Senate

Date:

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 12:00am

Location:

Senate Chambers

Agenda:

Senate Meeting #2010-2

Friday, February 26, 2010

4:30 p.m. - Senate Chambers

with REVISIONS

1.

Approval of Agenda

MOVED that the agenda be approved.

2.

Minutes of Senate Meeting #2010-1 held on January 29, 2010

MOVED that the Minutes of Senate Meeting #2010-1 held on January 29, 2010 be approved.

3.

Business Arising from the Minutes

4.

Proposed Graduate Calendar Changes for Referral

MOVED that the proposed Graduate Calendar Changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

Clinical Psychology - practicum requirements

5.

Reports of Senate Standing Committees on Proposed Calendar Changes

5.1

Senate Budget Committee Report (D. Alexandrov)

MOVED that the Senate Budget Committee Report be accepted with the following addition: 2(b) approval of the HBSc in Forestry.^{added KR Feb 25 2010}

5.2

Senate Undergraduate Studies Report (R. Koster)

MOVED that the Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee Report be accepted.

5.3

MOVED that the following Undergraduate Calendar Changes be approved:

Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment

New Degree and Revision of an Existing Degree (HB Environmental Management

HB Environmental Management and Revision of HBSc in Forestry
^{KR Feb 25 2010}

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

New Program in Environmental Sustainability (HBASc in Environmental Sustainability)

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Sociology - Life Course Studies

6.

6.1

Faculty of Graduate Studies Report (P. Hicks)

MOVED that the Faculty of Graduate Studies Report be accepted.

6.2

MOVED that the following Graduate Calendar Changes be approved:

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Sociology - program requirements

Faculty of Business Administration

MSc Mgmt Program Admission Requirement Changes

Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment

Forestry MScF, MF program requirements

7.

7.1

7.2

7.3

Senate Organization Committee Report (G. Colton)

MOVED that the Senate Honorary Degrees Committee Terms of Reference be revised to add one full-time faculty member from the Orillia Campus (bringing the total of full-time faculty members on the Committee to five).^{KR Feb 25 2010}

MOVED that all Senate Committees' Terms of Reference pertaining to graduate student representation "from the GSA" be revised to indicate "from LUSU in consultation with the Graduate Student Commissioner."^{KR Feb 25 2010}

MOVED that the report of the Senate Organization Committee be accepted.

8.

8.1

8.2

8.3

8.4

Report of the Joint Senate Committee for NOSM (J. Lanphear)

MOVED that the following amendment to the NOSM Code of Student Conduct (Section 1.4 b) and (1.6 last bullet) be approved as presented.

MOVED that the proposed revisions to the University Calendars: NOSM Phase 1-3 Course Descriptions be approved as presented.

MOVED that the addendum to the Student Assessment and Promotion Committee Guidelines entitled "Grade assignment procedure for a student missing a summative assessment for circumstances involving illness, other medically-related issues, family emergencies, and academically-relevant events" be approved as presented.

MOVED that the amendments to the NOSM Student Admissions Policy, Section: Transcript Requirements be approved as presented.

9.

9.1

9.2

Senate Academic Committee Report (G. Siddall)

MOVED that the Senate Academic Committee Report be accepted.

MOVED that the Articulation Agreement Policy and Procedures be approved.MOVED that the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment be changed to the Faculty of Natural Resources Management.^{KR Feb 26 2010}

10.

10.1

10.2

Approval of Adjunct Professors

Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment

MOVED that Dr. Iain Davidson-Hunt be appointed as an external Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment for the term July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014.

MOVED that Dr. Gordon Putz be appointed as an external Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment for the term July 1, 2009 2019 through June 30, 2013.

11.

Schedule for Senate Executive Committee Meetings and Senate Meetings in 2010-11

^{Revised KR Feb 26 2010}

MOVED that the schedule for Senate Executive Committee Meetings and Senate Meetings in 2010-11 be approved.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

12.

Senate Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries Report (S. Strickland)

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

13.

Senate Teaching and Learning (B. Stolar)

Report on the development of the new instrument to test the Student Evaluation of Teaching at Lakehead University.

14.

Report of the Secretary of Senate

A correction has been to the May 15, 2009 Senate Meeting Minutes to acknowledge the Senate approval of the following Graduate Calendar Changes which were included in Part I of the Senate Budget Committee's report to Senate:

Computer Science MSc Calendar Entry
Mathematical Science MA/MSc Calendar Entry

[The Faculty of Graduate Studies had included its approval in the FGSC report to Senate in March 2009.]