UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

FACULTY SENATE OFFICE, CC 314

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AGENDA

Faculty Senate

January 24 & 29, 2008

12:15 – 1:50 p.m., Auerbach, 426

Thursday, January 24

  1. Call to Order/Announcements – Chair Weinholtz

r      Suspension of Admissions to ENHP Counseling Program (Discussion &  possible vote)

 

  1. Committees reports:

²

Academic Standards

 

Senator Elizabeth Petry

(Class attendance)

CETA

²

BLT

Senator Ingrid Russell

(Nominations due  2/1/08)

A&S

²

Computer

Senator Narendar Sumukadas

Barney

²

Constitution

Senator Bob Decker

(Restructuring Senate Committees) B

A&S

²

Curriculum

Chair, Donn Weinholtz    (Report:) A

 

²

Development

Senator Ed Gray

A&S

²

Faculty Diversity

Senator Darryl McMiller

Hillyer

²

Grants

Senator Dennis Nolan

(Applications due 1/25/08)

HAS

²

International Studies

Senator Anne Comiskey

Hartt

²

P/T Faculty

Senator Paul Siegel

(Resolution) C

A&S

²

Prof. Standards

 

Senator Sharon Shepela

(Hiring of Relatives) D

Hillyer

²

Student Affairs

Senator Peter Oliver

ENHP

²

Univ. Scholar

Senator Dan Williamson

Hillyer

 

²

Environmental Task Force

Senator Joanna Borucinska

A&S
  1. Orders of the Day                                                                                                                                   1:50 p.m.

 

Tuesday, January 29

 

  1. Reconvene

r      Elimination of Program – Sixth Year Certificate in Educational Leadership (Dean Dorothy Zeiser)

r      Proposal to suspend admission to the HAS MFA Resident Program (Dean Power Boothe)

 

  1. Presentations

r      President Walter Harrison – Update

r      Interim Provost J. Voelker – Evaluations and Update

 

  1. Other Business

r      Next meeting of the Faculty Senate will be February 12 & 14, 2008, 12:15 p.m. – 1:50 p.m., A426.

 

  1. Adjourn (by 1:50 p.m.)

 

Bylaw 4.a “Faculty Senate meetings are open to all full-time and part-time (adjunct) faculty. Administrators, staff, and others having proper business with the Faculty Senate may attend meetings as observers, upon invitation of (or approval of petition to) the Chair or the Executive Committee.  Observers may not, during the meeting, petition the Faculty Senate Chair for the right to address the Faculty Senate, although the Faculty Senate Chair may invite observers to address the Faculty Senate from the floor on specific points of business. Only elected Senators have voice and voting privileges.”