Senate Faculty Meeting Agenda

Friday, April 4, 2008 

3:00-nlt 5:00 pm Egan Library 211

Call in # 1-800-893-8850   PIN 3325714

All meeting documents will be projected online through Eluminate web session (link to Faculty Senate Portfolio page https://uascentral.uas.alaska.edu/online/portfolio/FACULTY_SENATE?term=Spring-2008&behavior=UAS&session=744720&

(No audio will available through Eluminate –please use dial up audio above. The texting feature in Eluminate will be viable...Your President will also respond to virtual hand-raising “pings” by eluminate online text-ers.)

1. Call to Order 3:00
2. Approval of minutes of March meeting   (Attachment 1.1)
3. Chair’s report:
-Faculty Alliance
- Advisory group and other Statewide division responses to McTaggert Report
-Statewide Student Intent Survey-Course Registration Through Banner up by Fall 2008}
-2010 Budget Planning
-Faculty Excellence Award Selection underway by 4/16
-Statewide Taskforce on Student Success-Jill   (Attachment 3.1)

2008-2009 Faculty Senate Members
   President-Jill Dumsenil
   President Elect-Election (Jonathan Anderson & ????)
   At-Large Juneau-Election (McMillan (Ed) Pyare (NS)
   At- Large Kechikan-Priscilla Schulte
   At-Large Sitka-Leslie Gordan
   Business/Public Administration-Rick Wolk
   Career Education-Tony Martin
   Education-Mary Claire Tarlow
   Humanities-Jeremy Kane
   Information Systems-TBA (4/11)
   Library-Caroline Hassler
   Natural Sciences-Matt Heavner
   Social Sciences-David Noon? (TBA 4/11)
Chair Curriculum Committee-TBA (? Date)
Chair Graduate student Committee-TBA (4/4)

5.Old Business
- ACCFT Faculty Handbook language revision  2^nd reading Academic Catalogue update by Fordon/Landis (for Schulte)

-Provost Update on Med-Educational leadership..SAC and UAA   (Attachment 5.1)

6.      NEW BUSINESS
BLA Program –Walz   (Attachment 6.1)

7.      Faculty Senate Committee Reports

-Graduate committee Dumesnil
-Curriculum Committee
-Sustainability (survey results?) Pyare/Wolk   (Attachment 7.1)
-Faculty Research-Heavner

4:30 pm 8. Workforce Programs Guest: Fred Villa.UA StatewideWorkforce Programs Admin|Voc Tech Operations  frederick.villa@alaska.edu

9. Adjourn </= 5 PM