University Senate                                                                             

Proposed:  November 18, 2016

Adopted:   

PROPOSED AGENDA
University Senate
Friday, November 18, 2016
1:15 pm, 101 Jerome Greene Hall

1.  Adoption of the agenda

2.  Adoption of the minutes of October 21, 2016

3.  President's remarks

4.  Executive Committee Chair’s remarks:

• Unionization: Information sessions on Morningside and CUMC

5.  Old business:

• Resolution to Establish the Department of Emergency Medicine (College of Physicians and Surgeons)

6.  New business

• Resolution to Establish a Program Leading to a Master of Science in Sustainability Science (SPS) (Education)
  
• Resolution to Establish an M.D./M.S.in Biomedical Engineering (P&S and SEAS) (Education)
• Resolution to Establish the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as an Academic Holiday, Starting in 2017 (Education, Student Affairs committees)

7.  Committee reports

• Libraries