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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
April 30, 2018
3:10 pm

ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A

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I.   Call to Order—Chancellor Robert Jones
     
II.   Approval of MinutesApril 2, 2018
     
III.   Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Bettina Francis
     
IV.   Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Robert Jones
     
V.   Questions
     
VI.   Consent Agenda
  If a senator wishes to move an item from the Consent Agenda to Proposals and have copies at the meeting, they must notify the Senate Office at least two business days before the meeting. Any senator can ask to have any item moved from the Consent Agenda to Proposals.
       
  EP.18.31 Proposal to Establish the Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences from the School of Information Sciences Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair
  EP.18.52 Proposal to establish a combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the College of Engineering

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.18.57 Establish a New Joint Degree Program for the MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and MS in Library and Information Science, School of Information Sciences

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.18.58 Proposal from the College of Applied Health Sciences to rename and revise the MS in Public Health

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.18.59 Proposal from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences to revise the concentration requirements for six of the concentrations within the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.18.60 Proposal from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences to revise the core major requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.18.61 Proposal from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences to establish two concentrations, eliminate two existing concentrations, rename and revise one existing concentration, revise one existing concentration, and revise the core major requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  SC.18.10 2018-2019 Senate and Senate Executive Committee (SEC) Meeting Schedule

Senate Executive Committee
B. Francis, Chair

       
VII.   Proposals
  EP.18.63 Proposal from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to Establish the Cancer Center as a Temporary Center

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  SP.18.09

Proposed Revision to the Constitution, Article III, Section 3 – to expand representation of Academic Professionals from seven to ten Senate seats (Second Reading; Action)

SP.18.09 Revised

University Statutes & Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair

  SP.18.11 Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.11 – Senate Committee on Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits University Statutes & Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair
  SP.18.13 Proposed Revision to the General Rules, Article III – Intellectual Property University Statutes & Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair
  RS.18.03

Resolution For Equal Enforcement of the State Farm Center and Memorial Stadium’s No Protest Policy, Including Continuing Appearances of an Unauthorized Chief Illiniwek at UIUC Sporting Events

RS.18.03 Revised

J. Rosenstein, et al.
     
VIII.   Reports
  EP.18.62 Report of Administrative Approvals through April 9, 2018 Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair
  EP.18.64 Report of Administrative Approvals through April 23, 2018

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  SC.18.11 Review of the Conflicts of Commitment and Interest (COCI) Policy

Senate Executive Committee
B. Francis, Chair

       
IX.   New Business
    Matters not included in the agenda may not be presented to the Senate without concurrence of a majority of the members present and voting. Such matters may not be acted upon at the meeting in which they are introduced, according to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act.
     
X.   Adjournment
     

Reception Immediately Following Adjournment
Hosted by the Chancellor
Illini Room B