AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
September 16, 2013, 2013
3:10 pm
Illini Union - Illini Room C
| I. | Call to Order—Chancellor Phyllis Wise | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes—April 22, 2013 and April 29, 2013 | |
| III. | Senate Executive Committee Report—Roy Campbell | |
| IV. | Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Phyllis Wise | |
| Chancellor's Presentation (slides added online 4/17/2013) | ||
| 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.13.40 | Proposal from the College of Education to establish a non-licensure Bachelors of Science in Learning and Education Studies with concentrations in: 1) Applied Learning Science; 2) Educational Equality and Cultural Understanding; and 3) Workplace Training and Development. | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.02 | Proposal from the School of Social Work to establish an undergraduate minor in Social Work | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.03 | Proposal from the College of Engineering and the Graduate College to establish a Bioengineering concentration in the Master of Science Bioinformatics | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.04 | Proposal from the College of Education and the Graduate College to terminate the Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Special Education | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.05 | Proposal from the College of Education and the Graduate College to terminate the Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Human Resource Education | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.06 | Proposal from the College of Fine and Applied Arts to establish an undergraduate minor in Art and Design | Educational Policy |
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| VII. | Proposals |
| CC.14.03 | Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate | Committee on Committees |
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| CC.14.04 | Nominations for Membership on the Seventh Senate Review Commission | Committee on Committees |
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| SP.13.08 | Revision to Standing Rule 14 | University Statutes and Senate Procedures |
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| SP.14.05 | Proposed Revisions to the Bylaws, Part D.12 – Committee on Honorary Degrees | University Statutes and Senate Procedures |
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| EP.14.01 | Proposal from the Senate Committee on Educational Policy to revise the 2013-2014 Academic Calendar | Educational Policy |
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| VIII. | Current Benefits Issues (5 min) - John Kindt, Chair of Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits |
| IX. | Reports |
| HE.13.09 | FAC/ IBHE Report – May 17, 2013 | A. Aminmansour | |
| SC.14.03 | BOT Observer Report – July 25, 2013 | N. Burbules | |
| UC.13.09 | USC Report – May 15, 2013 | J. Tolliver | |
| UC.13.10 | USC Report - June 18, 2013 | J. Tolliver | |
| HD.14.01 | Request for Nominations for Honorary Degrees | J. Tyson | |
| X. | Committee of the Whole | |
| XFC.14.01 Task Force Report on Faculty Issues and Concerns | ||
| XI. | New Business |
| XII. | Adjournment | |
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