Oakland University Senate
Fourth Meeting
December 7, 2000
Oakland Center Gold Rooms B & C
3:10 p.m.
Agenda
Refreshments will be served.
Respectfully submitted by the Steering Committee.
A. Information items.
1. Calendar
2. Student Congress resolutions 1-02 and 1-03.
B. Approval of the minutes of the November 16, 2000 Senate meeting..
C. Old Business.
1. Motion from the Senate Steering Committee to endorse the Enrollment Plan. (Ms. Moore, Mr. Schwartz )
MOVED that the Senate endorse the Enrollment Planning 1999 - 2010:Draft Recommendation.
Second reading: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.
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.
2. Motion to endorse the expansion of the Western reserve. (Mr. Russell, Ms. Wood)
MOVED that the University Senate endorse the expansion of the Western Reserve to include the area to the south of the existing reserve, along the east side of Squirrel Road.
Second reading: Debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote.
D. New Business
1. Steering Committee election (Senate Elections Committee)
Two vacancies on the Senate Steering Committee need to be filled for the Winter, 2001 term. Daniel Braunstein will be on sabbatical leave and Michael Riley will be retiring. Members continuing to serve are Kathleen Moore and Kevin Andrews (CAS), Robert Schwartz (SEHS) and Christina Sieloff (Nursing) The only limitation on the electability of senators to this Committee is that no more than two may be elected from any one organized faculty. Thus, given the current membership of the Steering Committee, no one from the College is eligible. The Steering Committee normally meets twice a month (Tuesday from 11-1 this coming term) to set the Senate agenda, refer business to Senate committees and receive reports from those bodies and advise the Vice President for Academic Affairs (its chair) on governance issues; it also meets occasionally during the spring and summer. If you wish to nominate someone, please establish in advance that the person is willing and able to serve. A list of current senators is available on the Senate Home Page.
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 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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