UNIVERSITY OF
RHODE ISLAND
Kingston,
Rhode Island
Minutes
General
Faculty - Graduate Faculty Meeting
September 27,
2007
1. The meeting was called to
order by President Carothers at 2:35 p.m. in the Cherry Auditorium of
the Chester Kirk Building
2. President Carothers said that
he would wait until later in the meeting to ask for a moment of
silence.
3. The Minutes of the April 19,
2007 General Faculty - Graduate Faculty Meeting were approved as
corrected.
4. Provost Swan moved to
recommend to the Board of Governors for Higher Education approval of
the list of potential candidates for the award of undergraduate degrees
whose names appeared on the list for August 2007
subject to certification by the Colleges and Director of Enrollment
Services. The motion passed.
Vice Provost Pasquerella 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 August 2007. The motion
passed.
5. President Carothers presented
his state of the University Address to those members of the General
Faculty - Graduate Faculty who were present at the meeting. The
full text of the President’s address is available on the web at http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Fall2007speechGenFac.html
President Carothers asked the
faculty to observe a moment of silence in memory of RI Representative
Paul Crowley ’72, who had passed away that week and for the following
faculty members who had passed away since the last meeting of the
General Faculty-Graduate Faculty:
Alexa Albert,
Professor of Sociology
Louis Luzzi,
Dean Emeritus, College of Pharmacy
Josephine
Milburn, Professor Emerita of Political Science
6. The meeting was adjourned at
3:05 p.m. and was followed by a meeting of the Faculty Senate.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila Black Grubman for
James H Miller, Secretary