Highlights from the May 26 meeting of Senate.
Consent agenda
Senate received:
- A report from the Senate Agenda and Summer Advisory Committee
- A report from the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD)
- A report from the Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP)
- A report from the Senate Cyclical Program Review Committee (SCPRC)
- A report from the Senate Educational Equity Committee (SEEC)
- Reports from April and May from the Senate Governance and Nominating Committee (SGNC)
- The April report and 2014-15 cases reviewed from the Senate Committee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD)
- The research report
- The advancement report
Principal’s report
Principal Daniel Woolf was unable to attend this meeting of Senate, but provided a written report and schedule highlights.
Provost’s update
In addition to his written report, Provost Alan Harrison provided Senate with the annual report of the Provost's Advisory Committee on Mental Health and the annual report of the Provost's Advisory Committee for the Promotion of the Arts.
The Provost provided an oral update on Queen’s application and admissions numbers to date, noting that first choice applications to Queen’s were up by four per cent.
The Provost informed Senate that a draft Policy on Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities has been presented to the Policy Advisory Subcommittee and is posted on the policies webpage for community feedback.
The Provost also presented on the university’s 2015/16 operating budget.
Board of Trustees report
Rector Mike Young provided a report on behalf of the Board of Trustees.
Committee Motions and Reports
Senate approved:
- A proposal to delete the three graduate fields in the Department of Classics and create two new graduate fields effective September 2015.
- The name change of the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program to the Executive MBA Americas - A Partnership with Cornell, Queen's School of Business, effective July 1, 2015
- Nominations as recommended SGNC
- The definition of “faculty” for the purposes of Senate Committee applications, from SGNC
- Changes to Senate's Rules of Procedure regarding the obligatory leave and removal of senators and Senate Committee members, from SGNC
Senate received:
- A notice of motion regarding the Policy and Procedures for the Designation of Academic Units as Schools at Queen's University, effective October 1, 2015.
- A report from SCAD on the E-Learning student at the University of Ottawa
- The interim report from the Academic Planning Working Group
- The Final Assessment Report and Implementation Plan - Collaborative Program in Cancer Research and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, from SCPRC
- The Final Assessment Report and Implementation Plan - Department of Art History and Art Conservation, from SCPRC
- The Final Assessment Report and Implementation Plan - Queen's School of Business, from SCPRC
- A report on the disposition of human Rights Office cases, from SEEC
- A notice of motion that the Senate's Rules of Procedure be amended to reflect a change in the Education student senator term length from one to two years, from SGNC
- A notice of motion that Senate approve an exception to its Rules of Procedure to permit the Commerce Society to proceed with a term-length student senator seat arrangement for 2015/16 only, from SGNC
- A notice of motion regarding Senate composition, from SGNC
- A notice of motion regarding proposed amendments to Senate's Rules of Procedure - Question Period, from SGNC
- A notice of motion regarding the Senate policy on the jurisdiction of non-academic discipline, from SONAD
- A report from SONAD regarding a referral from Senate on Fraternities and Sororities
Reports of Faculties and Schools
Senate received an April and May report from the Graduate Studies Executive Council.