Faculty Senate Annual Report 2008-2009
Approved Academic Policy Recommendations
February 2009
Academic Policy Council recommendations concerning department and college change procedures
Approved Resolutions
February 2009
Resolution regarding the Gainesville charter amendment - Presidential LGBT concerns committee
April 2009
Green Team Resolution, Infrastructure council
Approved Constitution Changes
November 2008
Proposed Constitution Changes
December 2008
Proposed Constitution Changes
February 2009
Bylaw Changes (changes to 4, 7, 13, and 18)
April 2009
Bylaw 22 and Constitution Article VI
Approved unit changes
January 2009
Changes to Tenure and Promotion Units at Smathers Libraries
Approved Committee on Committee Recommendations
April 2009
Conflict of Interest Committee Recommended Language
Approved Curriculum Items
September 2008
Graduate Council Items
- Sunset the Master of Agriculture degree with a major in Botany
- Sunset the Master of Agriculture degree with a major in Soil and Water Science
- Sunset the Master of Agriculture degree with a major in Food and Resource Economics
- Sunset Master of Agriculture Degree with a major in Agricultural Education and Communication
November 2008
Proposal to Create a Department of Dermatology at the University of Florida College of Medicine
February 2009
College of Liberal Arts and Scineces
- Proposed Name Changes
- The department of Romance Languages and Literatures underwent the following changes: Faculty in Spanish and Portuguese became the nucleus of a new department, which is now proposing the name, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies. Faculty in French, Italian and Haitian Creole became part of a second department, which is now proposing the name, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
- Faculty in the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies also became part of the new department which is now proposing the name, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
- The Department of Sociology and the Department of Criminology, Law and Society were merged into one unit. The proposed name for the new department is the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law.
College of Pharmacy
Name change from the department of Pharmacy Practice to Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research:
March 2009
College of Medicine
Creation of a School of Physician Assistant Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department name change proposal, Department of Biology
College of Public Health and Health Professions
New department of Environmental and Global Health
College of Dentistry
New department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences (remaining department is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
April 2009
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Proposal to Create a M.S. In Biostatistics
College of Engineering
Sunset Doctorate Degree in Computer & Information Science
