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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 MinutesNovember 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