University Senate Meeting
April 9, 1997, 110 Fenton Hall, 3:00 p.m.

Agenda

1. Call to order

2. Approval of minutes from March 12, 1997 senate meeting

3. Announcements and communications from the floor

4. Unfinished business

• 4.1 Motion US 97-5 -- Formal Hearings. Replace the nonuniversity hearings officer with hearings board composed of students and faculty.

• 4.2 Domestic partner benefits -- Background information presentation moderated by Senator Jane DeGidio

• 4.2.1 Resolution US 97-6 -- Domestic Partner Benefits. Resolution that university seek to provide insurance benefits to the domestic partners and children of university employees in domestic partner relationships.

• 4.3 Parking and transportation alternatives -- Status report from Senators Paul Engelking and Linda Kintz

5. New business

• 5.1 Call for nominations for the vice president of the University Senate

• 5.2 Distribution of senate agenda questionnaire for 1997-1998

• 5.3 Update on committee restructuring report -- Senator Gene Luks

• 5.3.1 Motion US 97-7 -- Intercollegiate Athletics Committee.
  Change eligible faculty membership on committee from tenure track only to all full time officers of instruction.

• 5.3.2 Motion US 97-8 -- Committee on Research. Rename this committee to Committee on Summer Research Awards.

• 5.3.3 Motion US 97-9 -- Academic Standards Committee and Committee on Academic Advising. Change reporting authority through the Undergraduate Education Policy Coordinating Council.

• 5.4 Tuition remissions for faculty and staff -- Background information provided by Senator Barbara Altmann

• 5.5 Library support -- Background information provided by University Librarian George Shipman

• 5.6 Distinguished Service Award -- Senate moves to executive session for naming of award winner

6. Adjournment

Senate meeting dates for the remainder of the academic year: May 14, May 28

"All members of the University Assembly have the right to introduce legislation and shall have the right to the floor on any matter under discussion in the University Senate" -- University Senate Bylaws

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