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Faculty Senate Meeting

When

3 – 5 p.m., Dec. 1, 2025

Where

Silver and Sage
  1. Call to order.
     
  2. Approval of the Agenda: Vice Chair of the Faculty, Presiding Officer Mona Hymel (30 discretionary minutes will be allotted) Time limits will be enforced. (2 minutes)
     
  3. Approval of the minutes of October 6, 2025 and November 3, 2025 (2 minutes)
     
  4. Open Session. Time limit is 2 minutes. Miranda Pasquarella, Clarisa Robles Parra, Senator Ted Downing, Senator Lucy Ziurys. Maximum number of speakers is four. No comments or votes will be taken. (8 minutes)
     
  5. Q and A with University and Faculty Leadership 
    A. Chair Hudson (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions)
    B. Provost Prelock (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions)
     
  6. Action Item: Consent Agenda – Chair of the Undergraduate Council, Joost van Haren and Chair of Graduate Council, Philip Waddell (5 minutes)
    BS and UG Minor in Genetics and Genomics (Science)
    BS in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CALES)
    UG Minor in Computational Social Science (SBS)
    GRAD Minor in Indigenous Health (Public Health)
     
  7. Old Business
    A. Information Item: Creation of ad hoc committee on Surveillance, Privacy, and Civil Liberties –Chair
        of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes discussion)
    B. Action Item: Constitution and Bylaws changes – Secretary of the Faculty, Katie Zeiders 
        (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes discussion)
     
  8. New Business 
    A. UAGC Faculty Hirings – Dr. Gary Packard (5 minutes presentation, 10 minutes questions)
    B. Micro-campus closure faculty concerns – Senator Roy Spece (5 minutes presentation, 5 minute 
         discussion)
    C. General Education Second Language issues – Associate Professor, Joost van Haren and UWGEC
         Chair, Jeremy Vetter (5 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion)
    D. Non-competitive Hiring and Program Reorganization – Vice Chair of the Faculty, Mona Hymel and   
        College of Science Representative, Dr. Keith Maggert (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes
        discussion)
     
  9. Written reports from the APPC, ASUA, C11, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Faculty Officers, Gen Ed Office with UWGEC, GPSC, Graduate Council, President, Provost, RPC, SAPC, SGRC, SPBAC, UA Staff Council, Undergraduate Council, University Community Relations Committee
     
  10. Adjournment at 5:00 p.m.

NOTIFICATION ONLY

Disestablish UG Minor in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Disestablish Legal Information and Scholarly Communication GCERT
Disestablish Medical and Community Health Information GCERT
Disestablish Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering Subplan

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