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University of Iowa
FACULTY SENATE
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
3:30 – 5:15 pm
Senate Chamber, Old Capitol

AGENDA

1. Call to Order
    
2. Approvals
   1. Agenda
   2. Minutes of the September 11, 2007, Faculty Senate meeting
   3. Replacements – (Michael O’Hara)
      • Robert Glasgow (Art & Art History) to replace Daniel Balderston (Spanish & Portuguese) on the Faculty Senate for Spring 2008 (to represent CLAS, Group 1) 
         
3. Guest Speaker:  Lola Lopes, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost
   
   
4. Provost Search Update (Michael O’Hara)
    
5. Reports
   1. Issues from FRIC
   2. Benefits: Plan Design Changes for January 1 (Richard Saunders, Senior Associate Director of Human Resources)
   3. Sheldon Kurtz (Flex Credits)
   4. Information about 21-Only Ordinance
       
6. New Business
   1. Deborah Schoenfelder, Chair of the University Libraries Charter Committee and Thomas Charlton, former Chair re: University Libraries re: Authors’ Rights Issues
   2. Smoking Policy (Sue Buckley, Joni Troester)
   3. Thomas Charlton – Proposed changes to Ops Manual for charter of Library Committee