UNO Faculty Senate

Purpose: Be responsible for encouraging and stimulating campus-wide research efforts; determine procedures for the allocation and distribution of abailable research monies based on criteria designed by the committee. Committee shall make its recommendations for allocation of research monies to the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and shall report its deliberations to the chancellor.

Membership: Thirteen members, of which which one will be a graduate student (selected by the chancellor) and ten from the graduate faculty (selected by the faculty senate). Eight of these faculty members shall be selected in the following manor: one each from the Colleges of Business Administration, Education, Fine Arts, Information Science & Technology, and Public Affairs & Community Service; and one faculty member representing each of the three divisions of the College of Arts & Sciences. The two remaining members will be selected from the faculty at-large, but in no case shall any college have a majority of members serving on the committee. The Dean of Graduate Studies & Research and the Director of Sponsored Programs & Research shall serve ex-officio, without vote. The committee will select its own chairperson.

Resolutions:

Resolution 2919, 5/14/2008: University Committees

j. UCRCA ( University Committee on Research & Creative Activity)

BE IT RESOLVED: that the following three names go forward as three year appointments, from 8/1/08 through 7/31/11, and the following two names as one year replacements, from 8/1/08 through 7/31/09, on the University Committee on Research & Creative Activity (UCRCA):

Lisabeth Buchelt, A&S (Humanities), (to replace Patrice Proulx)

Weiyu Guo, BA, (to replace John Erikson)

Pamela Smith, At Large Member, (to replace Zhenyuan Wang Linda Parker)

AND

Dana Richter-EggersA&S (Natural Sciences) to complete the term for Scott Snyder, who must resign)

Daniel Hawkins, At Large Member, (to temporarily replace John McCarty for one year).

Resolution 2891, 10/10/2007: University Committee on Research & Creative Activity (UCRCA)

BE IT RESOLVED that the following name go forward to temporarily replace Zhenyuan Wang for Fall 2007, on the UCRCA (University Committee on Research & Creative Activity):

Linda Parker, LIB (to replace Zhenyuan Wang as At-Large-Member).

Resolution 2888, 9/12/07: Committees to be filled or completed:

C. University Committee on Research & Creative Activity

BE IT RESOLVED: that, on the University Committee on Research & Creative Activity (UCRCA), the following name go forward to complete the term of Deb Anderson (CPACS), (08/01/06 - 07/31/09):

Ann Coyne (CPACS), 08/01/06 - 07/31/09.

Resolution 2867, 5/09/2007: University Committees

i. UCRCA (University Committee on Research & Creative Activity) (completed 6/6/07 with Lipschultz)

BE IT RESOLVED: that the following names go forward as three year appointments, from 8/1/07 through 7/31/10 on the University Committee on Research & Creative Activity (UCRCA):

Shing-Jye Chen, ED, (to replace Mary Friehe)
Jayaram Betanabhatla, A&S (Social Science), (to replace Melanie Bloom)
Jeremy Lipschultz, CFAM, (to replace Sharon Sobel)
John McCarty, At Large Member, (to replace Dwight Haworth)

Resolution 2841, 91/13/2006: University Committee on Research (UCR) Replacements

BE IT RESOLVED, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following names go forward to temporarily replace for one year Patrice Proulx (A&S, Humanities) through July 31, 2007, and complete Henry Bulley’s (A&S, Sciences) term through July 31, 2009, on the University Committee on Research:

Sue Maher, A&S (Humanities: English) (to replace Patrice Proulx),
Scott Snyder, A&S, (Science: Biology) (to replace Henry Bulley).

Resolution 2829, 5/10/06: University-wide Committees

i. UCR ( University Committee on Research)

BE IT RESOLVED: that the following names go forward as three year appointments, from August 1, 2006, through July 31, 2009 on the University Committee on Research (UCR):

Henry Bulley, A&S (Sciences: Geo/Geol), (to replace Elaine Lahue)

Harvey Siy, IS&T (to replace Sajda Qureshi)

Deb Anderson, CPACS (to replace Karl Kosloski).

And that the following name go forward to complete the term of Timi Barone Barone (Social Science) through July 31, 2007, on the University Committee on Research

Melanie Bloom, A&S (Social Science: Foreign Languages) (to replace Timi Barone)

Resolution 2797, 9/14/05 (University Committees):

f. University Committee on Research (UCR):

BE IT RESOLVED: that the following names go forward as three year appointments, from August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2008 on the on the University Committee on Research (UCR):

Patrice Proulx (Humanities ), Arts & Sciences - Social Science (to replace John McKenna)
John Erickson, BA (to replace Art Diamond)
Zhenyuan Wang, At-large Member (to replace Jeannette Seaberry).

Resolution 2734, 05/05/04: University-wide Committees

G. University Committee on Research

BE IT RESOLVED: that the following names go forward as three year appointments, from August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2007 on the on the University Committee on Research:

Timi Barone (Sociology), Arts & Sciences - Social Science (to replace Mark Rousseau)
Mary Friehe, Education (to replace Thomas Lorsbach)
Sharon Sobel, Fine Arts (to replace Gary Day)
Dwight Haworth, At-large position (to replace Roger Hoburg).

Resolution 2687, 07/02/03

J. University Committee on Research:

BE IT RESOLVED: that the following names go forward as three year appointments, from August 1, 2002, through July 31, 2005 on the on the University Committee on Research:

BE IT RESOLVED: .......that the following name go forward to complete the term of Hesham El-Rewini through 07/31/2003 on the University Committee on Research: Yong Shi. (later changed to Mansour Zand by a misunderstanding of the Office of Sponsored Projects)

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following names go forward as three-year appointments from 08/01/01, through 07/31/04, on the University Committee on Research (UCR):

Mark Rousseau (to replace Roni Reiter-Palmon, A&S, Social Science)
Thomas Lorsbach (to replace John Hill, Education)
Gary Day (to replace Douglas Paterson, Fine Arts)
Roger Hoburg (to replace John Shroder, At-Large)

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following names go forward as three-year appointments from 08/01/00, through 07/31/03, on the University Committee on Research (UCR):

WHEREAS, the University Committee on Research (UCR) has provided valuable seed money for research projects across disciplines, and

WHEREAS, UCR has also offered support for presentation of research results at academic conference by both faculty and students, and

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha urges the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to refrain from any cuts to the UCR budget due to reallocation of funds for the next fiscal year.