AGENDA

Meeting of the Faculty Senate, Thursday, December 10, 2015, Cherry Auditorium, Chester Kirk Building

1. Call to order of the General Faculty – Graduate Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

2. Call to order of the Faculty Senate Meeting immediately following the General Faculty-Graduate Faculty Meeting.

3. Disposition of Minutes of the Meeting #3, November 19, 2015

4. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

A. Announcements – Senate Chairperson Rollo-Koster

B. Activities of the Executive Committee – Senate Vice Chairperson Welters Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #15 and #16

5. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President:

A. Announcements

B. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President

Bill #15-16-10A Curricular Report No. 2015-16-1 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate.  Approved by the Faculty Senate on November 19, 2015.

Bill #15-16-10B Curricular Report No. 2015-16-1 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes. Approved by President Dooley on December 2, 2015.

Bill #15-16-10C Curricular Report No. 2015-16-1 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes to Medical Physics and Master of Oceanography programs.  Approved by President Dooley on December 2, 2015 (pending approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education).

Bill #15-16-11A The Five Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee.  Approved by the Faculty Senate on November 19, 2015.

Bill #15-16-11B The Five Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Curriculum Changes. Approved by President Dooley on December 2, 2015 (pending approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education).

Bill #15-16-12 General Education Committee Report #2015-16-4: New General Education Courses. Approved by the Faculty Senate on November 19, 2015.

Bill #15-16-13 General Education Committee Report 2015-16-5: I. Minor Program Amendment and II. Manual and Catalog. Approved by President Dooley on December 2, 2015.

6. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

A. Curricular Report No. 2015-16-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate – Associate Dean Rusnock

B. The Five Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee, and Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, Appendix D – Professor Owens

C. General Education Committee Report 2015-16-6: New General Education Courses – Professor Kinnie

D. Academic Standards and Calendar Committee Report 2015-16-2 – Professor Gindy

E. Joint Committee on Academic Planning: Academic Strategic Plan 2016-2021 – Provost DeHayes and Senate Vice Chairperson Welters

F. 2014-2015 Annual Report of the Honors Program and Visiting Scholars Committee – Director Derbyshire

7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

8. NEW BUSINESS

9. ADJOURNMENT