Faculty Meeting Agenda

April 30, 2010
Gannett Auditorium

I. Approval of Minutes - April 9, 2010

II. President's Report - Philip A. Glotzbach

• Faculty Development Committee - Roy Ginsberg
• Retiree Celebration - Pushi Prasad

III. Vice President for Academic Affairs Report - Susan Kress

• Dean of the Faculty - Muriel Poston
• Dean of Special Programs - Jeffrey Segrave
• Recognition of Retirees, Resolution - Committee on Appointments, Promotion & Tenure - Gove Effinger

IV. Old Business

• Faculty Executive Committee – Dan Hurwitz
• MOTION - Big 7 (Parts B and C)
  
  
• Committee on Academic Standing – Kate Graney
• MOTION – Academic Honors Criteria
• MOTION – Dean’s List Honors Criteria
• MOTION – Introduction of the Grade “L” for Medical and Personal Leaves
  
  
• Committee on Academic Standing – Kate Graney
  Committee on Educational Policies and Planning – Erica Bastress-Dukehart
• RESOLUTION – Faculty Vote in Recommending Students for Skidmore Degrees
  
  
• Curriculum Committee – Timothy Harper
• MOTION – Elimination of English-French, English-Spanish, English-German, and English-Philosophy Interdepartmental Majors

V. New Business

• Committee on Appointments, Promotion & Tenure – Gove Effinger
• MOTION – Stop the Tenure Clock
  
  
• Curriculum Committee – Timothy Harper
  • MOTION – Elimination of Government-Philosophy, History-Philosophy, Business-Mathematics, and Psychology-Sociology Interdepartmental Majors

VI. Reports

• Assessment Steering Committee – Sarah Goodwin
• Update on Goals for Student Learning and Development
  
  
• Student Government Association – Raina Bretan
• Year-End Report

VII. Announcements

• Academic Festival, Honors Forum – David Vella
• Invitation to Community Reception – Muriel Poston