Faculty Senate Agenda – September 11, 2012
- Call Meeting to Order
- Approval of August 21, 2012 Minutes
- Presentation by Provost Morris Stocks
- Senate Committee Reports
- Executive Committee
- Academic Affairs
- Update on elective “W” Grades
- Should the University limit the number of “W” grades allowed per student? What policies are currently in place? What are the potential ramifications of limiting the number possible?
- Academic Support
- Update on building temperature policy
- Finance
- University Services
- Governance
- Update on Ombudsman
- Notification of Members of Major Search Committees
- Agreement between Senate and Administration that searches at Dean’s level or above will result in faculty-wide announcement of a search committee and said committee’s members should be added to official University Policy
- Old Business
- New Business
- Asbestos Testing and Removal (Senator Seong Bong Jo, Department of Pharmaceutics)
- Grade Appeal Process
- Consider the ramifications of creating a new Standing Committee (similar to the Academic Discipline Committee) to create continuity in the Grade Appeal Process
- Repeating Course Policy
- Explore the impact of updating this policy to make it more consistent and potentially more lenient.
- Forgiveness Policy
- The current policy is quite strict compared to similar universities and has a negative impact upon retention. Explore updating this policy to be more in keeping with similar universities.
- Proposed Senate Meeting Schedule for 2012-2013
- Adjournment