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Agenda of the College of Liberal Arts Faculty Assembly

The Faculty Assembly will meet from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, in 140 Schaeffer Hall. Please sign one of the attendance sheets

1. Discussion/amendment/approval of the minutes of the March meeting of the Faculty Assembly.
2. Invitation to attend the second annual State of the College address .
3. (3:35) Discussion of the report of the Interdisciplinary Task Force on Faculty Activity, facilitated by Associate Provost for Faculty Lee Anna Clark and member Alan Nagel.
4. (3:55) Discussion of revision of the College's policy on clinical track appointments. The revision has been updated since last month. The new revision is.
5. (4:15) Motions regarding Winter term General Education courses. Last month, the Faculty Assembly discussed the following motion from the Educational Policy Committee:

   Resolved: Lower-level General Education courses are not appropriate for the three-week summer session or the winter term unless the General Education Curriculum Committee has specifically approved such offerings in a prior review.

   The following amended motion was moved and seconded at last month's meeting: Resolved: Whether lower-level General Education courses are appropriate for the three-week summer session or the winter term is to be addressed when the General Education Curriculum Committee reviews such offerings for initial or continued approval.

   Both motions were tabled until more information could be gathered.

6. (4:35) Adjournment of the 2000-01 Faculty Assembly.

After adjournment, the Faculty Assembly will reconvene, as the 2001-02 Assembly. Continuing members and those just elected to the Faculty Assembly will then have their first meeting. Vicki Hesli will chair the meeting, as the first action of her chairship.

1. Nominations for Vice Chair and Secretary. The nominating committee will present nominations; nominations will also be taken from the floor.
2. Election of Vice Chair and Secretary.
3. Brief remarks from the new Chair. Hesli requests that new and continuing members bring forward at this meeting the concerns and priority issues that they would like to have addressed in academic year 2001-02, so that we can plan accordingly and prepare for the new term.

Questions about Faculty Assembly can be directed to Cheryl Walsh (353-2639)