Faculty Senate Meeting

Monday, September 21, 2020

4:00 - 5:30 PM on Teams

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SENATORS: In order to access voting forms, you must be logged in using the TEAMS app.  Senators from Larner College of Medicine must login to both TEAMS and FORMS with their UVM NetID.  Having trouble?  Try these helpful tips for logging in (pdf).

Here is the link to the Faculty Senate September 21st Meeting on Teams:  Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Here is the dial-in option (NOT RECOMMENDED FOR SENATORS) - dial-in participants will not have access to voting forms)

+1 802-489-6040 United States, Burlington (Toll) Conference ID: 591 316 957#

Agenda

4:00

1.   Faculty Senate President’s Welcome Remarks – Thomas Chittenden [10 min]

4:10

2.     Consent Agenda (vote) [5 min]

·      Minutes of the 8/24/20 Faculty Senate Meeting

·      Curricular Affairs

a.   New Credential: Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study, Graduate College  

b.    Report Out (no vote needed): Online option for existing CGS in Complex Systems & Data Science, CEMS 

4:15

3.     Conferral of Degrees (vote) [5 min]

4:20

4.     Spring 2021 Academic Calendar Revisions – Bill Falls  [25 min]

Resolution: Spring 2021 Academic Calendar COVID 19 Changes (vote)

Supporting materials:  

Academic Calendar for SP21 Survey Responses Presentation (pdf)

Academic Calendar for SP21 Survey Response Data (spreadsheet)

 

4:45

5.     Liberal Arts General Education Requirements– Pablo Bose (vote) [20 min]

Catamount Core Requirements language submitted for Faculty Senate Approval in the Liberal Arts Category

5:05

6.     UVM Re-organization Committee Update on Effort – Dean Jenemann [20 min]

5:25

7.     New Business [5 min]

5:30

8.     Adjourn