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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
November 16, 2015
3:10 pm
ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A
| I. | Call to Order—Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes—October 19, 2015 | |
| III. | Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Gay Miller | |
| IV. | Chancellor’s Remarks—Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson | |
| 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.16.26 | Proposal to Revise the 2015-2016 Academic Calendar | Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair) |
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| EP.16.27 | Proposal to Establish an Undergraduate Major in Asian American Studies in the Department of Asian American Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair) |
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| EP.16.29 | Proposal to Revise the Major in Agricultural Leadership and Sciences Education in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences | Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair) |
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| EP.16.30 | Proposal to Rename the Graduate School of Library and Information Science to the School of Information Sciences | Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair) |
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| VII. | Proposed Revisions to the University Statutes |
| SP.15.21 | Revisions to the Statutes to Implement the Recommendation of the Hiring Polices and Procedures Review Committee (First Reading) | University Statutes & Senate Procedures (W. Maher, Chair) |
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| VIII. | Center for Advanced Study Update Peter Schiffer, Vice Chancellor for Research |
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| IX. | Proposal |
| RS.16.05 | Resolution on the Process to Change the Status of the Center for Advanced Study | H. Murav, et. al. | |
| X. | Academic Input on Background Checks Matt Finkin, Director, Program in Comparative Labor and Employment Law and Policy |
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| XI. | Illinois Climate Action Plan Ben McCall, Associate Director for Campus Sustainability |
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| XII. | Reports |
| EP.16.31 | EPC Administrative Approvals through November 2, 2015 | Educational Policy | |
| XIII. | 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. | ||
| XIV. | Adjournment |