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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
March 4, 2019
3:10 pm

SPURLOCK MUSEUM - KNIGHT AUDITORIUM

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I.   Call to Order—Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris
     
II.   Approval of MinutesFebruary 4, 2019
     
III.   Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Bettina Francis
     
IV.   Chancellor’s Remarks—Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris
     
V.   Questions (senators only)
     
VI.   Old Business
  RS.19.07 Resolution on the Need for Additional Resources for Advocacy and Support for Those Harmed by Sexual Assault and Harassment Brown, et. al.
       
VII.   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.19.28 Establish the joint online MBA (iMBA) and online MS in Accountancy (iMSA)  

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.19.38 Establish a new Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Science Degree (BSLAS) in Brain and Cognitive Science, in the Department of Psychology  

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.19.39 Establish the Illinois Global Institute (IGI) as a Temporary (Phase 1) Institute that will house six units currently housed in LAS and to transfer the administration of four units currently housed in Illinois International Programs to the IGI  

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.19.43 Change the name of the Department of Animal Biology to the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior  

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.19.44 Establish a Bachelor of Science with a major in Sustainable Design, in the College of Fine and Applied Arts  

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  EP.19.46 Change the name of the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies to the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies and to Establish it as a permanent center  

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

         
VIII.   Proposals
  EP.19.47 Establish The Siebel Digital Transformation Institute in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair
  SP.19.08 Revision to the Constitution, Article VI, Section 10 and the Bylaws, Part A.3 (second reading; final) University Statutes and Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair
       
IX.   Reports
  UC.19.02 Guidelines for Shared Governance and System-wide Academic and Research Initiative as the University of Illinois (OT-351) University Senates Conference
J. Tolliver, Chair
  SL19.01 Report of the Senate University Student Life Committee On Student Well-Being University Student Life
R. Alam, Chair
  EP.19.42 Administrative Approvals at the at the February 11, 2019 EP Meeting Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair
  EP.19.49 Administrative Approvals at the at the February 25, 2019 EP Meeting

Educational Policy
G. Miller, Chair

  SC.19.19 Report on the January 31, 2019 Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois System B. Francis
       
X.   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.
     
XI.   Adjournment