OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY
To:
Members of University Council
From:
Sunny Zank, Chair
Re:
Agenda for Meeting of Feb. 16, 2010
The regular meeting of University Council will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in Dicke Hall Forum.
AGENDA
I.
Minutes of Feb. 2, 2010 meeting.
II.
Reports from Constitutional Committees
a.
b.
c.
d.
III.
Budget & Appropriations
Academic Affairs
Student Activities
Personnel
Liaison
Beaschler
Laird
Roecker
Allison
Chair
Beaschler
Laird
Roecker
Theisen
Crago
Hurtig
Allison
Hurtig
LaSala
Hurtig
Simmons
Gulbis
Bell
Hurtig
LaSala
Hurtig
Hamper
Hamper
Ruble
Reports from Operational Committees
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Athletics
Information Technology
Cultural & Special Events
International Affairs
Religion Affairs
General Education
IV.
Report from Planning Council – Dr. Baker
V.
Other Reports
a. Vice-Presidents; Deans
b. Student Senate
c. Health Services Advisory Committee
VI.
Announcements
VII.
Questions for the President
VIII.
Unfinished Business
a. Summer 2011 calendar schedule (Attachment A)
b. Full-time student status (Attachment A)
IX.
New Business
X.
Adjournment
Attachment A
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
Dr. Zank, Chair – University Council
Pr. Laird, Chair – Academic Affairs Committee
Semester Issues
February 4, 2010
The Academic Affairs Committee recommends that the following two items regarding the semester conversion
for the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy be approved.
1) To reduce the Summer 2011 schedule to 2 four-week terms as follows:
• Term 1: May 31—June 24, 2011
• Term 2: June 27—July 22, 2011
2) Each student is required to carry at least 12 credit hours per semester to establish one semester of fulltime residence work. A student enrolled for less than 12 credit hours is classified as a part-time student.
A student may take a maximum of 19 credit hours per semester without an academic overload fee.
Rationale: Removal of the third term from the summer 2011 quarter will eliminate interference between the end
of that term (quarters) and the start of the fall 2011 semester. All summer grades and the confirmation of
summer graduates will be completed prior to the start of the first undergraduate semester.
Regarding full-time student status, the committee reviewed the practices of our peer/aspiration universities and
the needs/desires of each of our colleges. The recommendation in item 2 above would replace the following
paragraph in the ONU course catalog (page 44, under General Academic Regulations in the 2009-11 catalog).
The catalog currently states: “Each student is required to carry at least 12 credit hours per quarter to establish
one quarter of full-time residence work. A student enrolled for less than 12 hours is classified as a part-time
student.”