TEXT OF
PRESIDENT McCORMICK'S April 14,
2006 RESPONSE TO SENATE RESOLUTION ON SUPPORT FOR CHAIR OF
THE UNIVERSITY SENATE:
I
am writing in response to the University Senate’s
Resolution on Support for the Chair of the University Senate, which was
approved at its September 30, 2005 meeting.
My administration accepts the
recommendation with one
emendation, that course relief provided for service as chair of the
Senate must
be subject to approval of the Chair and Dean of the incumbent’s
department and
school, respectively. This qualification
should be included to prevent an undue burden on a department that for
reasons
of size or specialization could not effectively meet its
responsibilities to
its educational and scholarly missions without the services of the
individual
in question. With this, we concur that
the recommendation will encourage participation of our faculty in the
leadership of the Senate and will strengthen this institution within
the university
community.
Richard L. McCormick