Faculty Senate Agenda
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 – 1:00 PM
Wertheim Conservatory – Modesto Maidique Campus
Marine Science 362 – Biscayne Bay Campus

1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the March 23, 2010 meeting
3. Chairperson’s Report
4. Action Items:

A. Resolution Concerning the Untimely Death of Kendall Berry

B. Curriculum Committee Report: Bulletin 5 and Curriculum Calendar - Adis Beesting and Lidia Kos

C. University Core Curriculum Oversight Committee Report–Joann Brown, Chair, UCCOC(Course materials)
1. MOTION:  The Faculty Senate approves that students who enroll in (and pass) the pilot sections and labs of the proposed Great Ideas in Science course during summer C and fall 2010 be permitted to count this course and lab toward the completion of the Life or Physical Sciences University Core Curriculum requirement.
2. MOTION:   The Faculty Senate approves the inclusion of the following courses into the University Core Curriculum to satisfy the indicated requirements:

• “Our Coastal Environment: From the Bay to the World”
  to satisfy either the Life Sciences or Physical Sciences requirement.
• "Foundations of Global Learning in Humanities: How We Know What We Know"
  to satisfy the Humanities requirement.
• “Artistic Expressions in Global Society”
  to satisfy the Arts requirement.
• “International Nutrition, Public Health and Economic Development”
  to satisfy the Social Inquiry, Societies and Identities requirement.
• “Loosening Cultural Comfort, Gaining Global Perspectives”
  to satisfy the Social Inquiry, Societies and Identities requirement.

D.  Ad Hoc Global Learning Curriculum Oversight Committee Report-Gail Hollander, Chair(Course materials)
1. MOTION:  The Faculty Senate approves the assignment of Global Learning designation to the following courses: “Our Coastal Environment: From the Bay to the World”, “International Nutrition, Public Health and Economic Development”, "Foundations of Global Learning in Humanities: How We Know What We Know", “Artistic Expressions in Global Society”, “Loosening Cultural Comfort, Gaining Global Perspectives”.
2. MOTION:  The Faculty Senate approves the Revised Student Learning Outcomes

E. Academic Policies and Personnel Committee: Approval of the Academic Calendar 2010-2011

F. Approval of the 2010-2011 Faculty Senate Meeting Dates

G. Online Committee Resolution (Amended by the Steering Committee)- C. Delano Gray, Vice Chair

H. Election of 2010-2012 Faculty Senate Officers (Candidates' Short Biographies)

5. Reports:

A.  Provost’s Report— Interim Provost Wartzok
B.  College of Medicine Update, Dr. John Rock, Dean, College of Medicine
C.  UFF Report—Kathleen Wilson, UFF-FIU President
D.  SGA Report—Anthony Rionda, SGA President

6. Unifinished Business

7. New Business

Announcements

The next Faculty Senate meeting is Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 1:00pm in the Wertheim Conservatory. All are invited.

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