Faculty Senate Meeting February 2024

Allison Butler, Chair of the Academic Matters Council (AMC) presented updates on the Policy Work on Academic Integrity and Syllabus Requirement. 
 

Annual reports were provided from the following Councils or Committees:

Commonwealth Honors College
Health Council
University Press Committee
General Education Council

Senator Gonen Dori-Hacohen, Co-Chair of the Joint Task Force for Childcare Needs Assessment- presented an special report on the ongoing findings and activities of the taskforce to the Senate. 

The following new courses were approved:

• ARCH 552--Environmental Technology in Architecture 
• CE-ENGIN 606--Sustainable Pavement Design and Analysis 
• EDUC 682B--Small Group Leadership: Dialogue Facilitation Across Differences
• HT-MGT 331--Cultural Tourism 
• KIN 635--Intro to Musculoskeletal Modeling & Simulation
• LABOR 619--Labor Education 
• NURSING 726--Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care
• NURSING 798SR--Clinical Practicum Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care 
• POLISCI 872--Social and Political Theories of Decolonization
• PSYCH 615--Cognitive Psychology And Cognitive Neuroscience 
• SCH-MGMT 360--Business in Italy 
• SPP 301--Junior Writing Seminar: Communication Public Policy
• SPP 494D--Public Policy Capstone Lab

The following academic program proposals were approved:

• Revision of the Social Justice Concentration within the Master of Education, Education Specialist Degree. 
• Revision of the Social Justice Concentration in the Doctorate of Education.
• Creation of the Certificate in Horticulture.

The following items were tabled until the next Senate meeting.

Revisions to the Policy on Search, Appointment, and Evaluation Procedures for Deans, Associate Deans, Academic Department Chairs and Heads, and Academic Program Directors.

The meeting concluded at 5:30 PM