Agenda for the Faculty Senate Executive Meeting
Tues 8.18.15 – Hyland 3303 (9:00am-1:00pm)
Reminder: Meetings for next year
 Faculty Senate Meetings: 9/8 (259 UC), 10/13 (275b UC), 11/10 (259 UC), 12/8
(259 UC), 2/9, 3/8, 4/12, 5/3
 Faculty Senate Executive Meeting: 9/29, 10/27, 11/24, 1/26, 2/23, 3/29, 4/19
(Hyland 3303, 2:15-4:15)
 Fall Faculty Meeting 10/20 @ 3:30-5:00, 275b
 Spring Faculty Meeting 2/16 @ 3:30-5:00
1. Ice Breaker: What is something fun you did this summer? OR What is one thing you
are looking forward to this fall? -10 min.
2. Accept Minutes from 6.17.15 – 5 min.
3. Review website updates Finalize Plans for the Faculty Senate Governance Reception
(8.24.15) (Mandell) – 10 min.
4. Update from Tenure and Shared Governance Ad Hoc Committee (Levy-Navarro and
Compas) – 10 min.
5. Update on Intranet (Mandell) – 5 min.
6. Review Summer Actions & Faculty Senate Outline for August 2015 – 15 min.
7. Identify the Direction, Goals, and Priorities for the Faculty Senate for the 201516 academic year
Ideas to Discuss:
a. Should we conduct short surveys of faculty? Potentially task a committee with
developing questions for a short survey.
b. Tenure Policies and Procedures
c. Shared Governance Policies and Procedures
d. Elections Committee
e. Promoting the Faculty’s Public Voice
f. Fostering collegiality and faculty unity
8. Plan September Faculty Senate Meeting (9.8.15) – 1 hour