URI General Faculty – Graduate Faculty Meeting & Faculty Senate Meeting #8

April 16, 2020

via WebEx

Electronic Attendance

GENERAL FACULTY – GRADUATE FACULTY MEETING – President Dooley

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1. CALL TO ORDER OF THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING immediately following the General Faculty – Graduate Faculty Meeting – Senate Chair Nassersharif

2. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES of Faculty Senate Meeting #6 February 20, 2020, and Faculty Senate Meeting #7 March 19, 2020

3. REPORT OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

a. Announcements – Senate Chair Nassersharif

b. Activities of the Executive Committee – Senate Vice-Chair Echevarria

i. Minutes of Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meetings – #34 March 4, 2020, #35 March 18, 2020, #36 March 25, 2020, #37 March 27, 2020, and #38 April 1, 2020.

ii. Sheila Black Grubman Faculty Outstanding Service Award Announcement

iii. The Fritz Wenisch Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Faculty Senate Announcement

4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

a. Announcements

b. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President after March 19, 2020:

i. Bill #19-20-21B Curricular Report #2019-20-9 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes

ii. Bill #19-20-22B Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-9: Curricular Proposals

iii. Bill #19-20-22C Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-9: Creation of a Professional Leadership Studies major in the Bachelor of Science degree program.

iv. Bill #19-20-23 Recommendation of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Alternative Grading Option for the spring 2020 semester

5. REPORT

a. Report of the URI Foundation – President, Lil Breul O’Rourke, CFO, Adam Quinlan, and VP for Development Claire Gadrow 

b. Report from Learning Outcomes Oversight Committee (LOOC) –  Professor Brand, Committee Chair  

6. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

a. Graduate Council Curricular Report No. 2019-20-10, New Program – Dean Zawia
Graduate Council Curricular Report No. 2019-20-11, New Program – Dean Zawia
Graduate Council Curricular Report No. 2019-20-12, Appendices A-B, – Associate Dean DeBoef

b. Joint Graduate Council and Curriculum and Standards Committee Report No. 2019-20-2, New ABM programs – Associate Dean DeBoef and Senator Cardany

c. Curriculum and Standards Committee Report No. 2019-20-10, Appendices A-M and N-O — Senator Cardany, Chair

d. Curriculum and Standards Committee Report No. 2019-20-11, Academic Calendar Subcommittee – Senator Meyerson

e. Constitution, By-Laws, and University Manual Reports – Graduate School/Council Governance in Regard to Policy and Procedures – Changes to UM Language – Senator Hicks, Chair

f. General Education Subcommittee – Senator Hunter, Chair

7. OLD BUSINESS

8. NEW BUSINESS

9. ADJOURNMENT