2020-2021 Faculty Senate Meetings
Actions of 2020-21 Senate:
Consent Agenda (all passed):
- Motion to adopt meeting schedule for 2021-22
- Motion to approve list of graduates
- Outstanding Senate Service of the Year Award for Javier Fochesatto
- Recognition of Committee Chairs
- Approval of RAC survey adjustments
Old Business:
- Motion to Amend the Faculty Senate Constitution- passed
- Motion to Amend the Faculty Senate By-Laws- passed
New Business:
- Mentoring Memo- passed and sent to Chancellor and Provost
- Systems Engineering/Program Management Graduate Certificate - passed
- ACEP unit criteria motion- passed
- Communications unit criteria motion- passed
- Art unit criteria motion- passed
- IARC unit criteria motion- passed
- BS/MS Civil Engineering - passed
- BS/MS Mathematics - passed
- BS/MS Statistics - passed
- BS/MS Chemistry - passed
- BA/MA Applied Linguistics - passed
- GERC Bylaws Motion- tabled
- Motion to Establish Graduate Admissions Out of Status 2-year Limit Policy- passed
- Motion to establish a permanent committee on teaching and learning- passed
- Distance Ed Ad Hoc Committee Purpose and Goals
- Providing more financial resources for programs in monetary distress motion- tabled
- Inaugural Faculty Citizen Award- passed
- Memorandum Supporting Active Vaccination Encouragement and Incentives- passed and sent to Chancellor
Actions of 2021-22 Senate:
Actions:
- Memo to support an ad hoc committee to review and improve the Academic Program Review process - sent to Chancellor's Office
- Motion to Create a Graduate Certificate in Aerospace Engineering - approved
- Motion to approve a Minor in Integrated Arts - approved
- Motion to approve a Minor in Interdisciplinary Environmental Change - approved
- RAC_Survey of Institutional Support of Research Memo - sent to Chancellor, Provost, and VCR Offices
- Motion to create an ad hoc committee to review Faculty 180 - approved
- Memo in support of including a Faculty Regent on the Board of Regents - sent to Chancellor and BOR Offices
Actions:
- Social Work Unit Criteria Motion - approved
- Cross-Cultural Studies Unit Criteria Motion - approved
- Mathematics and Statistics Unit Criteria Motion - approved
- Writing Placement Motion for FY2021-2022 - approved
- Motion to Establish Accelerated Masters Degree Guidelines - approved
- Motion to Allow Late Review of Accelerated Masters Proposals - approved
- Rural Development Graduate Certificate Motion - approved
- Motion to establish an ad hoc committee to review Faculty 180 - approved
- Memo: Communicating with students at the beginning of the course - FS approved and sent to recipients
- Memo: Re-envisioning the mechanism for funding Teaching Assistantships at UAF - FS approved and sent to Chancellor's office
Actions:
- Motion to delete the minor in Forest Management - approved
- Motion to address graduation with honors policy - approved
- Motion to delete SAT/ACT requirement for admission - approved
- Motion to revise TOEFL requirement for admission through Spring 2022 - approved
- Motion to update postbaccalaureate certificate requirements - approved
- Motion to establish guidelines for coursework Master's of Arts or Master's of Science degrees - approved
Actions:
- Motion to temporarily change late withdrawal policy for the Fall 2020 semester - approved
- Motion to approve Justice Unit Criteria - approved
- Motion to approve Marine Biology Unit Criteria - approved
- Motion to update regulations on transfer credit - approved
- Motion to correct an error in academic disqualification policy language - approved
- Motion to create a graduate certificate in Applied and Computational Mathematics - approved
- Motion to delete the Educator Para-Professional Certificate - approved
- Motion to revise the appeal process for academic disqualification temporarily - approved
- Motion to waive the GRE requirement for graduate admission for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 due to COVID-19 - approved
- Memo requesting extension on the deadline to move CCS, ANLA, ANLD, and ANLP from CLA to CRCD and to include shared governance in the process - FS approved and sent to Chancellor's office
Actions:
- COVID WRTG Placement Motion for Spring 2021 and Summer 2021 - approved
- Resolution for Accelerated Master's Degree Program - approved
- Motion to revise Graduate Certificate Guidelines - approved
- Motion to waive ACT/SAT Requirement for Admission for Fall 2022 and Spring 2022 - approved
- Motion to Clarify the Guest Access on the Blackboard and Other Instructional Media - moved to the January meeting with the intent to revise
Actions:
- Motion to protect faculty members' proprietary rights over course material and delivery modes - approved
- Motion to revise bylaws - approved
- Motion to update regulations on cross-listing and stacked courses - approved
- Motion for a new minor in Agrometeorology - approved
- Motion for Oceanography Unit Criteria - approved
Actions:
Actions:
- Memo - Critical Attributes of the next UA President - approved
- Memo - Statement affirming faculty authority over faculty workspaces - approved
- Motion to protect proprietary rights of faculty - approved as amended, contingent on the UNAC eBoard’s review
- COVID statement for syllabi - tabled
- Motion to Protect Faculty Governance and Continuity - tabled (will be considered in the fall when the full Senate convenes)