3:00

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

3:05

2.     Reflections on end of the year, Provost Patricia Prelock [5 min]

3:10

3.     Consent Agenda (vote) [5 min]

·      Minutes of the April 2022 Faculty Senate Meeting

·      Resolution to extend the Faculty Senate ad hoc DEI committee

3:15

4.     Degree Conferrals (vote) [5 min]

3:20

5.     Resolution in Memoriam (vote)

• Reno Thomas Simone, Professor Emeritus of English (CAS) - Huck Gutman

3:25

6.     Contested Deactivation of the Physical Education (Grades PreK-12) B.S. Ed. (vote)

• Procedures to Deactivate an Academic Program
• CAC Report on Contested Deactivation of PE Major
• Response to CAC Report

3:35

7.     Resolution Supporting Faculty Autonomy in Scholarly Work Regarding Critical Race Theory and Other Aspects of Bias, Discrimination and Social Justice (vote)

3:40

8.     Resolution to Extend Test-Optional Admissions Pilot (vote)

• Test-optional Admissions Pilot Extension Proposal

3:45

9.     Vote to Accept Report of the Academic Reorganization Working Group (vote)

Report of the Academic Reorganization Working Group (April 18, 2022)

3:50

10.   Reports that do not require a Senate vote:

• Curricular Affairs Committee
• Educational & Research Technologies Committee
• Financial & Physical Planning Committee
• Professional Standards Committee
• Research, Scholarship & the Creative Arts Committee
• Student Affairs Committee
• ad hoc Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

4:00

11.  Update on Board of Trustees configuration, Thomas Chittenden (discussion)

4:10

12.  Comprehensive Sustainability Plan (Elizabeth Palchak, Director of Sustainability)

4:20

13.  Closing Remarks, President

4:25

14.  New Business [5 min]

4:30

15.  Adjourn