SENATE FACULTY MEETING AGENDA
FRIDAY Sept 7, 2007
3:00- nlt 5:00 pm Egan Library 211
Call in # 1-800-893-8850 PIN 3325714 Elluminate Session for Docs?
Call to order 3:00. Introductions
1. Approval of minutes of last meeting (May minutes)
2. Approval of today’s agenda
3. Approval of 2007-2008 FS Meeting Calender
(FIRST Fridays 9/7, 10/5, 11/2, 12/7, no Jan, 2/1, 3/7, 4/4, 5/2)
Old Business May 4 Meeting Continuations
Proposed changes to Faculty Handbook
4. Regional Campus Faculty evaluation by Deans in place of Directors (Provost Robbie Stell)
Attachment 4.1 (UAS Faculty Handbook - Faculty Appointment & Evaluation Section)
5. ACTION ITEM: The Ad Hoc Curriculum Clarification Committee suggested changes to the faculty handbook; (Lynn Shepherd )Discussion needed
Attachment 5.1a (Curriculum Guide Issues)
Attachment 5.1b (UAS Faculty Handbook - Curricular Review)
Attachment 5.2 (Curriculum Matrix)
New Business
Proposals for Program Changes/New Programs
6. Allied Health Program Changes (Marianne Stillner)
First Reading Attachments: (many)
Attachment 6.1 (Community Wellness Advocate Certificate Policy Change Proposal)
Attachment 6.2 (Paramedical Technology OE-New Program Proposal)
Attachment 6.3 (AAS Health Sciences Policy Change Proposal)
Attachment 6.4 (AAS Health Sciences Policy Change Proposal)
Attachment 6.5 (Certificate of Pre-Nursing Policy Change Proposal)
Attachment 6.6 (AAS Health Sciences Policy Change Proposal)
Attachment 6.7 (Community Wellness Advocate OE New Program Proposal)
7. Associate of Business (Mark Speece)
Attachment 7.1 (AB Rationale)
8. GIS Certificate (Sanjay Pyare)
ATTACHMENTS
9. Humanities Policy Change Proposals
First Reading Attachments - Changes to English Major
Attachment 9.1, Attachment 9.2, Attachment 9.3, Attachment 9.4, Attachment 9.5, Attachment 9.6
10. Faculty Senate Committees
Standing Committees, ADHOC Committees
2007-2008 Identify committee members, Identify Committee Charges link with Self-assessment teams where helpful
New ADHOCs
ADHOC UAS Environmental Sustainability-Produce Report on system changes behaviors we can undertake to make UAS environmentally sustainable.
ADHOC Research Faculty Sustainability-in prep for Standards 4 Assessment UAS UA support tripartite research (Grants and Contracts, Undergraduate Research support, Sabbatical funding, etc)
ADHOC Faculty Eval Academic Managers (a la UAF, UAA) Develop Mechanism for 3 Year post tenure review by faculty of academic managers (Deans, Directors, Provost)
11. Reports
Faculty Alliance (Dumesnil, Connor, Craig)
UA Online Survey of Intent-UAA, UAF
ORP 1 Changes/TERS Statewide cap linkage
Intellectual Property DE (Use Research as model contract, patent, nebulous)
Other.
5 pm Adjourn
Next Meeting Friday Oct 5, 2007