University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
April 29, 2013
3:10 pm
3rd Floor - Levis Faculty Center

I.		Call to Order—Chancellor Phyllis Wise

II.		Approval of Minutes—March 4, 2013

III.		Senate Executive Committee Report—Matthew Wheeler

IV.		Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Phyllis Wise
		University Budget Update - Michael Andrechak (added online 4/30/13)

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.13.20	Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to revise the BALAS in History, in the Department of History	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.23	Proposal from the Graduate College and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to Establish a New Graduate Minor in Global Studies	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.26	Proposal from the Graduate College and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) to Establish a new option in the Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics.	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.30	Proposal from the Graduate College and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences to transfer the Master of Science in Agricultural Education from the Department of Human and Community Development to the Agricultural Education Program	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.31	Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Department of English to revise the Major in the Science and Letters Curriculum: BALAS English- English Concentration and English Teaching Concentration	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.32	Proposal from the College of Media Journalism Department to reorganize and revise the News Editorial major and Broadcast Journalism major as a new unitary Journalism major	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.33	Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Establish a Graduate Concentration in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE)	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.34	Proposal from the College of Applied Health Sciences to Change the Name of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Health to the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Health	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.38	Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Establish a Minor in Slavic Language, Literature, and Culture, in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.39	Proposal from the College of Engineering to establish a Combined Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.41	Proposal from the College of College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) to Revise Requirements for Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

VII.

Proposals

CC.13.09	Approval of Nominations for the Athletic Board	Committee on Committees (P. Kalita)

SP.13.06	Revisions to Standing Rule 3 – Proposed Amendments to Documents	University Statutes and Senate Procedures (W. Maher)

SP.13.07	Revisions to the Bylaws, Part D. 5 – Committee on Campus Operations	University Statutes and Senate Procedures (W. Maher)

EP.13.35	Proposal to Establish the Institute for Universal Biology (IUB)	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

EP.13.37	Revisions to 2017-2018 Academic Calendar	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

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) Education, Globalization, and Social Justice; 3) Workplace Training and Development; and 4) International and Cultural Perspectives in Early Schooling	Educational Policy (G. Miller, Chair)

CG.13.01	Revisions to the Academic Integrity Portions of the Student Code	Conference on Conduct Governance (G. Gollin, Chair)

NB.13.01	Electronic Communications Policy	Campus IT Privacy and Security Committee

SC.13.14	2013-2014 Senate/SEC Calendar	Senate Executive Committee (M. Wheeler, Chair)

VIII.

Current Benefits Issues (5 min) - John Kindt, Chair of Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits: FB.13.02, Current Benefit Issues (distributed at the door and added online 4/30/13)

IX.

Reports

HE.13.07	FAC/ IBHE Report – March 15, 2013	A. Aminmansour

HE.13.08	FAC/IBHE Report - April 2, 2013	A. Aminmansour

SC.13.13	BOT Observer Report – March 7, 2013	J. Tolliver

UC.13.06	USC Report – February 19, 2013	J. Tolliver

UC.13.07	USC Report - March 27, 2013	J. Tolliver

UC.13.08	USC Report – April 18, 2013	J. Tolliver

SUR.13.02	SURSMAC - April 9, 2013	J. Kindt H.F. Williamson

New Business

		Letter from Randy McCarthy and Nicholas Burbules (distributed at the door and added online 4/30/13)

XI.		Adjournment

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