Peters Elected Senate President


by Linda Charles

One of the priorities of the new Faculty Senate president 
will be undergraduate education.

"I'm dedicated to improving undergraduate education," said 
Ron Peters, professor of psychology, who was elected 
president during the May 9 meeting.

Other goals Peters listed will be improving communication 
with the administration; working on the diversity 
requirement; ensuring the academic progress of student-
athletes; and improved relationships with the people of Iowa.

Also elected to Faculty Senate posts were Joanna Courteau, 
professor of foreign languages and literatures, as vice 
president, and Jim Hutter, associate professor of political 
sciences, as secretary.

The following Faculty Senate council chairs also were 
elected: 

--Academic Affairs, Ken Kruempel, associate professor of 
electrical engineering and computer engineering.

--Faculty Development and Administrative Relations, Hamilton 
Cravens, professor of history.

--Faculty Governance, Bill VanMeter, professor of physiology 
and pharmacology.

--Judiciary and Appeals, Dick Seagrave, distinguished 
professor in chemical engineering.

In other business, the senate approved a new high school 
requirement for admission to the university. Students no 
longer will be required to complete a year of U.S. history 
and a semester of U.S. government as part of a two-year 
social studies requirement. And students seeking admission to 
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will need to 
complete three years of social studies. Two years of social 
studies will continue to be required for admission to the 
colleges of Agriculture, Business, Design, Education, 
Engineering, and Family and Consumer Sciences. 

Also approved May 2 were:

--A statement that asserts course-related presentations are 
owned by the presenter, and notes and recordings of the 
presentations may not be sold without written permission.

--A systems engineering major, Iowa State's first 
interdepartmental master of engineering degree program. The 
program will educate engineers who can integrate knowledge 
from a variety of engineering disciplines in the development 
of complex systems.

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contact:  Linda Charles, (515) 294-3129
updated:  5-26-95