Oakland University Senate

November 18, 2004

Elliott Hall Auditorium
3:10 p. m.

 Agenda

           

Respectfully submitted by Virinder Moudgil for the Steering Committee

A. Information items

B. Roll Call

C. Approval of Minutes of the September 23, 2004 meeting

D. Old Business

    None

E. New Business

1.  Motion from the Steering Committee to approve the Bachelor of Science Program in Information Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science (Mr. Licker)

MOVED that the Bachelor of Science Program in Information Technology be approved.

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

2. Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to appoint a Senate representative to attend meetings of the Board of Trustees. (Mr. Lepkowski)

MOVED that Lynne Williams (Health Sciences) be appointed as a Senate representative to attend Board of Trustees meetings through summer 2005.

Comment: Lynn Williams replaces Kathy Moore. James Cipelewski continues as a Senate representative through summer 2005.

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

3.  Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff standing committees (Mr. Russell)

MOVED that Madeline Kissock (Linguistics) be appointed Chair of the General Education Committee for winter term 2005.

Comment: This is a sabbatical replacement for Dagmar Cronn.

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

4.  Procedural motion from the Steering Committee to staff General Education Subcommittees. (Ms. Williams)

MOVED that the persons listed below be appointed to various subcommittees of the General Education Committee through August 2006.

Arts/Literature
Gladys Cardiff (English)
Kris Condic (Library)
Gregory Patterson (Dance)

Formal Reasoning
Darrell Schmidt (Mathematical Sciences)

Global Perspectives/US Diversity
Walli Andersen (Rhetoric)
Peter Bertocci (Sociology)
Carole Crum (General Studies)
Shawn Lombardo (Library)
Chaundra Scott (Education)
Robert Stewart (Psychology)
Ronald Tracy (Economics)

Natural Science and Technology
Brian Goslin (Exercise Science)
Anne Hitt (Biological Sciences)
Barbara Penprase (Nursing)

Social Science
Joanne Reger (Sociology)
Cynthia Sifonis (Psychology)

Western Civilization
Paul Graves (Philosophy)
Derek Hastings (History)

Writing/Foreign Language and Culture
Alice Horning (Rhetoric)
Frank Lepkowski (Library)
Ronald Rapin (Spanish)

Comment: The General Education Committee has recruited these volunteers to assist in the labor intensive process of reviewing proposals for new and revised courses for the new general education program. Regular members of the General Education Committee will chair and serve as members of the subcommittees.

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

F. Good and Welfare

G. Adjournment

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