ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, October 7, 2008

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 October 7, 2008

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the September 23, 2008

Minutes are attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Chief Kirk Gaston and Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Gayle Orr-Smith of the University Police Department: Emergency Preparedness Week, October 20-24, 2008

AGENDA ITEM#4—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Academic Calendar for Summer 2009, 1^st Reading

Proposed resolution attached on GOLDENROD.

AGENDA ITEM#5—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Degree Name Change: BS in Industrial Design with Concentrations in Industrial Technology and Product Design & Development, and BS in Visual Communication Design, 1^st Reading—Proposal to be heard no later than 3:15 p.m.

Proposed revisions attached on GREY.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Masters Degree in Public Health, 1^st Reading—Proposal to be heard no later than 3:30p.m.

Proposed revisions attached on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Adjournment—no later than 5:00 p.m.