URI GENERAL FACULTY
GRADUATE FACULTY MEETING #2
and
Faculty Senate Meeting #4
Thursday, December 5, 2019, 3 PM to 5 PM
Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Room 105
A Reception Sponsored by The College of Nursing and Dean Barbara Wolfe
Immediately Following the Faculty Senate Meeting
1. CALL TO ORDER of the General Faculty – Graduate Faculty Meeting – President Dooley
2. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES of the General Faculty -Graduate Faculty September 19, 2019 meeting
3. MOMENT OF SILENCE for deceased Faculty members – President Dooley
Dilip Kumar Datta, Professor Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics
Thomas Edward Needham, Professor Emeritus, College of Pharmacy
John Stephen Norris, Professor Emeritus, College of Health Sciences, Kinesiology
Peter Meranda, Professor Emeritus, College of Health Sciences, Psychology
Janice Sieburth, Professor Emeritus, University Library
Roy Twaddle, Professor Emeritus, College of Business, Management
Richard Frankel, Professor Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences, Art
4. PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES to be conferred degrees December 2019 – Graduate School Dean Zawia and Provost DeHayes
5. ADJOURNMENT of General Faculty-Graduate Faculty meeting – President Dooley
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1. CALL TO ORDER OF THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING
2. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES of Faculty Senate Meeting # 3 November 21, 2019
3. REPORT OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
a. Announcements and Welcome Remarks – Senate Chair Nassersharif
b. Activities of the Executive Committee – Senate Vice-Chair Echevarria
1. Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, November 15, 2019 – Senate Vice-Chair Echevarria
2. Recommendations of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee – Senate Vice-Chair Echevarria
4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
- Announcements
- Status of Actions Forwarded to the President after the 11/21/19 Faculty Senate Meeting:
Bill #19-20-10A Curricular Report No. 2019-20-6 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate (courses)
Bill #19-20-10B Curricular Report #2019-20-6 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes
Bill #19-20-11A Curriculum and Standards Committee Report No. #2019-20-4 (courses)
Bill #19-20-11B Curricular and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-4: Curricular Proposals
Bill #19-20-11C Curricular and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-4: Creation of a Bachelor of Science, Non-Profit Administration major
Bill #19-20-11D Curricular and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-4: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Undergraduate
Bill #19-20-11E Curricular and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-4: Minors in English and Creative Writing
Bill #19-20-12A Curriculum and Standards Committee Report No. #2019-20-5 (courses)
Bill #19-20-12B Curricular and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-5: Curricular Proposals
Bill #19-20-13 Curricular and Standards Committee, Report #2019-20-6, Academic Calendar Subcommittee, Academic Calendar Revisions to 2021-22 through 2024-25, New Academic Calendar 2025-2026, and URI Summer Calendar 2024-2025
Bill #19-20-14 Constitution, By-Laws, and University Manual Committee Report 2019-20-1: Revisions to University Manual Sections 3.83.10 and 3.99.10
5. REPORTS
a. Update on Office of Innovation in General Education – Director Dicioccio
b. Update on Honors Program – Director Derbyshire
c. Enrollment Update – Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Libutti
6. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
a. Graduate Council Report, Appendices A-I – Graduate Council Chair, Colleen Mouw
b. Academic Calendar Subcommittee, Manual Bylaw Changes – Subcommittee Chair Meenach
7. OLD BUSINESS
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. ADJOURNMENT