A Miller/Blazer motion was made to nominate Dr. Melinda Rosenthal as Faculty Senate Chair Pro-Tempore. A Edeh/Saunders motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Dr. Melinda Rosenthal as Faculty Senate Chair Pro-Tempore was approved without dissent.
A Mowrey/Mollah motion was made to nominate Dr. Aimee Miller as Faculty Senate Secretary. A Blazer/Schaffer motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Dr. Aimee Miller as Faculty Senate Secretary was approved without dissent.
A Blazer/DiBartolomeis motion to revise item II under Course Approval Process to read "Existing credit bearing courses shall be reviewed by the department and a University curriculum committee (UCPRC/GCPRC), which shall each provide its recommendation to the President or his/her designee. This review should be completed within thirty (30) days of receipt of the course proposal." was approved without dissent.
A Edeh/Saunders motion to include the specification that student fieldwork is counted as face-to-face time was made. After further discussion, a Edeh/Blazer motion to revise item II under Distance Learning to read "Blended - Millersville University defines a blended course as a distance learning course that blends online learning with face-to-face meetings. The face-to-face meetings (including fieldwork and on-site labs) cannot exceed 33% of the entire course. The remainder of the course must be taught online." was approved without dissent.
Senator West then noted clarifications made to item IC under Course Approval Criteria. A DeCaria/Blazer motion to postpone discussion of additional clarifications until next meeting was approved without dissent.
A Schaffer/Bookmiller motion to dedicate the April 4, 2006 Faculty Senate to General Education after addressing curriculum matters was approved without dissent.