4.3 B Minutes of Faculty Senate Meeting, April 15, 2005

Title

Subject(s)

Faculty

Governance

Description

I. Introduction of Guests
II. Electronic approval of 3-18 minutes
III. President’s Report
IV. Committee Reports
V. Continuing Business
VI. Officer Elections
VII. New Business
VIII. Other

Highlights:
-Remarks by Dr. Virginia Purtle.
-Officer Elections, problems reconciling Handbook logic and historical precedent regarding the date officer elections should be held
-Committees, Senate must make its appointments to university standing committees—all committees without a senator must have a senate liaison.
-Areas of Inquiry review
-Mandatory Attendance First Day of Classes/Shifting Class Drop Period discussion
-Elections Committee Report
-Academic Technology Advising Committee Report
-Sabbatical Policy Committee Report
-Faculty Hiring Data Collection Effort for Spring ’05 Searches Report
-Resolution 2004-05-13, Faculty Hiring Policies
-Resolution 2004-05-11, Electronic Submissions of Senate Business
-Resolution 2004-05-12, Shifting the Class Drop Deadline Forward
-Officer Elections
-Resolution 2004-05-15, Establishing An Advisory Committee for
Academic Advising
-Resolutions 2004-05-16 and 17. Outstanding Faculty Nominations for Dr.
Schweig and Carlson
-Guidelines for Electronic Voting on the Minutes
-Creation of email sub-groups for each university division
-Senate recommendation to Provost regarding possible funding for Undergraduate Research initiatives
-Ford Foundation Grant.
-Curriculum Proposals. Four 200-level language courses (GERM 200, FREN 200, LATN 200, SPAN 200) for the new foundations curriculum
-Chemistry Degree
Areas of Inquiry. Subcommittee Reports

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