Speaker: Murray Leaf

Secretary: Marilyn Kaplan

Council:

Cantrell, Chandrasekaran, Gonzalez, Holmes, Kieschnik, Redman, Izen, Salter

Website News: The Senate website has been reorganized.

The New Faculty Toolkit website has been launched with links and FAQs.

Please send suggestions to Marilyn Kaplan

Recommendations for Committee memberships have been approved.

Some Committee Charges have been edited to add members. These will be posted on the Committees' web pages.

Annual Reports were accepted from the following committees:

• Effective Teaching
• Core Curriculum
• Student Scholarship
• Faculty mentoring
• Faculty Standing & Conduct

These reports will be added to the committees' web pages.

New Policy on Completing a Graduate Degree: Less than 50% of requirements for any graduate degree may be satisfied by transfer credit.

Provost Wildenthal reported on the evaluations conducted on Deans and Directors. Individual reports will be forthcoming to the schools.

Speaker Leaf shared the latest news on the Higher Education Act.