The University is in a similar position as the state government in prohibiting employees from bringing weapons to work. Scott said a lawsuit challenging the prohibition is possible, but none has yet been filed. The discussion was an information item, so the Senate took no action. The review of the Division of Foods and Nutrition in the College of Health commends the division for its service to the University, notably in hands-on training for students, and the high quality of its leadership. A general concern is that the lack of resources noted in 1989 is still the case.
Recommendations have to do with adding resources and moving faculty into tenured positions.
In the floor discussion, senators raised questions about the virtual absence of undergraduate majors in the division. Associate Dean David Chapman, Graduate School, replied that Foods and Nutrition classes are used as allied work in a variety of majors, so the high level of service to the University makes the lack of majors not a concern. The review of the Department of Pharmacy Practice commends the department for its high quality faculty, leadership, and students, and for a competency-based curriculum that will go into effect next fall. Recommen-dations include efforts to retain faculty, and use of resource allocations by the College of Pharmacy that recognize the teaching service the department provides to the college as a whole. D., because the latter has become the standard in the profession.