UO Senate 5/14/14

3:00 pm 1. Call to Order

3:05 pm 2. Approval of Minutes

April 9, 2014

3:10 pm 3. University Update

3.1 Remarks by President Gottfredson

3:30 pm 4. New Business

4.1 Motion (Legislation): Committee Requirements with Moderate Revisions, Slate 2 (Tenth-Year Review 2014); Robert Kyr, Professor (Music) & UO Senate President-Elect

4.2 Motion (Legislation): Committee Requirements with Moderate Revisions, Slate 3 (Tenth-Year Review 2014); Robert Kyr, Professor (Music) & UO Senate President-Elect

4.3 Motion (Legislation): Committee Requirements with Moderate Revisions, Slate 4 (Tenth-Year Review 2014); Robert Kyr, Professor (Music) & UO Senate President-Elect

4.4 Motion (Legislation): Committee Requirements with Moderate Revisions, Slate 5 (Tenth-Year Review 2014); Robert Kyr, Professor (Music) & UO Senate President-Elect

4.5 Motion (Resolution): Committee on Committees Encouraged to Nominate Candidates for Senate Offices and Committees; Robert Kyr, Professor (Music) & UO Senate President-Elect

4.6 Motion (Legislation): Adding to Environmental Issues Committee an Ex-Officio Position for Athletics; Erin Moore, Professor (Architecture) & Chair of the Environmental Issues Committee

4.7 Motion (Resolution): A Report on UO’s Academic Support for Student-Athletes; William Harbaugh, Professor (Economics) & UO Senator

4:15 pm 5. Open Discussion

4:20 pm 6. Reports

6.1 Elections coming up at May 28th meeting: Senate Vice President/President-Elect, Senate Budget Committee, and Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Representative; Margie Paris, Professor (Law) & UO Senate President

6.2 Report from Outgoing ASUO President; Sam Dotters-Katz, ASUO President

6.3 Report on selecting Learning Management Software; Andrew Bonamici, Associate University Librarian for Media and Instructional Services

6.4 Report on Ombuds Office; Bruce MacAllister, UO Ombudsperson

6.5 Report on pending motions: Faculty Input into Hiring Executive Administrators and Review of Executive Administrators; Margie Paris, Professor (Law) and UO Senate President

4:50 pm 7. Announcements and Communication from the Floor

7.1 Notice of Motion: Working Group for Campus Planning Committee; Robert Kyr, Professor (Music) & UO Senate President-Elect

4:55 pm 8. Other Business

8.1 Presentations

5:00 pm 9. Adjournment