University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
March 9, 2015
3:10 pm

Senate Packet

ILLINI UNION BALLROOM

I.		Call to Order—Chancellor Phyllis Wise

II.		Approval of Minutes—February 9, 2015 and February 16, 2015

III.		Senate Executive Committee Report—Roy Campbell

IV.		Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Phyllis Wise

V.		Questions/Discussion

VI.		Old Business
	A.	Proposals

RS.15.07

Concerns about Shared Governance and Academic Freedom

B. McCall and
K. Sanders

Reports

EP.15.39	Administrative Approvals – January 26, 2015	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.40	Administrative Approvals – February 2, 2015	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

HE.15.04	FAC/IBHE Report – December 12, 2014	A. Aminmansour

HE.15.05	FAC/IBHE Report – January 16, 2015	A. Aminmansour

SC.15.07	BOT Observer Report – January 15, 2015	G. Miller

UC.15.05	USC Report – December 12, 2014	J. Tolliver

UC.15.06	USC Report – January 22, 2015	J. Tolliver

SC.15.08	Hiring Policies and Procedures Review Committee Report	Senate Exec. Committee (R. Campbell)

VII.

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.15.29	Proposal from the College of Education to establish a concentration in Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching & Agency in the B.S. in Learning & Education Studies	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.31	Proposal from the College of Engineering to Establish a Major in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for the Degree of Masters of Engineering	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.32	Proposal from the College of Engineering to Establish a Combined Bachelor of Science - Master of Engineering Degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.34	Proposal from the College of Business to add the Graduate Concentration in Business Data Analytics in the Department of Business Administration	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.41	Proposal from the College of Fine and Applied Arts to Rename and Revise the Undergraduate Minor in Urban Planning	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.43	Proposal from the College of Engineering and the Graduate College to Terminate Two Options, the Online MS and the Non-Thesis Option, in the Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

EP.15.45	Proposal from the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) to Terminate the Bachelor of Science in Horticulture	Educational Policy (G. Miller)

VIII.

Proposals

RS.15.08	Resolution Endorsing the Final Report of the Hiring Policies and Procedures Review Committee RS.15.08 Revised	M. Steinberg, et. al.

CC.15.07	Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate	Committee on Committees (P. Kalita)

CC.15.08	Nominations to the Athletic Board CC.15.08 Revised	Committee on Committees (P. Kalita)

CC.15.09	Nominations for Membership on the University Senates Conference	Committee on Committees (P. Kalita)

SP.15.14	General Revisions to the Statutes Motion #3	University Statutes and Senate Procedures (USSP) (W. Maher)

IX.		New Business
		Matters not included in the agenda may not be presented to the Senate without concurrence of a majority of the members present and voting.

X.		Adjournment