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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
October 14, 2019
3:10 pm

ALICE CAMPBELL ALMUNI CENTER BALLROOM

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I.   Call to Order — Robert Jones, Chancellor
     
II.   Approval of MinutesSeptember 16, 2019
     
III.   Public Comment
     
IV.   Senate Executive Committee Chair's Remarks — Rob Kar, SEC Chair
     
V.   Chancellor’s Remarks — Robert Jones, Chancellor
     
VI.   Questions (senators only)
     
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.20.02 Establish a New Major in Metropolitan Food and Environmental Systems, Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences  

Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair

  EP.20.06 Revise the BALAS in History, Social Science: History Teaching concentration, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences  

Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair

  EP.20.07 Revise the Minor in Architectural Studies, School of Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.08 Eliminate via Phase Down the Teaching of Biology Concentration, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and School of Integrative Biology, Liberal Arts and Sciences   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.09 Revise the Bachelor of Music Education Concentration Name of "Elementary General Music" to "General Music," School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.13 Eliminate (via phase down) the Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media in the School of Art and Design, College of Fine and Applied Arts   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.14 Eliminate (via phase down) the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture in the School of Art and Design, College of Fine and Applied Arts   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.15 Eliminate (via phase down) the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in the School of Art and Design, College of Fine and Applied Arts   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.17 Elimination of Requirement of a Masters Degree for Admission to Agricultural and Applied Economics PhD Program   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.18 Change the Name of the PhD Program for School of Information Sciences   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
  EP.20.20 Establish a Graduate Concentration in Developmental Psychopathology in the PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology   Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair
         
VIII.   Proposals
  CC.20.13 Election of Members on Standing Committees of the Senate Committee on Committees
C. Span, Chair

  CC.20.09 Faculty Nominations to the Joint Committee on Investment, Licensing, and Naming Rights Committee on Committees
C. Span, Chair

  SP.17.12

Revisions to the Statutes, Article II, Section 3 – Faculty Role in Governance and Article X, Section 2 – Academic Freedom
(Final; Action)

SP.17.12 Approved as amended with attached "Comment"

University Statutes and Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair

  SP.19.01 Proposed Revisions to the Statutes (USC ST-77)
(Final; Action)
University Statutes and Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair

IX.   Reports
  EP.20.16 Administrative Approvals Through September 23, 2019

Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair

  EP.20.21 Administrative Approvals Through October 7, 2019 Educational Policy
E. Meyer, Chair

       
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.  

4:10 PM – Annual Meeting of the Faculty
All University of Illinois faculty members are invited to participate during this portion of the meeting.

WELCOME – Rob Kar, Senate Executive Committee Chair

PRESIDENT’S REMARKS – Timothy Killeen, President

CHANCELLOR’S REMARKS – Robert Jones, Chancellor

OPEN DISCUSSION
Questions from the floor with responses by President Killeen, Chancellor Jones, and members of the Senate Executive Committee

CONCLUDING REMARKS – Rob Kar, Senate Executive Committee Chair

     
XII.   Adjournment
     

Immediately following adjournment,
all present are invited to attend a reception in the lobby.