University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

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AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
February 28, 2011; 3:10 p.m.
Levis Faculty Center

I. Approval of Minutes—November 1, November 8 and December 6

II. Senate Executive Committee Report—Joyce Tolliver, Chair

III. Chancellor’s Remarks

IV. Questions/Discussion

V. Old Business

EP.11.15

Proposal from the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs to Eliminate the BS in Aviation Human Factors, the Professional Pilot Curriculum, and the MS in Human Factors in the Institute of Aviation

Educational Policy

VI. Consent Agenda

EP.11.18

Proposal from GRAD to add master’s thesis as an alternative to the master’s examination in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Educational Policy
(A. Aminmansour, Chair)

EP.11.20

Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to revise the M.S. in Astronomy

Educational Policy

EP.11.21

Proposal from LAS to revise the Ph.D. in Astronomy

Educational Policy

EP.11.22

Proposal from ACES to revise the M.S. in Agricultural Education

Educational Policy

EP.11.24

Proposal from LAS to revise the M.F.A. in Creative Writing

Educational Policy

EP.11.25

Proposal from ENGR to revise the B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

Educational Policy

EP.11.26

Proposal from ACES to establish an undergraduate minor in Leadership Studies

Educational Policy

EP.11.27

Proposal from ACES to revise the B.S. in Horticulture

Educational Policy

EP.11.28

Proposal from ACES to establish a minor in Horticulture

Educational Policy

EP.11.31

Proposed Guidelines for Degree Completion

Educational Policy

GP.11.03

Proposal to Establish the Institute for Genomic Biology (proposed amendment)

General University Policy (M. Mallory, Chair)

VII. Proposals for Action

CC.11.07	Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate	Committee on Committees (K. Graber, Chair)
CC.11.08	Nomination to the State Universities Retirement System Members Advisory Committee (SURSMAC)	Committee on Committees
CC.11.09	Approval of Nominations for the Athletic Board	Committee on Committees
SC.11.09	Senate Statement on the Roles of the Campus and the Chancellor	Senate Executive Committee

VIII. Proposed Revisions to the Senate Bylaws(Final, Action)

SP.11.03

Revision to the Bylaws, Part B 6. – Committee on Committees Term of Office

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

IX. Proposed Revisions to the Senate Standing Rules (Final, Action)

SP.11.06

Proposed Standing Rule 14 – Setting the Agenda for Senate Meetings

University Statutes and Senate Procedures

X. Proposed Revision to the Senate Constitution (First Reading,Information)

SP.11.05

Proposed Revision to the Senate Constitution, Article II, Section 6 – Nomination Procedures

University Statutes and Senate Procedures

XI. Reports for Information

CC.11.06

Search Committee to Advise the President on the Selection of a Vice-President and Chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign Campus: Tally of Votes Cast and Membership

Committee on Committees

BOT

November 18

January 20

J. Tolliver

N. Burbules, J. Tolliver

HE.11.04
HE.11.05
HE.11.06

FAC/IBHE

December 10
January 21
February 15

A. Aminmansour

SS.11.01

February 18, 2011, Letter from University Board of Trustees Chair Chris Kennedy to Senate Executive Committee Chair Joyce Tolliver

XII. New Business

XIII. Adjournment

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