November 2, 2009

meetings

Years:

11/02/2009

University Senate Agenda REVISED

Monday, November 2, 2009

3:00pm-5:00pm

UCENT 234 (Downtown)

AGBC 154 (Polytechnic)

EDC 117 (Tempe)

FAB S101 (West)

[All meetings are televised and interactive]

1. CALL TO ORDER (Convener: Dr. Phil VanderMeer)

a. Attendance by clicker (DO NOT TOUCH the clickers until asked to do so for attendance)

b. Quorum Requirements

c. Acceptance of Agenda

2. SPECIAL UAC/UNIVERISTY ADMINISTRATION REPORT/PANEL DISCUSSION

The Research Enterprise at ASU: Taped remarks from President Crow

Panel members: Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi

Dr. Rick Shangraw

Dr. Joe Comfort

3. REPORT FROM SENATE PRESIDENT & UAC CHAIR (Convener: Dr. Phil VanderMeer)

a. Senate webpage: http://usenate.asu.edu/ please check regularly for information, documents, meetings and special announcements

b. Classroom Scheduling: A Solution

c. Technology Peeves : appreciate the comments and suggestions, a Task Force will be summarizing and monitoring their being addressed

d. Challenges video : Premiered at Homecoming, responses open until November 23. 2009 on Senate webpage

e. November is Diabetes Awareness Month: http://www.diabetes.org/

American Diabetes Association Homepage (23.6 million American are diabetic (8% of the population). Annually, the economic cost of diabetes is around 174 billion dollars. The signs and symptoms can be subtle and interpreted as stress, or fatigue and too frequently overlooked or ignored. The long-term implications of untreated diabetes are profound and life-threatening. Please, stay informed and share this important information as appropriate.

f. ASU Counseling services for students and faculty

Because of the tragic events of this past week on the Tempe campus, a number of information requests have come forward. Counseling services has provided these important and informative links for faculty, staff and students to review, and they invite phone calls and visits from all who desire contact. In addition, they have generously offered to be available for questions and comments at our November 30 meeting. Please look over this information and utilize this outstanding service as you or other colleagues may need. Please share these with your unit faculty, staff and students as appropriate.

http://students.asu.edu/counseling

http://students.asu.edu/counselinginfofaculty

http://students.asu.edu/safetypresentation

http://students.asu.edu/node/1655

http://students.asu.edu/node/2253

4. Old Business: CAPC (Second Readings)-Gregory Castle

a. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: School of Life Sciences Establishment of a new graduate degree: Ph.D. in Animal Behavior (Motion #11)

b. School of Human Evolution & Social Change: Establishment of a new graduate degree: MA, Global Health (Motion #12)

c. Disestablishment of Undergraduate Certificate (Motion #13) Enriched

5. New Business: CAPC- (First Reading)-Gregory Castle

AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW VIA CAPC WEBPAGE ONCE 11/5/09 AGENDA IS POSTED http://provost.asu.edu/capc

a. Senate Motion #14 (First Reading): College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies - Establish a Ph.D. in Transborder Studies with two concentrations
1. Transborder Migration, Health and Applied Social Policy and
2. Transborder Media and Expressive Culture

b. Senate Motion #15 (First Reading): College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – School of Life Sciences - Establish a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Evolutionary Biology degree program

c. Senate Motion #16 (First Reading): W.P. Carey School of Business – Office of the Dean - Establish a Master of Science (M.S.) in Commerce degree program

d.Senate Motion # 24 (First Reading): CLASS School of Social Transformation- for the establishment of an undergraduate degree- B.A. Justice Studies

e. Senate Motion #25 (First Reading):CLAS-Department of Physics –for the establishment of an undergraduate degree-B.A. Physics

f. Senate Motion #26 (First Reading): CONHI-for a name change of an undergraduate degree-from B.S. Human Health Studies to B.S. Health Sciences

6. New Business: ACD Revisions (First Reading)-Peter Crozier/Phil VanderMeer

a. ACD 304-05 (Motion #17)

b. ACD 304-06 (Motion #18)

c. ACD 301 (Motion #20)

d. ACD 305-02 (Motion #21)

e. ACD 305-03 (Motion #23)

7. Open Forum

8. Committee Reports available on Senate webpage: http://usenate.asu.edu/

CAPC: Gregory Castle

Committee on Committees: Victoria Trotta