UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
FACULTY SENATE

NUMBER 9

 
AGENDA

Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate on Thursday, May 12, 2005 in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester Kirk Building

1.     Call to order at 3:00 p.m.

2.    Disposition of Minutes of Faculty Senate Meetings #8, April 21, 2005 and #8A, April 28, 2005 (attached).

3.    REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A.     Announcements, including introduction of new Senators

B.    Activities of the Executive Committee (Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting #28 attached pp. 3-6) -- Vice Chairperson Rosen.

C.    Report of the Nominating Committee (attached p. 7) -- Professor Hicks

D.    Recommendations of the Executive Committee  -- Vice Chairperson Rosen.

E.    Annual Report on the activities of the JSPC -- Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels

F.    Report to the Faculty Senate on the University’s Modifications to the Murphy Program Review Model -- Chairperson Boudreaux-Bartels

4.    REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT -- President Carothers.
A. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President

B. Announcements.

5.    REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A.     The Four Hundred Thirty-Third Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee (attached pp. 8-18) – Senator Luebke.  
    
B.    Curricular Report No. 2004-2005-8 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate (attached pp. 19-26) -- Vice Provost Trubatch.

C.    Annual Report of the Council for Research for 2004-05 (attached pp. 27-30) —Professor Zawia.

D.    Report of the Library Committee for 2004-05 (oral) -- Professor Onorato.
    
E.     Report of the Student Rights and Responsibilities Committee (attached pp. 31-40) – Dean Cohen.

6. UNIFINISHED BUSINESS

7. NEW BUSINESS



















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