All spring semester meetings start at 1:30 p.m. Due to COVID-19 we will be meeting virtually via Zoom in January and February. (More information will be forthcoming about the March meeting.) The guidelines for the February meeting, including the Zoom link are here. Be sure that you have signed into Zoom on-line; don’t just click on the Zoom link. If you need help, contact the Senate Officers.
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Senate Archives: http://institutionalmemory.iu.edu/aim/handle/10333/3376
1.Call to Order
2. [5 min.] Approval of January 2022 Academic Senate Minutes [LINK]
3. [5 min.] Nominating Committee [LINK]
4. [15 min.] Reorganization, Elimination, and Merger of Academic Units and Program policy – Steven Gerencser, Chair, Policy Committee [LINK]
5. [5 min.] Mohammad Merhi, Senate Vice President
A) Result of vote on library circulation policy; [LINK]
B) call for faculty representative for Undergraduate Research Journal
6. [5 min.] Library presentation on resources for on-line classes – Susan Thomas, Interim Dean of the Library
7. [5 min.] Betsy Lucal, Director, First Year Experience Program
8. [5 min.] Discussion of testing policy for Quantitative Reasoning General Education requirement – Yu Song, Math Department [LINK]
9. [10 min.] Jamie Smith, Co-Chair, Academic Affairs Committee [LINK]
A) Extend auto W to last day of classes from current date of March 13 potentially through the end of the pandemic
B) Establish administrative withdrawal for GPA students to last day of classes
10. [15 min.] Chancellor’s Report – Chancellor Susan Elrod
11. [15 min.] EVCAA’s Report – EVCAA Jill Pearon [LINK]
12. [3 min.] President’s Remarks – Elaine Roth
13. Announcements
14. Motion to Adjourn
