A meeting of the Senate of Acadia University occurred
on Monday, 11 February, 2002, beginning at
4:10 p.m. with Chair Ian Wilks presiding and 37 members
present.
1) Minutes of the Meeting of
14 January 2002 |
It was moved by R. Perrins and seconded by C. MacLatchy that the Minutes of 14 January 2002 be approved. MOTION WAS CARRIED.
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2) Announcements and
Communications a) From the Chair -re Regrets -re Today's Agenda
-re Senate Membership
-re Chair Letter to BOG re-
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Regrets were received from S. Ash, B. Gullick, A. Irving, L. MacDonald, K. Ogilvie, G. Phillips, S. Phillips, B. Robertson, S. Roscoe, S. Symons, and T. Voss. The Chair announced some possible additions to the agenda under Other Business: a motion from the By-Laws Committee; two motions from the Research and Graduate Studies Committee; and an Annual Report from the Scholarship, Prizes, and Awards Committee. He said that the proposed additions would actually appear on the agenda only if there were general consent to waiving notice of motion in each case. He introduced J. Helms-Mills who has been chosen by the Faculty of Professional
Studies to serve on Senate until June 2003.
He informed Senate of the contents of a letter dated 31 January 2002 (APPENDIX A), sent to G. Bishop, the Chair of the Board of Governors, concerning financial support for graduate students at Acadia. |
c) From the Vice-President
(Academic) |
M. Leiter reported that Acadia has received 1) a grant from the Canadian Institute for Health Research which will provide funds for faculty who are developing a proposal to the CIHR for research in that area; 2) a three-year grant from the Industrial Liaison Office of NSERC; 3) from the BOG, confirmation of the appointment of Bruce Matthews as Dean of Arts; and 4) from the BOG, approval of the change of title of Director of RGS to Dean of RGS. A search committee for this position is being formed. He closed by indicating that a search committee will be needed for the position of Registrar, since J. Cayford has announced her retirement, effective 30 June 2002. |
4) New Business
a) Curriculum Committee - Faculty of Arts (012-42-CRE) to (012-46-CRE) |
It was moved by B. Matthews and seconded by D. Looker that the Faculty of Arts curriculum changes as attached to today's agenda be accepted. THE MOTION WAS CARRIED.
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Faculty of Professional
Studies (012-47-CRE) to (012-48-CRE) |
This motion included additions as distributed (APPENDIX B). It was moved by W. McLeod and seconded by G. Ness that the Faculty of Professional Studies curriculum changes as attached to today's agenda be accepted. The Chair said that the motion covered curriculum changes presented in an additional document circulated by e-mail. G. Ness noted a correction to be made on page 7 of the attachment to the agenda: "Kine 3023 Training Methods should be Kine 4013 Training Methods". In response to a question, he explained that the changes were required to bring up to date the recently reactivated Master of Recreation Management program. G. Pyrcz proposed a friendly amendment, which was acceptable to the mover; the last item on the handout was changed to read: "Students in the Master of Recreation Management program will complete the following." MOTION WAS CARRIED AS AMENDED.
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5) Other Business
a) By-Laws Committee - Dean of Research and Graduate Studies (012-50-LAW) |
There was no objection to dealing with this motion at this time. It was moved by M. Grieve and seconded by G. Pyrcz that Senate accept the By-Laws Committee Report, circulated at this meeting (APPENDIX C), which recommends changes to the Constitution and By-Laws in light of Senate’s earlier decision to change the title “Director of Research and Graduate Studies” to “Dean of Research and Graduate Studies.” MOTION WAS CARRIED. The Chair noted that the Senate Constitution and By-Laws is reprinted
every two years (the next reprint will occur in August 2002), and that
a detailed list of amendments is distributed to Senate every alternate
year. This task is the responsibility of the Recording Secretary.
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b) Research and Graduate
Studies Committee - Dismissal of Graduate
Graduate Academic
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There was opposition to considering two items from the RGSC without the usual notice of motion. As these items affect the content of the next graduate calendar, J. Cayford confirmed that the deadline for the calendar could be extended, especially as this publication is now available online. Therefore R. Perrins presented the following items as notices of motion:
MOTION ONE:
MOTION TWO:
"Academic Standing: A student having grades lower than B- (70%) in more than one full course (6h) or its equivalent is not permitted to continue in the graduate program." To read: "Academic Standing: A student having grades lower than B- (70%) in one full course (6h) or its equivalent is not permitted to continue in the graduate program." G. Pyrcz asked that all agendas and supporting documents be electronically
sent to all Acadia Faculty members.
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c) 2000-2001 Annual Report
of Scholarships, Prizes and Awards Committee (012-53-REP) |
It was moved by A. Mitchell and seconded by R. Perrins that the Annual Report of the Senate Scholarships, Prizes, and Awards Committee for 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, dated 4 February 2002, be received (APPENDIX D). See amendment to this paragraph in 11 March 2002 Minutes.
A. Mitchell confirmed that this committee has approached the BOG with
the need for more funding; support from the Senate in this endeavour is
appreciated by the Committee. He explained that the money in Item
#10 allows for approximately 10 scholarships per faculty.
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5) Adjournment | R. Perrins moved that the meeting be adjourned.
It was 4:45 p.m.
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