ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, November 4, 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 November 4, 2008

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the October 21, 2008

Minutes are attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Deborah Masters, University Librarian: Update on the J. Paul Leonard Library

AGENDA ITEM#4—Report from Leroy Morishita, VP/CFO Administration & Finance, and Carlos Davidson, Director, Environmental Studies Program: Seating of the new University Sustainability Committee

AGENDA ITEM#5—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Policy, Section 1.2: General Principals for Retention, Tenure & Promotion Materials, 2^nd Reading

Proposed resolution attached on BEIGE.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the BA Program in Psychology, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on GOLD.

AGENDA ITEM#7—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the BA Journalism, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on TAN.

AGENDA ITEM#8—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Retention, Tenure, & Promotion Policy, Section 1.1: Committee Membership, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on SALMON.

AGENDA ITEM#9—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Resolution in Support of International Education Week, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Adjournment—no later than 5:00 p.m.