University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
November 8, 2010; 3:10 p.m.
Levis Faculty Center

I. Approval of October 4 and October 18 Senate Minutes

II. Senate Executive Committee Report—Joyce Tolliver, Chair

III. Chancellor’s Remarks

IV. Questions/Discussion

V. Old Business

Proposed Amendments to the Statutes and the General Rules

University Statutes and Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

SP.11.04

VI. Consent Agenda

Proposal from the College of LAS to Establish New Minors: Integrative Biology; Conservation Biology	Educational Policy (A. Aminmansour, Chair)	EP.11.02
Proposal from the College of ACES to rename the undergraduate minor in Quantitative Methods in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) as the Spatial and Quantitative Methods in NRES	Educational Policy	EP.11.03
Proposal from the Graduate College to revise the policy regarding how repeated courses are factoring into graduate GPA's	Educational Policy	EP.11.04
Proposal from the Graduate College to clarify the policy regarding how graduate GPA's are calculated	Educational Policy	EP.11.05
Proposal from the College of Engineering to establish the Customized Concentration in the B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering	Educational Policy	EP.11.06
Proposal from the College of ACES to establish a Minor in Natural Resource Conservation	Educational Policy	EP.11.07
Proposal from the College of LAS to eliminate the B.S. in Biophysics	Educational Policy	EP.11.08
Proposal from the College of ACES to establish the Agricultural Leadership and Science Education (ALSE) Program	Educational Policy	EP.11.09
Proposal from the College of ACES to establish the B.S. in Agricultural Leadership and Science Education	Educational Policy	EP.11.10
Proposal from the Graduate College to Establish a Graduate Minor in Gender Relations in International Development (GRID)	Educational Policy	EP.11.12

VII. Proposed Revisions to the University Statutes (2nd Reading, Action)

Revisions to the Statutes, Article X, Section 2 – Academic Freedom

University Statutes and Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

SP.10.11

VIII. Proposals for Action

Procedures for Selecting a Search Committee to Advise the President on the Selection of a Chancellor	Senate Executive Committee	SC.11.07
Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate	Committee on Committees (K. Graber, Chair)	CC.11.04
Proposal to Rename the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability to the Prairie Research Institute	General University Policy (M. Mallory, Chair)	GP.11.01
Proposed Amendment to the Admissions Task Force Report Regarding Communications on the Admission Status of Recruited Wheelchair Athletes	Admissions (M. Biehl, Chair)	AD.11.01

IX. Reports for Information

HE.11.01 HE.11.02	FAC/IBHE	September 17 October 15		A. Aminmansour
SC.11.04	BOT	September 23		A. Scheeline
SUR.11.01	SURSMAC	October 12		K. Andersen
Conflict of Interest and Commitment			General University Policy	GP.11.02

X. Executive Session
All visitors will be asked to leave before the Senate considers nominations for honorary degrees from the Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees.

XI. New Business

XII. Adjournment

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