Academic 10-11-17

MEETING START TIME: 5:35

ATTENDANCE:

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

Absent:

Non-Committee: Senator Watka

 

DISCUSSION:

Library Meeting

  • Meditation room is now located in Fascitelli
  • The library should begin construction on the new Daily Grind in about 4 weeks
    • Steve Mellow, head of dining, is the primary contact
  • There is a temporary Mother’s Room located on the Second Floor, by the elevator
    • Renovation is needed for it’s final location on the second floor
      • construction has not yet started
    • They are not yet advertising the temporary location of the Mother’s Room but they are open and like the idea of it
  • Maker’s_Space is always open to the entire student body and should be advertised

 

Matt Boda NEASC visit → 23rd and 24th

  • Try to be in the office if you can and have free time
  • Seminar 23rd he is hosting
  • Something on the 25th about accreditation

 

Starfish

  • Chairman meeting on Friday

 

Mark Conley Chairman of faculty senate → Chairman meeting on friday about Indigenous People’s Day

 

Academic Calendar and Academic Standards

  • Accelerated online course program was passed and approved
  • If you want to retake a class you can retake it as many times as you want
    • Debated on if it should be changed
      • Taking from students money
    • Academic Standards and ethics
      • How professors should handle cheating

 

Affordability meeting on friday that Chairman Temple was invited to

 

Interdisciplinary Majors

  • Vice-Chair Morabito presented the information found when researching this topic
    • Took a look as to what is needed to create a minor here at URI from scratch
      • Found out that if a student wishes to create their own minor they can choose the option to: “3) related studies from more than one department under the sponsorship of a qualified faculty member.”
        • An example of a minor that people do this with is Criminology
          • Looked at examples of interdisciplinary majors at other schools, such as:
        • UCONN
        • UMASS
        • BROWN
      • Discovered that URI does offer a program to develop one’s own major, however it is not offered at the Kingston campus, it is currently only offered at the Providence campus

 

Survey for OER

  • Throw ideas onto document that Chairman Temple will share

 

OMBUD

  • Flyers are being made that is being printed
  • Possible booth in the Union
  • Japanese program investigation is at a halt due to the fact that they need a student who is personally affected has to come forward
    • They can remain anonymous

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 6:17