Faculty Senate Meeting February 13, 2025

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Faculty Senate Meeting - Summary
[Held on 02/13/25, Herter Hall 227, 3:30 PM]

A presentation on "Community, Democracy, And Dialogue (CDD) and upcoming Culture and a Climate Efforts" was delivered to the Senate by Marsha McGriff, Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, and Linda Ziegenbein, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic Outreach & Engagement

A presentation on "Improving Classroom Utilization" was delivered to the Senate by Tilman Wolf, Deputy Chancellor for Operational and Organizational Strategies and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and Farshid Hajir, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education

The Faculty Senate affirmed the actions taken by the Rules Committee on behalf of the Faculty Senate over Winter 2024/2025, as listed on the agenda, Item D.

The Annual Report of the University Press Committee for Academic Year 2023-2024 was received by the Senate.

The Faculty Senate approved the Creation of a New Academic Integrity Policy, as presented in Sen. Doc. 25-030.

The following courses were approved by the Faculty Senate:

  • AFROAM 272 

  • BIOCHEM 687

  • BMED-ENG 512

  • BMED-ENG 514

  • CHEM-ENG 256

  • COMM 311

  • ECO 685

  • ENGLISH 494NC

  • FILMS-ST 494P

  • JAPANESE 434

The following academic program proposals were approved by the Faculty Senate:

  • Revisions to the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, as Presented in Sen. Doc. No. 25-033

  • Revisions to the Bachelor of Science in Psychology, as Presented in Sen. Doc. No. 25-034

  • Creation of a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, as Presented in Sen. Doc. No. 25-035

The Faculty Senate approved the Renaming the Center for Data Science to the Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, as Presented in Sen. Doc. No. 25-036.