Faculty Senate Meeting

When

3 – 5 p.m., Feb. 5, 2024

Where

Silver and Sage Room-Old Main
  1. Call to order. 
     
  2. 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 allocate a total of 30 minutes to be distributed to individual items as necessary. 
     
  3. Approval of the minutes for the January 29, 2024 Faculty Senate Meeting (2 minutes) This item was deferred.
     
  4. Open Session. Time limit is 2 minutes. Maximum number of speakers is four. No comments or votes will be taken. Senator Russell Witte, Senator Lucy Ziurys, Senator Samantha Harris (8 minutes)
     
  5. Action Item: Consent Agenda - Chair of Undergraduate Council, Holly Nelson, and Co-chairs of Graduate Council, Hong Cui and Sanlyn Buxner (10 minutes) 
    BS in Neuroscience and ABOR Summary
    BS in Artificial Intelligence and ABOR Summary
    BS in Nursing - Collaborative Education and ABOR Summary
    BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology and ABOR Summary
    MS in Marriage and Family Therapy and ABOR Summary
    MA in Sport and Recreation Leadership and ABOR Summary
     
  6. Statement from the Chair - Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (10 minutes)
     
  7. Old Business 
    A. RII Centers such as AstroBiology - Interim Senior Vice President of Research, Innovation, and Impact, Elliot Cheu (15 minutes) 
    B. Athletics update/FAR Report – Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson and Professor and Head, Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, Faculty Athletics Representative, Ricardo Valerdi (10 minutes)
    C. Resolution on Shared Governance - Senator Ted Downing (5 minutes)
     
  8. New Business 
    Update on the General Faculty General Education Committee – Chair of the General Education Committee, Mark Stegeman (10 minutes)
     
  9. 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 (5 Minutes)
     
  10. Executive Session: Honorary Degrees (45 minutes)
     
  11. Adjournment at precisely 5:00 p.m.

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