{"id":30692,"date":"2014-11-10T11:58:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=30692"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:58:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:58:18","slug":"november-2014-senate-meeting-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/11\/november-2014-senate-meeting-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2014 Senate meeting agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

The November 2014 meeting of the Senate will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. in the Sankey Chamber. The full agenda and supporting materials are available here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The following is a brief summary of the agenda.<\/p>\n

The President’s Report to Senate<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his report the President writes, “The end classes for the fall term of 2014-15 are already fast approaching. I wish students a successful conclusion to their fall courses. I am fully aware of the work it takes to complete the term, and the stress that many students experience as a result. To faculty and staff, I wish the energy to successfully complete their duties of this fall semester. The University is grateful for your effort and professionalism.”
\nThe report explains that:<\/p>\n

1)\tthe government appears intent on refashioning the funding model to be less enrollment driven, more reinforcing of differentiation and more outcomes based. While universities are invited to participate in the refashioning of the model through COU, universities require “stability, flexibility, fairness and ample lead time.”
\n2)\tthe federal government is expected to momentarily release a new science and technology policy to guide research investments. A major change is not expected, and there is some indication that in addition to current themes, agriculture and manufacturing will now be included.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33641<\/a><\/p>\n

The Vice-President Academic’s Report to Senate is an extensive review of developments and achievements in the Faculties. Too extensive to summarize, see the full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Applicable to all Faculties, the Vice-Provost Teaching and Learning reports on the symposium<\/a> on flexible teaching and learning and the MTCU call for online course development.<\/p>\n

CPI has prepared a template that will assist the generation of these proposals. The template to assist the development of these RFP’s may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Service-Learning Course Development Grants and Service-Learning Sustainability Grants are now available for application. These grants may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Report of the Vice President Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Third annual grant award winner lunch: December, 2014
\nThird annual research celebration: Feb. 10, 2015
\nSecond annual grant applicant recognition event and leaders day: March 2015
\nFirst annual publication workshop: Spring 2015<\/p>\n

The report announces:
\n1.)\ta 13% increase in research funding over last year
\n2.)\tthe acquisition of resources to track our publications and a home-grown approach to facilitate tracking of citations
\n3.)\ta continuing competitive environment for research, the importance of curiosity driven research and scholarship and the appropriateness of our interdisciplinary approach<\/p>\n

https:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33659<\/a><\/p>\n

The Governance Committee is recommending to Senate:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\tthe appointment of new committee members
\n2)\tthe following changes to the Faculty Handbook:
\na.\tthat committee meetings be guided by Roberts Rules of Order to be consistent with Senate
\nb.\tthat PPBAC include representation from the Library, where possible
\nc.\tthat Section III of the Faculty Handbook be reorganized to make clear regulations that apply specifically to undergraduate students and programs and those that apply specifically to graduate students and programs.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33671<\/a><\/p>\n

The Graduate Studies Committee<\/strong> is recommending a change in FHB 14.11.1 Types of Appeals to clarify the intent of the process. The recommended change reads:
\n“If the student thinks that the decision warrants an appeal, the student must meet jointly with the instructor\/supervisor and the graduate program director who will render a joint decision.”
\nhttps:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33634<\/a><\/p>\n

The Information Technology and Infrastructure Committee<\/strong> is “pulling together a first set of recommendations for PP&BAC in planning the 2015-2016 budget.” These include:<\/p>\n

1.)\tSharePoint Document Management, a system to reduce the risk of lost data and to improve security of data, will involve 1-2 departments in a pilot project
\n2.)\ta strategy concerning Cloud technology to report in December
\n3.)\tBrock’s new Cisco data to lower the IT physical footprint, power consumption and cooling requirements
\n4.)\tdeferred maintenance<\/p>\n

Discussion on an integrated strategy for classroom Clicker technology was postponed to the next meeting.<\/p>\n

The Research and Scholarship Policy Committee is submitting the following as items of information
\n1.)\tthe COI policy is under review FHB: Section III: 8.2.2; 8.2.3; 8.2.4; 8.2.5
\n2.)\ta template is under development to reduce the burden of reporting by research centres\/Institutes
\n3.)\tthe need for more IT support for the REB<\/p>\n

https:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33577<\/a><\/p>\n

The Teaching and Learning Policy Committee <\/strong>is recommending that a librarian be included on the spring\/summer review committee and is informing Senate that it will be reviewing:
\n1.)\tthe matter of a 14-week Spring-Summer term
\n2.)\tthe 10-minute transfer time between classes
\n3.)\tthe alignment of Brock with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<\/p>\n

https:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33637<\/a><\/p>\n

The Undergraduate Program Policy Committee<\/strong> is recommending the addition of a new Education Additional Qualifications course to the course bank.
\nhttps:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33642<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>The Undergraduate Student Affairs Committee<\/strong> is reviewing:<\/p>\n

1.)\tthe impact of a fall break on student mental health
\n2.)\tthe addition of central tendency on student transcripts
\n3.)\ta proposal to replace context requirements with breadth requirements.
\nhttps:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/33530<\/a><\/p>\n

The Academic Review Committee<\/strong> is recommending that Senate approve:<\/p>\n

a)\t Final Assessment Reports for
\n1)\tSport Management
\n2)\tMSc Mathematics and Statistics
\n3)\tMedieval and Renaissance Studies<\/p>\n

b)\tMajor Modifications in
\n1)\tBA Political Science
\n2)\tBSc in Mathematics and Statistics<\/p>\n

c)\tProgram Proposals
\n1)\tGraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology and Counselling
\n2)\tInternational MSc in Materials Science<\/p>\n

Final Assessment Implementation Reports for each Unit which has undergone a cyclical academic
\nreview in the last three years have been uploaded to the Quality Assurance website<\/a> under the Public Accountability section.<\/p>\n

The full report of ARC is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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