Faculty Senate Meeting

When

3 to 5 p.m., May 1, 2023

Where

ENR2 Room S107

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW MEETING AT ENR2

Call to order.

Approval of the Agenda: Vice Chair of the Faculty, Presiding Officer Mona Hymel (5 minutes) Please note that time limits will be enforced with Presiding Officer's discretion to add 5 minutes to each item.

Approval of the minutes of April 3, 2023 and April 10, 2023 Faculty Senate Meetings, and amended February 27 minutes (10 minutes)
Action Item: Senate Elections for University Committee on Ethics and Commitment, Committee on Conciliation, University Hearing Board, Shared Governance Review Committee, Grievance Clearinghouse Committee, Senate Executive Committee (Voting via Qualtrics, please bring device) (5 minutes)
Open Session. Time limit is 2 minutes. Maximum number of speakers is four. No comments or votes will be taken. Kian Alavy, Secretary Tessa Dysart, Jessica Emerson McCormick, Lucy Ziurys (8 minutes)
Action Item: Consent Agenda: (10 minutes)
Request for Name Change CALS to CALES and ABOR Summary (Information only)
Proposal MS in Data Science & Applied Statistics and ABOR Summary
Grade Appeal Policy Revision & Benchmarking
Proposal BA in Geosciences and Society and ABOR Summary
Proposal BA Science and ABOR Summary
Proposal Bachelor Creative Intelligence and Innovation and ABOR Summary
Proposal BS Science and ABOR Summary
Proposal Minor Climate Change and Public Health
Proposal UG Major BSBA Business Analytics and ABOR Summary
Old Business
A. New Academic Unit – iSchool – Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Lori Poloni-Staudinger (10 minutes)
B. APPC Resolution re. Art. II, Sec. 2, Chair of APPC, John Milbauer (5 minutes)
C. LMS RFI/RFP process - Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives, Melody Buckner, Associate Vice Provost, Office of Instruction/Assessment, Lisa Elfring, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Roger Miesfeld. (10 minutes)
D. Sustainability and Climate Action Plan – Director, Office of Sustainability, Trevor Ledbetter, and, Co-chair, Sustainability and Climate Action Plan, Sabrina Helm. (10 minutes)
E. UITS Discussion & Possible Action Item, CIO Barry Brummund (5 minutes)
New Business
A. Approval of the University Academic Calendar (2 minutes)
B. Remarks by President Robbins (15 minutes)
C. Remarks by Interim Chief Safety Officer, Steve Patterson (10 minutes)
D. Update on Constitution & Bylaws and Proposed Changes to Art. II., Sec. 2 – Chair of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Tessa Dysart (10 minutes)
E. Announcement of Senate Election Results (5 minutes)
Reports from the President, Provost, Faculty Officers, APPC, RPC, SAPC, DEI, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, SGRC, Graduate Council, Undergraduate Council, SPBAC, ASUA, GPSC, UArizona Staff Council, Gen Ed Office with UWGEC, C11 (10 Minutes)
Statement from the Chair (5 minutes)
Adjournment at precisely 5:00 p.m.