BEAUPRE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL AND FORENSIC SCIENCES, ROOM 105

A reception sponsored by Dean Boughida, University Libraries, will immediately follow the meeting (on site).

Electronic Attendance

1. Call to order at 3:00 PM.

2. Disposition of Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting #4, December 8, 2016

3. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

A. Announcements – Chairperson Sullivan

B. Activities of the Executive Committee – Vice Chairperson Conley
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #19, #20, #21, and #22

C. Recommendations of the Executive Committee – Vice Chairperson Conley

That the Faculty Senate approve the membership of the Nominating Committee for Officers of the 2017-18 Faculty Senate:

Senator Byrd, School of Education
Senator Sullivan, Plant Sciences and Entomology
TBD

(Election of Officers, By-Laws 5.1 and 5.2)

4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

A. Announcements

B. University Manual Updates (Informational) – Administrative Report January 2017

C. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President

Bill #16-17-10A Curricular Report No. 2016-17-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate. Approved by the Faculty Senate on December 8, 2016.

Bill #16-17-10B Curricular Report No. 2016-17-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Program Changes. Approved by President Dooley on December 21, 2016.

Bill #16-17-10C Curricular Report No. 2016-17-2A from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Creation of Graduate Certificate in Embedded Systems. Approved by President Dooley on December 21, 2016. Pending Notice by the Council for Postsecondary Education.

Bill #16-17-11A The Five Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee. Approved by the Faculty Senate on December 8, 2016.

Bill #16-17-11B The Five Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Program Changes, Suspend BS in Sociology program. Approved by President Dooley on December 21, 2016.

Bill #16-17-12 General Education Committee Report #2016-17-4: New General Education Courses. Approved by the Faculty Senate on December 8, 2016.

Bill #16-17-13 Council for Research Report No. 2016-17-1: Changes to Sections 4.56 and 4.57 of the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate. Approved by President Dooley on December 21, 2016.

5. REPORTS OF STANDING, JOINT, AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

A. The Five Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee  – Chairperson Sullivan

B. Report of the Honors Program and Visiting Scholars Committee 2015-2016 (contains proposals requiring approval)
– Director Derbyshire

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Status Report on Faculty Senate Membership

7. NEW BUSINESS

8. ADJOURNMENT