SENATE FACULTY MEETING AGENDA

FRIDAY April 3, 2009

Egan Library 211

Call in # 1-800-893-8850   PIN 3325714

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1. Call to Order and Roll Call (3:00pm)
2. Adopt agenda
3. Approve March 6, 2009 minutes  (Attachment 3.0)
4. Comments from Chancellor - John Pugh
5. Report from President - Jill Dumesnil
   5.1 Reconciliation Process
   5.2 Visit UA VP and Chief Financial Officer, Joe Trubacz on April 10 at 3:00pm
   5.3 Nominations for President-elect
   5.4  2009-2010 Faculty Senate:
   President:  Jonathan Anderson
   President-elect: TBA
   Juneau at Large:
   Ketchikan at Large:
   Sitka at Large: Leslie Gordon
   Business/Public Admin:
   Career Education:
   Education:
   Humanities:
   Information Systems:
   Library:
   Natural Sciences:
   Social Sciences: Clive Thomas
6. Committee Reports
   6.1 Shared Governance - Mark Speece
7. Old Business
   7.1 2^nd reading of Bylaw amendment of Section 5.(1)b.iii, Curriculum Committee Chair - Rick Wolk
   7.2 Senate Committee on Academic Planning - Jonathan Anderson
   7.3 Action on Mandatory Academic Advising
8. New Business
   8.1 New Geography Degree(s) - Eran Hood  (Attachment 8.1)
      8.1a BS - Geography  (Attachment 8.1a)
      8.1b BA - Geography  (Attachment 8.1b)
   8.2 GEOG490 - Eran Hood  (Attachment 8.2)
   8.3 ENVS310 - Eran Hood  (Attachment 8.3)
   8.4 ANTH354 - Dan Monteith  (Attachment 8.4)
   8.5 Timeline for instructor access to student ratings - Rick Wolk
9. Last Regularly Scheduled 2008-09 Faculty Senate Meeting:  May 1, 2009
10. Adjourn (no later than 5:00pm)