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| Vol. 18, No. 10 | Nov. 5, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 10 | Nov. 5, 1998 |
At its November meeting, the University Faculty Senate approved a new concentration in physical ocean science and engineering and disestablished one in applied ocean science.
After consultation with an external panel of physical ocean scientists and ocean engineering faculty from UD's College of Engineering, the faculty of the College of Marine Studies voted to create a focused academic program in coastal physical oceanography and ocean/coastal engineering. Key subjects of the new program will be coastal engineering, ocean acoustics, estuary and shelf physical oceanography, air, sea and sediment interaction and other aspects of marine physics.
The senators also sent back to the Coordinating Committee on Education a proposal for the automatic termination of provisional programs that had not achieved permanent status or extensions before their approval period expired. The resolution was returned for other solutions.
Under announcements for challenge, the senators approved some course revisions and a number of name changes for Ph.D. specializations within the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. A change in the wording of minimum GRE scores for the art conservation program provoked some discussion when a senator asked if this was "lowering the bar" for a premier program. Debbie Norris of the Department of Art Conservation said the wording change was similar to that used by other departments and allowed more emphasis to be placed on the applicant's experience, recommendations and grades.
Senators also approved a name change for the Longwood Graduate Program to the Longwood Program in Public Horticulture.
Before the regular meeting, David E. Hollowell, executive vice president, brought the senators up-to-date on construction and renovations on campus.
Buildings currently under renovation include Memorial and Townsend halls and Bayard Sharp Hall (the historic former St. Thomas Episcopal Church). Under a five-year plan, residence halls on the Mall are undergoing renovations, and the utility infrastructure is being modernized on the north campus with consolidation of the boilers and chillers into a central system.
Hollowell said other campus buildings that will undergo renovation in the future include the Carpenter Sports Building, Wolf Hall, the north wing of Brown Laboratory, the Hollingsworth Building, Mechanical Hall, the computing center on Wyoming Road and the building housing the Institute of Energy Conversion on Wyoming Road. Planned new construction includes the expansion of Du Pont Hall and a storage facility for the library. By the year 2000, "everything built before 1950 will have had a major overhaul," Hollowell said.
-Cornelia Weil
