University Senate
Proposed: December 4, 2009
Adopted:
REVISED AGENDA
University Senate
Friday, December 4, 2009
1:15 pm, 107 Jerome Greene (Law School)
1. Adoption of the agenda
2. Adoption of the minutes of November 13, 2009
3. President’s report
--Impact of the economic crisis on Columbia endowment, budget, and fundraising
4. Executive Committee chair’s report
--Smoking policy
--Update from Honey Sue Fishman, Executive Director of Lerner and Contract Services, on Columbia’s support for efforts to establish new labor standards for the production of universities’ logo apparel (http://www.workersrights.org/university/memo/120109.html)
--Update on Senate elections from Elections Commission chair Benjamin Brickner
--Update from Structure and Operations on its draft guidelines on Senate confidentiality
5. New business
--Resolution to Establish a Program Leading to a Master of Science Degree in Bioethics in the School of Continuing Education (Education)
--Resolution to Change the Name of the Center for the Study of Human Rights to the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Education)