Faculty Senate Agenda, August 23, 2019

Purdue Northwest Faculty Senate Agenda

August 23, 2019

10:00am, Portage Meeting Facility Room 113 

1. Determination of quorum.
2. Call to order.
3. Approval of the agenda.
4. Approval of the minutes from May 3, 2019.
5. Welcome and remarks by the Senate Chair (T. Elmendorf).
6. Remarks by the Chancellor (T. Keon)
7. New Business
   1. Curriculum documents and updates (L. Taylor).
   2. FSD 19-03, Curriculum Committee Dates and Curriculog Information for 2019-2020 (for information)
8. New Business
   1. Senate Documents for Action
      1. FSD 18-19, Summer employment policy (Faculty Affairs, R. Vega)
      2. FSD 19-01, Electronic Communications Task Force (Executive, T. Elmendorf)
   2. Senate documents for Discussion:
      1. FSD 18-23 on the use of SRA (Ed Policy). Recap of issues for further revisiting for revision by Ed Policy – Senate feedback suggested.
      2. FSD 18-26, reinstatement of the BS in Economics (Executive, T. Sindone). On hold pending further action to reinstate the degree in the ICHE degree list.
      3. FSD 19-02, Membership of standing committees (Nominations and Awards, A. Alavizadeh)
   3. Discussion items:
      1. FSD 19-04, Faculty workload (Faculty Affairs, R. Vega)
      2. Senate focus group venue for the Strategic Planning Task Force: the Executive Committee?
9. Remarks by the Student Government representative (J. Schooley, SGA President)
10. Report of the University Senate/IFC representative (J. Pula): No report
11. Open discussion (as time permits).

Committee room assignments:

• Nominations, Elections, and Awards – Foyer Room
• Curriculum – PMF 104
• Education Policy – PMF 113
• Faculty Affairs – PMF 113
• General Education – PMF 113
• Student Affairs – PMF 113