Professor’s dual roles bring conflict to senate
By Shane Anthony
Staff writer
Tlie Academic Senate didn’t have
enough members present to vote
Tuesday, but members face an interest
ing question:
What should they do about
President Patricia Kennedy?
Kennedy moved from associate pro
fessor of marketing to College of
Business Administration associate dean
Jan. 4. This caused some Academic
Senate members to fear a conflict of
interest if Kennedy served both as an
administrator and senate president.
She replaced Ronald Hampton,
who she said will teach in the marketing
department. Kennedy will teach one
course each semester during her three
year appointment.
But the move from professor to
administrator raises questions-about
whether or not she can continue as
Academic Senate president.
A motion was made that Kennedy
continue as president for the remaining
four months of her term. But only 44
members of the Senate were present -
not enough for quorum, so members
could not vote.
James Goedert, associate professor
of construction systems technology,
said he had no problem with Kennedy,
but he worried about setting a prece
dent.
Donald Jensen, professor of psy
chology, said he would support letting
President-elect Gail Latta, associate
professor of information services and
libraries, assume the role of president
two months early.
Before the discussion about
Kennedy’s role, the Senate heard from
NU President Dennis Smith, who
spoke, among other things, about the
budget and university goals.
Smith said he would like the univer
sity to be in the top 25 public research
universities in both teaching and
research.
But Nebraska’s financial climate
has pushed the Legislature to keep
spending down.
“I think this year is going to be a
long, hard-fought process,” he said.
Chancellor James Moeser echoed
Smith’s comments, saying the universi
ty could benefit from enrollment
increases.
But tension among faculty mem
bers was evident
Gaigi Roysircar Sodowski, educa
tional psychology professor, said she
and her colleagues feel they are asked to
do a lot with very little.
Moeser said the people of Nebraska
u
I think this year is
going to be a long,
hard-fought process
Dennis Smith
NU president
have always asked for much in return for
very little.
“Isn’t that the nature of our calling?”
he asked.
“No,” Sodowski said. Another sena
tor said the same as Moeser sat down.
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