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AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
March 4, 2013
3:10 pm
3rd Floor - Levis Faculty Center

I.   Call to Order—Chancellor Phyllis Wise
     
II.   Approval of MinutesFebruary 4, 2013
     
III.   Senate Executive Committee Report—Matthew Wheeler
     
IV.   Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Phyllis Wise
     
V.   Questions/Discussion
     
VI.   Consent Agenda
  If a senator wishes to move an item from the Consent Agenda to Proposals and have copies at the meeting, they must notify the Senate Office at least two business days before the meeting. Any senator can ask to have any item moved from the Consent Agenda to Proposals.
       
  EP.13.13 Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to revise the requirements for the M.A. and PhD in Linguistics

Educational Policy
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
  EP.13.17 Proposal from the Graduate College and the College of Fine and Applied Arts to terminate the Ed.D. degree in Music Education

Educational Policy
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
  EP.13.18 Proposal from the Graduate College and the College of Engineering to revise the Master of Computer Science (M.C.S.) in Computer Science

Educational Policy
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
  EP.13.22 Proposal from the College of Business to Revise the Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

Educational Policy
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
  EP.13.24 Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to Establish a Concentration in Spanish Literatures and Cultures within the MA in Spanish in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Educational Policy
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
  EP.13.25 Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to Terminate the Illinois PSM concentration in the MS in Plant Biology

Educational Policy
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
VII.   Proposals
  SC.13.11 Nominations to Fill a Faculty Vacancy on Committee on Committees (If a faculty senator wishes to make a nomination from the floor and a bio of the nominee is available prior to the meeting, please submit the bio to the Senate Office in order to provide copies at the meeting.)

Senate Executive Committee
(M. Wheeler, Chair)

     

 

  SC.13.12 Nominations to Fill a Student Vacancy on Committee on Committees (If a student senator wishes to make a nomination from the floor and a bio of the nominee is available prior to the meeting, please submit the bio to the Senate Office in order to provide copies at the meeting.)

Senate Executive Committee
(M. Wheeler, Chair)

       
  CO.13.03 Resolution in Support of the Illinois Climate Action Plan

Campus Operations
(B. McCall, Chair)

       
VIII.   Current Benefits Issues (5 min) - John Kindt, Chair of Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits
     
IX.   Reports
  HE.13.06 FAC/ IBHE Report – February 15, 2013 A. Aminmansour
       
X.   New Business
     
IX.   Executive Session
    All visitors will be asked to leave before the Senate considers nominations for honorary degrees from the Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees.
     
XII.   Adjournment
     

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