University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
December 9, 2019
3:10 pm

ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A

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I.		Call to Order — Andreas Cangellaris, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost

II.		Approval of Minutes — November 11, 2019

III.		Public Comment

IV.		Senate Executive Committee Chair's Remarks — Rob Kar, SEC Chair

V.		Chancellor’s Remarks — Andreas Cangellaris, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost

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.20.29	Establish an Undergraduate Minor In Legal Studies		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	EP.20.36	Revising Concentrations within Germanic Studies		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	EP.20.37	Revise Requirements for the German Business and Commercial Studies Concentration		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	EP.20.38	Revise Concentration Name to German Studies and Revise Requirements		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	EP.20.39	Eliminate the German Linguistics Concentration		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	EP.20.40	Revise the Scandinavian Studies Concentration Requirements		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	EP.20.41	Establish Joint Program in the Department of Crop Sciences for the BS of Computer Science + Crop Sciences and MS in Crop Sciences		Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair

VIII.

Proposals

	CC.20.15	Election of Members on Standing Committees of the Senate and Other Bodies with Senate Representation	Committee on Committees C. Span, Chair
	HD.20.06	Nominations for Honorary Degree Awards	Honorary Degrees M. Wheeler, Chair
	SP.20.09	Proposed Revision to the Constitution, Article II, Section 1.b; Article III, Section 1; and Article IV, Section 1 (First Reading; Information)	University Statutes and Senate Procedures S. Gilmore, Chair
	SP.20.10	Revision to the Bylaws, Part C – Elections	University Statutes and Senate Procedures S. Gilmore, Chair
	SP.20.14	Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.6 – Committee on Committee	University Statutes and Senate Procedures S. Gilmore, Chair

IX.

Reports

	EP.20.42	Administrative Approvals through November 12, 2019	Educational Policy E. Meyer, Chair
	SC.20.08	Report on the November 14, 2019 Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois System at Chicago	N. Burbules

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