Academic Senate Agenda, April 19, 2024

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Meeting materials

Academic Senate Agenda 

Friday, April 19, 2024 1:30 – 3:00 pm DW 1001

1. Call to order
2. [1 min] Approval of March 2024 Minutes FILE
3. [1 min] Appointed Committees call for volunteers—Jason Resler
4. [5 min] Academic Affairs Committee–Grade appeal procedure revision (updated)–Deb Marr and Bunmi Okanlami (action item)
5. [10 min] General Education—Exemption for students missing FYS course –Becky Torstrick, FYE Director and Henry Scott & Jennifer Muñiz, Gen Ed Directors
   (action item)
6. [5 min] Associate faculty voting rights—change in by-laws (ballot vote)—Carolyn Schult
7. [10 min] Campus Directions Committee report—AVCSAD Kevin Griffith and Jeff Luppes
8. [10 min] Award announcements
   1. Distinguished Research Award—EVCAA Jill Pearon
   2. Chancellor’s Professor—Chancellor Elrod
9. [5 min] Centralized advising update—SAVAR Lee Kahan
   1. [5 min] Q & A for Advising
10. [5 min] Academic Affairs updates—EVCAA Jill Pearon
    1. [5 min] Q & A for EVCAA Pearon
11. [5 min] President’s report
12. [5 min] Announcements
13. [15 minutes] (Closed session—only voting members of the Senate allowed)
    1. Information session/Q & A on vote of no confidence in President Whitten at IUB (no Zoom access to this part of the meeting).
14. Motion to Adjourn