4:00

1.     Faculty Senate President’s Welcome Remarks – Thomas Chittenden [5 min]

• Call for nominations - Member at-large to the Executive Council
• Fossil Fuels Divestment Resolution Expected in January from the FPPC

4:05

2.     Consent Agenda (vote) [5 min]

·      Minutes of the 11/18/19 Faculty Senate Meeting

Curricular Affairs

·      New Minor Biosecurity (CALS)

·      No Contest Termination BA in Engineering (CEMS)

·      Policy Documents

• Revisions:  Timeline for Policy & Proposal Review Process

·      Report Out (no vote required):  Substantial Changes to the Global Studies Major & Minor

4:10

3.     Curricular Affairs: Proposal to Deactivate an Academic Program & Proposal to Reactivate an Academic Program – Laura Almstead (vote) [5 min]

4:15

4.      Impact of the basing of the F35 at the Burlington International Airport (vote) [20 min] 

• Petitioned Resolution for Vote

4:35

5.    Diversity Curriculum Review Committee Competencies Update - Pablo Bose (vote) [15 min]

• DCRC Periodic Review Form

4:50

6.    UVM's contract with Elsevier's Science Direct - Dean of Libraries Bryn Geffert [20 min]

• Readings on Scholarly Publishing

5:10

7.     Residential Learning Communities Report - Chris Burns and J. Dickinson [20 min]

5:30

8.     New Business [5 min]