November 28, 2023

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

This meeting will be held in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center. 

Also available by Zoom

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for November 14, 2023 (DOCX) (PDF)

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AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

  • Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
  • University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
  • Provost’s Report (PDF) (Jose Coll) — extended discussion time allocated
  • Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (No report)  (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)   

Old Business

Call for nominations to fill a vacancy on the FS Executive Committee for the remainder of the 23-24 AY

New Business 

No new business

Informational Presentations

The FS Executive Committee wishes to introduce a number of topics that have been forwarded to the committee for initial discussion at the November 28, 2023 Faculty Senate meeting.  Senators are encouraged to attend in person, if able, to engage in these discussions.

Topics:

1. Hidden prerequisites in catalog descriptions and credit counts.

2. What to do with programs with a professional orientation but no explicit accreditation requirements that exceed the 90-credit standard for majors (in the 30/60/90 framework past provosts have advocated).

      …and more generally – how is 30/60/90 being managed by academic programs? 

3. Continue the discussion on Provost Coll’s concept of eliminating the F/D- grade and replacing it with a NC grade.

 

Open Discussion 

  •   Closing discussion items from the floor
  •   Call for future business items

Announcements 

Call for faculty to fill positions on the:

1. University Technology Advisory Committee

2. International Education Committee

3. University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee

4. Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences

5. University Budget Advisory Committee

      If interested, email Steve Scheck 

 Supplemental documents

College Restructure Taskforce Final Report December 14, 2022