From: GC Communications <gc.communications@gcsu.edu>
Date: March 8, 2013 at 10:47:42 AM EST
To: "FACULTY@LIST.GCSU.EDU" <FACULTY@LIST.GCSU.EDU>
Subject: University Senate Update - March
Reply-To: GC Communications <gc.communications@gcsu.edu>
 
University Senate Update – March
 
The next University Senate Meeting will be held on Friday, March 15th at 2pm in A&S 2-72. The agenda is available online.
 
Faculty - To volunteer to serve on a Committee of the University Senate for 2013-14, please follow this link:  VOLUNTEER
 
Senate meetings are open to the campus community. Please feel free to join us for our meetings; all we ask is that you sign in as a guest when you arrive.
All University Senate Meetings for the remainder of the semester will be recorded and made available online the week following the meeting. A link to the video will be sent as soon as it is available.
 
Items currently under consideration by senate committees include:
Academic Policy Committee  (APC)
  • New categories for mid-term grades
  • Summer session calendar
  • Academic Probation loophole
  • Disastrous Semester Policy
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Committee  (CAPC); Subcommittee on Core Curriculum (SoCC)
  • Coordination of Area B courses
  • Guidelines for courses taught online
Faculty Affairs Policy Committee (FAPC)
  • Post-tenure review policy and procedures
  • FMLA
  • Contingent faculty participation in Shared Governance
Student Affairs Policy Committee (SAPC)
  • Adderall abuse – nursing students providing awareness education
  • Student emergency fund
  • Retention survey
  • Student health insurance
Resources, Planning, and Institutional Policy Committee (RPIPC)
  • Smoking Policy enforcement
  • Recycling Initiative (from the Sustainability Council)
Executive Committee (ECUS); Subcommittee on Nominations (ScoN)
  • 2013-2014 Governance Calendar
  • Committee Assignments for 2013-2014 University Senate
  • 2013 Governance Retreat
 
 
For more information on these issues, please contact the Chair of the respective Standing Committee.
APC – Bryan Marshall  bryan.marshall@gcsu.edu
CAPC – Susan Steele susan.steele@gcsu.edu
SoCC – John Swinton  john.swinton@gcsu.edu
FAPC – Leslie Moore  leslie.moore@gcsu.edu
SAPC – Dianne Chamblee  dianne.chamblee@gcsu.edu
RPIPC – Maureen Horgan  maureen.horgan@gcsu.edu
ECUS – Catherine Whelan  catherine.whelan@gcsu.edu
ScoN – Lyndall Muschell  lyndall.muschell@gcsu.edu
 
For more information about the University Senate visit  senate.gcsu.edu
 
Minutes: Minutes for the University Senate and Committee meetings can be viewed at minutes.gcsu.edu/
 
There are many ways you can engage in shared governance at Georgia College. This can be in the form of a discussion with your senate representative, attendance at a meeting, or by nominating yourself as a senator or volunteer for next year. We welcome your input and involvement! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to contact the University Senate Presiding Officer at senate@gcsu.edu or speak with your Senate representative.
 
Future University Senate Meeting Dates:  2pm in A&S 2-72
Friday April 19th
 
___________________________
Catherine Whelan, PhD
Presiding Officer, University Senate
Georgia College & State University