Senate Packet for January 24, 2012
Academic Senate packets are sent via campus mail to all members of the Senate and others by request, the Friday prior to the next scheduled meeting. If you would like to request a printed copy of the Senate packet, please contact the Senate Office at x3657.
Agenda (.pdf) for printing
- Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of December 6, 2011
- Reports, Announcements, and Communications of the Chair
- Reports of Standing Committees, Statewide Senators, and Ex-officio Members
Written Reports - Consent Calendar from the Integrated Curriculum Committee (ICC) –there are no items
- TIME CERTAIN: 4:15-4:30 – Open forum for the campus community (Procedures for Humboldt Academic Senate Open Forum are available at: http://www.humboldt.edu/senate/)
- TIME CERTAIN: 4:30-4:45 - Report on AAUP Conference on Shared Governance (David Heise, Chair, Philosophy Dept. and Colleen Mullery, AVP for Faculty Affairs)
- Governor's Budget Update (Bob Snyder, Provost and Burt Nordstrom, VP for Administrative Affairs)
- Appointment of Faculty Member to Serve on the Enrollment Managmeent Working Group's Steering & Implementation Committee
- Review of Parliamentary Procedure (Greg Young, Parliamentarian)
- Appointment of Senators to fill Vacancies on Senate Standing Committee
List of Senate Standing Committees & Membership/Vacancies
List of University Senate Members with Committee Assignments
SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN AT THE MEETING OF December 6, 2011:
- Approval of Final Fall 2011 Graduation List – Unanimously approved.
- Resolution on Changes to the Marine Biology Emphasis of the B.S. in Biology (#09-11/12-ICC) – Passed Unanimously.
- Resolution on Establishing a New Major in Environmental Studies (#10-11/12-ICC) – Passed.
- M/S/P (Flashman/Mortazavi) that the position of Past Chair on the University Senate should be made vacant and the question be decided by the University Senate – Passed Without Dissent.
- Resolution Expressing Support for CFA Efforts to Resolve Issues Regarding Unimplemented 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Raises (#11-11/12-GFPresident) – Passed without Dissent.
- M/S/P (Bruce/Virnoche) that the past Academic Senate chair serve as the “Past Senate Chair” on the University Senate in Spring 2012 - Passed.
Other Senate materials:
- Senate Roster - Spring 2012
- Senate Meeting Schedule –2011/2012
- Guide to Parliamentary Rules
- General Meeting Guide (includes information about proxies, Consent Calendar procedures, and readings of resolutions)