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Minutes, Agendas & Reports: 2011-12

Guest: Chief of Campus Security & Emergency Management Wayne Ogino (Security); 4:00 - 4:15 pm

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. CHAIR'S REPORT
3. MINUTES

   1. Approval of March 21 Minutes
4. BUSINESS
   1. Motion to Endorse Committee on Athletics Spring 2012 Report
      
      • Report: Pdf | Word
      • Presented by Committee on Athletics
        Carryover from March Senate meeting
        
   2. Motion to Approve Proposal for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry
   • Motion: Pdf | Word (to come) (Issue # 73)
     • Degree Proposal
   • Presented by Committee on Academic Policy and Planning
   3. Motion in Support of Developing Policies on Faculty Housing at UH Manoa (Issue #12)
      • Motion: Pdf | Word
      • Presented by the Committee on Administration and Budget
      • Prior Senate Resolutions re: Faculty Housing
        Resolution Relating to Faculty Housing (Passed; 48 in support; 8 opposed; 3/21/2012)
        Resolution on Rate of Return on Housing Investments (Passed; unanimously; 1/18/2006) 
        Resolution on Call for New Proposals Regarding Faculty Housing (Passed; unanimously; 1/18/2006)
      • Reports, Studies, Statistics & Research
        Overview of current & past practices of UH & peer institutions
        Faculty Housing Conversion timeline
        Faculty Housing Statistics (as of 3/12/1012)
        Faculty Housing Waitlist (as of 2/29/1012)
        Faculty Housing Development Study (2008)
        Draft Plan to Address Faculty Housing Occupancy and Shortage (2006)
   4. Resoution on the Role of Specialist Faculty in Teaching (Issue #55)
   • Resolution: Pdf | Word
     • Executive Policy - E5-221 ... [specialist faculty] ..."do not themselves teach or conduct research."
   • Presented by the Committee on Professional Matters
   • VCAA/ VCS request for Senate consultation & memo
   5. Motion to Approve Partner Hire Policy as Amended
   • Motion: Pdf | Word (Issue #45)
     • Draft partner hire policy (6/30/11)
   • Presented by the Committee on Professional Matters
   • VCAA memo to CPM (8/30/11)
   • AAUP recommendations on spousal hires (2010)
   • Survey of partner hiring policies of our peer institutions (9/7/10)
   • VCAA memo to David Ross (2/9/10)
   • VCAA memo to Linda Johnsrud (11/30/09)
   6. Motion to Approve Institutional Learning Outcomes (Issue #25)
   • Motion: Pdf | Word (with ILO's)
   • Presented by the Institutional Learning Outcomes Task Force
     Sent to all faculty for consultation on 3/22/2012
   • SEC Memorandum requesting consultation
   • Institutional Learning Outcomes FAQ
   • Institutional Learning Outcomes Task Force Report
   7. Resolution to Permit Reducing Tenure to .5FTE for Future JABSOM Hires (Issue #69)
      • Resolution: Pdf | Word (to come) (CPM & CORGE)
        • Tenure Modification Proposal
      • Presented by Committee on Professional Matters and Committee on Research and Graduate Education
      • JABSOM request
        
5. FOR CONSULTATION
   1. Motion to Endorse 2012-13 Strategic Plan Implementation Committee (SPIC) Initiatives (Issue #68) (for a vote at May 2 Senate meeting)
      • Motion to Endorse Graduate Education Initiative
      • Motion to Endorse Retention and Graduation Initiative
        • SPIC Request with Graduate Education & Retention and Graduation Initiatives
      • Motion to Endorse Native Hawaiian Scholarship Initiative
        • SPIC Request with Native Hawaiian Scholarship Initiative
      • Presented by the Senate Executive Committee
        Sent to all committees for consultation
      • General Education Committee (GEC) Comments
      • Committee on Research and Graduate Education Comments (to come)
6. ADJOURNMENT

More Information

• Status of all issues currently under Senate consideration: Issues Index
• Status of all documents considered by the Senate: Documents Index

Announcements

• Check out the Fall 2011 Newsletter
• Add your profile to the new UH Faculty Experts Directory
• Department Personnel Committees (DPC’s) have been asked to review & renew their Tenure and Promotion guidelines this year

Final 2012 Senate Meeting

• May 2, 2012; 3:00 – 5:00 pm; Architecture Auditorium

Questions?

• E-mail Kristin Herrick at uhmfs@hawaii.edu