ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MINUTES                                                                          April 18, 2018

 

MEETING START TIME: 4:00PM

 

ATTENDANCE:

Committee:  Chairperson Morabito, Senator Barnes, Former Senator Benedict, Senator Leach, Senator Nelson, Senator Newbury

Absent:

Non-Committee:

 

DISCUSSION:

Welcome to Academic

• Introductions
• What has Academic Committee done?
  • Highlights of things we’ve done as a committee (Indigenous Peoples Day, IMP)
  • Final Exam Rights
• What should we do?
  • Former Senator Benedict spoke about working with the Ombudsman
  • Liaison Positions

Final Exam Rights

• Library Booths
  • Everyone would sign up and take shifts at one of the booths
• Final exams cannot be moved within two weeks of scheduled exams
• Should we move locations?
  • Union
  • Individual College Buildings
  • Residence Halls

Using College Reps

• Wanting to utilize the representatives as more than just a figurehead

IMP

• Meeting with College of Health Science Dean on Friday 4/20/18
  • Pitching a pilot program of IMP within one college
• Feedback from Faculty Senate
  • Working to make progress without compromising the integrity of the program

 

Extra: Chairperson Morabito will be contacting the Deans of all the colleges alerting them of the change in leadership, College of Pharmacy has several Deans, checking email access, mode of communication

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 4:30pm