UFC Meeting Agenda – November 30, 2016

3:30-5:30pm

I. Call to Order

II. Previous Meeting Minutes

III. Reports

1. President Paino
2. Provost Levin
3. College Deans
   1. Report from CAS Dean Richard Finkelstein
4. Guest Report on Advisory Committee for the 403B Retirement Plan – Rick Pearce, Chief Financial Officer, and Sabrina Johnson, Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Affirmative Action [Ken Machande and Smita Jain Oxford volunteered to serve as faculty representatives on the Advisory Committee for the 403B Retirement Plan]
5. Guest Report from the Staff Advisory Council
   1. Staff Advisory Committee- October 2016 Newsletter
6. Guest Report on Faculty Development Plans for August 2017 – Tim O’Donnell, Associate Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Success
7. SGA Representative’s Report
8. UFC Chair’s Report
   1. Report to the Board of Visitors – November 18, 2016
   2. Faculty Senate of Virginia – November 19, 2016
9. UFC Vice-Chair’s Report
10. University Committees – minutes, reports, and action items [all minutes, reports, and action items accepted and approved by the UFC]
    1. Budget Advisory Committee
       1. Meeting Minutes – November 1, 2016
       2. November 1, 2016 Meeting PowerPoint
    2. James Farmer Multicultural Center Faculty Advisory Committee
       1. Meeting Minutes – October 13, 2016
       2. Cultural Programming and Collaborations Report
    3. Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting Minutes – October 5, 2016
    4. Academic Affairs Committee Meeting Minutes – October 12, 2016
    5. General Education Committee Meeting Minutes – November 7, 2016
    6. Sabbaticals, Fellowships, and Faculty Awards Committee Meeting Minutes – October 24, 2016
    7. Teaching Center Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – November 14, 2016
    8. Distance and Blended Learning Committee Meeting Minutes – November 16, 2016
    9. University Curriculum Committee (note: the UCC posts all committee materials on a separate site – University Curriculum Committee Website)
       1. Meeting Minutes – November 14, 2016
       2. New Course Proposal – German 105: Intensive Beginning German
       3. New Course Proposal – German 205: Intensive Intermediate German
       4. New Course Proposal – Math 421: Applied Partial Differential Equations
       5. Program Change Proposal – Geography/Master of Science in Geospatial Analysis (MSGA)
       6. New Course Proposal – PHYD 419: Intercollegiate Men’s Golf
       7. New Course Proposal – PHYD 420: Intercollegiate Women’s Golf
       8. New Course Proposal – SOCG 347: Sociology of East Asia
    10. FSEM Committee Meeting Minutes – October 26, 2016
    11. Honors Program Committee Action Items – November 18, 2016

IV. Unfinished Business

V. New Business

1. Distance and Blended Learning Committee: Approval Process for Consideration of Majority Online Programs.
2. Academic Calendar – discussion of construction of the academic calendar, timing of breaks, and August pre-semester schedule
   1. Five-Year Academic Calendar

VI. Announcement

VII. Adjournment

The next UFC meeting will be held on February 1, 2017, from 3:30-5:30pm in the HCC Digital Auditorium.