Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda

Thursday, June 19, 2008
204 McNutt Hall; 1:30 PM

I.                    Call to Order and Roll Call

II.                  Approval of April 17, 2008 meeting minutes
 http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.Minutes.04.17.08.pdf

III.                Campus Reports and Responses

                        A.  President’s Report (5 min.)                                        F. Blum
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/President.Report.06.19.08.pdf

                        B.  Administrative Report (5 min.)                                    J. Carney III / W. Wray

                        W.K. Wray-Report
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/DrWray.FS.Report.06.19.08.ppt

                        C.  Staff Council Report (3 min.)                                      C. Dew

                        D.  Student Council (3 min.)                                            A. Ronchetto

                        E.  Council of Grad. Students (3 min.)                              R. V. Gudavarthy

IV.               Reports of Standing and Special Committees

                        A.  Curricula (10 min.)                                                     K. Nisbett
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/Curricula.05.06.08.pdf
                                    CC / EC Forms
                                    Postponed item, form CC7404 from April 17 meeting

                        B.  Tenure                                                                        D. Carroll
                                    Best Practices for Dept. Tenure Committees
                                    Progress of New P&T Procedures
                                    Annual Report on Area Committee Membership
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/TC.Report.06.19.08.pdf
                                    Revised Procedures
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/TC.Policy.06.19.08.pdf

                        C.  Budgetary Affairs                                                        R. Brow

                        D.  Conflict of Interest Ad-Hoc Committee (10 min)              D. Myers
                         http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/MST.COI.PolicyandForm04.09.08.pdf
                             Conflict of Interest Presentation
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/COI.04.17.08.ppt                   

V.        Old Business
                        A.        Report on Current Referrals and Actionable Items
                                Ref – 4 Emergency Preparedness Revision (Facil.)
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.0708.ref4.pdf
                                Ref – 5 Graduate Student Stipend/Fees (Grad. Council)
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.0708.ref5.pdf
                                Ref – 6 Annual Faculty Review Format
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.0708.ref6.pdf
                                Ref – 7 Soft Money Raises
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.0708.ref7.pdf
                                Ref – 8 Spousal Actions
                        http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.0708.ref8.pdf 

VI.         New Business and Announcements

VII.        Adjourn