NUMBER 5
UNIVERSITY
OF
RHODE ISLAND
FACULTY
SENATE
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Faculty
Senate on Thursday, January 31, 2008 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 20, 2007 (attached).
3. REPORTS
OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. Announcements.
B. Activities of the Executive
Committee (Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #13, #14, and #15
attached pp. 4-10) -- Vice Chairperson Martin.
C. Activities of the Joint
Strategic Planning Committee (Minutes of November
29, 2007 attached pp.
11-12) – Vice Chairperson Martin.
D. Recommendation of the
Executive Committee – Vice Chairperson Martin
That
the Faculty Senate elect one of the following two Senators to serve on
the FSEC for the remainder of the 2007-08 academic year:
Senator James Agostinucci, PHT
Senator
Margaret Ordonez, TMD
4. REPORT
OF THE PRESIDENT -- President Carothers
A. Status of Actions Forwarded
to the President:
Bills:
#07-08—9 The Four Hundred
Fifty-Fourth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee. Approved by
President Carothers on December 28, 2007.
#07-08—10 The Four
Hundred
Fifty-Fifth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Proposal for a
School of Communication. Approved by President Carothers on December
28, 2007, subject to final approval by the Board
#07-08--11 The Four
Hundred
Fifty-Sixth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee. Approved by
President Carothers on December 28, 2007.
#07-08--12
Curricular Report No.
2007-08-1 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate. Approved by
President Carothers on December 28, 2007.
#07-08--13
Curricular Report No.
2007-08-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate. Approved by
President Carothers on December 28, 2007.
B. Announcements.
C. State of the Budget Address
(See http://www.uri.edu/facsen/State_of_Budget_07.pdf)
– Vice President Weygand.
5. REPORTS
OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. The Four
Hundred Fifty-Seventh Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee
(attached pp. 13-15) –
Senator Honhart.
B. Curricular
Report No. 2007-08-3 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate
(attached pp. 16-17)
– Vice Provost Pasquerella.
C. Curricular
Report No. 2007-08-1A from the Graduate Council to the Faculty
Senate: Proposal for a Master of Arts Degree in Special Education
(attached pp. 18-36)
–
Vice Provost Pasquerella.
D. The
University College and General Education Committee Report #2007-08-2
(attached p. 37-38)
– Professor Hicks.
E. Report of
the Library Committee for 2007-08 (attached pp. 39-40)
-- Professor
Carson.
6. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
7. NEW
BUSINESS
FULL AGENDA ARE IN
THE HANDS OF ALL SENATORS AND
DEPARTMENT
CHAIRS.
THEY ARE ALSO
AVAILABLE THROUGH E-MAIL ON FACSEN-BUS AND
ON THE
FACULTY SENATE HOME PAGE AT http://www.uri.edu/facsen/.
CONTACT THE
FACULTY SENATE FOR DETAILS.