Senate Meeting

Date:

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 2:30pm

Location:

Senate Chambers

REVISED

Senate Meeting #4-2013

Thursday, April 25, 2013

2:30 p.m. – Senate Chambers

AGENDA

PRESENTATION: Mr. David Tamblyn, Chair of Board Learning & Research Committee^{Removed KR April 2013}

1.		Approval of Agenda MOVED that the agenda be approved.

2.		Approval of Minutes
		Minutes of Senate Meeting #3-2013 held on March 22, 2013 MOVED that the Minutes of the Senate Meeting #3-2013 of March 22, 2013 be approved.

3.		Business Arising from the Minutes

4.		Proposed Graduate Calendar Changes for Referral (Dr. Philip Hicks)^{Added KR April 19, 2013}

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

		Faculty of Engineering MSc ENG in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013-ENG-467) Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities History 5301: Topics in Canadian History (2012-SOC-158)

5.		Reports of Standing Committees on Proposed Calendar Changes

	5.1	Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee Report (Dr. Richard Maundrell)

		MOVED that the Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee report be accepted.

	5.2	Senate Budget Committee Report (Dr. Todd Randall)

		MOVED that the Senate Budget Committee Report be accepted.

	5.3	Senate Academic Committee Report (Dr. Andrew P. Dean)

		5.3.1	MOVED that Senate approve the revised Masters Regulations.

		5.3.2	MOVED that Senate approve the revised Doctoral Regulations.

		5.3.3	Quality Assurance: Cyclical Review – Information Only

			Quality Assurance: Cyclical Undergraduate Program Review - Department of Economics Quality Assurance: Cyclical Undergraduate Program Review - Department of Chemistry

		5.3.4	MOVED that the Senate Academic Committee Report be accepted.

	5.4	New Program – MSc Civil Engineering (Dr. Todd Randall)

		MOVED that the Senate approve the proposal for the new MSc in Civil Engineering program (version dated: March 15^th, 2013).^{Added KR April 19, 2013}

6.		Approval of Undergraduate Calendar Changes (Dr. Richard Maundrell) MOVED that the following Undergraduate Calendar Changes be approved: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities New Courses Part II (2012-SOC-083) Outdoor Recreation (2012-SOC-082) New Fourth Year Courses (2012-SOC-161) Second Year Course Change (2012-SOC-159) Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies Biology Minor Program (2012-SCI-057) Water Resource Field School (2012-SCI-293) Geography 1140 with Lab (2012-SCI-296) Faculty of Engineering Chemical Engineering Changes (2013-ENG-468) Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Kinesiology (2013-HBS-464) Faculty of Business Administration Business 4273 (2012-BUS-111) Business 2317 (2012-BUS-194) Business 1311 (2012-BUS-195) Business 3317 (2012-BUS-196) Business 3314 (2012-BUS-197) Business 1336 (2012-BUS-198) Business 3318 (2012-BUS-199) Business 4371 (2012-BUS-200) Business 4311 (2012-BUS-201) Business 3235 (2012-BUS-202) Business 1313 (2012-BUS-203) Business 1331 (2013-BUS-204) Business 2011 (2012-BUS-205) Business 2314 (2012-BUS-206) Business 3371 (2012-BUS-207) Business 3319 (2012-BUS-208) Business 3339 (2012-BUS-209) Business 2352 (2012-BUS-210) Honours Bachelor of Commerece – Business Administration Major (2012-BUS-211) Business 3311 (2012-BUS-212) Business 3338 (2012-BUS-213) Business 3372 (2012-BUS-214) Business 3373 (2012-BUS-215) Business 4379 (2012-BUS-216) Business 4338 (2012-BUS-217) Business 2318 (2012-BUS-218) Business 2312 (2012-BUS-219) Business 2336 (2012-BUS-220) Business 3312 (2012-BUS-221) Business 4316 (2012-BUS-222) Business 3335 (2012-BUS-223) Business 3315 (2012-BUS-224) Business 4315 (2012-BUS-225) Business 4318 (2012-BUS-226) Business 4317 (2012-BUS-227) Business 4333 (2012-BUS-228) Business 3336 (2012-BUS-229) Business 3352 (2012-BUS-230) Business 3374 (2012-BUS-231) Business 3354 (2012-BUS-232) Business 4354 (2012-BUS-233) Business 4332 (2012-BUS-234) Business 4359 (2012-BUS-235) Business 4313 (2012-BUS-236) Business 4378 (2012-BUS-237) Business 4358 (2012-BUS-238) Business 4336 (2012-BUS-239) Business 2356 (2012-BUS-240) Business 2351 (2012-BUS-241) Business 2033 (2013-BUS-460)

7.		Faculty of Graduate Studies Council Report (Dr. Philip Hicks)^{Added KR April 2013} MOVED that the Faculty of Graduate Studies Report be accepted.

8.		Approval of Graduate Calendar Changes (Dr. Philip Hicks)

		MOVED that the following Graduate Calendar Changes be approved:

		Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Kinesiology 5130 (2013-HBS-463)^{Added KR April 2013}

9.		Joint Senate Committee for NOSM Report (Dr. Richard Berg)

	9.1	MOVED that the revisions to the NOSM Undergraduate General Academic Medical Education Regulations be accepted.

	9.2	MOVED that the revised Terms of Reference for the Joint Senate Committee for NOSM be referred to the Senate Organization Committee.

	9.3	MOVED that the Joint Senate Committee for NOSM Report be accepted.

10.		Senate Teaching and Learning Committee Report (Dr. Jane Nicholas)

	10.1	MOVED that the procedures for administering the existing instrument for student evaluation of teaching be conducted online through the Lakehead University website using myInfo with faculty members having the option to continue to use paper-based evaluations by annually opting out of the online process.

	10.2	MOVED that the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee’s proposed Transition Plan be accepted.

	10.3	MOVED that the proposed regulation on timely feedback be referred to the Senate Academic Committee.

	10.4	MOVED that the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee Report be accepted.

11.		Senate Library Committee Report (Dr. Adam Van Tuyl)

		MOVED that the Senate Library Committee Report be accepted.

12.		Senate Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries Committee Report (Dr. Changquan Jiao)

	12.1	MOVED that Senate approve the awarding of major medals, the Governor General’s Silver Medal, the Governor General’s College Bronze Medal, Chancellor’s Medal, Vice-Chancellor’s Medal on the basis of cumulative average instead of “the required work of the final year.”

	12.2	MOVED that the Senate Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries Committee Report be accepted.

13.		Senate Organization Committee Report (Dr. Aris Carastathis)

	13.1	MOVED that the revised Terms of Reference for the Senate Library Committee be accepted.

	13.2	MOVED that the Senate Organization Committee report be accepted.

14.		Senate Nominations Committee Report (Dr. Antony Puddephatt)

	14.1	MOVED that the attached list of faculty members be appointed to Senate Standing Committees for the terms listed.

	14.2	MOVED that the Senate Nominations Committee report be accepted.

15.		Senate Meeting Schedule for 2013-2014 (Ms. Karen Roche)^{Added KR April 19, 2013}

		MOVED that the Senate Meeting Schedule for 2013-2014 be approved.

16.		Approval of Adjunct Professor

	16.1	MOVED that the following Adjunct Professor for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities be approved:

		Dr. Thorold Tronrud as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of History for the term commencing July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

	16.2	MOVED that the following Adjunct Professor for the Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies be approved:

		Dr. Greg Pyle as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Biology for the term commencing January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016.

	16.3	MOVED that the following Adjunct Professor for the Faculty of Education be approved:

		Dr. Jan Oakley as an Internal Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Education for the term commencing July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

17.		Nominations for the Three (3) Faculty Representatives on Senate An Interest to Serve was posted to fill three vacancies for Faculty Representatives on Senate for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2016. The Faculty Representaives on Senate are: Dr. David Richards (2013-2016) Dr. Sree Kurissery (2013-2016) Dr. Brian McLaren (2013-2016)^{Added KR April 19, 2013}

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

18.		Report of the COU Academic Colleague (Dr. Mary Louise Hill)

19.		President’s Report (Dr. Brian Stevenson)

20.		Report of the Provost & Vice-President (Academic) (Dr. Rod Hanley)

21.		Report of NOSM (Dr. William McCready)

22.		Report of the Ogimaawin – Aboriginal Governance Council (Dr. Sandra Wolf)

23.		Notice of Motion By-law Revisions

		A motion to approve the revised Senate By-laws will be brought forward to the Senate at the May 14th, 2013 Senate Meeting.

ADJOURN