WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Regular Meeting of the FACULTY SENATE
http://www.wiu.edu/FacultySenate
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
4:00 p.m.
University Union Capitol Rooms
AGENDA
I.
Consideration of Minutes
A.
II.
III.
5 November 2013
Announcements
A.
Provost’s Report
B.
Student Government Association (SGA) Report
(B.J. Lampere, SGA Representative to Faculty Senate)
C.
Other Announcements
1.
Jeanette Malafa, Assistant to the President for Government Relations
2.
Open Access
(Dean Michael Lorenzen and Linda Zellmer, University Libraries)
Reports of Committees and Councils
A.
Senate Nominating Committee
(Martin Maskarinec, Chair)
B.
Council on Curricular Programs and Instruction
(Bridget Welch, Chair)
1.
Proposal to Add Unit of Credit to CCPI Definitions of Academic Terms
2.
Curricular Requests from the Department of History
a)
Request for New Course
(1)
3.
HIST 380, The Great War, 3 s.h.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Mathematics
a)
Request for New Course
(1)
MATH 483, Biomathematics, 3 s.h.
4.
Curricular Requests from the Department of Health Sciences
a)
Requests for Changes of Majors
(1)
(2)
C.
Health Services Management
Public Health
Council on Campus Planning and Usage
(Jeff Laurent, Chair)
1.
IV.
Old Business
V.
New Business
Report on Texting While Driving on Campus
A.
Motion in Support of SGA Resolution Advocating the Release of Funds for the
Performing Arts Center
B.
Resolution from English and Journalism Faculty Regarding Paper Copies of the
Undergraduate Catalog:
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 21, 2014
UNION CAPITOL ROOMS