University Senate action April 4

On Monday, April 4, University Senate heard reports from:

Yvette Harris, 2015-2016 chair, Executive Committee of University Senate

Senate heard the following special report:

State Mandates update, Chair, Fiscal Priorities, Amit Shukla

The following New Business was received:

Fiscal Priorities update, Chair, Fiscal Priorities, Amit Shukla
Preferred Name Project, Madelyn Detloff and Carolyn Haynes

Old Business:

Credit Hour Reduction, Academic Policy Committee Chair, Bryan Ashenbaum
Proposed Policy - Minors on Campus, Office of Counsel, Mitch McCrate and Robin Parker

Items received on the Senate consent calendar included:

Curriculum Items dated April 4, 2016
Active Military Duty Policy
Independent Work Policy
Revisions to Curriculum Definitions
Executive Committee minutes dated February 29 and March 28, 2016
Governance Committee dated February 25, 2016
Board of Trustees Resolution approving Regional Campus Name
2015-16 Promotion and Tenure and Continuing Contract
Campus Planning Committee minutes dated October 2015 and February 2016

Minutes of University Senate February 22, 2016 meetings were approved without corrections

The next meeting of University Senate is at 3:35 p.m. Monday, April 11, 111 Harrison Hall, Oxford Campus

Twenty-five members of Faculty Assembly can challenge the resolution by filing a petition with the Office of the University Secretary during the ten class days after publication in the Miami Wire.