Faculty Senate Meeting

When

3 – 5 p.m., Dec. 2, 2024

Where

Old Main Silver and Sage Room
  1. Call to order. 
     
  2. Approval of the Agenda: Vice Chair of the Faculty, Presiding Officer Mona Hymel (5 minutes) Time limits will be enforced.
     
  3. Approval of the minutes for the November 4, 2024 Faculty Senate Meeting. (2 minutes)
     
  4. Open Session. Fiona Bailey, Senator Adriana Grijalva, Senator Lucy Ziurys. Time limit is 2 minutes. Maximum number of speakers is four. No comments or votes will be taken. (8 minutes)
     
  5. Statement from the Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (10 minutes)
     
  6. Report from the Provost – TBA (10 minutes)
     
  7. Action Item: Consent Agenda – Co-chairs of the Graduate Council, Philip Waddell and Sanlyn Buxner (5 minutes)
         Proposal MS in AI for Business
         Proposal MEd in School Counseling
         Proposal PSM in Resilience Practice post GPERC
     
  8. Action Item: Non-consent agenda - Co-chairs of the Undergraduate Council, Joost van Haren and Lisa Rezende (15 minutes)
         Undergraduate transfer credit policies: proposal and benchmarking
     
  9. Old Business
    A. Update from the ad hoc Committee on Campus Climate – Chair, Matthew Abraham (10 minutes)
    B. Draft Resolution Involving Speech: Rights and Responsibilities, Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (10 minutes)
    C. IT Centralization Data Request, Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson and Senator Lucy Ziurys (5 minutes)
     
  10. New Business
    A. Faculty Workload discussion – Secretary of the Faculty, Katie Zeiders (10 minutes)
    B. Update on Arizona Online Initiatives – Interim Senior Vice President, Gary Packard (5-minute presentation, 10 minutes for questions)
    C. Update on considering alternative voting software for University Elections – Chair of the Committee on Elections, Senator Lee Medovoi (5 minutes)
    D. Update on the Shared Governance Review Committee – Senator Russell Witte (5 minutes)

  11. Written reports from the President, Provost, Faculty Officers, APPC, RPC, SAPC, DEI, Constitution and Bylaws                  Committee, SGRC, Graduate Council, Undergraduate Council, SPBAC, ASUA, GPSC, UA Staff Council, Gen Ed                Office with UWGEC, C11 (2 minutes)

  12. Adjournment at precisely 5:00 p.m.

PANELIST LINK:
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ATTENDEE LINK:
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Faculty Senate