UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Kingston, Rhode Island

Minutes
General Faculty - Graduate Faculty Meeting
September 23, 2004

1. The meeting was called to order by Provost Swan at 3:05 p.m. in the Cherry Auditorium of the Chester Kirk Building

2. Provost Swan asked the faculty to observe a moment of silence in memory of the following faculty members who had passed away since the last meeting of the General Faculty-Graduate Faculty:

Paul Abell, Chemistry   
 
Charles Armstrong, Business Administration   

Linda Blood, Human Development    
   
Nathalie Briggs, University Libraries   
   
Phyllis Brown, Food Science & Nutrition
  
Frank Cuomo, Physics  
   
Kathleen Hauke, English    
   
Milton Huston, Civil Engineering   
   
Mary Martin James, Textiles
  
Janet Kulberg, Psychology & Graduate School

Wilma Nagel, Education

Frank Newman, President Emeritus

Stewart Schneider, Library Science

G. David Shilling, Chemical Engineering

Robert Shoop. Biological Sciences

Carl Slader, Physical Education  

Robert Sorlien, English

Andrew Turyn, University Libraries

3. The Minutes of the April 15, 2004 General Faculty - Graduate Faculty Meeting were approved as distributed.

4. Vice Provost Swift moved to recommend to the Board of Governors for Higher Education approval of the candidates for the award of undergraduate degrees whose names had been certified for September 2004.  The motion passed.

Associate Dean Bibb moved to recommend to the Board of Governors for Higher Education approval of the candidates for the award of graduate degrees whose names had been certified for September 2004.  The motion passed.

5.  The meeting was adjourned at 3:07 p.m. and was followed by a meeting of the Faculty Senate.

Respectfully submitted,

Sheila Black Grubman for
G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels
Secretary