TO: Academic
Senate Members
FROM: Mr.
Bruce Brumley, Chair
Academic Senate
RE: MEETING
DATE, PLACE, AND AGENDA
The first
Academic Senate meeting of the 2012-2013 year will be held on Thursday, September
13, 2012, at 3:40 p.m. in the Chancellor’s Conference Room (McM
209).
I. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES: April 12
II. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
Item 1 Committee Report for
2011-2012: CARE Committee
Item 2 Committee Report for 2011-2012: Graduate Committee
Item 3 Committee Report for
2011-2012: General Education Committee
Item 4 Committee Report for
2011-2012: Academic Standards and
Scholastic Standing Committee
Item 5 Committee Report for
2011-2012: Library Committee
Item 6 Committee Roster for
2012-2013
III. ITEMS – FIRST READING
Item 44 MS in Athletic
Training. Modification
to an existing program.
Item 7 Academic Senate
Bylaws Article I Section B. Accountability.
Change required number of signatures to petition the Senate to call a
general faculty meeting from 25% of the faculty to 10 faculty members. (requires general
faculty approval)
Item 7.a Academic Senate
Bylaws Article II. Section B. 5. Terms of Office. Add
section b) for term limits. (requires general faculty approval)
Item 7.b Academic Senate
Bylaws Article IV. Section B. 4. CARE Committee, 5. Library Committee,
and 6. MSUB Graduate Committee. Remove references to Graduate Student
Association (no longer exists).
Item 7.c Academic Senate Bylaws
Article IV. Section B. 2 Academic Standards and Scholastic
Standing Committee. Indicate
voting members, add voting rule, and add quorum rule to align with current
practice.
IV. PROVOST REPORT
A.
Confidentiality of teaching evaluations
B.
Copyright issues with online courses
C.
Education Ph.D. and Special Education M.S.
D.
CARE Grants and End of Fiscal Year
V. COMMITTEE REPORTS
VI. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
A.
Review of new Chair Elect Language in Bylaws
B.
Review/Correction of Release Time Report from Provost Pagano
C.
Lowering Full-Time Teaching Loads at Both Campuses
VII. OLD BUSINESS
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
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