Acadia University Senate
Agenda
SENATE AGENDA FOR 12 Arpil 2004
31 March, 2004
Dear Member of Senate:
I advise you that a meeting of the Senate of
Acadia University will occur at 4:00 p.m., Monday,
12
April 2004 in Room 132 of
the Beveridge Arts Centre. The AGENDA
follows:
1) Minutes
of the Meeting of 9 February 2004 (no
meeting of Senate was held March 2004)
2) Announcements
and Communications
3) Business
Arising from the Minutes
a) By-Laws
Committee - Term of Service for
Initial Membership Appointment to Senate Committees (034-48-LAW)
b) Vice-President
(Academic) Annual Report to
Senate as handed out at February 04 meeting (034-49-VPA)
4) New
Business
a) Curriculum
Committee - School of Business (034-50-CRE)
*
b) Faculty
Development Committee - Review of Duties and Structure as per 14 Oct 03
Minutes
(034-51-FAC) *
c) Nomination
Committee Report will be
introduced at meeting.
5) Other
Business
Yours sincerely,
Rosemary Jotcham
Acting Registrar and Secretary of Acadia University
Senate
*
Material Attached
Attachment 4)a)
Senate Agenda/12Apr04
034-50-CRE
The Senate Curriculum Committee moves the adoption of the
following program change.
Rosemary Jotcham,
Chair
School of Business:
The current calendar states:
Certificate in Business Administration (30h)
The program is currently under revision by
the School of Business Administration in conjunction with
the Division of Continuing and Distance Education.
The last calendar
description for the
Certificate was in the 2001/2002 calendar:
Busi 1013,
1703 and 24h business electives. The director may approve any of the
following
for business electives: Econ 1013/1023 or 1006; Econ 2613; Math 1613 or
Math
1013; Comm 1213/1223.
Proposed change:
Certificate in
Business Fundamentals (30h)
Busi 1703, 2053, 2153, 2213, 2413,
2753; Comm 1213; Econ 1013/1023 or 1006; Comp 1813.
Note: With the exception of Busi
1703, none of the Business courses or
Comp
1813 are transferable to the BBA program.
Attachment 4)b)
Senate Agenda/12Apr04
034-51-CRE
The
Faculty Development Committee gives notice of motion that the
mandate of
the
committee
as listed in Article VIII (o) be amended to read as follows:
VIII
(o)
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
i
The
membership of the Faculty Development Committee shall be elected in
accordance with
Article VI. 1. and shall be as follows:
One member of the Faculty of Arts
One member of the Faculty of Professional Studies
One member of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
One member of the Faculty of Theology
ii
The Mission Statement of the Faculty Development
Committee:
The mission of the
FDC is to contribute to the success and development of Acadia University
Faculty in the areas of teaching, research and overall professional
development.
iii
The
duties of the Faculty Development Committee shall be:
- to serve as a
liaison between Faculty, Senate, and other resources available at this
university
(such as the AITT and Graduate and Research Studies)
- to act as a
directory for development resources
- to serve as a
link to external faculty development resources
- to work as a
feedback loop among the various resources and faculty
- to collect
faculty ideas and develop suggestions to meet faculty development
needs
HANDOUT
AT SENATE
MEETING
12
April 2004
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Nomination for
Secretary to Faculty
April 12, 2004
The Committee places in nomination Dr. Herb Wyile as
Secretary to Faculty. If approved, Dr. Wyile will serve to June 30, 2004 as a
replacement for Dr. Jessica
Slights who is currently on leave.
Respectfully submitted:
Patricia
Corkum, Chair
Senate
Nominating Committee