Motion passed

Whereas, the Enterprise Risk Management Council has proposed a new After-hours Building Access Policy;
and, whereas senators have received many comments from faculty members indicating their concerns about this proposal;
and, whereas, the final date for comments on the policy proposal is March 29.

Whereas, John W. Somerville has met the requirements of emeritus status

Whereas, the current policy for the timing for dropping a  class while receiving a "W" states that it shall be 10 days after the midpoint of the semester;
and, whereas some semesters, this falls over a weekend or over Spring Break, such as in Spring 2013 when it was the Friday of Spring Break

The Regents Awards for Faculty Excellence Committee has met and come up with its list of recommended recipients for this year's awards. According to the process, those recommendations are to be brought before the Faculty Senate to be discussed and require Senate endorsement before moving forward in the process. In order to maintain confidentiality, the names of recommended candidates should only be revealed to the Senate in closed session.

Whereas being absent February 11, 2013, Senator MacLin was unable to make this amendment to the Minutes of January 14, 2013, when they were approved.  She feels this documentation is important for the record of events that transpired.

Whereas the Physics program was ordered to restucture last spring, and whereas the program has completed its proposal and that proposal has been approved by the CHAS Senate

Whereas the Geography program was ordered to restructure last spring and has completed its work; and whereas these changes have been approved by the SBS Senate and the UCC,

Whereas Professor Brown meets all the requirements for emeritus status,

The previously approved academic calendars for 2013-2018 need to be updated to reflect the change in the first half of the spring semesters.  By previous Senate action the first half of both fall and spring terms should contain 8 weeks.  Also being proposed are the calendars for 2019-2020.

The Women & Gender Studies Program (WGS) was required to restructure last year. Until the program restuctures, it cannot admit new students. The changes to the MA program have been approved by the CSBS and CHAS Senates and will be reviewed by the Grad Council on Jan. 24. Director of WGS, Barbara Cutter, asks that the University Faculty Senate review the program changes as expeditiously as possible.