BEAUPRE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL AND FORENSIC SCIENCES, ROOM 105

A reception sponsored by Dean Wolfe, College of Nursing, will immediately follow the meeting.

Electronic Attendance

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

“Music Alone Shall Live”

All things shall perish from under the sky,
Music alone shall live
Music alone shall live
Music alone shall live, never to die.

2. Disposition of Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting #4, December 7, 2017

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 #15, #16, and #18

C. Recommendations of the Executive Committee – Vice Chairperson Leonard

That the Faculty Senate approve the membership of the Nominating Committee for the 2018-2019 Faculty Senate (to prepare the slate of candidates for Vice Chair-Chair Elect and Executive Committee vacancies):

Senator Conley, Music (2018)
Senator Mahler, Communicative Disorders (2018)
Senator Rice, Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science (2018)

Election of Officers, By-Laws 5.1 and 5.2

Guidelines for Chair and Vice Chair workload support

4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

A. Announcements

B. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President

Bill #17-18-13 Academic Standards and Calendar Committee Report #2017-18-2. Approved by President Dooley on January 5, 2018.

Bill #17-18-14B Curricular Report No. 2017-18-4 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes. Approved by President Dooley on January 5, 2018.

Bill #17-18-15B The Five Hundred and Forty-fourth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Curricular Proposals. Approved by President Dooley on January 5, 2018.

Bill #17-18-17 Recommendations of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Restructuring of the Standing Committees of the Senate: Changes to the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, sections 4.13, effective for the 2018-2019 academic year.  Approved by the Faculty Senate on December 7, 2017.

Bill #17-18-18 Recommendations of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Restructuring of the Standing Committees of the Senate: New Sections 4.40 – 4.46 Replacing Existing Sections 4.50 and 4.55 – 4.58 of the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, effective for the 2018-2019 academic year.  Approved by the Faculty Senate on December 7, 2017.

Bill #17-18-19 Constitution, By-Laws, and University Manual Committee Report #2017-18-1, Changes to By-laws Section 6.1 and 6.2, New Section 6.3, and Renumbering of Current 6.3 to 6.4.  Approved by the Faculty Senate on December 7, 2017.

5. REPORTS OF STANDING, JOINT, AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

A. Academic Standards and Calendar Committee Report 2017-18-3 – Senator Gindy

B. Curricular Report No. 2016-17-5 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate, Appendix A – Associate Dean Rusnock

C. The 545th Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee, Appendices A-C – Senator Emeritus Sullivan

D. Constitution, By-Laws, and University Manual Committee Report 2017-18-2: Editorial changes as a result of Senate Committee restructuring – Professor Wenisch

E. Report of the ad Hoc Committee on Admissions (admissions waiver of the foreign language requirement) – Senator Emeritus Sullivan

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

7. NEW BUSINESS

8. FORUM DISCUSSION – Creating the New Faculty Senate Culture

9. ADJOURNMENT