NUMBER
5
UNIVERSITY OF
RHODE ISLAND
FACUTY SENATE
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Faculty
Senate on Thursday January 27, 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 #4, December 9, 2004 (attached).
3. REPORTS OF
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
A.
Announcements.
B. Activities of the Executive
Committee (Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #13, #14, #15 and
#16 attached
pp. 3-16) -- Vice Chairperson Rosen.
C. Activities of the Joint
Strategic Planning Committee (Minutes of Meeting for October 21
attached p. 17) --
Vice Chairperson Rosen.
D. Recommendations of the
Executive Committee -- Vice Chairperson Rosen.
4.REPORT
OF THE PRESIDENT --
President
Carothers
A.
Status of Actions Forwarded to the President:
Bill:
#04-05—8 The
Four Hundred
Twenty-Seventh Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee. Approved by
President Carothers on December 15, 2004.
B.
Announcements.
5. REPORTS OF
STANDING AND SPECIAL
COMMITTEES
A.
The Four Hundred Twenty-Eighth Report of the Curricular Affairs
Committee: Providence Campus Option for Freshmen (attached pp. 18-24) –
Senator Luebke.
B. The Four Hundred Twenty-Ninth
Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee (attached pp. 25-27) –
Senator Luebke.
C. University College and
General Education Committee Report #2004-05-3 (attached p. 28) –
Senator Jackson.
D. Council for Research Report
#2004-05-1: Center for Personal Financial Education (attached pp.
29-32) –
Vice Provost Trubatch.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. NEW
BUSINESS