University Senate Meeting Agenda
University Senate Meeting
Thursday, January 22, 2015 -- 3:45 p.m.
Faculty House
Copy of Agenda
A. Approve December Minutes
B. Reports:
1. Chair – Margaret Crowder
2. Vice Chair – Jennifer Hanley
3. Secretary - Heidi Alvarez
4. Coalition of Senate and Faculty Leadership for Higher Education – Molly Kerby
5. AAUP President - Eric Reed
6. Advisory:
a. Faculty Regent – Barbara Burch - Report posted
b. Provost – Gordon Emslie
c. SGA President – Nicki Taylor
C. Committee Reports and Recommendations
1. Graduate Council: (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)
2. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee: (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)
3. Academic Quality: No Report
4. Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibility: (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)
5. General Education/Colonnade Implementation Committee: No Report
6. Budget and Finance Committee: (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)
7. Faculty Handbook Committee: (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)
a. Substantive change - Approval of Ranks (Posted)
D. Old Business
E. New Business
1. Policy 1.4180 Course-Related Field Trips
F. Information items
1. Kari Aikins to discuss biometric screening/wellness deadline and forms
2. SEC appointed Ad-Hoc Committee on Research
3. FWPR Report information: Substantive change proposal to Faculty Handbook (posted)
4. Staff Council Campus Smoking Policy (posted)
5. Faculty Handbook Proposal Forms (posted)
6. Eric Kondratieff elected at December Senate meeting to serve a four-year term on the University Benefits Committee (term started January 1, 2015)
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