University Senate of Michigan Technological University

                                                                       

TO:                 Members, Alternates, Liaisons

FROM:           Paige Hackney, Senate Assistant

DATE:            October 19, 2006

SUBJECT:   Agenda for University Senate Meeting 443

COPIES:       President, Provost, Board of Control Office, Vice Presidents, Library Reserve, Staff Council Chair, Tech Today, MTU Lode, MTU Daily Bull

Meeting 443 of the University Senate of Michigan Technological University will convene on Wednesday, October 25, at 5:30 p.m. in Room B45 of the EERC Building.

Senators and Alternates will receive this agenda. Please note only Senators will receive minutes; therefore, Alternates expecting to attend the meeting should obtain minutes from their unit’s Senator.  Senators are responsible for making their constituents aware of this meeting’s agenda.  If neither Senator nor Alternate can attend, they should send a substitute.

   
AGENDA 
Time (min.)
  1. Roll call of Senators   
2
  2. Recognition of visitors    
1
  3. Approval of agenda
5
  4. Summary of Student Success Task Force, Brad Baltensperger
15
  5. Annual Sabbatical Leave Report, Sonia Goltz and Kurt Patterson                  
          [attachment]
15
  6. Approval of minutes from meetings 442
          [attachment]  
5
  7. President’s Report    
5
  8. Old Business
    A.  Proposal 4-07, Proposal for Changes in Non-Tenure Track Instructor and Lecturer Appointments (revised)
           [attachment] (Voting Units: Academic)
10
    B.  Proposal 5-07, Michigan Technological University Faculty External Funding Incentive Program
           [please bring your copy from Meeting 442] (Voting Units: Academic)
10
  9. New Business
   

A.  Elections for University Committees
         (Voting Units: Full Senate)

15
    B.   Proposal 6-07, Proposal for an Undergraduate Certificate in International Sustainable Development Engineering
          [attachment] (Voting Units: Academic)
15
    C.  Proposal 7-07, Ph.D. Program in Atmospheric Sciences
           [attachment] (Voting Units: Academic)
15
    D.  Proposal 8-07, Departmental Name Change from Department of Fine Arts to Department of Visual and Performing Arts
           [attachment] (Voting Units: Academic)
15
    E.  Approval of formation of ad hoc committee on tenure grievance procedures
5
  10. Adjournment