Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of October 9, 2017. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 2017-2018, v.31

Agenda: (Informal statements and proposals) -- ---- (President's report):OMBUDS Training: October 16 -- Graduate Faculty voted in favor of revising by-laws -- Open source textbooks -- (Committee reports): Rules -- (Old business): Chapter 4 and 5 in policy manual (2nd reading) -- (New business): Guests: Institute for the Study of Economic Growth / Dean Desai -- LatinX cluster hire / Wilson Baldridge, Jean Griffith, and John Jones -- Office of Diversity and Inclusion update / Alicia Sanchez and Danielle Johnson -- Title IX update / Natasha Stephens -- United Way campaign

Attachments: 2018 University Libraries Committee Survey -- 2nd reading: Chapter 4 & 5 policy manual -- Creation of the Institute for the Study of Economic Growth / Anand Desai, Dean -- Proposed Cluster Hire in Latinx Studies / Wilson Baldridge, Jean Griffith, John Jones -- Update from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Minutes: Summary of action: Approved appointment of Matha Smith as senator for social sciences -- Voted on various revisions to chapters 4 and 5 of policy manual -- (Informal statements and proposals): Announcement regarding General Education / Roy Myose -- (President's report): OMBUDS Training to be held October 16 -- Graduate Faculty voted in favor of revising by-laws 155-7 -- Open source textbook information available online -- (Committee reports): Rules / Betty Smith-Campbell -- (Old business): Chapter 4 and 5 in policy manual (2nd reading) as reviewed/approved by the Rules committee -- (New business): Guests: Institute for the Study of Economic Growth (ISEG) discussion / Dean Desai -- LatinX cluster hire discussion / Wilson Baldridge and Jean Griffith -- Title IX update / Natasha Stephens