University Senate Record
University Senate Record
Information about The University Senate's past meeting dates, official records, and digital archives.
2022-2023
September 13, 2022
September 27, 2022
October 11, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: USAC: Brazil & Poland Closures
- Committee Vacancies and Nominees.pdf
- Motion: Creation of Operations and Supply Chain Management Prefix
- Motion: Establish New Academic Department: Marketing and Supply Chain Management
- Motion: Proposed Department Name Change: Management and Marketing
- Motion: Establish New Academic Department: Business Communication and Information Systems
- Handout: Proposal to close USAC Brazil and USAC Poland
- Handout: OSCM Prefix Change Request
- Handout: OSCM Catalog Changes
- Handout: Marketing and Supply Chain Management Dept. Name Proposal
- Handout: Management and Leadership Programs Dept. Name Proposal
- Handout: Bus Com IS Dept. Name Proposal
October 25, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Creation of ENT (Entrepreneurship) Prefix
- Motion: New Major in Art and Suspension of Comprehensive majors in ART
- Handout: ENT Prefix
- Handout: Art Photography Comprehensive Major 020-018
- Handout: Art Graphic Design Comprehensive Major 020-012
- Handout: Art Ceramics Comprehensive Major 020-011
- Handout: Art Sculpture Comprehensive Major 020-017
- Handout: Art Illustration Comprehensive Major 020-019
- Handout: Art Drawing and Painting Comprehensive Major 020-022
- Handout: Art Integrative Visual Arts Comprehensive Major
November 8, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- For the Record: Cartography and Geovisualization Certificate
- Motion: Physical Plant Planning Committee
- Handout: FTR: Cartography and Geovisualization Certificate
November 22, 2022
2021-2022
September 14, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Spring Re-Do and Fall Election Vacancies/Nominees
- Motion: University Senate Executive Committee Membership
September 28, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Sustainability and Climate Action Certificate
- Handout: Sustainability and Climate Action Certificate
- Vacancies and Nominations
October 12, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: CIE Closing Study Abroad Programs
- Motion: Authorized Absence Policy: 7th Absence
- Motion: FCGTRC Clean-up
- Motion: Requirements for Promotion
- Handout: FTR: Proposal to close Semester at Sea
- Handout: Proposal to close ACT
- Handout: Authorized Absence Policy: 7th Absence
October 26, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Change of Major Names for Chemistry
- Handout: Chemistry A.C.S. Certified Comprehensive Major 100-007
- Handout: Chemistry A.C.S. Certified Biochemistry Emphasis Comprehensive Major 100-009
November 9, 2021
November 23, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Health Humanities Certificate
- Handout: Health Humanities Shinno Memo
- Handout: Health Humanities Certificate
- Motion: 8th Authorized Absence Category
- Handout: Caregiving Authorized Absence Proposal to APC
- Power Point: EDI Strategic Plan Review
December 14, 2021
February 8, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Suspension of Teaching Minors
- Motion CIE: Southern Cross University (SCU), Lismore Australia Summer
- Motion: Close Puntarenas Costa Rica
- Motion: Name Change: American Sign Language Certificate
- Motion: Women of Color Feminisms (WGSS) Certificate
- Motion: Establish New Major in Teaching Spanish and TESOL
- Handout: Spanish Minor- Teaching - EA-A_ 320-405
- Handout: Spanish Minor - Teaching - MC-EA_ 320-406
- Handout: German Minor - Teaching - MC- EA_ 280-405
- Handout: German Minor - Teaching - EA-A_ 280-404
- Handout: French Minor -Teaching - MC-EA_ 260-405
- Handout: French Minor - Teaching- EA-A_ 260-404
- Handout: Spanish Comprehensive Major - Teaching Spanish and TESOL
- Handout: Lismore Cost Estimate SS 23
- Handout: Proposal to close USAC Puntarenas
- Handout: American Sign Language Studies Certificate_ 622-601
- Handout: Women of Color Feminisms
February 22, 2022
March 8, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Business Communication Major Establishment
- Motion: Suspension: Mathematics Minor Teaching
- Handout: Business Communication
- Handout: Business Communication NOI
- Handout: BCOM-AUTHORIZATION
- Handout: Mathematics Minor - Teaching - MC-EA_ 180-408
March 29, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: WGSS Program Name Change
- Motion: WGSS Academic Department Designation and Rename
- Handout: WGSS Document to Change Status and Name
- Handout: Criteria Evaluating WGSS courses
- Handout: Consortium letter for WGSS
April 12, 2022
April 26, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Redirecting Secondary Teaching Emphases to Entitled Majors
- FTR: USAC Khon Kaen Thailand
- Motion: Academic Department Designation PHES Program
- Motion: Geology Department Name Change
- Motion: University Planning Committee (UPC) Membership
- Handout: USAC-KKU Thailand Fall Semester 2022
- Handout: Spanish Teaching TESOL Emphasis Comprehensive Major
- Handout: Spanish Teaching
- Handout: Rationale for Redirection of Secondary Majors
- Handout Proposal USAC Khon Kaen Thailand
- Handout: Physical Education Teaching Comprehensive Major
- Handout: PHES Memo transition to department FNL
- Handout: Music Teaching Instrumental Emphasis Comprehensive Major
- Handout: Music Teaching Choral Emphasis Comprehensive Major
- Handout: Memo for Geology Department Name Change
- Handout: Mathematics Teaching Comprehensive Major
- Handout: Mathematics Teaching
- Handout: German Teaching
- Handout: French Teaching
- Handout: English and Language Arts Teaching Comprehensive Major
May 10, 2022
2020-2021
September 8, 2020
September 22, 2020
October 13, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Proposal for USAC Virtual Internship
- Handout: Virtual Internship Cost Estimate
- Handout: USAC Global Perspective Virtual Internship
- Motion: Service-Learning Suspension for Graduating Seniors for Fall 2020
- Handout: EC-Barron County Statement on Service-Learning
October 27, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Resolution: 2020 Election and it's Aftermath
- Motion: Education Studies Rename
- Motion: Watershed Institute Rename
- Handout: Education Studies Rename
- Handout: Watershed Institute Rename
- Motion: 2019-2020 Comprehensive Salary Plan Revisions
- Handout: 2019-2020 Comprehensive Salary Plan Revisions
November 10, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: 2019-2020 Comprehensive Salary Plan Revisions
- Handout: 2019-2020 Comprehensive Salary Plan Revisions
- Handout: Course Registration Policy
- Motion: Course Repeat Policy
- Resolution: Biweekly Payroll
- Handout: Resolution Biweekly Payroll
- 2025 Strategic Plan Process
- 2025 Draft Strategic Plan
November 24, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Course Registration Policy
- Handout: Course Registration Policy
- Motion: Winterim Service-Learning Requirement Suspension
December 8, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- For the Record: CIE Placement in PUCV Chile
- Motion: Service-Learning Suspension Spring and Summer 2021
- Handout: Proposal PUCV Chile
- Handout: Cost Estimates PUCV Chile
- Handout: Service-Learning Suspension Spring Summer 2021
February 9, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Report: NCUR 2023 Executive Summary
- Report: NCUR 2023 Organizational Structure
- Motion: Suspension of Learning Disabilities Minor Teaching EA-A & MC-EA
- Motion: Suspension of Intellectual Disabilities (ID) 1-12 Certificate
- Motion: Suspension of Emotional Behavioral Disabilities (EBD) 1-12 Certificate
February 23, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Proposal Kansai Gaidai, Japan
- Motion: USAC Lisbon
- Motion: Close Valladolid
- Motion: Close Lorenzo de Medici Institute Venice Exchange Study Abroad
- Motion: Close Peru Exchange Study Abroad
- Motion: Rename Elementary Education Major
- Handout: Cost Estimate USAC Lisbon SS 22
- Handout: Proposal Kansai Gaidai Summer
- Handout: USAC Lisbon F21
- Handout: Proposal to close Valladolid Exchange
- Handout: Cost Estimate Kansai Gaidai Summer
- Handout: Proposal to close PUC Peru
- Handout: Proposal USAC Portugal
- Handout: Proposal to close LdM Venice
- Handout: Memo to Rename Elementary Education Major
March 9, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Certificate in Professional Sales
- Motion: Human Resource Management Establishment and Emphasis Elimination
- Motion: Entrepreneurship Establishment and Elimination
- Motion: Operations Supply Chain Management Establishment and Elimination
- Motion: Pre-Business Pre-Professional Program Establishment
March 23, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Commercial Tobacco-Free Campus
- Attachment: Commercial Tobacco-Free Policy
- Motion: Eliminate Minors Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Motion: Name Change Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Motion: Bioinformatics Major
- Handout: Tobacco Letter of Support PHES Inst HS Nursing
- Handout: Sodexo letter of support26434
- Handout: Letter of support tobacco free Mayo SHS
- Handout: On-Campus Tobacco Use Resolution (2021)
- Strategic Plan Draft Summary
- Draft Strategic Plan
- Handout: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages Minor- K-12_ 550-410
- Handout: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Minor- Middle Childhood & Early Adolescence_ 550-409
- Handout: Request for Authorization to Implement a Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Arts in Bioinformatics
April 13, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: 2021-2023 Comprehensive Salary Plan
- Handout: 2021-2023 Comprehensive Salary Plan Attachment
- Motion: Commercial Tobacco Free Campus
- Handout: Attachment Commercial Tobacco Free Policy
April 27, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- April 13, 2021 UF and UAS Spring Meeting Minutes
- Motion: Establish a New Minor: Criminal Justice Equity and Inclusivity
- Motion: Suspension of Educational Minors
- Motion: Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
- Handout: Criminal Justice Equity and Inclusivity - Liberal Arts
- Handout: Social Studies Minor- Teaching Middle Childhood_Early Adolescence_ 500-403
- Handout: Language Arts Minor - Teaching Middle Childhood_Early Adolescence_ 930-402
- Handout: General Science Minor - Teaching Middle Childhood_Early Adolescence_ 120-403
- Handout: MN transfer core memo to APC FNL 3 26 21
2019-2020
September 24, 2019
October 8, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Resolution Supporting NCUR 2023
- Resolution Supporting the Chancellor's Investment Framework
- Committee Vacancies with Nominees
October 22, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Adaptive Music Certificate
- Handout: Adaptive Music Certificate Proposal
- Motion: Functional Equivalent
- Resolution from the floor: EDI Retention
November 12, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Functional Equivalent as Amended
- Resolution: Improving Retention of Faculty, Staff and Students of Color
- Motion: FASRP Decision-Making Table
- Motion Attachment on the Decision-Making Table
- Resolution: Presidential Search & Screen
December 3, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Choral Program Change
- Motion: SPED Name Change and Prefix
- Motion: Chemistry Department Name Change
- Motion: English Program Name Change
- Motion: Social Studies Name Change
- Motion: Instrumental Music Program Change
- Motion: LAS Program Name Changes
- Motion: Creation of UW Collaborative Online Associate Arts & Sciences Degree
- Motion: Creation of UW Collaborative Online Associate A&S Prefix
- Handout: UW Collaborative Online Associate A & S Degree and Prefix
- Handou: UW Collaborative Online Associate A & S Degree Proposal
- Handout: UW Collaborative Online A & S Degree Requirements
- Handout: LAS Renaming Request
- Handout: Chemistry Department Renaming Request
- Handout: SPED Name Change Request
- Handout: English Program Change Request
- Handout: Choral Program Change Request
- Handout: Instrumental Program Change Request
- Handout: SPED New Prefix Request
- Handout: Social Studies Change Request
- Motion: Honorary Degree
December 10, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Creation of UW Collaborative Online Associate A & S Degree Amended
- Motion: Creation of UW Collaborative Online Associate A&S Prefix
- Motion: Honorary Degree as Amended
- Motion: FCGTRC Membership
- Resolution: Campus Building
- Resolution: Campus Building Attachment
- Motion: Bias Incident Reporting
- Handout: UW Collaborative Online A&S Degree Requirements
- Handout: UW Collaborative Online Associate A&S Degree Proposal
- Handout: UW Collaborative Online Associate A&S Degree and Prefix
February 11, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Theatre Arts Certificate
- FTR: Creative Writing Certificate
- Motion: Dismissal Appeal Process
- Motion: Physical Science Teaching Rename and Establishment of Emphases
- Motion: Special Education Major Rename
- Motion: Elimination Single Content Teaching Majors/Minors
- Motion: English Teaching Major Suspension and Elimination of Minor
- Handout: Creative Writing Certificate Proposal
- Handout: Theatre Arts Credit Bearing Certificate Program Proposal
- Handout: Special Education Program Change Request
- Handout: English Program Change Request
- Handout: Sociology Program Change Request
- Handout: Political Science Program Change Request
- Handout:History Program Change Request
- Handout: Economics Program Change Request
- Handout: Updated Science Teaching Program Change Request
February 25, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Biomedical Engineering Prefix
- Motion: Elimination of the Art, Printmaking Comprehensive Major
- Handout: BME Prefix Proposal
- Handout: Art, Printmaking Comprehensive Major
March 10, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Elimination Art, Digital Media Comprehensive Major
- Handout: Art, Digital Media Comprehensive Major
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September 12, 2018 Meeting
September 25, 2018 Meeting
October 9, 2018 Meeting
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Journalism Certificate
- Resolution Supporting NCUR 2022
- Motion: Define Affiliate Faculty
- Senate Enrollment Update
October 23, 2018 Meeting
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Study Abroad - University of Valladolid
- Motion: Elimination Latin American Studies Comprehensive Major
- Motion: Program Name Change LAS Culture, Language and Society Emphasis
- Motion: Elimination German Liberal Arts Business Professions Emphasis.pdf
- Motion: Non-University Employment
November 13, 2018 Meeting
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Materials Science Single Major Proposal
- Motion: Elimination of 8 Materials Science Emphases
- Motion: Actuarial Science Single Major Proposal
- Motion: Elimination of Actuarial Science Emphasis
- Handout: Materials Science Memo #1
- Handout: Materials Science Memo #2
- Handout: Actuarial Science Proposal
November 27, 2018 Meeting
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Africana Studies Certificate
- Motion: Suspension of Accelerated BSN Option
- Motion: Elimination of Kinesiology Sport Pedagogy Emphasis
- Motion: Creation of a Pre-Athletic Training Pre-Professional Program
- Motion: Elimination Latin American Studies Comprehensive Major
- Canvas Resolution
December 11, 2018 Meeting
- Agenda
- Minutes
- FTR: Rename Hmong Studies and Fine Arts Administration Certificate
- FTR: Credit-Bearing Certificate in Recording Arts
- Resolution: Small Program Closure
- Motion: Create Public Health Major
- Motion: Suspension of Theatre Arts
- Motion: Elimination of Art History Emphases and Music History Major
- Motion: Name Change Math Applied Statistics Emphasis
- Motion: Changes to FASRP Article Six
- Motion: Post-Tenure Review of Department Chairs
February 26, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- For the Record: Anthropology Certificate
- For the Record: Digital Marketing Analytics Certificate
- Motion: Elimination Music Piano Majors
- Handout: Anthropology Certificate
- Handout: Digital Marketing Analytics Certificate
- Handout: Elimination Music Piano Emphases
March 12, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- For the Record: CIE: USAC - Multiple Locations
- Handout: CIE-USAC: 9 Programs
- Handout: CIE USAC: 9 Locations Compilation
- Motion: Elimination Athletic Training Major
- Handout: Elimination Athletic Training Major
- Motion: Post-Tenure Review and 19-21 Compensation Plan
- Handout: 19-21 Compensation Plan Attachment
March 19
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Motion: Post-Tenure Review and 19-21 Compensation Plan as Amended
- Handout: 19-21Compensation Plan Attachment As Amended
April 23, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Handout: Barron County Strategic Plan
- Motion: Biomedical Engineering
- Handout: Authorization to Implement a Comprehensive Major in Biomedical Engineering
- Motion: University Assessment Committee Membership
May 14, 2019
- Agenda
- Minutes
- DRAFT UF/UAS Spring Meeting Minutes
- FTR: CIE - USAC Spain
- USAC Spain Options Total Cost Handout
- USAC Spain Proposal
- Rubric Review 2018-2019 Report
- University Assessment Committee Membership
- Resolution Opposing Printing Proposal
- Motion: Graduation with Distinction
- Handout: Graduation with Distinction Program Change Request
- Motion: Advising Requirement
- Handout: Required Advising Policy Comments from Departments and Programs
- Handout: Student Senate Resolution Supporting NCUR2022 Advising
- Handout: Advising Memo Handout
- Handout: Strategic Plan 2019 Summary Report