| DATE: | 15 February 1996 | |||
| TO: | Members of the Faculty Senate | |||
| FROM: | Marvin Margolis, Secretary | |||
| SUBJECT: | Meeting of the Faculty Senate 20 February 1996, 4:05-5:45 p.m. | |||
| Chryst Hall, room 210 |
| I. | Minutes of the 6 February 1996 meeting | |||
| II. | Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson | |||
| III. | Report of the Student Senate President | |||
| IV. | Reports of the Administrative Officers | |||
| V. | Reports of the Faculty Senate Standing Committee | |||
| VI. | Special Reports of the Faculty Senate Committees | |||
| VII. | Faculty Emeritus | |||
| VIII. | Proposed Courses and Programs | |||
| CHEM476:Environmental Chemistry II, a four credit hour C, Q, and L course to be first offered in the Spring of 1997. | ||||
| Minor in Biochemistry: a 25.0 hour new minor program. | ||||
| IX. | Faculty Senate Elections | |||
| The following senate committee positions are currently vacant: | ||||
| Humanities and Fine Arts representative to the Academic Policies
Committee, and Social Sciences representatives to the Academic Outcomes Assessment Committee, Academic Policies Committee, and the UCPRC, and an Alternate to the International Selection Committee |
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| X. | Proposal for Minor Changes in a Curriculum | |||
| The University Course and Program Committee has requested that senate act on its proposal for minor changes in a curriculum (see Attachment A of the 21 November 1995 meeting minutes) | ||||
| XI. | Proposed Change in Senate Bylaws Concerning Senate Voting Procedures | |||
| Senator Y. Soong has proposed that senate change its Bylaws, Section II, subsection C, item 5 (page 20 of Section 1 of the Governance Manual). He proposes a change from the present: "All elections are by ballot." to the following: "All elections are by ballot, except that when there is only one candidate, and in the absence of an objection, election may be by motion and voice vote." | ||||
| XII. | The Millersville University Grading System | |||
| Senator Y. Soong has asked that senate discuss MU's grading system. He will propose that Millersville University have plus and minus (+/`) additions on A,B,C, and D grades. |