Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda
Thursday, March 29, 2012
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Blue & Gold Room (near campus store)
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes from the February 22, 2012 Senate meeting (attached)
3. Reports
President's report
Provost's campus update
Election of UMass BOT rep and alternate at May meeting
4. Old Business/Committee Reports
PCE regarding policy & procedure issues
-- this item remains tabled until the UMASS President's Office review of UMASS Online operations is formally released.
Call for the creation of a Committee for Administrative Streamlining (C. Barrows)
Recruitment & Retention
-- update from the Admissions Committee (P. Bacdayan)
-- report & discussion on recent 1-year retention and 6-year graduate rates (T. Silva)
5. New Business/Reports
University Studies Intermediate Writing Course
-- a draft of the criteria for this course will be presented and discussed with the aim of have a vote to
approve at the April Senate meeting (T. Boone)
Campus security and Campus Security Administrators (Col. E. Fioravanti)
6. Other Business
