3:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Susan Awbrey for the Steering Committee

1. Informational Items
   1. SAFAC – Ms. Wolf
   2. Post-Master’s Certificate in Court Administration – Ms. Hartmus
   3. Modification to the MAT in Reading – Ms. Pavonetti
   4. Modification to the Graduate Certificate in Oncology Rehabilitation – Ms. Doherty
   5. Provost’s Updates – Ms. Awbrey

B. Roll Call

C. Approval of the minutes of  November 15, 2012

D.Old Business

1.  Motion from the Teaching and Learning Committee to change the term of membership and membership:  (Ms. Thompson)

MOVED that the term of membership on the Teaching and Learning Committee be increased from 2 years to 3 years and the membership from: “Six faculty; four students; two administrative professionals; and the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost (or designee), ex-officio and non-voting,” to “Nine faculty….”

Second Reading:  Amendable, debatable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.

Comment:  Supporting email from Carrie Abele, Chair, Teaching and Learning Committee.

2.  Motion from UCUI to remove the oversight of the ethnic diversity requirement from the committee charge:  (Mr. Doman)

MOVED that item 9 of the UCUI charge requiring the committee “[T]o construct the list of courses designed to meet the university wide ethnic diversity requirement from among those courses submitted for this purpose by the academic units and to maintain and update this list.  Nothing in this provision is intended to authorize or permit UCUI or Oakland University to require courses or parts of courses to have a certain ideological framework or any other framework of interpretation as a condition for satisfying the ethnic diversity requirement” be removed.

Second Reading:  Amendable, debatable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.

Comment:  Supporting email from Scott Crabill, Chair, UCUI

E. New Business

1.  Motion from the Steering Committee to recommend approval of the Master of Public Health in the School of Health Sciences: (Ms. Condic, Mr. Latcha)

MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and Board of Trustees approval of the Master of Public Health.

First Reading:  Amendable, debatable and not eligible for final vote at this meeting

Comment:  Supporting materials for the Master of Public Health

2.  Procedural motion to staff Senate Standing Committees (Mr. Latcha, Mr. Aigbedo)

MOVED that the person listed below be appointed to the committee designated:

ASSESSMENT Kuniko Nielsen (Linguistics) 2013-2015 (Assessment)

F.  Good and Welfare