Regular Meeting of the Faculty
Senate on Thursday, October 20, 2005 in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester
Kirk Building
1. Call to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. Disposition of Minutes of
Faculty Senate Meeting #1, September 22, 2005 and Faculty Senate
Meeting #1a, September 29, 2005 (attached).
3. REPORTS
OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. Announcements.
B. Activities of the Executive
Committee (Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #4, #5 and #6
attached pp. 3-12) – Vice Chairperson Martin.
C. Activities of the Joint
Strategic Planning Committee (Minutes of September 8,
2005 Meeting
attached p. 13) – Vice Chairperson Martin.
D. Recommendation of the
Executive Committee -- Vice Chairperson Martin:
That the Faculty Senate endorse the revised Mission Statement for the
University of Rhode Island:
UNIVERSITY OF
RHODE ISLAND MISSION
The
University of Rhode Island is the State’s public learner-centered
research university. We are a community joined in a common quest for
knowledge. The University is committed to enriching the lives of its
students through its land, sea, and urban grant traditions. URI is the
only public institution in Rhode Island offering undergraduate,
graduate, and professional students the distinctive educational
opportunities of a major research university. Our undergraduate,
graduate, and professional education, research, and outreach serve
Rhode Island and beyond. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are
united in one common purpose: to learn and lead together.
Embracing Rhode Island’s heritage of independent thought, we value:
Creativity
and Scholarship Diversity,
Fairness, and Respect Engaged
Learning and Civic Involvement Intellectual
and Ethical Leadership