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Senate Council Agendas

All meetings are from 3:00 - 5:00 pm in 103 Main Building unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

  1. Minutes and Announcements
    • Minutes from April 16, 2012
    • Minutes from April 23, 2012
    • Minutes from April 30, 2012
    • Minutes from May 14, 2012
  2. Presentation on Preliminary Executive Summary from Faculty Committee on Review, Reward and Retention (PDF)
  3. Charges to Senate Committees
    1. Charges from 2011-2012 (PDF)
    2. Proposed/Tentative Charges for 2012-2013 (PDF)
  4. Changed CPE/SACSCOC Requirements for New Programs (PDF)
  5. Academic Approvals Workgroup Report (PDF)
    1. Definitions
    2. Recommendations
    3. Narratives
  6. Order of UK Core/UC Course Reviews (PDF)
  7. Discussion on Office of Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
    • Provost's Charge to Dean's Group (PDF)
  8. Multidisciplinary Research Centers - Framing the Discussion for Fall 2012
    1. Governing Regulations VII "(University Organization") (PDF)
    2. Multidisciplinary Research Centers - Ideas (PDF)
  9. Chair's Report - Updates

Monday, May 14, 2012

  1. Minutes and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee - Davy Jones, Chair
      1. Discussion on Senate Rules 5.2.4.7 ("Final Examinations") (PDF)
  4. Document Handling System
    1. Update
    2. Naming
  5. Discussion on Potential SC Retreat Agenda Items (PDF)
  6. Summary of 2011-2012 Senate Activities - Roundtable

Monday, April 30, 2012

  1. Minutes and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. (Nursing) Proposal to Change Senate Rules 4.2.1.2 (Allow 90 Hours of Transfer Credit for Students in the RN-BSN Program) (PDF)
    3. Proposed Changes Regarding BHS Medical Laboratory Science (PDF)
      • Change to Existing Admission Requirement for BHS Medical Laboratory Science
      • Proposed Revision to Senate Rules 5.3.2.2.1 ("Clinical Laboratory Sciences Professional Program")
      • Proposed Revision to Senate Rules 4.2.2.2.E ("Medical Technology: Admissions Policy")
    4. Proposed New MA in Linguistic Theory and Typology (revised) (PDF)
    5. Proposed Restructuring of the School of Management in the Gatton College of Business and Economics (PDF)
    6. "What is a Credit Hour?" for Different Meeting Patterns (PDF)
    7. IGEOC - Membership & Continuation
  3. Proposed Transfer of Ownership of Eight Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Programs: Pre-Analytics, Analytics, Pre-Finance, Finance, Pre-Management, Management, Pre-Marketing, and Marketing (PDF)
  4. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee (SAOSC) - Herman Farrell, Chair
      1. Proposal to Change the Name of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science (PDF)
      2. Proposal to Change the Name of the Department of Art (PDF)
      3. Proposal to Change the Name of the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling (PDF)
    2. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee (SREC) - Davy Jones, Chair
      1. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 3.2 ("Procedures For Processing Academic Programs And Changes") (PDF)
      2. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 3.3 ("Procedures For Creating Courses, Change Courses and Deleting Courses") (PDF)
  5. Proposed Changes to Governing Regulations II ("Governance of the University of Kentucky") (PDF)
  6. UK May 2012 Degree List
  7. UK August 2012 Degree List (early)
  8. Tentative Senate Agenda for May 7, 2012 (PDF)

    9. Monday, April 23, 2012

    1. Minutes from April 16 and Announcements
    2. Committee Reports
      1. Senate's Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee - Tom Nieman, Chair
        1. Proposed Change to Senate Rules 1.4.3.2 ("Senate Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee (SRWAC)") (PDF)
    3. Old Business
      1. Action Items
      2. Update on ad hoc Committee on Calendars - Margaret Bausch, Chair (PDF)
      3. (Nursing) Proposal to Change Senate Rules 4.2.1.2 (Allow 90 Hours of Transfer Credit for Students in the RN-BSN Program) (PDF)
      4. IGEOC - Membership & Continuation
      5. Faculty Involvement in UK's Sustainability Efforts
    4. Committee Reports
      1. Senate's Academic Program's Committee - Andrew Hippisley, Chair
        1. Proposed New Post-Graduate Certificate in Rehabilitation Counseling (PDF)
        2. Proposed New MA in Linguistic Theory and Typology (PDF)
    5. Update on ad hoc Committee on Best Practices for Distance Learning - Sharon Lock, Chair (PDF)
    6. Academic Approvals Workgroup Report - Discussion Only (PDF)

    Monday, April 16, 2012

    1. Minutes from March 26 and Announcements
    2. Old Business
      1. Action Items
      2. "What is a credit hour?" for 13 Different Course Meeting Patterns (PDF)
      3. President's Evaluation (PDF)
    3. Committee Reports
      1. Senate's Academic Program's Committee - Andrew Hippisley, Chair
        1. Proposed New Graduate Certificate in Risk Sciences (PDF)
        2. Proposed New Minor in Visual Studies (PDF)
        3. Proposed New Graduate Certificate in Stream and Watershed Science (PDF)
        4. Proposed New Minor in Neuroscience (PDF)
        5. Proposed New Undergraduate Certificate in Global Scholars (PDF)
      2. Senate's Advisory Committee on Privilege and Tenure - James Geddes, Chair
        1. Overload Policies (PDF)
    4. Senate/Faculty Engagement in UK Sustainability Policy - Lee Meyer
    5. IGEOC - Membership & Continuation

Monday, April 2, 2012

  1. Minutes from March 26 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee - Herman Farrell, Chair
      1. Proposal to Move Appalachian Center from Vice President for Research to College of Arts and Sciences (PDF)
      2. Proposal to Change the Name of the College of Communications and Information Studies (PDF)
      3. Proposed Restructuring of the School of Management in the Gatton College of Business and Economics (PDF)
  4. Update on ad hoc Committee on Calendars - Margaret Bausch, Chair (PDF)
  5. Tentative Senate Agenda for April 9 (PDF)

Monday, March 26, 2012

  1. Minutes from March 5 and Announcements
  2. Update on UK Budget Assessment Steering Committee - David Hulse, Faculty Representative
  3. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee: Proposed Revisions to Senate Rules 3.3.2 ("Procedures Governing Creation, Consolidation, Transfer, Discontinuation, or Significant Reduction of an Academic Program or Educational Unit" (PDF)
    3. Request for Nonstandard Calendar for One-Year Master's in Public Administration (PDF)
  4. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Academic Programs Committee - Andrew Hippisley, Chair
      1. Proposed New Graduate Certificate in School Technology Leadership (PDF)
      2. Proposed New BS in Human Health Sciences (PDF)
      3. Proposed New Master of Arts in Arts Administration (PDF)
  5. Request from Student to Graduate with Telecommunications Degree (As Opposed to Graduating with Newly Changed Name of "Media Arts and Studies") (PDF)
  6. Proposed Changes to Governing Regulations (endorsement)
    1. Summary of Changes (PDF)
    2. Governing Regulations I: The University of Kentucky (PDF)
    3. Governing Regulation III: The President of the University (PDF)
    4. Governing Regulation IV: The University Senate (PDF)
    5. Governing Regulation VII: University Organization (PDF)
    6. Governing Regulation VIII: University Appointments (PDF)
    7. Governing Regulation IX: Reviews of Organizational Units and Chief Administrative Officers (PDF)
    8. Governing Regulation XII: University of Kentucky Development Council (PDF)
    9. Governing Regulation XIII: University Regulations (PDF)
  7. Provost Kumble Subbaswamy

Monday, March 5, 2012

  1. Minutes from February 20 and February 27 and Announcements
  2. Discussion on Proposed Changes to Governing Regulations IV C ("The University Senate") (PDF)
  3. Discussion on Proposed Changes to Governing Regulations I C.2 ("Vision, Mission and Values")
    • Chart of Changes to Vision, Mission and Values 2003 - present (PDF)
    • Governing Regulations I (snippet of Governing Regulations I C.2) (PDF)
  4. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. A Brief History of the Graduation Writing Requirement (Discussion Only) - Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Mike Mullen
      • Revised Proposal for Communication Requirement in the Major (PDF)
      • Memo from Arts and Sciences to Undergraduate Council (PDF)
  5. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Academic Programs Committee - Andrew Hippisley, Chair
      1. Proposed New MA in Gender and Women's Studies (PDF)
      2. Proposed New PhD in Gender and Women's Studies (PDF)
      3. Proposed New Minor in Information Studies (PDF)
      4. Proposed New BSEd in STEM Education (PDF)
    2. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee - Davy Jones, Chair
      1. SACS Comprehensive Standards on Coherence of Increasing Program Rigor
        • External Reviewer Comments on SACS Comprehensive Standard 3.6.1 (PDF)
        • Graduate Education Learning Outcomes (example from University of Mississippi) (PDF)
  6. Area and Advisory Committee Nominees
  7. Request for Nonstandard Calendar for One-Year Master's in Public Administration (PDF)
  8. Tentative Senate Agenda for March 19 (PDF)

Monday, February 27, 2012

MEETING TIME & LOCATION: 2 PM, ROOM F/G, 18TH FLOOR, PATTERSON OFFICE TOWER

  1. Minutes from February 7 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Proposed Revisions to Senate Rules 3.3.2 ("Procedures Governing Creation, Consolidation, Transfer, Discontinuation, or Significant Reduction of an Academic Program or Educational Unit")
      • Senate Rules 3.3.2 (Changes Tracked) (PDF)
      • Senate Rules 3.3.2 (Changes Accepted) (PDF)
    3. Senate Syllabi Requirements (PDF)
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee (SAASC) - Raphael Finkel, Chair
      • Proposal to Replace Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) with Communication Requirement in the Major (CRM) (PDF)
      • Proposed Change to Existing Admission Requirement for BHS Medical Laboratory Science (PDF)
  4. Outstanding Senator Award (PDF)

Monday, February 20, 2012

  1. Minutes from February 7 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Framing the Discussion on Undergraduate Program Admissions Requirements
    3. (Revised) Proposal for Formalized High School/University Dual Credit (PDF)
    4. (Revised) Proposed New Undergraduate Certificate in Global Studies (PDF)
    5. President's Evaluation (PDF)
    6. Proposed Revisions to Senate Rules 3.3.2 ("Procedures Governing Creation, Consolidation, Transfer, Discontinuation, or Significant Reduction of an Academic Program or Educational Unit")
      • Senate Rules 3.3.2 (Changes Tracked) (PDF)
      • Senate Rules 3.3.2 (Changes Accepted) (PDF)
    7. Senate Syllabi Requirements (PDF)

Monday, February 6, 2012

  1. Minutes from January 30 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. (Revised) Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.4.4.2 ("Senate Advisory Committee on Privilege and Tenure (SACPT)") (PDF)
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee (SREC) - Davy Jones, Chair
      • Proposed Revisions to Senate Rules 3.3.2 ("Procedures Governing Creation, Consolidation, Transfer, Discontinuation, or Significant Reduction of an Academic Program or Educational Unit")
        • Senate Rules 3.3.2 (Changes Tracked) (PDF)
        • Senate Rules 3.3.2 (Changes Accepted) (PDF)
  4. Senate's Academic Programs Committee (SAPC) - Andrew Hippisley, Chair
    1. Proposed New University Scholars Program for a BS to MS in Civil Engineering (PDF)
    2. Proposed New Undergraduate Certificate in Global Scholarship Studies (PDF)
  5. Proposed 2012 Honorary Degree Recipients - Dean Blackwell, Chair, University Joint Committee on Honorary Degrees
  6. Tentative Senate Agenda for February 13, 2012 (PDF)

Monday, January 30, 2012

  1. Minutes from January 23 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee (SERC) - Davy Jones, Chair
      • Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.4.4.2 (PDF)
  4. Excused Illness Absences - Kristen Goble Brown, University Health Service Clinical Administrator
    • Senate Rules 5.2.4.2 ("Excused Absences") (PDF)
  5. Update on Honors Program - Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Mike Mullen
  6. Framing the Discussion on Undergraduate Program Admissions Requirements

Monday, January 23, 2012

  1. Minutes from January 9, 2012 and Announcements
  2. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee (SAASC) - Raphael Finkel, Chair
      • Proposal to Change BS in Community Communications and Leadership Development (PDF)
      • Proposal to Change Minor in Community Communications and Leadership Development (PDF)
    2. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee (SREC) - Davy Jones, Chair
      • SREC Recommendation on Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 3.1.0 (PDF)
      • SREC Recommendation on Select 800- and 900-Level Courses (PDF)
  3. Financial Disclosure Discussion - Provost Kumble Subbaswamy

Monday, January 9, 2012

  1. Minutes from December 19, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Equipment and Repair Alert System - J. S. Butler
  3. Syllabi Issues (from Senate's Rules and Elections Committee)
    • Explanation from SREC (PDF)
    • Senate Syllabi Guidelines (PDF)

Monday, December 19, 2011

  1. Minutes from December 5, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. SC ad hoc Committee on Faculty Productivity and Accountability (Composition & Charge)
    3. Honors Unit Faculty Committee (Composition)
  3. SC Officer Elections

Monday, December 5, 2011

  1. Minutes from November 29, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Establishment of Senate Committee to Serve as Faculty of Record for the Honors Program
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Academic Programs Committee (SAPC) - Andrew Hippisley, Chair
      1. Proposed New Graduate Certificate in International Education (PDF)
    2. Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee (SA&ASC) - Raphael Finkel, Chair
      1. Proposal for Formalized High School/University Dual Credit (PDF)
      2. (Nursing) Proposal to Change Senate Rules 4.2.1.2 (Allow 90 Hours of Transfer Credit for Students in the RN-BSN Program) (PDF)
  4. Academic Calendars
    1. 2012 - 2013 Calendar (PDF)
    2. 2014 - 2015 Calendar, Tentative (PDF)
    3. 2012-2013 Dentistry (PDF)
    4. 2014 - 2015 Dentistry, Tentative (PDF)
    5. Fall 2012 Law (PDF)
    6. Spring 2013 Law (PDF)
    7. Summer I (four-week) 2013 Law (PDF)
    8. Summer 2013 Law (PDF)
    9. Fall 2014 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    10. Spring 2015 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    11. Summer I (four-week) 2015 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    12. Summer 2015 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    13. 2012 - 2013 Medicine (PDF)
    14. 2014 - 2015 Medicine, Tentative (PDF)
    15. 2012 - 2013 Pharmacy (PDF)
    16. 2014 - 2015 Pharmacy, Tentative (PDF)
    17. 2012 - 2013 Winter Intersession (PDF)
    18. 2014 - 2015 Winter Intersession, Tentative (PDF)
  5. Intellectual Property and Distance Learning (PDF)
  6. Tentative Senate Agenda for December 12, 2011 (PDF)

Monday, November 28, 2011

  1. Minutes from November 21, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. SC ad hoc Committee on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
      • Administrative Regulations 3:8 ("Appendix II: Faculty Workload Policy Statement - University System (Approved by Board of Trustees)") (PDF)
      • Administrative Regulations 3:10 ("Policies for Faculty Performance Review") (PDF)
      • Administrative Regulations 3:11 ("Tenured Faculty Review and Development Policy") (PDF)
      • Nominees
      • DRAFT: Charge & Agenda for First Meeting (PDF)
    3. Honors College/Academy - Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Mike Mullen (PDF)
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee (SAOSC) - Herman Farrell, Chair
      1. Proposed New Multidisciplinary Research Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing (PDF)
    2. Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee (SA&ASC) - Raphael Finkel, Chair
      1. "What is a credit hour?" for 13 Different Course Meeting Patterns (PDF)
  4. Academic Calendars*
    1. 2012 - 2013 Calendar (PDF)
    2. 2014 - 2015 Calendar, Tentative (PDF)
    3. 2012-2013 Dentistry (PDF)
    4. 2014 - 2015 Dentistry, Tentative (PDF)
    5. Fall 2012 Law (PDF)
    6. Spring 2013 Law (PDF)
    7. Summer I (four-week) 2013 Law (PDF)
    8. Summer 2013 Law (PDF)
    9. Fall 2014 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    10. Spring 2015 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    11. Summer I (four-week) 2015 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    12. Summer 2015 Law, Tentative (PDF)
    13. 2012 - 2013 Medicine (PDF)
    14. 2014 - 2015 Medicine, Tentative (PDF)
    15. 2012 - 2013 Pharmacy (PDF)
    16. 2014 - 2015 Pharmacy, Tentative (PDF)
    17. 2012 - 2013 Winter Intersession (PDF)
    18. 2014 - 2015 Winter Intersession, Tentative (PDF)

* NOTE (11/30/11): Due to time spent on other items, the Senate Council did not review agenda item number four, the Academic Calendars (a - r). On a related note, the calendars a - r have subsequently been revised, so please see the SC agenda for December 5 for the correct calendar versions. (The calendars a - r posted for November 28 are incorrect.)

Monday, November 21, 2011

  1. Minutes from November 4, 2011 and Announcements
    • Miscellaneous Announcements
    • Nominees for Tobacco-Free Cmte, Staff PE Evaluation Cmte, W-L Career Development Cmte, and W-L Burnout Cmte
    • Senate Meeting Round-Up
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. SC ad hoc Committee on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
      • Administrative Regulations 3:8 ("Appendix II: Faculty Workload Policy Statement - University System (Approved by Board of Trustees)") (PDF)
      • Administrative Regulations 3:10 ("Policies for Faculty Performance Review") (PDF)
      • Administrative Regulations 3:11 ("Tenured Faculty Review and Development Policy") (PDF)
      • Nominees
      • DRAFT: Charge & Agenda for First Meeting (PDF)
    3. Administrative Activity Review
    4. Discussion on Transcriptionist and Personnel Hours
  3. Honors College/Academy - Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Mike Mullen (PDF)
  4. Discussion with Provost Subbaswamy

Monday, November 4, 2011

  1. Minutes from October 31, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Action Item Number 76 ("Develop metrics for faculty input into president's performance during August Advance. (6/15/11))"
    3. Nominees for SC ad hoc Committee on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
      • Provost's White Paper on on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
      • Guidelines for Teaching Excellence
      • Nominees
      • Charge
  3. Marketing UK Core as a University Senate Product - Assistant Provost Bill Rayens
  4. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Advisory Committee on Privilege and Tenure - Jim Geddes, Chair
      1. SACPT 2010 - 2011 Final Report (PDF)
  5. UK's December 2011 Degree List
  6. Tentative Senate Agenda for November 14, 2011 (PDF)
  7. Discussion with Provost Subbaswamy

    8. Monday, October 31, 2011

    1. Minutes from October 24, 2011 and Announcements
    2. Old Business
      1. Action Items
    3. Proposal from the Joint Committee of the University and Staff Senates on the Proposed Creation of an Ombud's Program (PDF)
    4. Proposed Changes to the Business Procedures Manual
      1. Business Procedures Manual E-1-3 ("Fiscal Roles and Responsibilities") (PDF)
      2. Business Procedures Manual E-1-4 ("Internal Control") (PDF)

    Monday, October 24, 2011

    1. Minutes from October 17 and Announcements
    2. Old Business
      1. Action Items
      2. Committee Arrangement for SC ad hoc Committee on Best Practices for Distance Learning
      3. Nominees for SC ad hoc Committee on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
        • Provost's White Paper on on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
        • Guidelines for Teaching Excellence
        • Nominees
        • Charge
    3. Discussion on Transcriptionist and Personnel Hours

Monday, October 17, 2011

  1. Minutes from October 3 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.3.1.3.A ("Senate Council Chair") (PDF)
    3. Nominees for SC ad hoc Committee on Best Practices for Distance Learning
    4. Nominees for SC ad hoc Committee on Calendars
    5. Nominees for SC ad hoc Committee on Faculty Productivity and Accountability
  3. UK's Faculty Overload Policies (PDF)
  4. Faculty Powers to Determine Program Priorities as Described in State Law
  5. Discussion on Transcriptionist and Personnel Hours
  6. Discussion with Provost Subbaswamy

Monday, October 3, 2011

  1. QEP Membership - Provost Subbaswamy, Deanna Sellnow and Diane Snow (PDF)
  2. Initial Discussion on Proposed New Policies on Faculty Productivity and Accountability - Provost Subbaswamy
  3. Minutes from September 26, 2011 and Announcements
  4. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Revisiting the Calendar Discussion
    3. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.3.1.3.A ("Senate Council Chair") (PDF)
  5. Discussion on Transcriptionist vs. Personnel Hours
  6. Tentative Senate Agenda for October 10, 2011 (PDF)

Monday, September 26, 2011

  1. Minutes from September 19, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Senate Oversight of Study Abroad Courses (PDF)
    3. Senate Committee Preferences, Round II (SAPC, SAP&PC, SRC, SAFC, SLC, SAAC, SA&ASC)
    4. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 1.3.1.3.A ("Senate Council Chair")
    5. Discussion on Interpretation of Senate Rules 5.2.4.7 ("Final Examinations") (PDF)
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Senate's Rules and Elections Committee (PDF)
      1. University Appeals Board (PDF) (PDF)
      2. Multiple Campus Registrars
  4. UK Core Course Vetting Process for 2011-2012 - Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Education Bill Rayens
  5. Senate Oversight of University Calendar
    • Enforcement of Existing Calendars
    • Possibility of Ad Hoc Committee to Look at Calendar Issues

Monday, September 19, 2011

  1. Minutes from August 22 (revised) and August 29 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Senate Parliamentarian
    3. Replacement Member on SC
    4. Discussion on Interpretation of Senate Rules 5.2.4.7 (PDF)
  3. Introduction of Assistant Provost for Faculty Affairs Lynda Brown-Wright
  4. Membership of Interim General Education Oversight Committee (IGEOC), 2011-2012
  5. Discussion on Open Access - Libraries Dean Terry Birdwhistell and Associate Dean Mary Beth Thomson
  6. Syllabi and the Tobacco-Free Policy - Professor Ellen Hahn
  7. Senate Oversight of Study Abroad Courses -Associate Provost for International Programs Susan
    8. Carvalho & Assistant Provost for International Programs Gary Gaffield
  8. Review Committee - Huron Consulting (Linnea Texin and Serena Matsunaga)

Monday, August 29, 2011

  1. Minutes from August 22, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Senate Committee Charges (PDF)
    3. Senate Committee Preferences (Round 1)
    4. Replacement Member on SC
    5. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 6.2.1.1, 6.5.1.2 and 6.5.1.3 (PDF)
    6. Composition of Reinstatement Committee
    7. Discussion on Interpretation of Senate Rules 5.2.4.7 (PDF)
    8. Distance Learning Approval for Special Topics Courses (PDF)
    9. Identification of Senate Parliamentarian for 2011-2012
  3. Tentative Senate Agenda for September 5, 2011 (PDF)
  4. UK August 2011 Degree List (second of two)
  5. Process for UK Core Exceptions (PDF)
  6. Sample Undergraduate Council Syllabus (PDF)
  7. QEP Membership
  8. Report of the Joint Committee of the University and Staff Senates on the Proposed Creation of an Employment Ombud (PDF)

Monday, August 22, 2011

  1. Minutes from August 5 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Senate Committee Charges (PDF)
  3. Replacement Member on SC
  4. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules 6.2.1.1, 6.5.1.2 and 6.5.1.3 (PDF)
  5. Composition of Reinstatement Committee
  6. Senate Committee Preferences (Round 1)
  7. Clinical Title Series Annual Report
  8. Discussion on Interpretation of Senate Rules 5.2.4.7 (PDF)
  9. Distance Learning Approval for Special Topics Courses (PDF)
  10. Identification of Senate Parliamentarian for 2011-2012

SC Summer Advance (second of two), Friday, August 5, 2011

The Advance will take place in the Keeneland Room, adjacent to the Auditorium in W. T. Young Library. Call to order will be at 9:00 am.

  1. Minutes from June 15, 2011 and Announcements
  2. Old Business
    1. Action Items
    2. Update on Document Handling System
    3. Senate Council Goals from 2010-2011 (PDF)
    4. Senate Committee Charges from 2010-2011 (PDF)
    5. Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices for Distance Learning - Proposed Membership
  3. Program Assessment Overview - Dr. Mia Alexander-Snow, Director of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

    4. Break for lunch (Gallery).

  4. Senate Council Goals for 2011-2012
  5. Senate Committee Charges for 2011-2012
  6. Developing an Operational and Communication Plan for the Senate Office - Dan Wermeling
  7. Presidential Performance Evaluation