Consultation Completed

Jeremy Schraffenberger (Professor of Languages & Literatures) and Anne Marie Gruber (Associate Professor of Library Services) will update the Faculty Senate on the textbook equity initiative at UNI.

Jason Smith, Follett Course Materials Regional Manager, will share an update on what faculty and students can expect to see during the spring semester book adoption process.

Brenda Bass, Dean of CSBS, and Nancy Kertz, Chief Academic Nurse Administrator and Head of the Department of Nursing & Public Health, will provide an update on the School of Health and Human Services.  

Michael Hager, Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations, will share an update on the budget.

UNIFI Committee Chairs Jeremy Schraffenberger and Donald Gaff will report on the committee's activities over the past year.

CSBS Dean Brenda Bass and a few faculty members of the New School Working Group will provide progress updates, answer questions, and receive Senate feedback for the ongoing work to launch the School of Health & Human Sciences within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences July 1, 2023.

In light of changes to the textbook industry, Michael Hager, Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations, will provide an update, answer questions, and receive Senate feedback on potential changes to the UNI Bookstore.

CSBS Dean Brenda Bass of the New School Working Group will provide another progress update, answer questions, and receive Senate feedback for the ongoing work to create a school within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences to bring together new and existing health-focused programs.

We have posted the ballot and a clean copy.  We have also posted a letter expressing concerns authored by faculty members on the committee around changes to the process and some decisions that were made. On Friday afternoon, we also got back the results of the FHC votes. Those are in two files, one for items that got a majority vote, the other for items that did not. The vote totals are posted with each item.

Departments that offer BS degrees have requested the minimum hours be changed from 126 to 120 hours.
There are no external barriers or considerations for this change to the minimum hour exit requirement.
The additional six hours was a choice UNI made related to the length of the LAC and other exit requirements that are no longer in place.