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2018-02-12

Meeting of the:

Senate

Meeting Date:

February 12, 2018

Transcript

PDF (212.3 KB)

Minutes:

PDF (356.8 KB)

Minutes from December 11, 2017 and Announcements
Officer and Other Reports
1. Chair
2. Vice Chair
3. Parliamentarian
4. Trustee
Degree Recipients
1. May 2017 In Memoriam Honorary Degree Recipient
  1. College of Medicine Student
2. Late Additions to May 2017 Degree List (per Senate Rules 5.4.1.1.D.1-2)
  1. Motion to Amend Something Previously Adopted (May 2017 Degree List) for College of Communication and Information Student RT-61: Bestow BS in Communication and Rescind BS with Double Major in Communication (primary) and Sociology (secondary) (PDF)
3. Late Additions to Early August 2017 Degree List (per Senate Rules 5.4.1.1.D.1-2)
  1. Motion to Amend Something Previously Adopted (Early August 2017 Degree List) for Graduate School Student TA-71: Bestow PhD Education and Counseling Psychology – Educational Psychology and Rescind PhD Education and Counseling Psychology - Counseling Psychology (PDF)
4. Late Additions to December 2017 Degree List (per Senate Rules 5.4.1.1.D.1-2)
  1. Motion to Add to December 2017 Degree List: College of Arts and Sciences Student CM-33 (PDF)
  2. Motion to Add to December 2017 Degree List: College of Arts and Sciences Student BJ-32 (PDF)
  3. Motion to Add to December 2017 Degree List: College of Arts and Sciences Student CT-81 (PDF)
  4. Motion to Add to December 2017 Degree List: College of Arts and Sciences Student NM-03 (PDF)
  5. Motion to Add to December 2017 Degree List: College of Arts and Sciences Student LH-90 (PDF)
  6. Motion to Add to December 2017 Degree List: College of Health Sciences Student PM-01 (will be handed out in meeting)
Committee Reports
1. Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee (SAASC) – Herman Farrell, Chair
  1. Proposed Change to MSW (Army) (PDF)
2. Senate's Academic Programs Committee (SAPC) – Margaret Schroeder, Chair
  1. Proposed New MFA in Curatorial Studies (PDF)
  2. Proposed New MS in Urban and Environmental Design (PDF)
  3. Proposed New Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management (PDF)
  4. Recommendations for Significant Changes (PDF)
3. Senate Committee on Distance Learning and eLearning (SCDLeL) – Roger Brown, Chair
  1. Proposed Changes to: Senate Rule 5.1.8.3 ("Permissive Withdrawal"); Senate Rule 5.2.4.2 ("Excused Absences"); and Senate Rule 9.1 ("Glossary of Terms") (PDF)
4. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee (SREC)
  1. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.3.1.3.A (“Officers of the Senate Council,” “Senate Council Chair”) (PDF)
  2. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.3.1.3.B (“Officers of the Senate Council,” “Senate Council Vice Chair”) (PDF)
  3. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.3.1.2.A.3 (“University Senate Council,” “Elected Faculty Membership,” “Election”) (PDF) (revised file (PDF)
Proposed Changes to Governing Regulation IV (“The University Senate”) (PDF)
Proposed New Senate Rule 1.4.4.5 (“Senate Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (SACDI)”) (PDF)
Items from the Floor (Time Permitting)