Faculty Senate Meeting
February 18, 2010
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
N. Book, Secretary
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.Minutes.01.21.10.pdf
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Grad. Students
M. Schulz
J.Carney/B.Schwartz
W. Jadwin
P. Voss
R. Akella
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
President's Report
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BOC meeting on S&T campus on April 15 and 16. FS
will probably host luncheon on Thursday (instead of
breakfast). Presentation by Jerri Arnold-Cook (AA
office) on Student Leadership Development
Budget: no indication for withholdings, cautious
optimism that Governor will honor deal with UM. But
still significant concern especially about FY 12.
Benefits survey now open
Bylaws changes approved by BOC at January meeting
President's Report
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Minor degree for students in corporative engineering
program at MSU: allow those students to get MSU
minor?
From IFC: other campuses are pushing for possibility
to include non-married living partners in benefits plan.
Alternative that is used at other institutions:
Employee+1. Allows to include the employee plus one
additional person living in your household in benefits
plan. Referred to Personnel Committee.
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Grad. Students
M. Schulz
J.Carney/K. Wray
W. Jadwin
P. Voss
R. Akella
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Faculty Senate Report
Warren K. Wray
Provost and Executive Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs
February 18, 2010
Office of
Academic Affairs
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Curriculum
» MS in Explosives Engineering was approved by
the Board of Curators at the January meeting.
» Special program – Sustainability Minor – election
completed; committee formed to develop proposal
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Faculty Activities
» Third year review process (14 faculty members)
initiated.
» Successful awards banquet completed; meeting
scheduled to review opportunities to improve
banquet and process.
Enrollment Statistics
Spring Semester 2010
February 9, 2010
SP2008
SP2009
SP2010
4,995
5,077
5,115
5,113
5,118
5,177
5,274
5,348
5,361
5,360
5,632
5,750
5,809
5,813
5,819
455
476
461
452
459
8.8%
9.0%
8.6%
8.4%
8.6%
Engineering Education Center:
Close of Registration
End of First Week
End of Second Week
End of Third Week
End of Fourth Week
96
103
102
103
103
97
104
107
105
105
103
109
110
110
112
6
5
3
5
7
6.2%
4.8%
2.8%
4.8%
6.7%
Distance Education:
Close of Registration
End of First Week
End of Second Week
End of Third Week
End of Fourth Week
440
462
457
461
457
402
440
449
453
453
447
478
490
492
565
45
38
41
39
112
11.2%
8.6%
9.1%
8.6%
24.7%
TOTAL:
Close of Registration
End of First Week
End of Second Week
End of Third Week
End of Fourth Week
5,531
5,642
5,674
5,677
5,678
5,676
5,818
5,904
5,919
5,918
6,182
6,337
6,409
6,415
6,496
506
519
505
496
578
8.9%
8.9%
8.6%
8.4%
9.8%
On Campus:
Close of Registration
End of First Week
End of Second Week
End of Third Week
End of Fourth Week
*
Change
*
SP2010 Includes 3 additional days due to close of registration date extension
Office of the Registrar • 103 Parker Hall • 300 West 13th Street • Rolla, MO 65409-0930
Phone: 573-341-4181 • Fax: 573-341-4362 • Email: registrar@mst.edu • Web: http://registrar.mst.edu
A n equal o ppo rtunity institutio n
Global Learning
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Missouri S&T’s Distance and Continuing Education works with
professional societies and campus departments to promote and
organize conferences and courses.
 Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental
Engineering teamed with the Association of State Dam
Safety Officials to schedule technical seminars:
Kentucky – October, 2009
Louisiana – February, 2010
California – March, 2010
North Carolina – June, 2010
Global Learning
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The production of international conferences is also bring more
exposure to S&T. The two most recent are:
 The Sixth International Phytotechnologies Conference,
St. Louis, Missouri, December 1 – 4, 2009, organized by Joel
Burken
 Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics,
May 24-29, 2010, San Diego, California organized by Shamsher
Prakash
Office of Graduate Studies
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Launched the Council of Graduate
Students Grad Chat session for
prospective/admitted students
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Targeted 3204 prospective International
students (using GRE name search) for
webinar sessions.
International Affairs
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Study Abroad
» To Missouri S&T
– 7 Exchange students from Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, France
& Germany
» From Missouri S&T
– 6 Exchange students - 2 in Spain & 4 in Hong Kong
– 3 students on Missouri-London Program
– In January 2010, 19 students participated in short-term study
abroad or experiential learning programs in Bolivia &
Guatemala
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Linkage Agreements
» Memorandum of Understanding was signed with Central University
of Technology (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
Office of Sponsored Programs
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FY10 activities through January and a year-over-year
comparison are as follows:
» Proposals awarded in total dollars: $35.5M (up 12.3%)
» Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 198
(down 14.7%)
» Proposals submitted in total dollars: $97.4M (up 8%)
» Number of proposals submitted: 294 (down 8.4%)
» Research expenditures: $27.7M (up 21.7%)
» F&A recovered: $4.3M (up 10.7%)
» Number of active awards: 612 (up 0.5%)
Congratulations to …
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Joshua Rovey, selected to receive AFOSR Young Investigator Research
Program award, “Energy Conversion and Loss Processes in Heavy Gas,
Field-Reversed Configuration Electric Thruster Plasma,” $360,000
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Maciej Zawodniok, selected to receive NSF CAREER award, ”Backscatter Propagation-based Multi-hop Networks for Battery-less Devices,”
$400,000
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James Stoffer, Eric Morris and Scott Hayes,1 “Corrosion Resistant
Coatings Containing Carbon,” US Patent 7,601,425
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Kent Peaslee, David Robertson and Lifeng Zhang, “Continuous Steel
Production and Apparatus,” US Patent 7,618,582
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Shi Zhang, Gregory Hilmas and William Fahrenholtz, “Reaction Sintered
Zirconium Carbide/Tungsten Composite Bodies and a Method of Making
the Same,” US Patent 7,648,675
----1 Late Drs. Thomas O’Keefe and Pu Yu are also co-inventors on this patent
Office of Undergraduate Studies
3rd Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference,
http://edtech.mst.edu
March 11-12 “Cyberlearning” sponsored by EdTech with CERTI
assisting. Keynote is Dr. Joel Hartman, Vice Provost for
Information Technologies and Resources, University of Central
Florida. Hartman has been instrumental in leading UCF in online
and blended learning.
6th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference,
http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrc.html
Wednesday, April 7 students will showcase research efforts.
Registration deadline is March 16. Interested in serving as a
faculty judge? Please e-mail Melissa Hutton at
mhutton@mst.edu.
Office of Undergraduate Studies
Teacher Education Program: Feb. 1, we welcomed
Dr. Jana Neiss, Director of Teacher Education. Neiss served Drury
University’s Rolla campus from 1995-2008 and as director of the
St. Robert, Ft. Leonard Wood, and Rolla campuses since 2008.
Neiss earned her doctorate from the University of Missouri,
master's from Pittsburg State University, and bachelor's from Ozark
Bible College and can be reached at x4692.
Office of Undergraduate Studies: Jan. 11, we welcomed
Gayatri Bhatt, Assistant to the Vice Provost. Since 2005, Bhatt
served UMKC Foundation and the School of Education impacting
millions in private support and a record alumni participation rate.
Bhatt earned her bachelor’s from Missouri S&T and master’s in
Higher Education Administration from UMKC and can be reached
at x7600 or bhattg@mst.edu.
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Grad. Students
M. Schulz
J.Carney/B.Schwartz
W. Jadwin
P. Voss
R. Akella
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Staff Council
•Staff Day Preparations
-received cash and verbal pledges to help support
Staff Excellence Awards
•Human Resource Services Employee Development
Advisory Committee
•Pilot Program-March 1st thru May 28th
-determine if e-learning can be a valuable resource for
training and professional development
•Haiti Relief Donations = $175
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Grad. Students
M. Schulz
K. Wray
W. Jadwin
P. Voss
R. Akella
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Student Council Report
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Student Body President Campaigning
Dead Week Policy
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Grad. Students
M. Schulz
K. Wray
W. Jadwin
P. Voss
R. Akella
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Council of
Graduate Students
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Suhas Nerella- on behalf of Ravi Akella
Graduate Research Showcase will be held as a
part of Graduate studies week during April 12April 16, 2010
We are working with Graduate student council
at Mizzou in co-organizing this event.
Working with Office of Graduate Studies in
organizing chat sessions for prospective
students to S&T.
CGS News letter for FY 2009-10 will be
released in March 2010.
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
RP&A
Conflict of Interest Committee
There is presently a vacancy on the Conflict of Interest
Committee as a result of Dr. Don Myers passing away.
RP&A is nominating Professor Wayne Huebner for the
vacant position. Members of the Faculty Senate may
nominate others for this position.
RP&A
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RP&A Referral to Budgetary Affairs
It has been reported that President Forsee
has considered the possibility of UM-System
campuses offering a 2% raise for faculty and
staff for the next year. In light of this, RP&A
passed a resolution that refers to the
Budgetary Affairs Committee the task of
studying potential impacts of a 2% salary
raise for S&T employees for the upcoming
year.
RP&A
Referral to Academic Freedom and Standards Committee (AFSC)
Common Exams
It was brought to the attention of RP&A that common exams
administered during the semester could create conflicts with
regularly-scheduled evening classes. The potential conflicts may not
be detected when students register for the evening classes so
students may have to schedule alternative test times or the
instructors of the evening classes may have to allow excused
absences. RP&A passed a resolution to refer this matter to the
Academic Freedom and Standards Committee for consideration and
report.
RP&A
Referral to Student Affairs Committee
Student Organizations
RP&A passed a motion to refer to the Student Affairs Committee the
task of evaluating and reporting on the present approval process for a
student organization to be officially recognized.
RP&A
Referral to Personnel Committee
“Employee + 1” Concept
Professor Isaac indicated that there was a discussion at IFC
concerning the “Employee + 1” concept in which an employee of he
UM-System would be able to designate one person to include in their
benefits program. A motion was passed at RP&A to refer the issue to
the Personnel Committee for consideration and report.
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Curricula Committee
Report
Feb. 18 , 2010
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The Curricula Committee recommends
approval of the DCs and CCs in the
distributed. It includes:
» 1 Degree Change (DC) form
– Curriculum changes to BA in History
» 7 Course Change (CC) forms
» 3 Experimental Course (EC) forms
(informational only)
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
FALL SEMESTER
2011
International Student Orientation
Freshman Orientation Begins
Transfer Student Orientation
Open Registration Ends
Fall semester opens 8:00 a.m.
Classwork begins 8:00 a.m.
Labor Day Holiday
Mid-Semester
Thanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m.
Thanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m.
Last Class Day
Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m.
Final Examinations end 6:00 p.m.
Fall Semester closes 6:00 p.m.
December Commencement
August 9, Tuesday
August 14, Sunday
August 18, Thursday
August 21, Sunday
August 22, Monday
August 22, Monday
September 5, Monday
October 15, Saturday
November 20, Sunday
November 28, Monday
December 9, Friday
December 12, Monday
December 16, Friday
December 16, Friday
December 17, Saturday
SPRING
SEMESTER 2012
International Student Orientation
Open Registration Ends
Spring semester opens 8:00 a.m.
Classwork begins 8:00 a.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday
Mid-Semester
Spring Recess begins 8:00 a.m.
Spring Recess ends 8:00 a.m.
Spring Break begins 8:00 a.m.
Spring Break ends 8:00 a.m.
Last Class Day
Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m.
Final Examinations end 6:00 p.m.
Spring Semester closes 6:00 p.m.
May Commencement – Graduate Ceremony
May Commencement - Undergraduate Ceremony
January 3, Tuesday
January 8, Sunday
January 9, Monday
January 9, Monday
January 16, Monday
March 3, Saturday
March 15, Thursday
March 19, Monday
March 25, Sunday
April 2, Monday
April 27, Friday
April 30, Monday
May 4, Friday
May 4, Friday
May 4, Friday
May 5, Saturday
SUMMER
SEMESTER 2012
Open Registration Ends
Summer session opens 8:00 a.m.
Classwork begins 8:00 a.m.
Independence Day Holiday (observed)
Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m.
Final Examinations end 12:30 p.m.
Summer Sessions closes 12:30 p.m.
June 3, Sunday
June 4, Monday
June 4, Monday
July 4, Wednesday
July 26, Thursday
July 27, Friday
July 27, Friday
CLASS SESSIONS (EXCLUDING FINAL EXAMINATIONS)
M
TU
W
TH
Fall Semester
14
15
15
15
F
15
S
14
Spring Semester
14
15
15
14
14
14
Summer Semester
8
8
7
8
8
7
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Budgetary Affairs
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Administrative
Review Committee
Report
Status Report:
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The following administrators have been selected for review this year:
VP Allada, VP Krishnamurthy, VC Robinson,
VP Schwartz, and Dean Goff
The surveys will be administered anonymously through Blackboard
involving all T/TT faculty. Numerical results will be available to the
T/TT faculty. Written comments go the administrator reviewed and
their direct supervisor.
Self-assessments have been requested from each administrator and
information from four of the five administrators have been received.
Administrative
Review Committee
Report…
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The surveys will be available shortly –the Blackboard
site is expected to be ready by next week – and then
the faculty will have two weeks to complete the
surveys.
Information from last year: We had approximately 75
respondents (about 25% of T/TT faculty) of which only
6 were paper surveys (faculty were given a choice
between paper and electronic).
PLEASE complete the surveys.
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Faculty Senate Committee Report
2/18/2010
Ad Hoc Committee for Teaching
Evaluations
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Purpose and Setup
Phase I of a pilot program to test the feasibility of
electronic teaching evaluations is complete.
• 9 faculty with 12 undergraduate class sections
participated in Fall 2009.
• Class size 21-190.
• Included upper and lower level courses in a
variety of disciplines.
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Process
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Evaluations were created using Qualtrics, an
online survey tool.
Students received an email including a link to
the evaluation survey.
The survey was opened to students on
December 2, and remained open until the last
class day in December 2009 (almost two
weeks).
Students completed the survey on their own
time.
Instructors received a Word document
summarizing results and listing written student
comments.
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Response Rates
• There was an expectation of significantly lower
response rates if electronic evaluations were used.
• Response rates for sections in the pilot ranged from
52-100%.
• The average response rate for sections in the pilot
was 69%.
• As per the CET, response rates in the recent past
using paper forms is about 70-74%.
• Self-reported response rates from participating
instructors were comparable to their usual rates for
the same courses.
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Participant
Feedback
Feedback was requested from participants. 6 of 9
instructors and 127 of 599 students responded
between 2/8 and 2/11, with the following results.
• Student confidence in privacy: 89% same or higher
(65% same, 24% higher) than with paper
• Student confidence in accuracy: 90% same or higher
(57% same, 33% higher) than with paper
• Student willingness to switch to electronic: 93% willing
(69% prefer electronic, 24% no preference)
• Instructor willingness to switch to electronic: 100%
willing (83% prefer electronic, 17% no preference)
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Student Feedback
• Easier to do this on my own time
• No pressure to complete evaluation in a certain
time period
• Saves paper
• Can be more thoughtful and thorough with
comments
• Good that it does not take up class time
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Instructor
Feedback
• More and better quality student comments
• Easier to read, no handwriting issues or privacy
concerns
• Does not use class time
• Much easier administratively
Electronic
Evaluation Pilot:
Future Plans
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Phase II of the pilot will be implemented this semester.
An in-house evaluation will be developed through IT
instead of the Qualtrics tool.
The question of participant eligibility for teaching
awards will be discussed with the CET.
Faculty interested in participating should contact
Steph Fitch at sfitch@mst.edu. Participation may be
limited.
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A
G. Gelles
B. Curricula
K. Nisbett
C. Public Occasions
D. Westenberg
D. Budgetary Affairs
B. Hale
E. Administrative Review
S.N. Balakrishnan
F. Ad-Hoc Teaching Evaluation
K. Kosbar
G. Academic Freedom and Standards L. Haynes
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of January 21, 2010 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of November 19, 2009 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of November 19, 2009 meeting minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn