New Degrees and Certificate

HOP Amendment

• Wording was approved that defines the election of senior lecturer representatives to the senate.

Honors in the Major

• Schools should investigate ways to appropriately recognize the contribution of faculty in the supervision of undergraduate honors theses or projects.
• The university shall fund an Honors Poster Day to coincide with spring Honors Convocation at which students who have written theses or done creative projects for Honors in the Major will display and discuss their work. A similar forum shall also be provided electronically and maintained permanently, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Education, so that the University can display the works of its Honors graduates to a wider audience on a more permanent basis.
• Each school shall provide a monetary prize to the most distinguished student thesis or project each academic year. These awards will be announced during the spring Honors Convocation. Recognition shall be based on the judgment of a faculty committee of the school according to a process established by the faculty of the school. Selection shall be made from among the theses or projects deemed to merit Honors in the Major with Distinction.
• The Administration should allocate funds to the Office of Undergraduate Education to offset the cost of student theses or projects in the programs for Honors in the Major. The funds shall be allocated to the students based on research or project proposals from the students. The method for evaluating the proposals shall be established by the Committee on Undergraduate Education, subject to approval by the Senate. The Senate recommends that the funds be allocated directly to the CUE by the University Cabinet, rather than being allocated to or through the school Deans.

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