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Faculty Senate Meeting #6
Thursday, February 20 2020 

3 PM to 5 PM

Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Room 105

Reception Sponsored by Dean Corliss and the Graduate School of Oceanography Immediately Following

Electronic Attendance

1. CALL TO ORDER OF THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING

2. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES of Faculty Senate Meeting #5 January 23, 2020

3. REPORT OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

a. Announcements – Senate Chair Nassersharif

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

i. Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings – #26 December 13, 2019, #27, December 19, 2019, #28 January 22, 2020, #29 January 29 and 31, 2020, and #30 February 5, 2020.

c. Recommendations of the Executive Committee – Senate Vice-Chair Echevarria

i. Election of Faculty Senate Vice Chair/Chair-Elect for the 2020-2021 Academic Year. Report of the Nominating Committee – Senator Bovy.  (Election of Officers, By-Laws 5.1)

4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

a. Announcements

b. Status of Actions Forwarded to the President after 1/23/20 Faculty Senate Meeting:

i. Bill #19-20-17B Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-7: Curricular Proposals. Approved by President Dooley on January 20, 2020.

ii. Bill #19-20-17C Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-7: Transfer Early Childhood Education track from HDF in the College of Health Sciences to Education in the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies. Approved by President Dooley on January 20, 2020.

iii. Bill #19-20-17D Curriculum and Standards Committee Report #2019-20-7: Transfer Health and Physical Education track from Kinesiology in the College of Health Sciences to Education in the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies. Approved by President Dooley on January 20, 2020.

5. REPORTS

a. Report of the Technology and Infrastructure Committee – Senate Honhart

6. PRESENTATIONS

a. Director Burgess, Academic Enhancement Center

7. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

a. Graduate Council Curricular Report No. 2019-20-8, Appendices A-D – Associate Dean DeBoef

b. Curriculum and Standards Committee and Graduate Council, Joint Report No. 2019-2020-1, Appendices A-D, Associate Dean DeBoef and Senator Cardany

c. Curriculum and Standards Committee Report No. 8, Appendices A-F – Senator Cardany

d. Constitution, By-Laws, and University Manual Committee, Report No. 2019-20-3 – Senator Hicks

8. OLD BUSINESS

9. NEW BUSINESS

10. ADJOURNMENT

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