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Whereas the Senate Bylaws require that we elect a Vice-Chair at the last regular meeting of April, 

The UNI Foundation has recently completed its Imagine the Impact campaign and wishes to update the Senate on its success and inform the Senate about its future activities.

Jim O'Connor, Executive Director, University Relations, wishes to update the Senate on recent activities and future plans of University Relations and answer senators's questions and address their concerns.

Written mostly by Gretchen Gould, Immediate Past Chair, UNI Faculty Senate.  Minor edits by MHW, current Chair.   This is a proposal to amend the UNI Faculty Senate Bylaws Section 7.4 addressing the order of business each Senate meeting should follow.   The intent of this proposal is to move routine and/or non-controversial items to a consent agenda.  This will allow Senate to take care of routine issues efficiently and easily so that more time can be spent on substantive matters.

The LACC is seeking consultation with the Faculty Senate in regard to the LAC-RSC recommendations. Attached is a list of recommendations from the LACC concering the LAC-RSC Final Recommendations and Form L. Other attachments include the LAC-RSC Final Report and the LAC-RSC Form L.

In light of ongoing concerns on campus about budget issues, the recent Courier series that raised the possibility of football moving up a division, and the new student athletic fee proposal, 

The biennial faculty activities report has been revised so that it is consistent across the three regents institutions.  The items in the survey instrument have also been revised to better-reflect the work that faculty do.  The survey is sceudled to be conducted in the spring semester, with a pilot of the survey and process done in the fall 2012 semester.
The consultative session will be useful to hear concerns and ideas from the Senate.

Iowa is a a member of Smarter Balanced. "The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) is a state-led consortium working to develop next-generation assessments that accurately measure student progress toward college- and career-readiness. Smarter Balanced is one of two multistate consortia awarded funding from the U.S.

Associate Provost Klafter oversees International Programs, whose mission is:To develop and administer international study and exchange programs; provide leadership for initiating programs and responding to opportunities that enhance the objectives of internationalization throughout the university; coordinate programs that bring students from diverse backgrounds into contact with each other utilizing cultural differences as an education resource; provide opportunities for faculty to further develop international collaboration through research and teaching; serve as the principal liaison for

Tuition revenues constitute an increasing share of UNI's budget, making the successful recruitment and retention of students an even higher priority.