Senate Steering Committee
Agenda
January 5, 2009
3:00-5:00 PM
226 Tigert Hall
Approval of the December 5, 2008 minutes - Frank Bova, Chair
Reports:
- Chair's Report - Frank Bova, Chair
- Provost's Report - Joe Glover, Provost
Council Reports:
- Research and Scholarship Council - Jacob Chung, Chair
- Budget Council - David Quillen, Chair
- Academic Policy Council - Danaya Wright, Chair
- Infrastructure Council - Jane Brockmann, Chair
- Welfare Council - Susan Percival, Chair
Information Items:
- University Curriculum Committee Proposed Name Changes - Daniel Wubah, UCC Chair
- 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.
- Name change from the department of Pharmacy Practice to Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research - Daniel Wubah, UCC Chair
- Workshop to develop the concept of the academic program in sustainability - Kim Tanzer, Sustainability committee member
- Data mining tools available through the Office of Institutional Planning and Research - Marie Zeglen, Director of Institutional Planning and Research
- Bylaws Changes (changes to 4, 7, 13, and 18) - Cathy Martyniak, Constitution Committee Chair
- Infrastructure Council Information Technology Governance Proposal Process - Jane Brockmann, Infrastructure Council Chair
- Report on CLAS Assembly resolution vote regarding shared governance and academic principles over layoffs - Chris Snodgrass, Committee member
Action Item:
- Approval of January 15, 2009 Senate Agenda - Frank Bova, Chair