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  Faculty Senate Meeting Summary
June 8, 2009
University Standing Committee
Call for Volunteers and Nominations 
University Standing Committee Form
 
Recent Senate Resolutions

The following are resolutions that have either been passed or are pending

  • A resolution to Update Faculty Handbook Language on the Composition of Graduate Council
    PASSED 6/8/09

  • A resolution to Delete Faculty Handbook Language Concerning the Graduate Student Contract Grievance Board
    PASSED 6/8/09

  • A resolution to Clarify the Grievance Procedures for Nonreappointment and for Denial of Promotion and/or Tenure
    PASSED 5/11/09
    Provost Extention Request

  • A resolution on Promotion and Tenure Guidlines
    PASSED 5/11/09
    Provost Extention Request

  • A resolution to Censure
    TABLED  6/8/09

  • A resolution on the Increase in Health Benefits Costs for Employees
    PASSED 5/11/09
    Provost Extention Request

  • A resolution to Clarify Faculty Handbook on Employee Health Benefits Contributions 
    PASSED 5/11/09
    Provost Extention Request

  • A resolution on Early Retirement for ARP Faculty
    PASSED 5/11/09
    Provost Extention Request

  • A resolution to Eliminate the Catalog Rule on Retaking Prerequisites
    PASSED 5/11/09
    Provost Extention Request

  • A resolution of the Transition of General Education Requirements from Quarters to Semesters
    PASSED 4/13/09
    SIGNED 4/22/09

  • A resolution Specifying the Minimum Number of Hours to Graduate after the Transition from Quarters to Semesters
    PASSED 4/13/09
    SIGNED 4/22/09

  • A resolution on the Number of Semester Hours per Course and Course Meeting Times for Quarters to Semesters
    PASSED 4/13/09
    SIGNED 4/22/09

  • A sense-of-the-senate resolution to Approve 860K Savings in Health Benefits and Maintain Access to Quality Health Care Options 
    PASSED 3/9/09

  • A sense -of-the-senate resolution to Defend the Faculty Handbook PASSED 3/9/09

  • A resolution to Approve Budget Planning Council Recommendation on Health Care REJECTED 3-9-09

  • A resolution to Clarify Faculty Handbook Language related to the Composition of Search Committees for Executive Academic Officers
    PASSED 4/13/09
    NOT SIGNED - Provost Response

  • A sense-of-the-senate resolution regarding the provost search. 
    PASSED 1/12/09

  • A resolution to Defend the Faculty Handbook.
    PASSED 3/9/09

  • A resolution regarding Handbook Language on Academic Dishonesty. 
    PASSED 1/12/09 SINGED 2/3/09

  • A resolution on Syllabus Statements about Academic Integrity. 
    PASSED 1/12/09 SIGNED 2/3/09

  • A resolution on Grade Appeals Involving Academic Misconduct. 
    PASSED 1/12/09 SIGNED 2/3/09

  • A resolution on Academic Integrity.  
    TABLED 11/10/08

  • A sense-of-the-senate resolution on Collective Bargaining.  
    PASSED 10/13/08

  • A resolution on Collective Bargaining.
    WITHDRAWN 6/9/08 

  • A Motion to Establish a University-Wide Advising Policy.
    TABLED 5/12/08

  • A sense-of-the-senate resolution calling for Evaluation of President/Provost. 
    PASSED 5/12/08

  • A resolution on Health Benefits Surpluses 2008.  
    PASSED  5/12/08--NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • A resolution on Faculty Compensation Initiative 2008. 
    PASSED 5/12/08--NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • A resolution on Annual Compensation 2008.  
    PASSED 5/12/08--NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • A Sense-of-the-Senate resolution to support Student Senate resolution 0708-20 on the Board of Trustees Policy for Presidential Evaluation. 
    PASSED 3/10/08

  • A resolution on a proposed amendment to procedures for tenure and advancement in rank and recommendations for salary increases.      
    PASSED 3/10/08 -- SIGNED

  • A rewritten resolution regarding changes in detenuring language.  
    FIRST READING TABLED 1/14/08

  • A rewritten resolution regarding the creation of a University Standing Committee on benefits 
    PASSED 11/19/07
    NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • Eleven bundled sense-of-the-senate resolutions regarding the Five Year Academic Action Plan. PASSED *11/05/07

  • A resolution regarding creating a standing committee on benefits.   
    PASSED 6/11/2007
    NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • resolution regarding Shared Governance.
    PASSED 6/11/2007
    NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • A resolution clarifying detenuring language in the Handbook.  
    PASSED 6/11/2007
    NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • A resolution regarding faculty compensation. 
    PASSED 4/16/2007
    NOT SIGNED Provost Response

  • A resolution regarding employee share of health care costs. 
    WITHDRAWN 3/12/07
  • A resolution regarding administrative salaries. 
    WITHDRAWN 3/12/07
  • A resolution expanding and clarifying the grievance procedure found in Section II.G. of the Handbook. 
    PASSED  4/16/2007
    SIGNED

  • A resolution bringing Handbook language regarding sexual harassment into compliance with state and federal law. 
    PASSED 4/16/2007--SIGNED 
  • A rewritten resolution to place language about tenured and tenure-track faculty workload in the Handbook. 
    PASSED 4/16/07
    NOT SIGNED  Provost Response

  • A resolution to place language about tenured and tenure-track faculty workload in the Handbook. 
    PASSED 4/16/07
    NOT SIGNED  Provost Response

  • A resolution to add learning outcomes to syllabi. 
    PASSED 3/12/07
    SIGNED

  • A resolution to allow early retired faculty to use summer as their teaching quarter if they are in colleges that include summer as a normal part of a faculty member's annual contract. 
    PASSED 2/12/07
    SIGNED

  • A resolution adding language regarding the Family Medical Leave Act to the Handbook.  PASSED 2/12/07

  • A resolution affirming our commitment to academic integrity as  core value. 
    PASSED 1/8/07

  • A resolution updating Handbook language to reflect creation of new Office of Outreach and Regional Campuses. 
    PASSED 1/8/07

  • resolution formalizing the disposition of Senate resolutions once they have been passed.  
    PASSED 11/13/06

  • resolution regarding catalog of entry provisions with the move to biennial printing of catalogs.  
    TABLED 6/12/06

  • A "Sense of the Senate" resolution stating that the Senate will continue work on the Faculty Categorization Initiative. 

  • A resolution clarifying the sequence of events in an appeal of denial of tenure and/or promotion. 
    PASSED 6/12/06

  • A resolution clarifying catalog language regarding Tier III and Tier III equivalent classes.  PASSED 5/15/06

  • A resolution changing Tier II requirements by redefining the areas, increasing them to six area, requiring that students take at least three hours in each of the six areas. 
    PASSED 5/15/06

  • A resolution asking that specific metrics be included in Vision Ohio goals regarding the hiring of additional Group I faculty. 
    PASSED 5/15/06

  • A resolution asking that standing committees be used as much as possible, that new committees be created sparingly and that ad hoc committees be used sparingly. 
    PASSED 5/15/06.
  • A resolution on shared governance regarding a non-voting faculty member on the Board of Trustees and on the President's Cabinet and regarding the use of standing committees.  PASSED

  • A resolution clarifying language regarding the admission of students who have been on probation at other institutions. 
    PASSED 4/17/06

  • A resolution regarding monitoring or electronic recording of classroom activities.  This resolution specifies that the knowledge and permission of the instructor is required. 
    PASSED 4/17/06

  • A resolution regarding grades of "I" that become an "F" if requirements are not completed by the sixth week of the quarter in which the student is next enrolled.  This resolution specifies that the "I" will become an "F" in the next quarter in which the student is enrolled or within two years, whichever comes firs. 
    PASSED 2/13/06.
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Upcoming Meetings

2009-10 Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule
* Indicates an extraordinary meeting  

FALL
September 21, 2009
October 19, 2009
November 16, 2009

WINTER
January 11, 2010
February 15, 2010
March 15, 2010

SPRING
April 19, 2010
May 17, 2010
June 7, 2010

All meetings are held
in Walter Hall 235 at 7:10 pm

Past Agendas
June 8, 2009
May 11, 2009
April 13, 2009
March 9, 9009
February 9, 2009
January 12, 2009
November 10, 2008
October 13, 2008
September 8, 2008

 
 
 
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