmnlada nnen lsienacgi6d odhnoeicc wu fmooureulndmt wsw ewiltchiol lm thbeee :*?l,i::I::.."r:: discuss the'plan as it moves tir""gi tr,. pr",,iiig ,,"g". in the spring Professot v,liams asked about the focus of the four working groups to abseanettstedcetaoa ngsmbgo' letwvihs ehshtrrni eucaalhdnyn ' d ctghPe wre,te oe aisnvattok teoensevretdde sknirss gtetcmh sicpe, ao.linanmnena mxdrsty iawt tteicedhnoe a rey itaa ehibcta"o h,fb sr iage.h trliTioooehunv..epesn ,s f w oab"unoardr,us etldhdi"e " omd."ar d.itr"ircrd. . aia,pa srs.eos aentshse sea mo reffeo ngfuotln ouodbrra atbtliiiio"zo naau toinfoo invtrhe , eGrpsmwoitaly,i ctrbtisoyce "itir.rrrt pafcotigvritaiemPstm osfaeetlsiecsc otsert drBu facotrunr rhtehi,ll e ta hSsetkt eafedtes ogtouicf c weP_hI larnet qewux.i]tr{ee nmbt ;ea n; r;p..,e; "r,"s"r pre.rcrt.irv.e p wroiliel cbteio npsro avnidde dh oown tthhee * alized. and funded. This is L$i:lT# :lf' set a sense or th" feasibility or'a"trrlty """o-fii.r,i"g ,r," obiectives Pthlaen t htheamPtr eowsvi IohI sactv oLene sbrimdeeearnn m dseeavtirdeic ltoshp iasen dpd-a . rreTt shooefu rtrehc ee*s ip.uro cre" sso nweo lualsdt opchcausre l aatfeter,r odnecleib ethtaet iiodenass ounn dtheer \- Given the university's investment in technology, professor Barnhill said wondered why that is not a topic that rose into the list- of the top four thematic he wiaPnhrtsoeetvinatou sstthi'to eTLn ceawhrlm oacr aghoneat hnsqeaugriee dds-' ttimhiToisnhe seni s sawsiroueane yf s ipni neat orlwviz ahebdidece.h se ttxhhpe.l" or"re es"deo a*irncph "t h;a;en"d ;t; he edamull cfaaittt iictoo nga ercetohamesr p aworneilel nobtue tocroef mathceeh a c rpelaelaanasdn.r III. CHAIR'S REMARKS campusP rthesei dpeanstt Kthnraepep d naoyste, da tttheantd Binoga rcdo wmemekit theaed ; ;iu"s;;t .c oncluded. Trustees have been on taunitdio tnh ef oftu tlhl eB noeaxrdt amcaedeetimngic oynea Fr ti,id saetf.. This is the meetiig oinn evaecdhn eysedaar,ys cayncdle r hinu twsdhaicyh, the senPattees. idHeen ts *a1id" tfh0a t owffheetend h b.a .crlrlTgrr.o"du nodn iAnufogtumsar tti,o n;; ;f;o,rh t:h,mosee tf aculty members new to vaell roy f ntheeg avtiivcee pPrreesssid ceonvtse rtaog dei sbceucsasu sthee i tisss utuei toiof n6 wha'sd tcuriotisosne..d Tthhee tuhnttehivsaeht rosvreitdyr"y o wffi arsst rdeacye iwvinitgh wrpyereomicaueatl 'di naw enbdhde a gintnu o wag raiaonsnco trmdee eaissdsts eaia nnoigddr rifpn"trorg omt.gh ts"ate hmcvaoestu r cawrosle evarei peor papir guo,eratp wci nthaoteos s tr piet"loac. " oiEyhg "ens" oirta i,otf hfnfoor trt,,dh ,ararobtr ,ai wlc.i.rhogyenr-naitri ndrt.huur.aia ntt* gew" r sa"s-t;tuou d9dede5ove0nnen,te0stlos0, pt0fhwi xeephedreoed,r fainxde dth etuseit iwoenr ep droisgcurassmed a wnidth i nthcere naosaer afu, nwd-hrai9ihs in"pg'p fro"r*-Jitu}rd"e-.n t GaWid wboyu lmd emaanins taoinf tthhee I Faculty Senate Meeting, February l0r Zltz Page 6 establishme- nt of the power and prr f!e "ll'o wgs.oh*ipi a"i"d" 'avt- tv-et .a gr ri" na ,pr"-r"" i rd"#i,ltx'eff"i ", r#rIrf.f.i- gff"" i,#l,l"r,rf fi ; ff " :l[T*;,],H." TJ",iil curtently-enrolled students by moderating trition'ilr"r..rr.o moderate the debt burden for f#n::ft,:i',:H:1ffi::ti;;'" t'!t r.ro* ii, As a result, r* """t of the past ^a*. o.,","rr "*ilr",,.na"nce has alecvaedle omTfi chp iprsit ooyrge tayademsa stt,us ii'tn.i ocFnlruo diwnincetgvee ants' e-sb f.o"t" rirn.t.rc rortmh"ie"irnre,g- isstu ad einetes dw iflor rr eamdadinit ioveor"yi cirrro,s.e.. rt*oe nthtse 3 oin/o careet services programs for stu"daei"ngtf this y.r;;";";;*"#rra"l l irrciotis"tt ir., r."r-"rrrJi"irrrr.c eex pansion of ;i':I::'*?i:il1',T:3J,:;i,','i::jj*lttj,'ffJJ*", "r for newly_ *,r "o",oi,,i.J,L"" inc,ease on the graduate level' the university pgrroadsruaamtes .p Ttoh*its'T int- -t-unrans a ffflelectns ",tt,::riy: ,,s:iigEnif;i;chraa"nsitl r;yd: isis"cr o"v*e.rtehd atht aot fo vceorm tipmeed toitrss tufoitrio tnho fsoer gthtaed ugarated ucsaatusteed sel nemtvsoe-arl,en wd,.rhi,mirc"ph r,o rfv,r.er-" " €,.Ir" rJdJf,r"r"g*r"irn "agp,r ro"otgfnr a; ;mth;;ser. ;U;s;onp itveheinsrs ldiybteyii-nl,aisrrg-ry s a tgbor ialpidtryuo avttiodee ta uftiitntrioaancnstc itawhre ilal ibddes saett il;.:-" on what the market can President Kn'pp Athletics Strategic pran.a rlsror ibyd"e"fil y dIIirs.c ugsosuedr at,hfe r B;;o;a;;r,d 's review of the recently compreted Trustee Randy ievine, a member of the Board ,rra p."ri+ntc toefa rtheed Na ecwo myomrkif teyaen ckheaeisre.d bv in varsPitrye ssipdoerntst ,K Tn";p pl" s a:iqd fth a;;t ;t;h.e, A thletica,su pLrro gilr;a-m;;, li,s..1a ssiotuyr,cse of avid interest, not iust nacTtiv:it,iefsJ f*o't: "st'u,d"eTnt:s:, ?inJcllu;d*i:nxg'f. ?i.ilirjr"*gr.:a "i i* rfrrt. r"r""I rr"urtr, andr eveclrrenrersi"sr ,c; eanntde rh. eTahtteh iffi,rx,:{,}T'ilfl signilicant input was received from alumni, *riy;i;;- 1Tffi :Hf the university had not heard scmrleueadmetlbyne'r Tsrt hshi ineso fuic snrt huaivbe eg A.talsoptih .tryrrrhe rad.t iticos nc rTo evv.aee"rr dseeidsry; ;d; ;sru;.p;rrtoi"nrr.rrg s" athh.aiis rv -epa rr"teoh"cremiei s"s.sr; ;ot;rh;i,ia;-i.t" . i "t" rwpth"aresd 1rpanlnagkn e odisn 1 tio3t som uaatt khoerfe st1eu4sr ef,e atrhnoadw,t they need so they w,r ;L'#iffi'J'.ffi:ffi1':: competitior,., have 'o "il"-,i" uaequate accommodations ",rJ and president Kl proiectinethretic;?I"H:'$"hiti:*:!1:":rH:',".'fl j"#;"ff .Tlr:ffr"T ,,?; individuar who is interested i"-r'rr.'."r*re of ,*i."i"rrrle_te-,s measudng resurts' Last fall, oir.rio. i.ro prcgrams, and arso in Mount vernon so they courd spend ,ni took ail 4;5; 0 "rrrr. universityrs varsity athretes to il;:iq lweaadsehrinshgitpo nw aftso mals ho isintocrrui"drre* d". .dir r;.; ;";i;-p .*1rat:ssI :t "or ab:ibeG o,,i tr .t. i",r r,*o,i Jciwr_ras- aeantrhidcl.eatetena" r nhiinsgio "rybp.o r.A'pt acGrraeesdos r gine "r. "" as Faculty Senate Meeting, February lA,Z0l2 PageT possible to serve as leaders and ambassadors in many ways of Gw,s student body as they travel around the country. President Knapp said he thinks t!1 university is in a very good position to develop its athletic Ptogtams as_p-lanned; the goal is for the University to win, both on the field and in the classroom' Mt. Neto and Exeiutive vice Ptesident and Treasu wytatzhave worked ccloomseplay ratobglee tlheevte lt ow ditehv tehleo po tah gerra tdeuaaml sf yin"d thj"eg .Ap-lt1on c oton fbertienigc eG.w's Athleti"" frogrr-s up to a In addition to -the univetsity's sttategic Plan and the Athletics Strategic plan, the Boatd was also bdefed 9i1: developmert of , new plan to change its visual id'entity. Thus fat a- wotking group of 75 individuals undet the teaderchip of-vice president yoles has considered possible changes to the univercity's logo and other matetials to make these more compatible with digital formats and reduce th1 cost of reproduction. Focus groups will be convened in the near future to gather feedback ftom faculty membets and other membets of the University community. In Development news, Ptesident Kn*pp reported that last year the University surpassed its all-time tecord fot fundtaising. Five_ years ago, Gw began to invest seriously ipnrc dvieovueslloyp binege na t hfeu-n cdarsaeis. inTgh iss tyaeffa ra, nthde " rurng"i"gei.r tr"git yt ti.s oon. rtrrai.c km too rme einet faunndd rliakiseint ge xtcheaend hlaasdt year's record, as fundtaising is alrcady ahead of totals at the six-month mark. An v announcement was also made at the Boatd meeting that Trustee James Humphdes has made another million dollar contribution to the Law School. ptesiderit Knapp d the Law school on its. receipt of this gift, and said he thought it was a sign iiut" otrrrrg. rB"to,artradt is increasingly getting. involved in a very_personal way in ihe fundraising process. strong Board engagement is very critical ,. Gw moves into a capital campaign of the magnitude that the University is contemplating. In conclusionr_Ptesident Knapp announced that, after 24 yearc of service, Senior Vice Provost and seniot vice Ptesid"ni ior student and Academic s.rpport services Robet Chetnak has announced that he wilt step down from that position .l"ibcti.re l"rv r. He will spend six months on sabbatical, after which he will teach in the Gtaduate School of Education and Fluman J)evelopment, where he's been a very well regatded and effective teacher for a numbet of yeats. undet Dr. chernak's Ieadership over14 years thete have been- exttaordinary changes in the nature and the stature of the tiniversity. hni. i" teflected in admissions statistics. vhen Dr. chernak arived, the university had 6,000 applications fot admission to undetgtaduate classes. That total has in"reased to 22,000. Selectivity has also imptoved during his tenure in that over 800/o of applicants were admitted when he arrived, and cutrently the University admits 30oh of ,pilir.r,r". other metrics have also improved in terms of applicant SAT scores, and the ,,r-t., of entering freshmen who have graduated in the topl0%o of their classes. During his yeats at the University, Dr. Chernak has also overseen Gw,s athletics Programs, and most recently taken a leadership role in the renovation of the smith Center paantde ntht'es ccoommpmleittteioen porfo tghrea mA ththleatti chsa ss tbraecteogmice Pa lnaant.i oInna tlh me oadreeal, oafn sdt uodveenrste leifne ,t hhee vcerreya wteedl la- regatded colonial Inauguration otientation program for entering freshmen and their Faculty Senate Meeting, February tO, Z0lz Page 8 tybffeoaeearamyl rlosysint luiihdemd'e sepPr'n oetsetr's tsixaD imd ntteete' 'n snctAi thdiK oeesnnm'c"echpaedopk l ah ewsraasaalhldissdiip ehah rialens.v o tAehh iiInosbI su ehatgerocuhnnrmto o asiretd s nhd etatevhasiddel be itneuone-nt d ntithev hmveeae ratss ldoDtieutpyr di.p,ne ocgnnsh to stehhtirb eonol euanp skblryo iyns g ogalren agsam eydtnhs eeotiresrsfo m hfcuii xapsde m uhgdpadi fstutnu sgfbir te oibhoemuinnst ffJ::,1il:HfJl#;,11X,,,T,,Ymty;ti be bu,ding on that in tolording "iaitio,, smacbftiaanhenautectetrdsseeeiuy otirntnllw eietundemysbhsg sstaePdlai ssynmkro tr'gra bo e yte Ptifeh s etewrasfhe oso tnaoaytisftnoiient edom gtbsd t ts hsthrgeehi coeenroer'ar f ge- ufBdsTc , lBotitta htdlh'eoaros e erbrat snyudl teero Ahos dmbr,htetc ,re e atyaa th'reths kndrae nsyeieabnyi ,o m laknetsb "e uvi psutcdwemhe tt rAahin ybtntthed hfe-gfs nafearaai gtyi qco rtln losayufrai slt.deptf cy yecosec o atfo"nhif monpuotoailntmfe, tlmi's"y r,eoa " w aoi " crtrhpibraefeor oopdv.gt iuhei*.i"e.,"tme*rrr w"i- ' uiiri,ispcornrnrres"nrg*i" rn.v yaaeamBhn tnroesfoasddouw it a treEctty hhrcrhxs dieeeaaeeosy.ilvrc prss deH ut,feka urttaIernkilheva re oa ieetsn dwir tao naTlcltiineiydhr.onusisd e,gmhs .g i ottweemea pfl oeb irfvoioios.otnektff uute es wewntoes n aodsh.t shrnro haeykediertt share an interest in their schooia"nrdr"/oorr r"g.a *f.arcku lt;yr r-;.--;L;;"irl , to intefact with rrustees who th-eir r.rro* them better. ttrheem deenvdPeotloeupssi mdtueernnntto Kvoenfra Jt"h Paepn Bsda otiadh tisdh e ho aarsp. ipg ttreetc.a iatllyate sditr .strhe"evrse.er.a irlte h;m;.;a ;"rki.is ,r ai".rnrrdriit oywg as tphaartt itcimulea tltylh ehracp hpays r ob eseene and geographicar scope of #.rr",lf; f,l:;:::l:[i::., the uiiversity is benen;;;;;;; ,,"ry good advice rrom peopre for interParcotfieosns obre P{er-icee1 cfoamcumltye natendd Bthoaatr dsh oef drriuds nteoet sk n,rorw"- bho"rw. , often there are opportunities consideration should be given to providing oppo*.,iiJ;;;, and added thaistre thought talk about what faculty mimbers are doing-a"a "*p.ii"r,"ing iBn othaerdir alanbds faacnudr tiey smeaermchb.ers to Seftohvtaree t nedSisinen gnBnP'a eurstereitsslu'd 'i ddatiehnenndengt t s'a A K Adfanrmntua diiptnt hfP^fueai lsc o ttdubtnailssttieyic o runvaose tfst da"ieno lwatndhca eah"ydt ns al aa.ec,s anTrtdg .-yrieau.emg" aseItirnecs e c sfyaha edaacadiuirr",irmt tiiiy"ota . iin-,nr *tort tofht het".hrer ,epa o Tr Borrhgcuoieasalatsnreds"ie .z sRitaJ a""ut mioostsn- e.ot hyf e ,Aoa d pmcdraeeremvrisicopsauuenssd htcisuhnauesivssrurot 'aeilwanvlnl eagystdsl tyir o n aowns nJg eigptuorha voni nindncee got'lwe s mF oatemmanys c aifatutokt' e lrDitnT yeTeg hsata uetpnwes rA't hseeind osesvesmseien taie ttnroamdcit s hiedoft emorncavrsboe t tie.mowtloronsopm h t h,aiipi eat ,e y"iBnet. "oc.ot lairuPo rdirdnie.e.ttse , Ti r[drar*euu"cinl rstrtirtro e,rxnet ry srwa.u apFistrphcoeh rari onredoucxdlrsa eeitmnead esp'wtistlner"h;ga ,ri cltt.yah ,hh ri sTebrh rte ieut nch srcooeotlemrtuur edesgin haehigetsst, venues where faculty and Board members canis .in atelsroa c;t..;; other suggesrions about other increasPe roinfe sgsroatd Puaritcee tnuoitteiod nth.a st hPete ssiadigdn tt,t K"tn atp.,p h.a;;d; ;m;;e".n tioneadn dth atht atth eorfe mwaonuyld obfe h aenr I I Faculty Senate Meeting, February l0r2llz Page 9 colleagues, at least in columbian college, is that the best way to build a graduate program is to offer mole fesearch assistantships and graduate teaching assistantships. This is really ltohset wstauyd etnot sr ebcerucaitu tshee o bf eas lta scktu odfe fnutnsd. iPngro ofepspioorr tuPnriictiee ss atoid a stthfea cht atdhe omft.en seen how GW has President t"pp said that pat of the goal of increasing the univercity,s research support is to make it possible to do this. succJss in building resources fot the schools will the university can be more genetous in providing ,"r"iirg and research assistantships. fPtarocvtioosnt Loef rtmoatanl sgataidd uthaatet tth"err ipnt,ervei obue, iyu"n"nr-ehle" dh abda g&ln teo ttoh eth sec Bhoooalrsd faonr da aidsk.e Sd titpheant das l ahragveer been fixed for sevetal years at $181000 for graduate students and are no longer competitive. Another $2,000 was provided to increar. tf,.r. stipends to $20,000. The nuirber of funding packages also has been increased. Another enhancement under consideration is increasing ytheear ss uoblsdi dayn dfo nr og rloandgueatt ee slitguidbelen tfso rt oc opvuermchgaes eu nhdeearl tthh einirs upraarnecnets,, ahse malathn yc aorfe t hpelamn. arc ovet 26 ADJOURNMENT - -- Thete being no further business before the Senate, the meeting was adiourned at 3:19 p.m. E frz abet fi A- .Amttnds ort \- Elizabeth A. Amundson Secretary REPORT OF THE EXECUTTVE COMMITTEE 10 February,z0lz Michael S. Castleberry, Chait ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Reootts We have tentatively scheduled Development Vice-Ptesident Morsbetget for the Match meeting where he will present development information and the progress toward meeting the gifitotals fot the SiH and other proiects. In addition' Provost Lerman is expected to pr"rZrr, the annual Core Indicators of Academic Excellence Repofi at the Match meeting. The Report made to the Academic Affairs Committee at its meeting yesterday will be included with the minutes of today's meeting. The Ptovost Pres€nted an update on the strategic planning ptocess, the goais of the Of6ce of the Ptovost, and on Cote Indicators of Academic Excellence (which we will heat at the next Senate meeting)' Thete was significant discussion on the topic of faculty load, differcnces between schools, the impact of"funding and research ptoieci leadership on faculty teachingr etc. The committee was quite interested in the topic and they will be provided further information about these \-, matrtefs. Othet Matterc At its meeting in December, the Executive Committee discussed draft Bylaws of the School of public Heatttr and Health Services submitted by Dean Goldman. Futhet review will take place by the PEAF Committee. In addition, PEAF continues to discuss the issue of Senate representation. There is much discussion on this topic but it is impottant to allow the members of the committee to study the issues before they make recommendations to the Senate. We will keep you apprised of developments in this area. The Executive Committee recommended the following members to serve as membets for the Selection Committees fot the three Trachtenbetg Prizes, as follows: Teaching Professot McAleavey Reseatch Ptofessot Gteenbetg Service Professot Castleberry \-,