University Senate Meeting Agenda

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University Senate Meeting
Thursday, April 14, 2016 -- 3:45 p.m.
Faculty House

 

Copy of Agenda

A.  Approve March Minutes

B.  Reports:

1.  Chair – Kate Hudepohl

2.  Vice Chair – Julie Shadoan

a.  Committee Lot Draw Results

3.  Secretary – Heidi Alvarez

4.  Coalition of Senate and Faculty Leadership for Higher Education – Molly Kerby

5.  AAUP President - Margaret Crowder

6.  Advisory:

a.  Faculty Regent – Barbara Burch
b.  Provost – David Lee
c.  SGA President – Jay Todd Richey

i.  SGA Presidential Qualities Resolution

C.  Committee Reports and Recommendations

1.  Graduate Council: Kurt Neelly (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)

2.  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee: Liz Sturgeon (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)

3.  Colonnade General Education Committee:  Marko Dumancic (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)

4.  Academic Quality: Jeremy Maddox (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)

a.  Item a Online Response Rates
b.  Item b Response Rates by College
c.  Item c University Response Rates

5.  Budget and Finance Committee: Claus Ernst (No Report)

6.  Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibility: Patti Minter (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)

a.  Substantive Change Handbook - Academic Experience
b.  Title IX Report to FWPR
c.  Copy of Reporting Spreadsheet
d.  Title IX Best Practices

7.  Faculty Handbook Committee:  Margaret Crowder (Report posted; Endorsed by SEC)

a.  Substantive Change Handbook - Academic Experience
b.  Substantive Change Handbook - Faculty Transitional Retirement

D.  Old Business

E.  New Business

1.  Motion Regarding the Faculty Transitional Retirement Policy
2.  Motion Regarding BOR Policies
3.  Budget and Finance Committee Resolution - Prioritizing Wage Increase
4.  Budget and Finance Committee Resolution - Restricting Building Projects
5.  Policy 1.2092, Policy 2.2092 Faculty Workload and Compensation
6.  Election of University Senate Officers (Chairs, Vice Chair, Secretary)
7.  Caucus for Standing Committee membership

F.  Information items

1.  SEC Synthesis of Preliminary Faculty Feedback Regarding Presidential Search