Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of September 13, 2010. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 2010-2011, v.24

Agenda: (Introduction of new Senators) -- (Informal statements and proposals) -- (President's report) -- (Committee reports): A. Rules committee / Steven Skinner -- (New business): A. Report / Gary L. Miller -- B. Report on Community Health Charities / Richard Muma -- C. Request for a Senate endorsement for a proposal to alter the academic calendar and reduce the number of instructional days from 75 to 73 (1st reading)

Attachments: The change in the academic calendar from 75 to 73 teaching days

Minutes: Summary of action: 1. 1st reading of the proposed revisions to the Academic Calendar -- 2. Accepted the nomination of Silvia Carruthers to be Fine Arts representative on the Planning & Budget Committee -- 3. Accepted the nomination of Jeff Hershfield to be LAS Humanities representative on the General Education Committee -- (Informal statements and proposals): Recent death of Craig Miner, Distinguished Professor of Business and History / Senator Hershfield -- Recent death of Diane Huntley, Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene / Senator Klunder -- Death of Lowell Holmes, founder of the WSU Anthropology Department / Senator Moore-Jansen -- (President's report): A. Acknowledged Bobbi Dreiling's work on the new Senate website -- B. Update on committee activities -- C. General announcements -- (Committee reports): A. Rules: Nominations / Senator Skinner -- (New business): A. Update from the Provost's Office regarding Foresight 2020 / Provost Miller -- B. Community Health Charities / Richard Muma -- C. Request for Senate endorsement of a proposal to alter the academic calendar (1st reading) / Bill Wynne