General Faculty Meetings

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Monday, December 2, 2019 - CNS C101 4:00 pm

• Agenda
• Approval of Minutes of the November 20, 2019 meeting
• Curriculum Council Consent Agenda
• CUPP Report
• Curriculum Council
  
  • Addendum, Motion 1: Pilot Summer Term 2020
• Promotion and Tenure Committee (oral report)
• Faculty Development Committee (oral report)
• Nominating Committee (oral report)
  • Motion 1: Motion to amend language on Chapter II F. Article V. Nominations and Elections section 1. Nominating Committee c. Procedures for Conducting Elections with the purpose of allowing election by general consent in cases where the number of candidates running is equal to, or lesser than, the number of positions
  • Motion 2: Motion to dissolve the Advising and Summer Reading (ASR) committee and create two new committees that will absorb its functions, the summer Reading Committee and the Reflective Advising Committee
• Assessment Committee (oral report)
• Undergarduate Research Advisory Committee (oral report)
• Strategic Planning Update (oral report)
• Program Evalulation Task Force (oral report)
• Old Business
• New Business
• Administrative Reports
  • President Nugent
  • Provost Brodl
• Announcements
• Adjournment

 

November 20, 2019 - CNS C101 11:00 am

• Agenda
• Approval of Minutes of the October 16, 2019 meeting
• Curriculum Council Consent Agenda
• CUPP Report
• Curriculum Council
  • Addendum, Motion 1: DTE Major revision
  • Addendum, Motions 2, 3, and 4: Proposal for Reorganizing the General Education and Joining the Illinois Articulation Initiative
  • Addendum, Catalog language for motions 2, 3, and 4
• Promotion and Tenure Committee
  
  • Motion 1: Reassignment of evaluation of endowed chairs for reappointment from PAT to the Committee for Endowed Professorships and Chairs (CEPC)
  • Motion 2: Approve attendance of M. Perera to Spring 2020 PAT meetings as an observer
  • Motion 3: Approve Handbook revisions to establish evaluation materials and a submission calendar for Instructional Staff
• Faculty Development Committee (oral report)
• Nominating Committee
• Assessment Committee (oral report)
• Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee
• Strategic Planning Update
• Old Business
• New Business
• Administrative Reports
  • President Nugent
  • Provost Brodl
• Announcements
• Adjournment

October 16, 2019 - CNS C101 11:00 am

• Agenda
• Approval of Minutes of the September 18, 2019 meeting
• Curriculum Council Consent Agenda
• CUPP Report
• Curriculum Council
  
  • CC Addendum 1: Approve revision of the Psychology major 
  • CC Addendum 2: Approve revision of the Neuroscience major  
  • CC Addendum 3: Approve revision of the Physics major to include two optional concentrations 
  • CC Addendum 4: Approve revision of the DTE major 
  • CC Addendum 5: Approve the creation of a minor in Sports Management administered by the Kinesiology, Sport and Wellness Department
• Promotion and Tenure Committee
• Faculty Development Committee (oral report)
• Nominating Committee
• Assessement Committee (oral report)
• Faculty Commitee on Diversity (oral report)
• Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee
• Strategic Planning Update
• Health Care Advocacy Committee (oral report)
• Old Business
• New Business
• Administrative Reports
  • President Nugent
  • Provost Brodl
• Announcements
• Adjournment

 

September 18, 2019 - CNS C101 11:00 am

• Agenda
• Approval of minutes fo the April 22, 2019 meeting - forthcoming
• Curriculum Council Consent Agenda
• Opening Remarks, President Nugent
• CUPP Report
• Curriculum Council
  
  • Addendum 1: Deletion of Resk Management minor
• Promotion and Tenure Committee
  
  • Motion 1: Align the Faculty Handbook with the current and evolving roles of Coaches, Physical Education Faculty, and Athletic Trainers
  • Motion 2: Align pathways to tenure
  • Motion 3: Sufficient alumni when seeking tenure
  • Motions 4 and 5: Amending motions
  • Proposed Handbook Revisions for Athletics
• Faculty Development Committee (oral report)
• Nominating Committee
• Assessement Commitee
• Faculty Committee on Diversity (oral report)
  • 2018-19 Diversity Progress Report
• Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee
• Strategic Planning Update
• Old Business
• New Business
• Provost Report
• Announcements
• Adjournment