University Senate
Proposed: April 2, 2015
Adopted:
PROPOSED AGENDA
University Senate
Thursday, April 2, 2015
1:15 pm, 104 Jerome Greene Hall
1. Adoption of the agenda
2. Adoption of the minutes of February 27, 2015
3. Executive Committee chair’s remarks:
--Annual report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault
--Climate survey
--Student quality-of-life survey
--A Senate commission on diversity
4. New Business
--Resolution to Approve the M.S. in Population and Family Health (Public Health)
--Resolution to Approve an Advanced Certificate in Population Mental Health (Public Health)
--Resolution to Approve an Advanced Certificate in Health Communication (Public Health)
5. Reports
--Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (Prof. Jeffrey Gordon, Chair), including a resolution recommending divestment from investments in private prisons to the University Trustees
--Statement from Student Affairs Committee on private prison divestment
--Statement from Sen. Paige West (Fac., Barnard) and Prof. Todd Gitlin (Journalism) on fossil fuel divestment
--Rules Committee: A proposed revision of the Rules of University Conduct
--Faculty Affairs Committee
--Proposal to strengthen nontenured faculty appointments (Sen. Greg Freyer, Nontenured, Public Health)
--Anonymous comments in teaching evaluations and Title IX investigations (Sen. Letty Moss-Salentijn, Tenured, Dental Medicine)
--Libraries Committee annual report (Sen. Art Langer, Nontenured, School of Continuing Education)