2023-2024 Faculty Senate Meetings

 

Actions: 

  • Resolution for Chris Fallen - Approved
  • Resolution for OSSYA recipient - Leah Berman - Approved
  • Resolution for OSSYA recipient - Latrice Bowman - Approved
  • Motion: Hiring Process - Approved by the Faculty Senate. Acknowledged by Chancellor White.
    • Memo: Chancellor White's Response to Faculty Senate Motion 2023/2024-280-2
  • Motion: Capstone Overview in Catalog - Approved
  • Motion: Use of AI in Graduate Student Work - Approved
  • Motion: Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Integrity - Approved
  • Motion: Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom - Approved
  • Motion: Ad Hoc Committee on Committees - Approved
  • Motion: Sharing agenda with the Faculty Senate - Failed
  • Motion: Annual Activity Reports recommendation - Approved
    • Memo: Chancellor White's Response to Faculty Senate Motion 2023/2024-280-9

Consent Agenda: 

2024-2025 Faculty Senate Actions:

  • Motion: Adopt the 2024-2025 meeting schedule - Approved
  • Motion: Adopt the 2024-2025 committee assignments - Approved
  • Motion: Authorize the 2023-2024 Administrative Committee to act on behalf of the Senate - Approved

 

Actions:

  • Motion: DANSRD Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: CNSM Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: Change the name of pre-majors - Approved
  • Motion: Include examples of AI syllabus language for syllabus checklist - Approved
  • Motion: Accelerated Bachelor of Arts/Masters of Arts, Communication - Approved
  • Motion: Approve Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) plan - Approved

Actions: 

  • Motion: PI Removal Process - Vetoed
    • Memo: Chancellor White's Response to Faculty Senate Motion 2023/2024-278-2
  • Motion: GER&C Bylaw update - Approved
  • Motion: Energy Resource Engineering, Bachelor of Science - Approved
  • Motion: Wildlife, Ecology and Society, Bachelor of Arts - Approved
  • Motion: Science and Environment Communication, Minor - Approved
  • Motion: College of Engineering and Mines Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: PI Eligibility Principles - Returned to committee

Approved Occupational Endorsement Certificates (OEC): 

  • Memo - Dental Assistant OEC
  • Memo - Medical Assisting OEC
  • Memo - Unmanned Aircraft Operations OEC 

Actions: 

  • Motion: NRE Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: Theatre and Film Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: Vet Med Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: Libraries Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion: School of Education - Approved
  • Motion: Land Acknowledgement - Approved
  • Motion: Revise BoR Policy of Academic Integrity - Approved
  • Motion: No TOEFL/IELTS for Students from Anglophone Countries - Approved
  • Motion: Eliminate Core GPA - Approved
  • Motion: Establish procedures for involuntary removal of a Principal Investigator (PI) from a grant or cooperative agreement - Tabled
  • Motion: Establish university guidelines for eligibility to be a Principal Investigator (PI) or Institutional PI for externally funded grants and cooperative agreements - Tabled

Handouts: 

Actions: 

  • Motion: Revise the language “How to read course information” subsection “course credits” - Approved
  • Motion: Delete SAT_ACT Requirement for Admission - Approved
  • Motion:  Faculty Senate Bylaw Update - Approved

Handouts: 

Actions: 

  • Motion to approve SOE Unit Criteria - Returned to the Unit Criteria Committee
  • Motion to approve Linguistics Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion to archive Sociology Unit Criteria - Approved
  • Motion to approve revisions to the Bylaws for the Student Academic Development & Achievement committee - Approved

Public Comment Documents:

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