AGENDA
2006/2007 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, November 14, 2:15 p.m.
Andersen Library 2254
http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/agenda/A111406.html

1. Call to Order
   
2. Roll Call
   1. Senators present: 
   2. Senators absent:  (*informed Secretary)
   3. Welcome to new and returning Senators elected in Fall of 2006:
      1. Representing Professors: Zoreh Ghavamshahidi
      2. Representing Business & Economics: Robert Gruber
         
         
3. Approval of Minutes: 
   1. 2006/2007 Faculty Senate Meeting, October 10, 2006 (attached to the paper copy and available at http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/minutes/M101006.html).
      
4. Reports of Committees
   1. University Curriculum Committee:
      1. Transmittal of actions of Friday, September 22, 2006 (attached to the paper copy and available at http://acadaff.uww.edu/UCC/2006-07/102006/102006T.htm for download links).
   2. Faculty Senate Executive Committee:
      1. Report on FS0506-03. 
      2. Report on Criminal Background Check Policy.
         
5. Unfinished Business
   1. Senators in the Business and Economics constituency are to indicate their selection of one faculty member to the General Education Review Committee (for the bylaws, please see http://www.uww.edu/uwwhdbk/committees/FC-GenEd.htm), a 2 year term ending in 2008.
      
6. New Business:
   1. Retirement Resolution: Charles H. Zastrow.
   2. Recommendations for one faculty member to serve on the Campus Safety Committee, a three-year term to end 2009 (for the bylaws please see http://www.uww.edu/uwwhdbk/committees/AC-Safety.htm).
   3. Appoint one faculty member to the University Center Board, two-year appointment to end in 2008 (for the bylaws please see http://uc.uww.edu/opmanual/section4/4p1.html; the continuing member is Jianzhou Zhu, appointment ending in 2007).
   4. Faculty Service Award Selection Committee (Elena Bertozzi and Jim Molloy are continuing in 2007) (please see http://acadaff.uww.edu/awards/SERVICE.html):
      1. Choose two Faculty Senators for a two-year term ending 2008 terms.
      2. Choose one former recipient of the Faculty Service Award to serve a one-year term, 2006/2007.
         
7. Announcements and Information (no action unless noted otherwise)
   1. Report of the Chancellor
   2. Report of the Provost
   3. Report of the Senate Chair
      1. Resolutions
         1. from the September 13, 2005 Senate meeting http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/minutes/M091305.html
            1. FS0506-05: resolution requesting revision of the first paragraph of UWW 3.01 (found in the online UWW Handbook, section V. ACADEMIC STAFF EMPLOYMENT/ B. Types of Appointments, http://www.uww.edu/uwwhdbk/0057j.htm#3.01); the Chair attended the January 18 Academic Staff Assembly meeting on this matter
         2. Senate Executive Committee actions August 2006
            1. FS0607-01EXEC: 08/15/06: approved the Memorial Committee's proposed naming opportunity for the Pavilion: Coulthart Family Pavilion, transmitted to the Chancellor 8/16/06
         3. from the September 12, 2006 Senate Meeting http://www.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/minutes/M091206.htm
            1. FS0607-04: approved the resolution on the location of the University Bookstore: Whereas books are an integral part of a student's education; and,
               Whereas the development of an academic and intellectual culture requires an appreciation of books; and,
               Whereas the development of an appreciation of books requires constant exposure and easy access to them; and,
               Whereas the University Bookstore, located in Moraine Hall is out of the mainstream of student and faculty traffic that is located primarily in the University Center;
               Be it resolved that the University Bookstore, at least the non-textbook rental portion, be moved to the remodeled University Center after the completion of the scheduled construction; transmitted to the Chancellor 9/19/06
         4. from October 10, 2006 Senate Meeting http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/minutes/M101006.html
            1. FS0607-06: approved all actionable items of the University Curriculum Committee meeting of Friday, September 22, 2006, (available at http://acadaff.uww.edu/UCC/2006-07/092206/092206T.htm for download links); transmitted to the Chancellor 10/18/06
      2. Other
   4. Senate Meeting Dates and Times
      1. Faculty Senate: December 12, 2006; February 13, 2007; March 13, 2007; April 10, 2007; May 8, 2007; Meetings begin at 2:15 p.m. in Andersen Library 2254 and run until business is finished.
      2. Faculty Senate Executive Committee: November 28, 2006; January 30, 2007; February 27, 2007; March 27, 2007; April 24, 2007; Meetings of the Executive Committee are typically at 2:15 in Salisbury Hall 102 on Tuesdays two weeks before Senate meetings and as needed.
   5. Other announcements
      
8. Adjournment