BEAUPRE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL AND FORENSIC SCIENCES, ROOM 105

A reception sponsored by Dean Corliss, Graduate School of Oceanography, will immediately follow the meeting.

Electronic Attendance

1. Call to order of the Faculty Senate Meeting at 3:00 PM.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson (2 verses)

2. Disposition of Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting #5, January 25, 2018

3. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

A. Announcements – Chairperson Conley

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

C. Recommendations of the Executive Committee – Chairperson Conley
That the Faculty Senate approve amendments to By-Laws 4.15, 4.26, 4.46, 6.1, and 6.3 (workload adjustment)

D.  Election of Faculty Senate Chair and Vice Chair/Chair-Elect for the 2018-19 Academic Year
Report of the Nominating Committee – Senator Mahler

(Election of Officers, By-Laws 5.1)

4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

A. Announcements

B. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President

Bill #17-18-20 Academic Standards and Calendar Committee Report #2017-18-3.  Approved by President Dooley on January 31, 2018.

Bill #17-18-21B Curricular Report No. 2017-18-5 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes.   Approved by President Dooley on January 31, 2018.

Bill #17-18-22B The Five Hundred and Forty-fifth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Curricular Proposals.  Approved by President Dooley on January 31, 2018.

5. REPORTS OF STANDING, JOINT, AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

A.  Academic Standards and Calendar Committee Report 2017-18-4 – Senator Gindy

B.  Curricular Report No. 2016-17-6 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate, Appendices A-D – Associate Dean Rusnock

C.  The 546th Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee, Appendix A, Appendices B-E – Senator Emeritus Sullivan

D.  General Education Committee Report 2017-18-5 – Senator Williams

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

7. NEW BUSINESS

8. ADJOURNMENT