2012-2013 Agendas

May 7, 2013  | April 23, 2013  |  November 6, 2012

May 7, 2013

DATE: May 1, 2013
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Alistair Lees, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – May 7, 2013

The third Faculty Senate meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year will be held on Tuesday, May 7. The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of April 23, 2013 meeting (pdf, 63kb)
  2. Obituary Notices –
    1. Prof. William Vandament, Psychology
    2. Prof. David Buttolph, Music
  3. Reports
    1. Prof. Howard Brown, Chair of Faculty Senate Executive Committee
  4. Approval of degree candidates, Undergraduate Candidates (pdf, 761kb), Graduate Candidates (pdf, 352kb)
  5. New business
    1. Election of 2013-2014 Faculty Senate Procedures Committee. Pursuant to Article III, Title B, 10.c. of the Faculty Bylaws, the Nominating Committee of the Faculty Senate presents the following slate of nominees:
      Chair -- Alistair Lees, Chemistry
      Vice Chair -- Sara Reiter, School of Management
      Secretary -- Pamela Sandoval, Graduate School of Education
    2. Faculty ByLaws
      a. Change to references to Bartle Professorships (pdf, 8kb)
      b. Change to composition of Faculty Senate Executive Committee (pdf, 83kb)
    3. Resolution to restore NSF funding for political science and in support of peer review (pdf, 341kb)

April 23, 2013

DATE: April 18, 2013
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Alistair Lees, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – APRIL 23, 2013

President Harvey G. Stenger's semi-annual full faculty meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Mandela Room, University Union.

Immediately following the full faculty meeting, the second Faculty Senate meeting of the 2012- 2013 academic year will be held. The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of November 6, 2012 meeting (pdf, 74kb)
  2. Obituary Notices –
    1. Prof. Peter Vukasin, former Dean of Harpur College
    2. Prof. Herbert Posner, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
    3. Prof. Roberta Schlosser, Professor Emerita of Music
    4. Prof. James Young, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
  3. Reports
    1. Prof. Peter Knuepfer, University Faculty Senator
    2. Prof. Randall McGuire, chair of Scholarly Best Practices committee
    3. Dov Berkman, student representative to BU Council

November 6, 2012

DATE: November 1, 2012
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Susan Strehle, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – NOVEMBER 6

President Harvey G. Stenger's semi-annual full faculty meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 6, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Mandela Room, University Union.

Immediately following the full faculty meeting, the first Faculty Senate meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year will be held. The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of May 8, 2012 meeting (pdf, 102kb)
  2. Obituary Notices –
    1. Prof. Melvin Seiden, Professor Emeritus, English
    2. Prof. Margaret Yonemura, Retired Professor, Education
  3. Reports
    1. Prof. Peter Knuepfer, University Faculty Senator
    2. Prof. Howard Brown, Chair of Faculty Senate Executive Committee
  4. Approval of degree candidates (pdf, 2.8mb)
  5. New Business
    1. Annual reports of 2011-2012 (pdf, 10.6mb) Faculty Senate standing committees and other
    2. Proposal for Doctoral Program in Community and Public Affairs (pdf, 3.9mb)