Motion Passed

1. UNI has clearly made veteran student issues a priority. We are established as a Best for Vets school in the Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges 2016 and Military Times’ Best for Vets: Business Schools 2016 rankings as well as a Top School in the 2016 MAE&T Guide to Colleges & Universities research study. 2. Many of our student-veterans are currently serving in the National Guard or the Reserves.

Whereas the Department of Earth Science has proposed a name change for its department to the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and this change has been approved by the UCC,

Whereas, the UCC and GCCC were scheduled to review and revise, in the mid-late October, the current Curriculum Review Process Handbook to evaluate current procedures to make the one-year curriculum cycle more clear.

Whereas the College of Education has submitted a package of curriculum proposals for Catalog Year 2016-17, all of which are recorded on UNI Curriculum Online; and whereas Interdisciplinary proposals are put forward by the academic colleges for Catalog Year 2016, all of which are recorded on UNI Curriculum Online; and whereas all of these proposals have been reviewed either by the University Curriculum Committee or by the Graduate College Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Council;

James McCullagh (Social Work) has retired and is requesting emeritus status.