See section 1.6.1.2 of the Faculty Handbook for the complete description of the Academic Senate.

SENATE ACTIONS 2011-2012:

S-11/12-1 - Motion re: Voting for the Seminar Models, as requested by the Seminar Review Committee

S-11/12-2 - Resolution to amend Faculty Handbook 1.7.4.12, Collegiate Seminar Governing Board

S-11/12-3 - Seminar Model Vote, Senate Appproval of Model 3.

S-11/12-4 - Resolution re: Report and Recommendations of the Faculty Salary Task Force

S-11/12-5 - Removal of the Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance Committee (EEOCC) from the Faculty Handbook (various sections)

S-11/12-6CA - Permanent Status of Math 114 - Mathematical Modeling

S-11/12-7CA  -  Course approval: Politics 126 - Food Politics

S-11/12-8CA  -  Course approval: History 10 - Introduction to Historical Methods

S-11/12-9CA  -  Course approval: TRS 163, Saints Yesterday and Today

S-11/12-10  -  English 5 Proposal from the Core Curr Comm: revise the timing of composition courses in the new core curriculum

S-11/12-11  -  AARC recommendation re: the Waiver of a Prerequisite

S-11/12-12  -  Amended Catalog Language re Commencement

S-11/12-13  -  Handbook Language re: Revised Membership of the Social Justice Coordinating Committee

S-11/12-14  -  Resolution for Revision of the Academic Calendar

S-11/12-15  -  Senate Action re: Accounting Program Revision Proposal

                             ---   Accounting Program Revision Proposal

S-11/12-16  -  Faculty Handbook Revision Sec 1.7.3.5 Library Committee

S-11/12-17  -  Commendation for Br. Gustavo Ramirez Barba

S-11/12-18CA  -  New course - Anatomy for Kinesiology: Biology 13/14

S-11/12-19CA  -  Proposal to improve the Science preparation of students in the Health Human Performance Major in the Dept of Kinesiology

S-11/12-20  -  New Seminar Sequence Catalog Language

S-11/12-21CA  -  Collegiate Seminar General Catalog Language

S-11/12-22CA  -  New .25 Activity Course - TRS 168: Encountering Christian Art: Rome

S-11/12-23CA  -  New course - Kinesiology 106: Women in Sport

S-11/12-24CA  -  New course - Sociology 115: Wealth and Poverty

S-11/12-25CA  -  Sociology Program Changes

S-11/12-26CA  -  Performing Arts 116: Keyboard Harmony

S-11/12-27  -  First Year Advising (FYAC) Proposal

S-11/12-28  -  Board of Trustees Approved Faculty Salary Policy to be Added to the Faculty Handbook

S-11/12-29CA  -  Akita University Study Abroad Proposal

S-11/12-30  -  Approval of the Core Curriculum Committee Working Groups for 2012-2013

S-11/12-31  -  Calendar Task Force Report, accepted by Senate

Senate Reports 2010-2011:

Faculty Welfare Committee Report to the Senate 9-9-10

SENATE ACTIONS 2010-2011:

S-10/11-1 - AdHocCommittee to review the Graduate & Professional Educational Policies Committee Proposal to Create a Vice Provost for Graduate & Professional Studies

S-10/11-2 - Resolution to Censure the Administrative Decision to Override the January Term Committee

S-10/11-3 - Resolution to Restore Pension Benefits

S-10/11-4CA - 2+2 Nursing Curriculum Change

S-10/11-5CA - Modern Languages addition to Capstone Requirement for Spanish and French Majors

S-10/11-6CA - Revised Major Curriculum in Art History

S-10/11-7 - Proposal to Create a Position of Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Studies

S-10/11-8 - Amendment to Model 1 of the Core Curriculum Revision

S-10/11-9 - Proposal for the Creation of a Core Curriculum Committee       

S-10/11-10 - Remand Core Curriculum Committee proposal to the UEPC

S-10/11-11  - Resolution to Amend Senate Action S-09/10-22, Proposal Concerning 0.25 Credit Courses

S-10/11-12*  - Position Description and Duties: Director of the Core Curriculum

S-10/11-1*  -  Establishment of a College Undergraduate Core Curriculum Committee, Director of the Core Curriculum, and Core Curriculum Working Groups

*S-10/11-12 & 13 - Revision of Core Curriculum Committee and Position Description of the Chair

S-10/11-14CA  - Study Abroad Program (Berlin) Freie Universitat Berlin & the Berlin European Studies Program (FU-BEST)(click on the title to view the proposal)

S-10/11-15  -  Amendment to the 2010-11 Senate Rules of Procedure

S-10/11-16CA  -  Changes to the Politics Department Major and Minor

S-10/11-17CA  -  Approval of Permanent .25 Activity Course, "The English Department Book Club"

S-10/11-18  -  Resolution of Commendation to Brother Augustine Boquer, FSC

S-10/11-19CA - Department of Art and Art History Revision of Studio Art Major to Art Practice Major  (click on the title to view the proposal)

S-10/11-20CA - Guidelines for Individualized Majors

S-10/11-21CA - Economics Concentration in Sustainability Studies (click on the title to view the proposal)

S-10/11-22- Proposal for Permanent Status for Math 002 and Math 012

S-10/11-23CA - Theology and Religious Studies Course TRS 165, Spiritual, Not Religious: From Emerson to the New Age into the College Catalog

S-10/11-24CA - Final Approval Process for New Graduate and Professional Programs

S-10/11-25CA - Provisional Approval Process for New Graduate and Professional Programs

S-10/11-26 - Senate Confirmation of Jim Sauerberg as the Core Curriculum Committee chairperson

S-10/11-27 - Attendance and Enrollment Catalog addition

S-10/11-28 - Faculty Handbook Revisions re: Election

S-10/11-29 - Collegiate Seminar Task Force Recommend - recommit to Task Force

S-10/11-30 - Core Curriculum Working Groups

S-10/11-31CA - GPSEPC Approval Process for New Graduate and Professional Certificates

S-10/11-32  -  New Core Curriculum Approved Learning Outcomes and Rationales

 

 

SENATE REPORTS

Vice President Michael Beseda report on Enrollment 10-1-09

Joel Burley report on the Faculty Welfare Committee 10-1-09

 

SENATE ACTIONS 2009-2010 :

S-09/10-1 -Implementation process for Core Curriculum Implementation Committee

S-09/10-2 - External Speaker and Public Event Policy

S-09/10-3 - Resolution regarding the closure of the Studies for International and Multilingual Students (SIMS)

S-09/10-4 - AARC proposed Handbook revision, 1.7.4.8 (add advising to role of AARC)

S-09/10-5CA - New Course Proposal Liberal & Civic Studies 123, Modern Global Issues

S-09/10-6 - Three-year Academic Calendar -- 2011-2014

S-09/10-7 - Collegiate Seminar Governing Board revised Membership for an elected committee, FH 1.7.3.8

S-09/10-8 - Resolution to issue a statement to faculty regarding the open status of faculty committee meetings

S-09/10-9CA - Proposal for a new Technical Theatre/Design track in Performing Arts: Theatre

S-09/10-10CA - Proposal for a title/description change for Psychology 104

S-09/10-11 - January Term Committee membership revised for an elected faculty committee: FH 1.7.4.11

S-09/10-12CA - Anthropology Curriculum Revision

S-09/10-13 - January Term Committee membership revision to Handbook language, Sec. 1.7.4.11

S-09/10-14 - Proposal from Staff Council: Improving faculty/staff relations

S-09/10-15CA - Revised Theatre Minor

S-09/10-16 - Sabbatical Deferral Policy: FH 2.10.1.4 - Sabbatical Protocols and Timeline for Consideration.  Revised Sabbatical Forms (Forms A, B & C)

S-09/10-17 - Commendation for Brother Gabriel Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, FSC

S-09/10-19CA - Revisions to the Environmental Science and Studies Program, SOS

S-09/10-20CA - Fudan University Study Abroad Program proposal(China)

S-09/10-21CA - Masters in Teaching Leadership Program (MATL) - SOE

S-09/10-22 - Proposal Concerning .25 Credit Courses

S-09/10-23 - Senate Charge to the Collegiate Seminar Governing Board

S-09/10-25 - Revised Preamble to the External Speaker and Public Event Policy (S-09/10-2)

 

Academic Senate executive committee 2009-2010

Chair:   Tom Poundstone
Vice Chair: Steve Cortright
Past Chair:  Brother Charles Hilken