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Faculty Senate Meeting #9

Thursday, May 7, 2020 

3 PM to 5 PM

(via WebEx)

Electronic Attendance

1. CALL TO ORDER OF THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING – Senate Chair Nassersharif

2. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES of Faculty Senate Meeting #8 April 16, 2020  and April 2, 2020 Special Meeting

3. REPORT OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

a. Announcements – Senate Chair Nassersharif

i. Recognition of outgoing Faculty Senators whose terms expire at the end of this academic year and incoming Senators whose terms begin two weeks from the Faculty Senate meeting.

ii. Presentation of the 2020 Sheila Black Grubman Faculty Outstanding Service Award

iii. Presentation of the inaugural Fritz Wenisch Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Faculty Senate

iv. Proposal to change titles of Senate Officers

b. Activities of the Executive Committee – Senate Vice-Chair Echevarria

i. Minutes of Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meetings – #39 April 7, 2020, and  #40 April 15, 2020

                    ii. Establishment of Special Committee

c. Report from the Nominating Committee – Senator Honhart

i. Nominations from Senate Floor

ii. Vote for 2-year term

4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

a. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President after April 16, 2020:

i. Bill #19-20-24     Curricular Report #2019-20-10 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: MS in Quantum Computing

ii. Bill #19-20-25     Curricular Report #2019-20-11 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Accelerated Online Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Science (FIS)

iii. Bill #19-20-26B  Curricular Report #2019-20-12 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate: Curricular Changes

iv. Bill #19-20-27     Joint Report of the Curriculum and Standards and Graduate Council Report #2019-20-2 to the Faculty Senate: Accelerated Bachelors/Masters Programs

v. Bill #19-20-28B  Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-10: Curricular Proposals

vi. Bill #19-20-28C  Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-10: Creation of an Undergraduate Marine Technical Certificate Program,

vii. Bill #19-20-28D  Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-10: Creation of an Accelerated Online Undergraduate Certificate in Cannabis Studies

viii. Bill #19-20-29     Curricular and Standards Committee, Report #2019-20-11, Academic Calendar Subcommittee, Accelerated Online Calendar Revisions to 2020-21 and 2021-2022

ix. Bill #19-20-30     Constitution, By-Laws, and University Manual Committee Report # 2019-20-3A: Revision of University Manual Language on the Graduate School and Graduate Council, Sections 3.30.12-14, 4.71.10, 5.65.10-42

5. SPECIAL REPORT ON ACADEMIC PLANNING FOR AY 2020-2021

a. President Dooley

b. Provost DeHayes – Scenario Planning For Fall 2020 Presentation

6. CONTINUATION OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE 

          a. Results of the election of a two-year term for Faculty Senate Executive Committee – Senate Chair Nassersharif

          b. Nominations from Senate Floor for one-year term for Faculty Senate Executive Committee

          c. Election of the one-year term for Faculty Senate Executive Committee

7. REPORTS

a. Presentation – Vice President of Administration and Finance Rider

b. General Education Award – Director, Office of Innovation in General Education DiCioccio

8. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

a. Motion to rescind Graduate Council Curricular Report #2019-20-5, presented at the October 24, 2019 Faculty Senate meeting – Senator Hicks

b. Graduate Council Curricular Report No. 2019-20-13, New Program, Professional Master of Science in Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics (PMSCMAA) – Dean Zawia

c. Graduate Council Report No. 2019-20-14, Appendices A-D, – Associate Dean DeBoef

d. Joint Report of the Curriculum and Standards and Graduate Council Report #2019-20-3, Accelerated Bachelors/Masters Programs, Appendices A-C – Senator Cardany and Associate Dean DeBoef

e. Curriculum and Standards, Year-End Report – Senator Cardany

          f. Constitution, Bylaws and University Manual Committee Report  – Senator Hicks

9. OLD BUSINESS

10. NEW BUSINESS

11. ADJOURNMENT

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