UNIVERSITY OF RHODE
ISLAND
Kingston, Rhode
Island
Minutes
General Faculty -
Graduate
Faculty Meeting
April 20, 2006
1.
The meeting
was called to order by President Carothers at 3:06 p.m. in the Cherry
Auditorium of the Chester Kirk Building
2.
President
Carothers 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:
Walter
Larmie, Professor Emeritus of Plant and Soil Science
David
Warren, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
3.
The Minutes of
the December 8, 2005 General Faculty - Graduate Faculty Meeting were
approved
as distributed.
4.
Provost
Swan moved to recommend to the Board of Governors for Higher Education
approval
of the candidates for the award of undergraduate degrees whose
names appeared
on the list for May 2006 graduation subject to certification by the
Colleges
and Director of Enrollment Services.
The motion passed.
Associate Dean Beckman
moved to recommend to the Board of
Governors for Higher Education approval of the candidates for the award
of
graduate degrees whose names are certified by the Graduate School for
May
2006. The motion passed.
5.
The
meeting was adjourned at 3:08 p.m. and was followed by a meeting of the
Faculty
Senate.
Sheila
Black Grubman for
Michael
A. Rice
Secretary