Academic 2-14-18

MEETING START TIME: 4:05

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Chairman Temple, Vice-Chair Morabito, Senator A. Alquirtaz, Senator Benedict, Senator Leach, Senator Murray, Senator Needle, Senator Nelson, Senator Sardinha

Absent:

Non-Committee:

DISCUSSION:

  • Mother’s room blueprints
    • Plans are finalized
    • Will have pump, pamphlets, side tables, standard equipment
  • Library
    • Three more thefts, university offering lo-jacks
    • Adding more cameras, security guards
      • Potentially creating leads
    • Chairs vs. vending machine
      • 3-4 year project to replace 374 chairs
    • Laptop bar, no window
    • In process of updating the tour guides’ library description
  • Meeting with course materials task force
  • Meeting with associate dean of CELS to talk about faculty hate speech/bullying towards students
  • Academic bylaws
    • Mostly grammatical
    • Getting rid of “Special Liaisons” section
    • Liaisons (other than college liaisons) will send reports only to their respective committee chairs and then one larger consolidated report to CIO at end of semester
    • Interim liaisons will be appointed by the president and approved by the executive committee- not the senate
  • Liaisons (faculty, administration)
    • How to increase accountability and drive
    • Increasing correspondence between academic chair and faculty committees
      • Remind them of the liaisons, to have regular meetings

 

Extra:

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 4:36