University of Iowa
FACULTY SENATE
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
3:30 – 5:15 pm
Senate Chamber, Old Capitol
AGENDA
- Call to Order
- Approvals
- Meeting Agenda
- Faculty Senate Minutes (September 2, 2008) (Attachment 1)
- Committee Replacements (David Drake)
- Donald Black (Psychiatry) to fill the unexpired term of Janeta Tansey (Psychiatry) on Faculty Senate, 2008-11
- Dwight Look (Internal Medicine) to fill the unexpired term of Brian Schutte (Pediatrics) on the Senate, 2008-10
- Jill Beckman (Linguistics) to replace Jeff Cox (History) on the Senate, Fall 2008
- One new appointee to the Faculty Judicial Commission: John Wadsworth (Rehabilitation Counseling), 2008-11
- Philip Wertz (Dentistry) to fill a vacant position on the University Libraries Charter Committee, 2008-11
- Michael Eckert (Music) to fill the unexpired term of Mary Trachsel (Rhetoric) on the Council on Teaching, 2008-09
- Larissa Samuelson (Psychology) to fill the unexpired term of Carolyn Brown (Communication Sciences & Disorders) on the Family Issues Charter Committee, 2008-10
- Patricia Clinton (Nursing) to replace Astrid Oesmann (German) on the Human Rights Charter Committee, Fall 2008
- Keela Herr (Nursing) to replace Gina Schatteman (Integrative Physiology) on the Governmental Relations Committee, 2008-09
- Jerry Anthony (Urban & Regional Planning) appointed to the Committee on the Selection of Central Academic Officials, 2008-11
- New Business
- Dance Marathon (Katie Guckert)
- Proposed Revision to Chapter 15 Professional Ethics and Academic Responsibility, Section 15.4 Responsibilities to Colleagues (Mike O’Hara)
- Updates to Honorary Degree policies (Catherine Ringen, Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee)
- Office of the Ombudsperson Annual Report (Lois Cox, Cynthia Joyce)
- Update on Searches (David Drake)
- CLAS re-districting (Shel Stromquist) • COIA Bylaws (Mike O’Hara)
- From the Floor
- Announcements
- Faculty Senate/Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Reception, December 18, 4:30-6:00 pm, Old Capitol
- The next Faculty Council meeting will be Tuesday, January 20, 3:30-5:15 pm, Penn State Room, 337 IMU.
- The next Faculty Senate meeting will be Tuesday, February 3, 3:30 – 5:15 pm, Senate Chamber, Old Capitol.
- Election process will begin in February with nominations; please start recruiting people to serve in Senate.
VI. Adjournment