WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Regular Meeting of the FACULTY SENATE
http://www.wiu.edu/FacultySenate
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
4:00 p.m.
University Union Capitol Rooms
AGENDA
I.
Consideration of Minutes
A.
II.
III.
2 December 2014
Announcements
A.
Approvals from the Provost
B.
Provost’s Report
C.
Student Government Association (SGA) Report
(Esmeralda Moreno, SGA Representative to Faculty Senate)
D.
Other Announcements
1.
Stanley Safety Grant Competition
(Scott Harris, Director, Office of Public Safety)
2.
Proposed Academic Calendars for 2016-2020
3.
IBHE Faculty Advisory Council Request for Impact of Declining Budgets on
Students
Reports of Committees and Councils
A.
Council on Curricular Programs and Instruction
(Mark Bernards, Chair)
1.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising, and
Hospitality
a)
Request for Change of Major
(1)
2.
Apparel and Textile Merchandising
Curricular Requests from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
a)
Requests for New Emphases
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
B.
Council on General Education
(Diane Sandage, Chair)
1.
Request for Inclusion in General Education
a)
C.
FL 350, Introduction to Contemporary Critical Theory, 3 s.h.
Council on Campus Planning and Usage
(Ray Diez, Chair)
1.
D.
Deviance and Criminology
Environment and Community
Social Inequality
Social Institutions
Sociological Social Psychology
Sociology of Health and Illness
Proposed Lactation/Intentional Spaces Guidelines
Senate Nominating Committee
(Dennis DeVolder, Chair)
IV.
Old Business
V.
New Business
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 10, 2015
UNION CAPITOL ROOMS