University of Illinois Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus met Sept. 21.
Here is the agenda provided by the senate
I. Call to Order — Rob Kar, SEC Chair
II. Approval of Minutes — May 4, 2020 and August 10, 2020
III. Public Comment
IV. Senate Executive Committee Chair Remarks — Rob Kar, SEC Chair
V. Chancellor’s Remarks — Robert Jones, Chancellor
VI. Questions (senators only)
VII. Introduction to Serving as a Senator
VIII. Review of Parliamentary Procedure — H. George Friedman, Jr., Parliamentarian
IX. Consent Agenda
Any senator can ask to have any item moved from the Consent Agenda to Proposals.
EP.20.183 Marketing, BS -- Revision of Marketing Major within the Gies College of Business
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.001 Revision to the 2020-2021 Academic Calendar
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.004 Bioinformatics: Information Sciences, MS -- Rename and Revise the Library and Information Sciences Concentration in the MS in Bioinformatics
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.005 Child Health and Well-being Minor -- Establish the Undergraduate Minor in Child Health and Well-being in the College of ACES - Human Development & Family Studies Department
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.006 Statistics, MS -- Establishment of Online Delivery Mode of Instruction to Existing, On-Campus Graduate Degree Programs- MS in Statistics
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.007 Statistics: Analytics, MS -- Establishment of Online Delivery Mode of Instruction to Existing, On-Campus Graduate Degree Programs - MS in Statistics (Tied to the Statistics, MS) and Analytics Concentration
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.009 Crop Sciences: Plant Protection, BS -- Phase Out this Concentration Since it will be Replaced by the New Agronomy Major
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.010 Crop Sciences: Crops, BS -- Phase out this Concentration Since it will be Replaced by the New Agronomy Major Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.011 Crop Sciences: Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, BS -- Phase out this Concentration Since it will be Replaced by the New Plant Biotechnology Major
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.012 Crop Sciences: Biological Sciences, BS -- Phase Out This Concentration Since it will be Replaced by the New Agronomy Major
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.013 Agronomy, BS -- This is a Multi-Element Change. 1) Proposal to Establish a New Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Agronomy (B.S. in Agronomy) in the Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences ; 2) Deactivate the Crops Concentration ; 3) Deactivate the Plant Protection Concentration ; 4) Deactivate the Biological Sciences Concentration
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
X. Proposals
CC.21.10 Election of Members on Standing Committees of the Senate and Senate Representatives to Other Bodies at the September 21, 2020 Senate Meeting
Committee on Committees
R. Alam, Committee Member
SP.20.06 Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.1 - Senate Executive Committee (eligibility/duties of Chair and Vice-Chair)
University Statutes and Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair
SP.20.22 Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.14 - Committee on Information Technology
University Statutes and Senate Procedures
S. Gilmore, Chair
RS.21.02 Resolution on the Adoption of a New Mascot and Endorsement of the Proposed and Student-Supported Kingfisher as a Possible Mascot
D. Yun et al
XI. Reports for Information
EP.21.002 Report of Administrative Approvals Through August 31, 2020
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
EP.21.008 Report of Administrative Approvals Through September 14, 2020
Educational Policy
L. Moorhouse, Chair
SC.21.06 Report on the September 10, 2020 Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois System in Urbana
N. Burbules
XI. New Business
Matters not included in the agenda may not be presented to the Senate without concurrence of a majority of the members present and voting. Such matters may not be acted upon at the meeting in which they are introduced, according to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act.
XII. Adjournment
https://www.senate.illinois.edu/20200921a.asp
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