Meeting of the University Senate January 9 2008

Meeting of the University Senate

Wednesday January 9 2008

3:00-5:00 PM Room 150 Columbia

AGENDA

3:00 Call to order
3:05 1. Approve minutes from the November 14 and 28 2007 meetings.
3:10 2. State of the University

2.1 Remarks from University President Dave Frohnmayer.

3:25 3. Reports

3:25 3.1 Annual Report from Athletics Director Pat Kilkenny
3:40 3.2 Senate Budget Committee -- Marie Vitulli, chair.
3:45 3.3 Senate Budget sub committee on Arena Financing - John Chalmers, chair.
4:00 3.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate -- Peter Gilkey, UO representative to the IFS.
4:05 3.5 Ad-hoc committee on implementing on-line course evaluations - Brad Shelton and Paul van Donkelaar, chair.

4:15 4. Announcements and communications from the floor

4:15 4.1 Special University Senate Meeting on the Arena project - January 23 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in 150 Columbia.
4:17 4.2 Letter to the State of Oregon Public Employees Benefit Board, requesting professional liability insurance be included among optional benefits.
4:20 4.3 Ad hoc Committee to examine the creation of a system for evaluations of UO top administrators.

4:25 5. New business

4:25 5.1 Motion US07/08-2 -- to enable the University Assembly to meet with legislative authority - Frank Stahl, biology emeritus (postponed from the November 28, 2007 meeting.
4:40 5.2 Motion US07/08-9 - to establish full University Senate membership for classified staff.
4:55 5.3 Notice of motion regarding the arena project (for January 23, 2008 special Senate Meeting)

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