FACULTY SENATE MEETING – April 30, 2024

DATE:            April 24, 2024 

TO:                  The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty

FROM:            Aaron Beedle, Chair

SUBJECT:      FACULTY SENATE MEETING – April 30, 2024

The fifth and final Faculty Senate meeting of the 2023-2024 academic year will be held Tuesday, April 30, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in Old Union Hall. 

The agenda is:

  1.      Approval of Minutes of the March 26, 2024 meeting ..\FFFS Meeting 03.26.24\FFFS 3.26.24 minutes.pdf
  2. Obituary notices
    1.   Former Prof. Steven Jay Lynn, Psychology
    2.    Former Prof. Maria-Teresa Romero, Psychology
    3.    Prof. Emeritus Robert Basmann, Economics
  3.    Election of 2024-2025 Faculty Senate officers. The Nominating Committee of the Faculty Senate presents the following nominees:
    1. Vice Chair – Rodney Gabel, DCNHS
    2. Secretary – Heather Parks, Libraries
  4.   Approval of degree candidates: Undergraduate spring 2024 undergraduate level candidates.pdf and Graduate spring 2024 graduate level candidates.pdf   
  5. New Business
    1. Vote on proposed program deactivation and discontinuance
      1. Harpur B.A. English and Rhetoric  English and Rhetoric_BA_Discontinuance and Deactivation_2-28-2024.pdf 
      2. SOM B.S. Global and International Affairs (with former partner institutions Bilkent University and Bogazici University)  Global and International Affairs Discontinuance and Deactivation_2-28-2024.pdf     
    2.  Discussion and vote on new schools proposed within Watson College
      1. School of Computing proposal  2024_04_23 Proposal for a New School of Computing in Watson College.pdf 
      2. School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering proposal  2024_04_23 Proposal for a New School of SSIE in Watson College.pdf       
  6.  Reports
    1.   Report – Prof. Aaron Beedle, chair, Faculty Senate
    2. Report – Prof. Jonathan Krasno, chair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    3. Report on the UFS Plenary – Prof. John Starks, University Faculty Senator
  7.  Upcoming Fall 2024 Faculty Senate Meetings (Old Union Hall)
    1. Tuesday, August 27, 2024 (Planning meeting: FSEC and incoming/outgoing committee chairs)
    2. Tuesday, September 17, 2024
    3. Tuesday, November 19, 2024
  8. Adjournment