The Faculty Council wants the OSU president and provost to affirm in writing a university policy to allow faculty control over curriculum.
Carol Moder, English department head, submitted the request under new business in Tuesday’s meeting.
Moder said that it violated OSU policy to require faculty to give information to the OSU/A&M Board of Regents after the regents approved 15 degree options for OSU-Tulsa.
According to the request, the OSU president, provost and president of OSU-Tulsa would have to agree that “No degree program will be offered at OSU-Tulsa without the approval of relevant departmental or school faculty.”
OSU administration presented updates on athletic construction and hires and the energy saving program at the meeting.
Athletic director Mike Holder said the athletic department has not approached anyone about hiring a replacement for head basketball coach Sean Sutton.
“I haven’t contacted a coach yet, I haven’t contacted a search firm,” he said. “Our No.1 choice would be Bill Self, but I haven’t talked to him yet.”
Holder said he spoke to Boone Pickens often, but the multimillion-dollar donor didn’t affect the athletic department’s decisions.
“There’s been a lot of things written, a lot of things said about athletics and I want to assure you I am in charge over there,” Holder said. “Boone Pickens is one of my best friends and I talk to him a lot, but I make the decisions.”
Holder said the athletic department has bought all the houses from McElroy road to Eskridge street and will donate the land to the university once it is cleared.
Hall of Fame road construction will be done by August 1 at the latest, he said.
David Bosserman, vice president of administration and finance, updated the council on the energy conservation program’s progress.
He said the energy program has saved the main campus almost $1.2 million in five months.
Bosserman said OSU departments are excited about the progress.
“As long as we keep the excitement up, we can keep this going,” Bosserman said. “The goal is to save the university $22 million over seven years. We asked for no utility increase in our budget this year. We are betting on this savings.”
Council members asked whether HB 2513, which would have allowed students with concealed carry licenses to bring guns on campus, was still alive in the legislature.
Chairman Bob miller said, “It’s supposedly dead. The resurrection would take a great deal of trouble.”
The council also sent a recommendation from Jordan Thomas asking for an academic brand for colleges to use instead of the “slanted O” of the athletic brand and approved a recommendation from the Academic Standards and Policies committee clarifying the rules for late drops and withdrawals.
Miller said OSU president Burns Hargis will speak at the general faculty meeting on Tuesday at 3 p.m in the Student Union theater.
He asked the council members to attend and invite their colleagues.
“We talk about self-governance, and then when it comes down to it we don’t put our feet and seats behind it,” he said.
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