AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
November 18, 2013, 2013
3:10 pm
Illini Union - Illini Room A
| I. | Call to Order—Chancellor Phyllis Wise | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes—October 21, 2013 | |
| III. | Senate Executive Committee Report—Roy Campbell | |
| IV. | Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Phyllis Wise | |
| V. | Questions/Discussion | |
| 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.14.08 | Proposal from the College of Business Department of Accountancy and the Graduate College to Increase the Credit Requirement Needed to Earn the MS in Taxation | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.09 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) and the Graduate College to Add the Existing Graduate Concentration in Medieval Studies to the PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.11 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) and the Graduate College to Revise the Language Requirement in the Graduate Concentration in Medieval Studies | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.13 | Proposal from the College of Engineering to Revise the Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.14 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Revise the Undergraduate Minor in Portuguese | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.15 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Establish an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Minor in Medieval Studies | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.16 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Revise the Major in the Sciences and Letters Curriculum: BALAS in Interdisciplinary Studies, Medieval Studies Concentration | Educational Policy |
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| VII. | Proposals |
| CC.14.06 | Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate | Committee on Committees |
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| SP.14.06 | Proposed Revisions to the Statutes, Article XIII, Section 8 – to authorize the University Senates Conference to initiate revisions to the Statutes (Second Reading) | University Statutes and Senate Procedures |
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| RS.14.01 | Resolution on Governance Procedures for Changes in Academic Organization | K. Oberdeck |
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| VIII. | Current Benefits Issues (5 min) - John Kindt, Chair of Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits |
| IX. | Reports |
| HE.14.02 | FAC/ IBHE Report – October 18, 2013 | A. Aminmansour | |
| SUR.14.01 | SURSMAC Report – October 8, 2013 | H. F. Williamson J. Kindt |
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| X. | New Business | |
| XI. | Adjournment |
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(Does not include Consent Agenda items)