All-University Faculty Meeting Minutes - May 11, 2004
Alumni Hall, Alumni Center
The meeting was convened at 1pm
1. Approval of the Minutes of October 15th 2003
The Minutes were duly approved.
2. Report by Richard Karp, Chair of the Faculty Senate
Chair Karp reviewed the major events of the past year: He thanked all the members of the Senate Cabinet at this, his last All University Faculty meeting as Chair of the Senate. He noted that the focus of the meeting was the presentation of awards to recognize the achievement of faculty.
3. Report by Nancy Zimpher, President of the University of Cincinnati
Dr. Zimpher congratulated faculty award recipients past and present and thanked Senate members and members of the audience for a busy and productive year. Dr. Zimpher particularly thanked the Faculty Senate Cabinet for a “good open relationship”. Dr Zimpher also thanked Provosts Henney and Perzigian for their forthcoming joint presentation.
4. Report by Provosts Henney and Perzigian
Dr. Anthony Perzigian, Senior Vice President and Provost of Academic Affairs and Dr. Jane Henney, Senior Vice President and Provost of Health Affairs gave a presentation reviewing the past academic year.
5. Standing Committee Reports
Human Relations Committee
Senator Vuylsteke, on behalf of Senator Prada, gave the report. Please see attached for the full text.
6. Presentation of candidates for Spring Elections
Senator Mezinskis distributed the 2004 Nominations for the All-University Faculty Elections i.e. University Faculty Grievance Committee and At-Large Senators. There were no further nominations from the floor and it was voted to close both ballots. The vote to close the ballot for University Faculty Grievance Committee and the ballot for the At-Large Senators was passed.
7. Presentation of Faculty Awards
Rieveschl Award for Creative and/or Scholarly Works
The award was presented to Dr. Vernon L. Scarborough, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology. Dr. Scarborough was introduced by Dr. Lynne A. Schepartz, Arts and Sciences-Anthropology. Please see attached.
Rieveschl Award for Distinguished and Scientific Research.
The award was presented to Dr. Urmila Ghia, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Industrial and Nuclear Engineering. Dr Ghia was introduced by Dr. Anthony Perzigian, Senior Vice President and Provost.
George Barbour Award for Promoting Good Faculty Student Relations
The award was presented to Dr. David L. Meyer, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geology. Dr. Meyer was introduced by Dr. Arnold I. Miller, Arts and Sciences-Geology. Please see attached.
A.B. Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching
The award was presented to Joy M. Callan, Raymond Walters College, Department of Business and Economics. Evelyn F. Brod Raymond Walters College-Foreign Language, introduced by Professor Callan. Please see attached.
A.B. Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching
The award was presented to Dr. Kirti N. Ghia, College of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Dr Ghia was introduced by Dr. Stephen Kowel, Dean of the College of Engineering.
Dr. Zimpher congratulated each recipient and Dr. Perzigian presented the plaques.
The meeting was adjourned at 2.45pm. Dr. Zimpher graciously hosted a reception immediately following.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Angela E. Myatt, Secretary Faculty Senate.
ATTACHMENTS:
Introductory Remarks by Arnold Miller of Dave Meyer as Recipient of the Barbour Award
President Zimpher, Members of the Faculty, and Friends:
I am thrilled to be here today, to introduce Dave Meyer as this year’s recipient of the George B. Barbour Award.
It is probably inevitable that, on occasions such as this one, we have a tendency to look back and marvel at the passage of time, trying to remember when and where we met someone, and when they became important influences in our lives. In this case, I had a little bit of help jogging my memory, because it turns out that Dave and I became colleagues just a few months before the last cicada emergence, when I joined the faculty here during the 1986-87 academic year. Luckily, Dave and I were both in the Bahamas for a two-week stint during the height of the swarm that year, so this will our—or at least my—first real experience with this incredible event.
But it turns out that I got to know Dave a few years before I arrived at UC. I first got to talk with him one-on-one in 1982, when I was a graduate student at Chicago and, as luck would have it, we found ourselves sitting next to each other on a bus ride during a geological field trip in central Indiana. At that first encounter, I was struck by Dave’s willingness to chat with me at length on a wide range of subjects, even though I was a nobody. At the time, I certainly was not the kind of person who would walk up to eminent professionals and engage them in conversations, but, somehow, Dave helped me to overcome this shyness. When I interviewed for the job at Cincinnati some three years later, I already knew that Dave was someone I would truly enjoy working closely with, and I credit much of my own success at Cincinnati to his mentorship.
I bothered to describe my first encounter with Dave because, strikingly, several people who wrote letters in support of his nomination reported very similar experiences. Dave Meyer is a remarkably nice and generous person who goes out of his way to share his geological knowledge with anyone who seeks his guidance. But I don’t want to leave the impression that he sits in his office, simply fielding requests that come his way. More than just about anyone I know on the faculty, Dave is a proactive member of the community within and beyond the University and, given his expertise, it stands to reason that part of his activity in the community relates to geology. To note just a few examples, Dave has worked for years as a close advisor of a prominent local amateur organization of paleontologists, the Dry Dredgers; he has played a prominent role at regional geological expositions, such as the Cincinnati Gem and Mineral Show; he has advised the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History on a myriad of programs and exhibits; he routinely gives lectures to grade school audiences; and he has even advised the City of Sharonville on the development of a public fossil park.
What makes his extensive community involvement particularly relevant for the Barbour Award is that Dave has worked very hard to involve undergraduate and graduate students in virtually all of these efforts. This has played an extremely valuable role in the training and development of all our students, especially given the growing importance attached at the University to community involvement and public awareness, as evidenced, for example, by the inclusion of a social responsibility plank in the general education initiative. Many of us in the Sciences have been scratching our heads about how to help our students become more socially aware and active. Dave has helped to show us the way.
In so many other ways, Dave has played a central role in mentoring a very large number of students at all levels who have gone on to successful careers in geology. He has an innate ability to help his students become genuinely excited about what they do. He routinely takes students with him on field trips to far-flung places in the tropics, where they get to share, in particular, his love for all sorts of things that live underwater. Of course, there is no substitute for this kind of expeditionary learning, but, just as importantly, the fully immersive, informal nature of these trips adds immeasurably to the sense of community in our program. And, regardless of the venue, Dave is a born optimist, and he is very effective at conveying a feeling of enthusiasm to his students.
Amazingly, despite the large amount of time that he devotes to students and to the community, Dave has had quite a successful career as a research scientist, and he enjoys a strong international reputation among paleontologists. In fact, it is his basic knowledge about geology and fossils, so evident in his work, that adds to the richness of his encounters with a wide variety of people.
For nearly three decades, Dave Meyer has devoted his energies selflessly to the development and well-being of his students, formal and informal, at the University and throughout the Greater Cincinnati community. To my knowledge, he has never been recognized by the University for this work, not that he has ever given the slightest hint that he expects such recognition. This makes his receipt of the Barbour award all the sweeter.
It is my pleasure to introduce to you this year’s recipient of the Barbour Award, David. L. Meyer.
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Introductory Remarks by Lynne A. Schepartz of Vernon Scarborough as Recipient of the George Rieveschl Award for Outstanding Creative and Scholarly Works
Vern Scarborough began his career at UC in 1988, and in the course of the last fourteen years he has produced five books and numerous articles, book chapters, and technical reports. Vern’s field of research is archaeology, and principally the study of the ancient Maya, but describing him as such does not do justice to the breadth and scope of his scholarly excellence and the impact of his research. More appropriately, he should be described as the leading scholar in the study of ancient and present-day water systems. The year 2003 was an especially good one for Vern’s scholarship, as several notable projects were published. The Flow of Power, from the School of American Research Press, showcases the global knowledge of water management that he has attained over the course of his career. In this work Vern presents a broad-based comparative study of present-day and ancient water management. He lays out a comprehensive theoretical basis for understanding the importance of regulated water systems for the development and sustaining of human societies and human economies. Another 2003 book, co-edited with Valdez and Dunning, is Heterarchy, Political Economy, and the Ancient Maya from the University of Arizona Press. The papers in this volume apply cutting-edge theoretical perspectives on heterarchy (that’s stratified and locally diversified systems of authority and management to the rest of us) to the Mayan region and challenges prior arguments that focused on strictly hierarchical models. Also among his accomplishments in 2003, Vern was solicited to write a leading commentary article for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that he entitled “How to Interpret an Ancient Landscape”. These recent path-breaking books, articles and professional activities are the culminating efforts of a prestigious research program that is also reflected in Vern’s three earlier books: Economic Aspects of Water Management in the Prehispanic New World in 1993, Archaeology at Cerros, Belize, Central America, Volume III: The Settlement System in a Late Preclassic Maya Community in 1991 and The Mesoamerican Ballgame, also in 1991.
Vern is also an active field worker with a history of research in Belize, Bali, the American Southwest and Pakistan. He has received a large number of grants and has a strong record of external research and scholarly awards. These include an extremely competitive and sizeable multi-year field research award from the National Science Foundation and a highly coveted Weatherhead Fellowship from the School of American Research in Santa Fe.
One outstanding aspect of Vern’s scholarship is his appreciation of the benefits of cross-disciplinary perspectives and collaborative research. He has a long-term and productive collaboration with Nick Dunning of UC’s Department of Geography. His research with Stephen Lansing, a University of Arizona cultural anthropologist studying the social and ritual organization of Balinese society, resulted in several co-authored papers on ritual and water regulation in that complex rice cultivation system. Vern also forged a strong intellectual bond with our colleague cultural anthropologist Barry Isaac (now Professor Emeritus), and this resulted in the often-cited Economic Aspects of Water Management in the Prehistoric New World.
As these accomplishments attest, Vern is one of the leaders of his profession and a valuable colleague to international scholars and those of us at UC. I am pleased to recognize his record of scholarly excellence with the George Rieveschl Award for Outstanding Creative and Scholarly Works.
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Introductory Remarks by Evelyn Brod of Joy Callan as Recipient of the Dolly Cohen Award:
Good afternoon.
I am delighted and honored to have the privilege of introducing to you my colleague, Joy Callan, Professor of Management in the Department of Business and Economics at Raymond Walters College. Joy is this year's recipient of the coveted and prestigious Mrs. A.B.(Dolly) Cohen Award for excellence in teaching, UC's highest teaching honor and the oldest such award in Ohio. Joy is the seventh honoree from Raymond Walters College since the inception of the Cohen Award in 1961, and she is receiving this award today after several previous nominations. Joy holds an M.B.A. from the University of Cincinnati. She is a member of various honorary societies, and has received an NDEA grant as well as other grants and scholarships. During her 24 years at RWC Joy has published numerous articles on economics, women and computers, and women in security management in professional journals both here and abroad. She has presented papers at professional conferences, served on panels, been on department, college, and university committees, holding office on several. In her department Joy Callan teaches Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Business Applications, Management Information Systems and Business Math. She has developed courses such as Women in the Business World.
Now I can see your eyes starting to glaze over. Here come the real reasons Joy stands before you today. Why is the Dolly Cohen Award so unique and significant? It is important because nominations for the Award come directly from our students. It is important because it requires that the honoree foster self-confidence, and a positive self-concept in students; because the awardee must lead students to be self-directed learners; because the recipient must maintain high but attainable standards of performance and demonstrate sensitivity to individuals and to multicultural needs. The Dolly Cohen Award stands out because the person who receives it must respect the diversity of opinions and experiences of students; must demonstrate creative approaches to teaching; must have successfully taught a variety of courses; and last, but in my opinion, foremost in this list of requirements, it demands that the honoree be committed to teaching and regard teaching as the primary function of the university. Thus, Joy Callan's accomplishment of having risen to this pinnacle today is even more impressive. As one of her colleague's observed, "Joy's achievement in an open-enrollment college teaching a subject described as the 'dismal science' is remarkable." Joy teaches 36 credit hours per academic year. Listen to what so many of her students say about her.
1. "After her class I can actually...have an intelligent conversation with anyone."
2. "She even has students listening to the news on a daily basis (by our own choice)."
3. "She creates a challenging atmosphere."
4. "I'd regret missing a class because they are so knowledge packed."
5. "She gives hard tests--must really apply yourself. [Next sentence]: Very enjoyable teacher."
You were expecting a complaint!
6. "I would like to thank her for believing in her students while maintaining a high bar of standards."
7. "She has a diverse style of teaching that allows her to reach all students."
8. "She teaches with enthusiasm and loves her work with students."
I don't think I have ever seen the following adjectives and descriptions jump off the page so repeatedly: best, wonderful, awesome, enthusiastic, dynamic, exciting, superb, fun, enjoyable, great teacher, funny, creative, wonderful, wonderful (two of them, like the song).
I think you get the message. As a student stated, Joy Callan is nothing but the best.
Dr. William Arthur Ward said:
The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
Joy, it is an honor to call you colleague. You are an inspiration, truly a teaching joy.
Congratulations!
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Report from Human Relations Committee
Prof. Jorge Prada, Chair of the Human Relations Committee, regrets that pressing responsibilities in the College of Medicine prevented his attendance at this meeting.
Prof. Prada asked me as a Committee member to report on the Committee's success in presenting a motion at the March 11, 2004 Senate meeting. The details of that motion appear in the Senate minutes: They include the provision for electing representatives of the adjunct faculty to the Senate by means of technology assuring the inclusiveness of all eligible adjuncts. This motion passed by the Senate in March addressed concerns raised at various times since adjunct faculty were first admitted to the Faculty Senate under the leadership of then-Faculty Chair Prof. Lanthan Camblin in consultation with another former Faculty Chair, Prof. David Lee Smith.
-- Submitted by Les Vuylsteke
11 May 2004
For the All-University Faculty Spring Meeting
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2004 Nominees for All-University Faculty Elections
At-Large Senators
4 vacancies (two-year terms)
College Discipline
Marla Hall CAS Psychology
Don Meismer RWC Biology
Jan Neal RWC Nursing
Jorge Prada Medicine OB/GYN
Les Vuylsteke Univ. Libraries Ref./Res. Svcs.
Remaining At-Large Senators
Michelle Conda CCM Keyboard
Carl Huether A&S Biol. Sciences
Andrea Kornbluh RWC History
Dan Langmeyer A&S Psychology
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University Faculty Grievance Committee
7 vacancies (two-year terms)
A&S (1 to be elected)
Harold Fishbein Psychology
Laura Nabors Psychology
John Kalubi African American Studies
West Campus Professional (this includes OCAS, CBA, CCM, DAAP,
(1 to be elected) Education, Engineering, Law, or Social Work)
Harriett Bebout Education
Anastasios Ioannides Engineering-Civi & Env. Eng.
Lawrence Mazlack Engineering- ECECS Dept.
Medicine (2 to be elected)
W. James Ball Pharm. & Cell. Biophys.
Diann Bridenbaugh Anesthesiology
Linda Chernus Psychiatry
Laura Conforti Internal Medicine
Mary Beth Genter Environmental Health
James Schmidt Internal Medicine
Tariq Siddiqi OB/GYN
Libraries of the University (1 to be elected)
Stephena Harmony Raymond Walters College Library
Mark Palkovic CCM Library
At-Large Tenured (1 to be elected)
Rita Hessley CAS - Chem. Tech.
Janine Hartman A&S - Romance Lang, Lit./
Womens’ Studies
Ralph Meyer A&S - Biology
Frank Wray RWC- Biology
At-Large Untenured (1 to be elected)
Asad Dalia Allied Health- Rehabil. Sciences
Jamey Frasure College of Nursing-Nursing
Shanil Juma Allied Health- Nutrition Sciences
Helen Meyer Education-Secondary Science Teacher Ed.
Remaining University Faculty Grievance Committee Members
Judy Dulin Untenured At-Large Nursing
Jan Fritz West Campus Professional DAAP – Planning
Judy Laver Nursing/Pharmacy/Allied Health Nursing
Kurt Neuwirth Tenured At-Large A&S - Communication
Raymund Pun Medicine, untenured Medicine – Molecular & Cell. Phys.
Charles Sidman Medicine, tenured Medicine – Molecular Genetics
Barbara Wenner Two Year Colleges A&S – English
(elected from University College)
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