DATE: September 11, 2024
TO: Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Aaron Beedle, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
The first Faculty Senate meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year will be held Tuesday, September 17, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in Old Union Hall.
The agenda is:
1. Approval of Minutes of the April 30, 2024 meeting
2. Obituary notices
a. Prof. Bruce E. Borton, Music
b. Prof. Emeritus Mario DiCesare, English and Comparative Literature
c. Retired Prof. Ralph Hocking, Video and Computer Art and Chair of the Cinema Department
d. Prof. Emeritus Clifford R. Kern, Economics
e. Retired Prof. Daniel D. Konowalow, Physical Chemistry
f. Prof. Emeritus Nicholas Jason Sterling Jr., Math
g. Prof. Emeritus Dale W. Tomich, Sociology
3. Reports
a. 2023-2024 Annual Reports
b. 2024-2025 Committees
4. Curriculum Items (PRC)
a. Harpur-Systems Science blanket 4+1 (new program for approval)
5. New Business
a. Promoting a positive campus climate
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- Civil Dialogue Resources
- Recommendations for promoting civil discourse in the classroom
- Expression and Protest on Campus: Time, Place and Manner Restrictions
- Scheduled open sessions:
- Monday, 9/23, from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm in UU108
- Wednesday, 10/30, from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in UU108
- Wednesday, 11/20, from 1 pm - 2 pm in UU108
- Promoting Academic Freedom
- Academic Freedom Resources
- Endorsement of annual statement to faculty
- Letter of Concern (paper copy provided at meeting)
6. Upcoming 2024 Faculty Senate meeting
7. Faculty Senate- Open floor (time permitting)
8. Adjournment
