Agenda
February 9, 2022, 3:30-5:00PM
Physical location: Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall
Zoom location: Contact your department Faculty Senator for the zoom link.
Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Land Acknowledgement
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture [1 minute]
Call to order
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture [1 minute]
Approval of Minutes – December 8
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture [3 minutes]
Senate Announcements and Updates
Eve De Rosa, Dean of Faculty [5 minutes]
Committee Reports: Part-Time Bachelor’s Degree for Non-traditional Students
Academic Programs and Policies Committee (CAPP) Summary — Chair, Mark Millstein, Management and Organizations [5 minutes]
Education Policy Committee (EPC) Summary — Chair, Senator David Delchamps, Electrical and Computer Engineering [5 minutes]
Senate Discussion [5 minutes]
Provost’s Response to EPC/CAPP reports – March 3, 2022
Provost’s response clarification – March 21, 2022
New Research Administration Support System (RASS)
Presentation: Myles Gideon, Manager of the Institutional Review Board [5 minutes]
New External contracts addendum
Presentation: Mark Hurwitz, Chief Research Compliance Officer & Research Integrity Officer and Robert R. Hoon, Senior Associate General Counsel [5 minutes]
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]
Proposal Presentations
Inclusion and Prioritization of a New Natatorium in the ‘Do the Greatest Good’ Capital Campaign
Presentation – Senator Ashleigh Newman, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences [10 minutes]
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]
Elimination of the Swim Test Requirement
Faculty Advisory Committee on Athletics and Physical Education – Frank Rossi, Chair and Jennifer Gudaz – Senior Associate Director of Athletics [5 minutes]
Vice President Ryan Lombardi, Student & Campus Life [5 minutes]
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]
Good of the Order [5 minutes]
“Some Thoughts on the Faculty Senate Agenda” – Senator Richard Bensel, Government [2 minutes]
Global Hubs – Senator Risa Lieberwitz, ILR [2 minutes]
Adjournment [1 minute]
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture
I am not convinced that having a uniform GPA is appropriate either. The current system allows for real differences in Collleges. Some colleges have lower GPAs simply because all their courses are tougher.
I agree that honors and research and thesis should be recognized, but GPA is GPA, and they are recognized in some colleges.
Some autonomy should be left to Colleges on how they grade. Maybe honors should be based on a consistent % of students across colleges rather than a consistent GPA.
I am concerned about the Latin Honors proposal. Having a uniform system across colleges is a vast improvement. However, I don’t like having honors solely based on grades. It seems to me that honors theses, honors in research are being short changed and should be a part of the honors designation. Grades are given on the transcript and summarized as a GPA. Shouldn’t Honors recognize contributions to scholarship that go beyond a high GPA?