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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
April 22, 2019
3:10 pm
ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A
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| I. | Call to Order—Chancellor Robert Jones | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes—April 1, 2019 | |
| III. | Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Bettina Francis | |
| IV. | Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Robert Jones | |
| V. | Questions (senators only) | |
| 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.19.34 | Establish the Graduate concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.52 | Establish the Graduate concentration in Aerospace Systems Engineering within the Master of Engineering in Engineering | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.53 | Deliver the Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering online | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.56 | Establish the Master of Science in Health Technology | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.58 | Revise and Rename the BALAS in Comparative Literature | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.59 | Establish the Graduate Concentration in Pharmaceutical Engineering in the Master of Engineering | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.60 | Establish the Graduate Concentration in Plasma Engineering in the Master of Engineering | Educational Policy |
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| EP.19.62 | Revise the Undergraduate minor in Art History | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.63 | Establish the Medical Scholars Program, a joint MD/PhD program | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.64 | Revise the undergraduate core curriculum, thereby revising the Bachelor of Science in the following majors (accountancy; finance; information systems; management; marketing; operations management; supply chain management) | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.65 | Revise the PhD in the Institute of Communications Research | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.66 | Establish a concentration in Bilingual-Bicultural Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.67 | Establish the graduate concentration in Digital Learning in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.68 | Revise the language in the Student Code on Computation of Scholastic Averages for Graduate Students | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.70 | Revise the undergraduate minor in Cinema | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.71 | Revise the Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, Food Science Concentration | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.73 | Eliminate the Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of Latin | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.74 | Revise two concentrations in the Bachelor of Science in Learning and Education Studies | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.75 | Establish the undergraduate Kinesiology minor | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.76 | Eliminate the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Craft | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| VII. | Proposals |
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| VIII. | Reports |
| AB.19.01 | 2018-2019 Annual Report: Athletic Board | Athletic Board |
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| EP.19.72 | Administrative Approvals at the April 1, 2019 EP Meeting | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| EP.19.78 | Administrative Approvals at the April 15, 2019 EP Meeting | Educational Policy G. Miller, Chair |
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| FB.19.03 | 2018-2019 Annual Report: Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits | Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits J. Kindt, Chair |
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| GP.07.04 | Multi-Year Contract Option for Eligible Academic Staff: Implementation Proposals |
General University Policy N. Burbules, Chair |
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| UC.19.03 | Report of the Revisions to the University Senates Conference Bylaws | University Senates Conference J. Tolliver, Chair |
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| UC.19.04 | Proposed Revision to the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, Article IV, Section 1 (i) (1) – Postdoctoral Research Associate Compensable Vacation (USC GR-50) | University Senates Conference J. Tolliver, Chair |
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| 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. Such matters may not be acted upon at the meeting in which they are introduced, according to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act. | ||
| X. | Adjournment | |