ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, April 14, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for faculty members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for April 14, 2009

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the March 17, 2009

Minutes are attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM#3—Report from Bridget McCracken, Chair, Student Affairs Committee & Gene Chelberg, AVP of Student Affairs: Introducing a New Campus Resource—Student Complaints and Concerns Web site

AGENDA ITEM#4—Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Enrollment Management Committee Membership, Policy #F02-222, 2^nd Reading

Proposed revisions attached on PURPLE.

AGENDA ITEM#5—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Course Repeat Policy, #F08-248, 2^nd Reading

Proposed revisions attached on IVORY.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Written English Proficiency Policy, #S07-14, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on YELLOW.

AGENDA ITEM#7—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) Course Criteria, Policy, #S08-14, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM#8—Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Religious Holidays Policy, #F00-212, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on GREY.

AGENDA ITEM#9—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the Minor in Family and Consumer Sciences, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on GOLD.

AGENDA ITEM#10—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the MA in Social Science, Concentration Interdisciplinary Studies, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on SALMON.

AGENDA ITEM#11—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Resolution on Affordable Text Books, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on BUFF.

AGENDA ITEM #12—Adjournment—no later than 5:00 p.m.