AGENDA
Urbana-Champaign Senate
April 14, 2014
3:10 pm
Levis Center - 3rd Floor
| I. | Call to Order—Provost Ilesanmi Adesida | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes—March 10, 2014 | |
| III. | Senate Executive Committee Report—Roy Campbell | |
| IV. | Chancellor’s Remarks—Provost Ilesanmi Adesida | |
| 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.14.19 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Transfer the Undergraduate Minor in Italian, and the Undergraduate Major Leading to the BALAS in Italian from the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese to the Department of French | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.20 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Transfer the Administrative Homes of Faculty and Associated Non-tenure-track Academic Lines Within the Italian Program to the Renamed Department of French and Italian | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.21 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Transfer Italian Studies from the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (SIP) to the Department of French and to Change the Names of the Units to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Department of French and Italian | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.25 | Proposal from the College of Business and the Graduate College to Eliminate the Graduate Minor in Finance and Establish a Graduate Concentration in Finance | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.26 | Proposal from the College of Business and the Graduate College to Eliminate the Graduate Minor in Accountancy and Establish a Graduate Concentration in Accountancy | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.27 | Proposal from the College of Business and the Graduate College to establish a Graduate Concentration in Business and Public Policy | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.29 | Proposal from the College of Engineering to Revise to the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.30 | Proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) to Transfer the Graduate Programs (MA and PhD) in Italian from the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese to the Department of French | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.31 | Proposal from the College of Media to Revise the MS in Journalism and Establish the BS/MS in Journalism | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.32 | Proposal from the College of Applied Health Sciences to Revise the PhD in Speech and Hearing Science | Educational Policy |
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| EP.14.34 | Proposal from the College of Engineering to Establish a MENG in Bioinstrumentation | Educational Policy |
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| VII. | Budget Presentation Michael Sandretto, Chair of the Senate Committee on the Budget Budget Presentation (added 4/16/2014) |
| VIII. | Proposals |
| SC.14.09 | Resolution on Supplemental Retirement System
Resolution Presentation by Jeffrey R Brown (added 4/16/2014) |
Senate Executive Committee |
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| CC.14.10 | Nominations to the Athletic Board (ballot to be distributed at meeting) |
Committee on Committees |
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| RS.14.02 | Resolution in Favor of Student Loan Reform | A. Fiorentino
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| IX. | Current Benefits Issues (5 min.) John Kindt, Chair, Senate Committee on Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits |
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| X. | Reports |
| HE.14.07 | IBHE-FAC Report – March 21, 2014 | A. Aminmansour | |
| HE.14.08 | IBHE-FAC Report – April 1, 2014 | A. Aminmansour | |
| XI. | 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. | ||
| XII. | Adjournment |
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