Motion Passed

The University Curriculum Committee met on September 30 to review College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences-Humanities and Fine Arts undergraduate curriculum proposals. The Graduate College Curriculum Committee met on Sept 28 to review CHAS-HFA graduate curriculum proposals. For a summary please see the uploaded documents, which include a memo to Senators, a summary of the proposed program changes, and the minutes from the UCC and GCCC meetings.

The University Curriculum Committee met on October 7 to review College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences-Sciences undergraduate curriculum proposals. The Graduate College Curriculum Committee met on October 5 to review CHAS-Sciences graduate curriculum proposals. For a summary please see the uploaded documents, which include a memo to Senators, a summary of the proposed program changes, and the minutes from the UCC and GCCC meetings.

The UCC met on October 14 to consider additional curriculum proposals that had been previously tabled (i.e. the "clean up" meeting). For a summary please see the uploaded documents, which include a memo to Senators, a summary of the proposed program changes, and the minutes from the UCC meeting.

The University Curriculum Committee met on August 26 and September 9 to review College of Social and Behavioral Sciences undergraduate curriculum proposals. The Graduate College Curriculum Committee met on Sept 14 to review CSBS graduate curriculum proposals. For a summary please see the uploaded documents, which include a memo to Senators, a summary of the proposed program changes, and the minutes from the UCC and GCCC meetings.

The University Curriculum Committee met on August 26 and September 16 to review College of Education undergraduate curriculum proposals. The Graduate College Curriculum Committee met on Sept 14 to review COE graduate curriculum proposals. For a summary please see the uploaded documents, which include a memo to Senators, a summary of the proposed program changes, and the minutes from the UCC and GCCC meetings.

Kenneth McCormick (Economics) has retired and applied for emeritus status.

Charles Adelman (Art) has retired and is applying for emeritus status.

In May, due to the extraordinary circumstances presented by COVID-19, the Senate voted unanimously (via email) to approve the creation of an Ad-Hoc Faculty Senate Summer Advisory Council to offer the Senate’s perspective on emerging issues during the summer months. It consists of the Senate officers and one Senator from each college, the library, and contingent faculty. Membership is as follows:

Imam Alam (CBA representative)

Kenneth Hall (CHAS-Humanities)

Syed Kirmani (CHAS-Science)

Mark Hecimovich (COE)

Matthew Makarios (CSBS)

In the spring of 2020, a working group met and developed a proposal to revise the UNI Faculty Consitution as a result of the previous consitutional revisions related to the voting eligibility of term and temporary faculty. This proposal was tabled for further discussion; however such discussion did not occur because of COVID. This petition seeks to bring forward the proposed revisions for further discussion and in anticipation of the Fall Faculty meeting on Monday, October 19.  Revisions to the UNI Constitution require a 2/3 vote of faculty present at a regular faculty meeting.  

This is a proposed new charge and membership for the next phase the General Education Re-envisioning Committee, based on the original charge and taking into account recommendations made by the previous GERC. It will be discussed at the September 14, 2020 Senate meeting. The original charge approved by the Senate on 11/13/2017 is also attached below.