Oakland University Senate
Fifth meeting
February 14, 2002
Oakland Center, Gold Rooms B & C
3:10 p.m.
Agenda
Respectfully submitted by Virinder Moudgil for the Steering Committee.
A. Information items.
1. The state of general purpose classrooms--Mr. Shablin and Mr. Preisinger
B. Roll Call
Approval of the minutes of the January 17, 2002 meeting.
C. Old Business.
Comment: The SON Constitution is being revised. The revised document will return to the agenda as a first reading after it has been approved by the SON Assembly.
D. New Business
1. Senate Steering Committee election (Senate Elections Committee)
Comment: Due to family responsibilities, Sandy Alber has resigned from the Steering Committee, thereby necessitating the election of a senator to replace her for a two-year term (one year in the case of a student). Members continuing to serve are Vince Khapoya (College), Paul Graves (College), Nivedita Mukherji (SBA), Addington Coppin (SBA) and Robert Schwartz (SEHS) The Senate Constitution prohibits election of more than two Steering Committee members from any one organized faculty, therefore, given the current membership of the Steering Committee, no one from the College or the School of Business Administration is eligible for election. The Steering Committee normally meets twice a month (Tuesday afternoons) to set the Senate agenda, refer business to Senate committees and receive reports from those bodies and advise the Senate 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 to serve. For a list of Senate members see the list of current senators.
2. Motion from the Steering Committee to recommend approval of a Bachelor of Science program in Financial Information Systems (Mr. Gardner)
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board approval of a program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Financial Information Systems (Mr. Gardner)
First reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote.
Comment: The proposal, related documents and responses from the various Senate committees are available here.
3. Motion from the Steering Committee to recommend approval of a Bachelor of Science Program Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention (Mr. Olson)
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board approval of a program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention
First reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote.
Comment: The proposal, related documents and responses from the various Senate committees are available here:
4. Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff Senate standing committees (Mr. Khapoya)
MOVED that the persons listed below be appointed to the committees designated for the terms specified:
Academic and Standing Honors Committee
William Keane (School of Education and Human Services), chair, Winter 2002, to replace Edward Haworth-Hoeppner, (Department of English)
University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction
Michael Polis (School of Engineering and Computer Science), Winter, 2002 to replace Gautam Singh (School of Engineering and Computer Science)
Joseph Callaghan (School of Business Administration), Winter 2002 to replace Ron Tracy (School of Business Adminstration
Procedural motion: Amendable, debatable and eligible for final vote.
5. Procedural motion to appoint Senate representatives to the Board of Trustees.(Ms. Mukherji)
MOVED that the individuals listed below be appointed as Senate representatives to the Board of Trustees for the duration of their Senate terms:
Darrell Schmidt (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
Shannan McNair (School of Education and Human Services)
Procedural motion: Amendable, debatable and eligible for final vote.
E. Good and welfare
Note: Vacancies exist on the following Senate Committees. Please share these opportunities with your colleagues.
Human Relations Committee, 2002-2003 to replace Richard Barron (School of Education and Human Services)
Senate Planning Review Committee, 2002-2003 to replace Quingchong Liu (School of Engineering and Computer Science)
2/11/02