1:00 pm
Beck Rooms
Agenda
1. Sign in for quorum
2. Call to order
3. Communications from Provost Robinson
4. Approval of agenda
5. Approval of the draft minutes of the September 9 meeting
6. Executive Committee report
7. Reports of standing and special committees:
a. Academic Policy Committee report
b. Admissions Committee report
Note: An additional confidential presentation is located on Senate Blackboard site: Go to the Community tab>Faculty Senate link>Course Documents.
c. Calendar Committee report
d. Compensation & Welfare Committee report
e. Core Curriculum Committee report
i. Resolution: That the Core Curriculum Committee be reconstituted as a regular Senate Committee with the following charge: The CCC makes recommendations to the Senate on matters relating to the Core Curriculum of the University.
ii. Resolution: That the number of required proficiency-infused courses remain at 10 for the foreseeable future.
iii. Resolution: That transfer students again be exempted from the proficiency requirement for the 2011-2012 academic year.
iv. Addendum: Approved Proficiency-Infused Courses
f. Faculty Development Committee report
g. Faculty Guide & Bylaws Committee report
i. Second reading of proposed changes to Senate Bylaw XII
ii. Second reading of new proposed revisions to Faculty Guide Articles 5.1.d and 10.3.b
iii.Motion regarding the Clinical Faculty appointment for the College of Nursing
h. Graduate Studies Committee report
i. Motion on Graduate Policy Advisory Board
i. Library Commitee report
j. Program Review Committee report
8. Committees with no reports
a. Academic Facilities Committee
b. Grievance Committee
c. Instructional Technology Committee
d. Nominations, Elections, & Appointments Committee
9. Committee motions
a. Graduate Studies Committee
i. Motion on Graduate Policy Advisory Board
b. Executive Committee
i. Second Reading of Faculty Guide changes (to Articles 4, 5.5.d, 7.3.a, 7.4.a-c [new edition], 9.1) regarding 3+3 course load
c. Core Curriculum Committee
i. Resolution: That the Core Curriculum Committee be reconstituted as a regular Senate Committee with the following charge: The CCC makes recommendations to the Senate on matters relating to the Core Curriculum of the University.
ii. Resolution: That the number of required proficiency-infused courses remain at 10 for the foreseeable future.
iii. Resolution: That transfer students again be exempted from the proficiency requirement for the 2011-2012 academic year.
d. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee
i. Second reading of proposed changes to Senate Bylaw XII
ii. Second reading of new proposed revisions to Faculty Guide Articles 5.1.d and 10.3.b
iii. Motion regarding the Clinical Faculty appointment for the College of Nursing
10. Old Business
11. New Business
12. Communications
a. Communications from Stillman School of Business
i. Faculty Guide Revision
ii. Compensation
13. Adjournment