Oakland University Senate

Third Meeting

November  16, 2000
Oakland Center -Gold Rooms B & C
3:10 p.m.

Agenda

Refreshments will be served.

Respectfully submitted by the Steering Committee.

A.   Approval of the minutes of the October 19, 2000 Senate meeting.

B.   Information items.
        --Nursing and Health Sciences Task Force report --Mr. Connellan 
        --Update on the Master Planning process--Ms. Schaefer      
        --Further discussion of  proposed changes to the Academic Calendar (see memo from UCUI).

C.   Old Business

        None

D.  New Business

1.  Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff Senate standing committees (Mr. Braunstein).

    MOVED that the persons  listed below be appointed to the Senate committees for the terms specified:

    ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE
        Justine Speer (School of Nursing) --2000-2002
    CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:
        John White (School of Education and Human Services) -- Fall, 2000 to replace Dyanne Tracy.
    SENATE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE
        Mohinder Parkash (School of Business Administration) --2000-2003
    SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
        Beth Wallis Kraemer (Library) -- 2000-2002

    Procedural motion: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.

2.   Motion from the Senate Steering Committee to endorse the Enrollment Plan.  (Ms. Moore )

    MOVED that the Senate endorse the Enrollment Planning 1999 - 2010:Draft Recommendation . 

    First reading:     Debatable, amendable but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.

Comment:  With this motion the Senate is asked to endorse the planning efforts begun in October 1999 when the Enrollment Planning Committee was formed.  The Draft Recommendation along with responses from President Russi, the Senate Budget Review Committee and the Admissions and Financial Aid Committee are available here,   along with budget data prepared by Ms. Schartman of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.

E.  Good and Welfare

Note:  Vacancies still remain on the following committees.  Please share these opportunities with your colleagues. 

ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING COMMITTEE--1 Vacancy, Fall. 2000-Aug. 15, 2002

ACADEMIC COMPUTING COMMITTEE--1 Vacancy, Fall. 2000-Aug. 15, 2001 to replace John Halpin (Department of Philosophy)

SENATE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE--1 vacancy,  Fall 2000 to replace Gaddis (Buck) Dillon (School of Business Administration)

SENATE PLANNING REVIEW COMMITTEE-- 1 Vacancy, Fall,  2000-Aug. 15, 2003

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT-- School of Engineering and Computer Science-- 1 Vacancy, Fall,  2000-Aug. 15, 2003

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