ACADEMIC SENATE

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A meeting of the Academic Senate was called to order on January 18, 2007 at 11:01 a.m. by Mike Graves in Room LS-3.

Of the 47 members of the Senate, 36 members were present: Pompa, Broussard, Cordoba, English, Reynolds, Mazariegos, NeVilla, Osa, Ropp, Read, = Greene, Ismail, Graves, Ryan, Cecil, Johnston, Cla= rke, Coppin, Fernandez, Van Aalst, Lopez, Fontius, Fedora, Thatcher, Dunn, Rober= ts, Arno, Mauro, Hirt, Frisbie, Schaefer, Abbott, Gilmore, Weathers, Young, Abel.

Guests: = Weldon, Russell, Cummings.

A. Approval of minutes: MSP (Fontius, Pom= pa, unanimous) to approve minutes of

&nb= sp; December 14, 2006 with an addition of adding “Clarke= 221; as the person who provided the second on the motion for required flex day.

B. Action:

1. Academic Calendar - There are= three options: MSP (Coppin, Fernand= ez, 2 ayes, 34

&= nbsp; noes) to adopt Option 1. MSP (Clarke, Dunn, 35 ayes, 1 no) = to create an optional flex

&= nbsp; day following Easter on March 24, 2008. It will be considered a student tr= avel day and

&= nbsp; the spring starting date would remain the same, Januar= y 15, 2008.

2.&n= bsp; Faculty of the Year: Need to create a new committee wit= h at least three people. MSP (Clar= ke, Schaefer, unanimous) to approve Van Aalst, Coppin, Thatcher, and Mauro to s= erve on the committee.

3. Faculty photos in catalog. (MSP Cecil, Ryan, unanimous) to le= ave faculty photos in the

&= nbsp; catalog for this coming edition. Amendment (Clarke, Ropp, 34 ayes, = 2 noes) that if

&= nbsp; faculty photos go out, then Board members photos shoul= d also be eliminated.

C. Discussion

1. Flex Committee: There is about $9,500 left for this year. Anyone wanting to atten= d a

&= nbsp; flex activity needs to get their application in by May= for summer conferences.

2. Should Liberal Arts and Scien= ces Dean be catalyst for appointing department chairs?

&= nbsp; Clarke will bring recommendation to next meeting.

3. Copier codes: Each person will be getting their = own code number. Copiers will be =

&= nbsp; networked. Faculty do not mind having individual codes but do not= want to be limited

&= nbsp; on the number of copies they can make.

3.&n= bsp; Special meeting on February 1 to discuss alternate calendar. There will be two options. There may or may not be a vote, but if there is, individuals can p= roxy vote to Michelle Van Aalst.

Meeting adjou= rned at 11:53 a.m. Next regular meeti= ng is Thursday, February 8 from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in LS-3.

Respectfully submitted,

Lori Luddon