April 6, 2009 Meeting

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Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of the March 12, 2009, Senate Minutes (Action)
3. Report of the Chair
4. Report of the Senate Executive Committee
5. Special Order of the Day 
   Interim Report of the Work of the Climate Action Plan Work Group
   Matthias Ruth, Professor, Chair, Climate Action Plan Work Group
6. Report of a Committee:
   • APAS Committee Report Regarding the Arbitrary & Capricious Grading Policy for Undergraduates (Senate Doc. No.06-07-51) (Action)
7. Report of a Committee:
   • PCC Proposals pertaining to the reorganization of the biological sciences graduate programs in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences; (Senate Document Number 08-09-23) (Action) including:
     • Proposal to rename the Ph.D. in Biology as the Ph.D. in Biological Sciences
     • Proposal to rename the Areas of Concentration in the Ph.D. in Biology
     • Proposal to rename the M.S. in Biology as the M.S. in Biological Sciences, and eliminate all Areas of Concentration
   • PCC Proposals to rename the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Natural Resource Sciences as the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Plant Sciences (Senate Document Number 08-09-24) (Action)
   • PCC Proposal to establish a Master of Fine Arts in Performance (Senate Document Number 08-09-22) (Action)
8. Report of a Committee:
   • Human Relations Committee Report-Prayer at Commencement (Senate Doc. No. 07-08-34)
9. Report of a Committee:
   • Faculty Affairs Committee Report- Resolution on Open Access to Scholarly Publications. (Senate Doc. No. 08-09-25) (Action)
10. New Business 
11. Adjournment