AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
December 8, 2008; 3:10 p.m.
Levis Faculty Center
I. Approval of November 3, 2008, Senate Minutes
II. Senate Executive Committee Report—Nicholas Burbules, Chair
III. Chancellor’s Remarks
IV. Questions/Discussion
V. Consent Agenda
If senators have questions about a proposal, they should contact the Committee Chair. If they wish to move a proposal from Consent Agenda to Proposals for Action and have copies at the meeting, they must notify the Senate Office at least two business days before the meeting.
EP.09.20 | Proposal to Rename the Ph.D. in Speech Communication to the Ph.D. in Communication |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.21 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.22 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.24 |
Undergraduate Social Work Major/Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) in the School of Social Work |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.25 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.26 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.27 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.30 |
Rename and Revise the B.S. in Media Studies as the B.S. in Media and Cinema Studies |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.31 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.37 |
Educational Policy |
VI. Proposals for Action
EP.09.41 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.42 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.43 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.44 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.45 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.12 |
Educational Policy |
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EP.09.28 |
Multi-Institutional Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering with the National University of Singapore |
Educational Policy |
EP.09.32 |
Educational Policy |
VII. Proposed Revisions to the Senate Constitution and Bylaws
SP.09.06 |
University Statutes and Senate Procedures |
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SP.09.07 |
Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.10 – Committee on Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits |
University Statutes and Senate Procedures |
SP.08.13 |
University Statutes and Senate Procedures |
VIII. Reports for Information of the Senate
SC.09.05 |
J. Finnerty |
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HE.09.04 |
K. Andersen |
IX. New Business
X. Committee of the Whole Discussion
The SEC Chair will move that the Senate convene as a Committee of the Whole to discuss:
ProQuest and Dissertation Deposits
One or more Graduate College representatives will provide introductory remarks. Background material from the Graduate College is available at: http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/thesis/ProQuest.htm.
Subsequent comments and questions will be limited to 2 minutes each, with a 30 minute time limit for the entire discussion.
XI. Adjournment