4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, September 30, 2005

Title

Subject(s)

Faculty

Governance

Description

I. The meeting was called to order
II. Introduction of guests
III. Acknowledgement of approval of meeting minutes
IV. Director Hughes
V. President's report
VI. Committee reports
VII. Old business
VIII. New business
IX. Other:
Meeting was adjourned

Highlights:
-Guests: Jason Scheel (Student Government Association), Kim Mazzuca (Captain's Log), Professor David Pollio, Professor Danielle Velardi, Kevin Hughes (Directorof Student Life)
-Director Hughes briefed the Senate about fostering the campus conversation on the Honor Code.
-Governor Warner will visit our campus Monday, Oct. 3, 3 p.m., in the Ferguson Concert Hall.
-President Trible is giving a State of University speech
at the invitation of the Student Government Association
-Faculty Council on Liberal Learning and Academic Life recommendations regarding its composition and role in the curricular process will be forwarded to the Senate by Nov. 4
-Budget Advisory Committee handbook change
-Warwick crossing problem
-Status of Academic Technology Advisory Committee's $75,000 proposal to equip remaining classrooms
-Academic Advising
-Student travel to conferences
-Foreign Language Teaching Assistantships
-"Academic Plan" submission
-Nancy Wilson has resigned as the head of
CNU's office of University Advancement, and John Miller has returned to CNU to fill this role.
-Applications are up, as is minority enrollment.
-The board discussed the financial plan that
the university must prepare as part of the statewide 6year
plan effort.
-FCLLAL committee report
-faculty hiring policies committee report
-Senate Review committee report
-Foreign Language Placement Policy Committee report
-sabbaticals committee report
-Student Union Faculty space
-Implementation of first two bullets of Strategy 1A of Senate Goals
-office space handbook change
-Increasing activities during graduation weekend
-Policy on freshman parking privileges

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