Motion passed

Recommended changes to the proposed After-hours Building Access Policy

Calendar Item: 
1188
Docket Number: 
1084
Facts: 

Whereas, the Enterprise Risk Management Council has proposed a new After-hours Building Access Policy;

and, whereas senators have received many comments from faculty members indicating their concerns about this proposal;

and, whereas, the final date for comments on the policy proposal is March 29.

Action: 

Therefore, be it resolved that, at its March 25, 2013 meeting,  the Senate receive Senator MacLin's report summarizing comments on the policy proposal and approve Senator MacLin's recommendations to the policy proposal and forward its recommendations to Jan Hanish, the chair of the Enterprise Risk Management Council.

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Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
Chair Peters emailed Jan Hanish on March 26; EMRC revised proposal before sending to Cabinet
Meeting Date: 
Mar 25, 2013

Recommendation to change drop date to 10 class days after midpoint of semester

Calendar Item: 
1186
Docket Number: 
1082
Facts: 

Whereas, the current policy for the timing for dropping a  class while receiving a "W" states that it shall be 10 days after the midpoint of the semester;

and, whereas some semesters, this falls over a weekend or over Spring Break, such as in Spring 2013 when it was the Friday of Spring Break

Action: 

Therefore be it resolved that the date to drop a course revised to ten class days after the midpoint of the semester.

Current policy language in catalog

Current policy (seen under Change of Policy at http://catalog.uni.edu/generalinformation/academicregulations/  reads:

Courses dropped after the deadline for dropping with a W (Withdrawn), which is 10 calendar days after the end of the first half of the fall and spring semesters and at the mid-point of half-semester and summer session courses, will be recorded as F (Failed) unless there are unusual circumstances and the student is doing passing work - in which case the instructor, the student's advisor, and the head of the department in which the courses are offered may approve a grade of W.

Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
Chair Peters emailed Registrar Patton, April 9, 2013; Catalog and "Dates to Observe" updated 4/9/13
Meeting Date: 
Apr 08, 2013

Regents Awards for Faculty Excellence Recomendations

Calendar Item: 
1185
Docket Number: 
1081
First Name: 
Jeffrey
Last Name: 
Funderburk
E-mail: 
jeffrey.funderburk@uni.edu
Facts: 

The Regents Awards for Faculty Excellence Committee has met and come up with its list of recommended recipients for this year's awards. According to the process, those recommendations are to be brought before the Faculty Senate to be discussed and require Senate endorsement before moving forward in the process. In order to maintain confidentiality, the names of recommended candidates should only be revealed to the Senate in closed session. Assuming the Faculty Senate endorses the slate of nominees, then that list proceeds to the Provost for review before being forwarded to the Iowa Board of Regents for final action.

Action: 

Therefore, be it resolved that the Faculty Senate endorses the Regents Teaching Awards Committee's recommended list of recipients for this year's Regents Teaching Awards.

Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
No further action taken.
Meeting Date: 
Mar 25, 2013

Amending the Minutes of January 14, 2013

Calendar Item: 
1180
Docket Number: 
1076
First Name: 
Kim
Last Name: 
MacLin
E-mail: 
kim.maclin@uni.edu
Facts: 

Whereas being absent February 11, 2013, Senator MacLin was unable to make this amendment to the Minutes of January 14, 2013, when they were approved.  She feels this documentation is important for the record of events that transpired.

Action: 

Therefore, be it resolved to amend the Minutes of January 14, 2013, by appending an email from Adam Carros, News Director of KCRG, sent to Cathy DeSoto as documentation regarding the information she gave at that meeting concerning who told who what about contacting her for a quote for the news story.

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Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
Minutes amended online and in FS Office
Meeting Date: 
Feb 25, 2013

Curriculum changes--Physics

Calendar Item: 
1179
Docket Number: 
1075
Facts: 

Whereas the Physics program was ordered to restucture last spring, and whereas the program has completed its proposal and that proposal has been approved by the CHAS Senate

Action: 

Therefore be it resolved that, pending approval by the UCC on 2/21, the Senate approve the changes to the Physics program.

NOTE: At its Feb 25, 2013 meeting, the Senate approved the changes to the BS in Physics, the BA in Physics-Teaching and the honors emphasis areas for each undergraduate major. Approval of listing PHYSICS 4080 and PHYSICS 4300 as 5000-level courses were tabled until they could be considered by the GCCC and the Grad Council.

Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
Chair Peters emailed Coleen Wagner and Diane Wallace, 3-11-13
Meeting Date: 
Mar 11, 2013

Curriculum changes--Geography

Calendar Item: 
1177
Docket Number: 
1073
Facts: 

Whereas the Geography program was ordered to restructure last spring and has completed its work; and whereas these changes have been approved by the SBS Senate and the UCC,

Action: 

Therefore be it resolved that the Senate approved the changes to the Geography program.

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Consultations
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NOTE: At its Feb 25, 2013 meeting, the Senate approved changes to the BA in Geography, the BS in GIS, and the Minor in Geography. The Senate approved GEOG 4390/5390 GIS Programming at its Apr 8, 2013 meeting. Consideration of changes to the MA in Geography and the Certificate in GIS and Cartography  were tabled on 2/25/13. They will be reviewed by the GCCC and the Grad Council in Fall 2013.

Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
Changes to BA in Geography, BS in GIS, and Minor in Geography approved 2/25/13; GEOG 4390/5390 GIS Programming approved 4/8/13; Diane Wallace and Coleen Wagner notified after both decisions.
Meeting Date: 
Apr 08, 2013

Academic calendars 2013-2020

Calendar Item: 
1175
Docket Number: 
1071
First Name: 
Philip
Last Name: 
Patton
E-mail: 
philip.patton@uni.edu
Facts: 

The previously approved academic calendars for 2013-2018 need to be updated to reflect the change in the first half of the spring semesters.  By previous Senate action the first half of both fall and spring terms should contain 8 weeks.  Also being proposed are the calendars for 2019-2020.

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Action: 

Therefore be it resolved that the Faculty Senate approves the changes to the academic calendars for 2013-2018 and the proposed calendars for 2019 and 2020.

Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
No further action taken
Meeting Date: 
Feb 18, 2013

Curriculum changes--Women's & Gender Studies Program

Calendar Item: 
1172
Docket Number: 
1068
Facts: 

The Women & Gender Studies Program (WGS) was required to restructure last year. Until the program restuctures, it cannot admit new students. The changes to the MA program have been approved by the CSBS and CHAS Senates and will be reviewed by the Grad Council on Jan. 24. Director of WGS, Barbara Cutter, asks that the University Faculty Senate review the program changes as expeditiously as possible.

Action: 

Therefore, be it resolved that, pending approval of the Grad Council, the Senate approve the WGS curriculum changes. 

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Restatement of Program, Added & Dropped Courses (Forms E, D & B-1_
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Library consultations
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Departmental consults

NOTE: At after the Senate had approved the restatement of the MA in Women's and Gender Studies at its Feb 18, 2013 meeting, further consultation between WGS and HPELS resulted in the "Women's Health" track being renamed " Gender and Wellness." After email approval by the CHAS and CSBS Senates, the GCCC and the Grad Council, the Senate approved the restatement with the name change at its Feb 25, 2013 meeting.

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Status of the Item: 
Motion passed
Final Action Taken: 
On March 2013 Board of Regents agenda,
Meeting Date: 
Feb 25, 2013

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