Consultation Completed

The Senate has been asked to consult on a policy addressing issues of Faculty Misconduct.  The reason for calling a special meeting is that this needs to get in place in order to comply with AAUP standards.  It is also important to have this in place in order to provide due process in the (admittedly rare) event that a faculty member is accused of certain types of serious misconduct.  But it is also important to "get it right" so-to-speak.  A Provost's Working Group consisting of Jim Mattingly, co-Chair, John Vallentine, co-Chair, Becky Hawbaker, Amy Nielsen, Shar Self and Ky

The accelerated program allows students who are accepted into the accelerated program to take up to 12 credit hours of graduate courses in their 4th year of undergrad. The undergrad program doesn't change in an accelerated program; rather the Grad Council updated policy so that for accelerated programs the graduate courses will double count for both the undergrad and grad degrees. Prior to this, it was prohibited for graduate credit to double count in any situation.

The Committee working on the Univesity Strategic Plan would like to present and get comments on the current state of their work.

This is a draft policy for possible inclusion in the faculty handbook.

The library would like to consult with Faculty Senate. 

A priority for NISG for numerous years has been reducing dating violence on our campus. Last year, NISG proposed the we adopt the Green Dot bystander intervention program and offered to fund its first year on campus. President Nook approved the proposal and the Green Dot initiative has begun implementation during this year. Isabella Perksen, who is leading the Green Dot initiative for the Office of Compliance and Equity Management and would like to make a presentation to the Faculty Senate.

Members of the Faculty Handbook Committee have requested a consulation with the Senate about new voting items for the 2023 handbook.  They approved 13 changes to the handbook.  All votes were unanimous.  After the consultation with the Faculty Senate, they will go to the Provost.  If the Provost rejects or modifies any changes, or makes other changes, the Provost will provide the FHC (and, indirectly, the University Faculty Senate) with written reasons for the changes.  

The UNI Strategic Planning Committee would like to present an updated version of the proposed 2023-28 UNI Strategic Plan.
The presenter will be either SPC Co-Chair Nicki Skaar, SPC Co-Chair Drew Conrad, SPC Liaison Andrew Morse, or SPC Liaison Randy Pilkington.

In Fall 2021 the Faculty Advancement Committee assembled a document that discusses faculty evaluation and advancement in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The final version was emailed to all faculty on October 27, 2021, and it is attached to this petition. The Faculty Senate Policy Committee has invited Associate Provost John Vallentine to discuss the document and answer questions.

The Honorary Degree Committee has nominated a candidate for an honorary degree to the President, and the President has requested a consultation with the Senate pursuant to Policy 2.05. The Senate will conduct this consultation in executive session, during which information about the nominee will be shared by HDC chair Patrick Pease.