Faculty Senate Meeting

Thursday, May 18, 2023

3:00 - 4:30 PM on Microsoft Teams

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Agenda

3:00

1.     Faculty Senate President’s Welcome Remarks – Thomas Borchert

3:05

2.     Degree Conferrals (vote)

 

3:10

3.     Consent Agenda (vote)

A.    Minutes of the April 2023 Faculty Senate Meeting

B.    Resolutions to reappoint the Senate ad hoc Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee for AY 2023-2024

C.     Curricular Affairs

·      New Minor in Equine Studies (CALS)

3:15

4.     Resolution in Memoriam (vote)

·      Canute VanderMeer, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Presented by Shelly Rayback, Professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences

3:20

5.     Resolution regarding the Revision to the University Policy on Academic Freedom (vote)

Resolution regarding the revision to the University Policy on Academic Freedom -Approved by the Faculty Senate May 18, 2023

3:30

6.     Resolution on the University's Response to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Investigation (vote)

Resolution on the University's Response to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Investigation - Approved by the Faculty Senate May 18, 2023

4:10

7.     Catamount Core Curriculum (General Education) Report (Pablo Bose and J. Dickinson)

4:25

8.     Reports that do not require a Senate vote:

A.    Gund Institute - Five-Year Review

B.    Report/memo from February round tables

C.     Religious Holidays Policy

D.    Annual Reports from Senate Committees

E.     Report on moving CALS Biochemistry major from Deans office to Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

F.     Curricular Affairs Committee: Substantial Revision to Mathematical Science Major (CEMS), Substantial Revision to Wildlife Fisheries Major (RSENR), Substantial Revision to Masters in Public Health (CNHS), Revision of CAC Operating Procedures

4:30

9.     Faculty Senate President’s Closing Remarks – Thomas Borchert 

4:35

10.  New Business

4:37

11.  adjourn