Academic 10-25-17

MEETING START TIME: 5:34

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Chairman Temple, Vice-Chair Morabito, Senator Benedict, Senator Findley, Senator Needle, Senator Nelson, Senator Sardinha

Absent: Senator Guerra, Senator Murray

Non-Committee:

DISCUSSION:

NEASC

  • Finished today and it looks like all went well
  • Their report is located online for people to search for

Library Liaison

  • Vice-Chair Morabito has completed the first step of the three step process of being certified to work the laser engraver
  • It was also reported that the Maker’s_Space also has a wikipedia page describing the equipment that is available to students
  • Hours need to put online, certification requirements should be online, take instructions off of wikipedia because anyone can change that

Other Liaisons

  • Submit your monthly reports to Chairman Temple, CIO Taylor, and Coordinator Yip
  • Send a heads up if there are any problems

 

Indigenous People’s Day

  • Chairman Temple is sending emails to gain more information before going to faculty
    • They have not been the most helpful as of now
  • More research is needed
  • Faculty Senate in November is the goal date

 

Faculty Senate Constitution

  • Giving Academic some power on the floor of the Faculty Senate
    • Committee consensus to give the power to the Academic Affairs Chair instead of any designee

 

Academic Bylaws

  • We want to meet before Bylaws Committee goes over the committee section of the bylaws in order to discuss what we would want to with our bylaws

 

Book Store Survey

  • The bookstore is sending a representative either next week or the week after in regards to our input on surveys
  • Affordability of the bookstore and the use of the bookstore as a resource

 

Nursing

  • Trouble meeting with the Dean’s assistant for the month of October
  • No feedback on email that Senator Needle sent the College of Nursing
  • Let Chairman Temple know if there are an problems

 

Attendance Policies

  • Nothing we can officially change because otherwise it would violate academic freedom
  • Instead of getting rid of attendance policies instead go against those that force students to buy programs just to take attendance

 

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 6:17