UFC Meeting Agenda – February 3, 2016

Agenda: University Faculty Council Meeting

February 3, 2016 – Digital Auditorium (ITCC)

3:30-5:30pm

I. Call to Order

II. Previous Meeting Minutes

  1. November 23, 2015 Meeting Minutes

III. Reports

  1. President Hurley
  2. Provost Levin
  3. College Deans
    1. CAS Dean Richard Finkelstein Report to UFC – Feb 3, 2016
  4. SGA Representative Report
    1. Report to the UFC 1-28-16
  5. UFC Chair’s Report
    1. VRS Update – Meeting with VRS Director on January 14, 2016
  6. UFC Vice-Chair’s Report
  7. University Committees – minutes, reports, and action items [unanimous vote to accept all reports, action items, and curricular changes]
    1. Honors Committee – Meeting_Minutes_jan_6_16
    2. Teaching Center Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (12/7/15)
    3. University Faculty Affairs Committee – January 21, 2016 Meeting Minutes
    4. Distance and Blended Learning Committee – Action Items – January 27, 2016
    5. University Academic Affairs Committee – Meeting Minutes – November 13, 2015
    6. University Curriculum Committee
      1. January 21, 2016 Meeting Minutes
      2. New Major: International Business
      3. New Minor: Financial and Quantitative Analysis
      4. New Minor: Contemplative Studies
      5. New Minor: Information Security
      6. Program Change: UMW Honors Scholars Program
      7. New Course: IDIS 193: Personal Development for Life and Career
      8. New Course: IDIS 195: Life and Career After UMW
      9. New Course: PSYC 351: Positive Psychology
      10. December 7, 2015 Meeting Minutes
      11. Change to Major: Communication and Digital Studies
      12. Change to Major: French
      13. Change to Minor: Data Science
      14. Change to Minor: Digital Studies
      15. Change to Minor: French Business
      16. New Course: ARAB 310: Topics in Arabic Culture
      17. New Course: ARTS 227: Wheel Throwing
      18. New Course: BUAD 472: Business Administration Study Abroad
      19. New Course: CPRD 304: Contemplative Practice II
      20. New Course: CPSC 445: Software Security
      21. New Course: EESC 120: Introduction to Environmental Science II
      22. New Course: FREN 330: Power, Conflict, and Revolution
      23. New Course: FREN 331: Representations of Good and Evil
      24. New Course: FREN 332: Text and Image
      25. New Course: FREN 333: Travel and Cultural Relativity
      26. New Course: FREN 334: Women and Gender in Society
      27. New Course: FREN 336: French and Francophone Literature in Translation
      28. New Course: IDIS 191: Liberal Arts and the World of Work
      29. New Course: MKTG 472: Marketing Seminar Abroad
      30. New Course: SPAN 425: The Boom of Latin American Literature
    7. University General Education Committee – Meeting Minutes – January 20, 2016
    8. SI action items – Report to UFC – Jan 28, 2016

IV. Unfinished Business

  1. Faculty Morale Survey – update from Rosalyn Cooperman

V. New Business

  1. UAAC Motion: UMW Policy on Retroactive Administrative Withdrawals (tabled from Nov. 23, 2015 meeting) [motion passed]
  2. UAAC Motion: UMW Grading When Honor Cases Are Pending (tabled from Nov. 23, 2015 meeting) [motion passed]
  3. UFAC Motion: Approval of a General Student Complaint Policy – see UFAC January 21, 2016 Minutes above for materials [motion passed]
  4. UFAC Motion: Faculty Handbook Change to Allow Coaching Staff to Become One-Year Appointments – see UFAC January 21, 2016 Minutes above for materials [motion failed]
    1. Coaching Contracts Comparison Spreadsheet (provided by Ken Tyler)

VI. Announcements

  1. The next UFC meeting will be held on February 24, 2016, from 3:30-5:30pm in the ITCC Digital Auditorium

VII. Adjournment

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