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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
December 10, 2018
3:10 pm
ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A
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| I. | Call to Order—Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes—November 12, 2018 | |
| III. | Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Bettina Francis | |
| IV. | Chancellor’s Remarks—Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris | |
| V. | Questions (senators only) | |
| VI. | Old Business |
| RS.19.04 | Resolution to Protect Faculty from Trolling, Harassment, and Stalking | J. Rosenstein | |
| VIII. | 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.19.19 | Revision of Curriculum Requirements for the Concentration in Energy Systems for the degree of Master of Engineering in the College of Engineering and establishing an Online option | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.22 | Establish an undergraduate minor in Turkish Studies | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.23 | Revision to the BALAS in Philosophy | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.24 | Revisions to the curriculum of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre; Renaming the concentration in Lighting Design | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.25 | Revise the undergraduate minor in Adult Development | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.30 | Combine the Agricultural Education (AGED) and Agricultural Communications (AGCM) Programs into a new Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications (ALEC) Program; move the current MS in Agricultural Education degree from AGED to the new ALEC program; terminate the undergraduate major in Agricultural Leadership and Science Education and its two concentrations; terminate the undergraduate major in Agricultural Communications and its two concentrations; and create a new major in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications with four concentrations, in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| VIII. | Proposals |
| EP.19.26 | Revise the BALAS in English, including the establishment of a new concentration | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| CC.19.15 | Election of Members on Standing Committees of the Senate | Committee on Committees N. O'Brien, Chair |
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| EC.18.03 | Revisions to the Election Rules for the Student Electorate | Elections and Credentials K. Graber, Chair |
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| HD.19.05 | Nomination for Honorary Degree Award | Honorary Degrees M. Wheeler, Chair |
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| IX. | Solar Farm Expansion | |
| Scott Willenbrock, Affiliate of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) | ||
| X. | Reports |
| SC.19.09 | Report on the November 15, 2018 Meeting of the Board of Trustees | G. Miller | |
| EP.19.31 | Administrative Approvals through December 3, 2018 | Educational Policy |
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| XI. | 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. Such matters may not be acted upon at the meeting in which they are introduced, according to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act. | ||
| XII. | Adjournment | |