University Senate
Proposed: November 13, 2009
Adopted:
PROPOSED AGENDA
University Senate
Friday, November 13, 2009
1:15 pm, 104 Jerome Greene (Law School)
1. Adoption of the agenda
2. Adoption of the minutes of October 23, 2009
3. President’s report
--Impact of the economic crisis on Columbia endowment, budget, and fundraising
4. Executive Committee chair’s report
--A&S faculty elections
--Governance issues
--CUMC caucus
--Pandemic readiness
--Michael McNeil, Assistant Director, Health Services at Columbia, Go Ask Alice! on a
proposed ban on smoking throughout Morningside (outdoors and indoors)
5. Reports
--Structure and Operations on new confidentiality guidelines for the Senate (new
draft and current guidelines)
--Libraries: Remarks by Kenneth Crews, director of the Copyright Advisory Office, on
implications of the Google settlement (Dr. Crews' summary with bibliography and latest blog entry)
6. New business
--M.S. in Sustainability Management (Continuing Education)