{"id":7833,"date":"2017-11-17T11:49:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2017-11-17T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:49:27","slug":"academic-10-11-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/academic-10-11-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic 10-11-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEETING START TIME:<\/strong> 5:35<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATTENDANCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Committee:<\/strong> Chairman Temple, Vice-Chair Morabito, Senator Benedict, Senator Darche, Senator Murray, Senator Needle, Senator Nelson, Senator Sardinha<\/p>\n<p><strong>Absent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Committee:<\/strong> Senator Watka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCUSSION: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Library Meeting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meditation room is now located in Fascitelli<\/li>\n<li>The library should begin construction on the new Daily Grind in about 4 weeks\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Mellow, head of dining, is the primary contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>There is a temporary Mother\u2019s Room located on the Second Floor, by the elevator\n<ul>\n<li>Renovation is needed for it\u2019s final location on the second floor\n<ul>\n<li>construction has not yet started<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>They are not yet advertising the temporary location of the Mother\u2019s Room but they are open and like the idea of it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maker\u2019s_Space is always open to the entire student body and should be advertised<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt Boda NEASC visit \u2192 23rd and 24th<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try to be in the office if you can and have free time<\/li>\n<li>Seminar 23rd he is hosting<\/li>\n<li>Something on the 25th about accreditation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Starfish<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairman meeting on Friday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Conley Chairman of faculty senate \u2192 Chairman meeting on friday about Indigenous People\u2019s Day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Academic Calendar and Academic Standards<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accelerated online course program was passed and approved<\/li>\n<li>If you want to retake a class you can retake it as many times as you want\n<ul>\n<li>Debated on if it should be changed\n<ul>\n<li>Taking from students money<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Academic Standards and ethics\n<ul>\n<li>How professors should handle cheating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Affordability meeting on friday that Chairman Temple was invited to<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interdisciplinary Majors<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice-Chair Morabito presented the information found when researching this topic\n<ul>\n<li>Took a look as to what is needed to create a minor here at URI from scratch\n<ul>\n<li>Found out that if a student wishes to create their own minor they can choose the option to: \u201c3) related studies from more than one department under the sponsorship of a qualified faculty member.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>An example of a minor that people do this with is Criminology\n<ul>\n<li>Looked at examples of interdisciplinary majors at other schools, such as:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>UCONN<\/li>\n<li>UMASS<\/li>\n<li>BROWN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Discovered that URI does offer a program to develop one\u2019s own major, however it is not offered at the Kingston campus, it is currently only offered at the Providence campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Survey for OER<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Throw ideas onto document that Chairman Temple will share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OMBUD<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flyers are being made that is being printed<\/li>\n<li>Possible booth in the Union<\/li>\n<li>Japanese program investigation is at a halt due to the fact that they need a student who is personally affected has to come forward\n<ul>\n<li>They can remain anonymous<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: <\/strong>6:17<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &nbsp; 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