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Issues: 2011-12
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05/11 |
2011- 12 Committee meeting schedule
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05/11 |
Rules of Order update
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05/11 |
Committee assignments
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Complete |
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05/11 |
Facilities decision timing [See Issue #52: M3:101 Policy] |
Merged Issue #52 |
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05/11 |
2011-12 Committee charges
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Complete |
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05/11 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Reorganization of the Office of the VC for Academic Affairs [See Issue #16: Reorganizations]
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Complete Legislation |
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/06/03 |
All Campus Council for Faculty Senate Chairs |
Board of Regents proposed amendments
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Complete |
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06/14 |
UHM Gov't Relations Office |
Request for 2012 legislative proposals
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Complete |
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06/20 |
System
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Summer Calendar Changes
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Carryover
2012-13 |
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06/20 |
System |
UH System Policy on 3-credit equivalency reporting requirement
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Senate appointments to campus-wide committees The Senate Executive Committee developed a tracking system for faculty membership (by Senate appointment) on campus-wide committees. This system enables the Senate to more easily request reports from Senate appointees to these committees. In November and April of each year the Senate Executive Committee will request an end of semester report from standing committee members (joint reports where more than one appointee serves on a particular committee). |
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07/26 |
Faculty Housing A proposal to modify faculty housing policy has been prepared by administration but has not yet heard by the BOR. Many faculty are concerned that the lack of faculty housing is having a negative impact on recruitment. Senate Executive Committee will Follow Up on the status of the faculty housing proposal and ask the BOR to prioritize the issue on their agenda, if necessary.
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Carryover Legislation |
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07/26 |
Native Hawaiian hiring proposal The Senate Executive Committee will work to develop a proposal or proposals to increase the number of native Hawaiian faculty across disciplines in consultation with key constituencies. Senate Executive Committee will report the product of their effort to the Senate on or before March 2012.
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Complete |
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07/26 |
MAC/CoRGE bylaws change for Senate and Congress MAC and CoRGE are not currently identified as standing committees in Senate by-laws. MAC was formed three years ago and COR was re-configured as CoRGE in Spring 2011. CAB is asked to recommend additions to the by-laws to reflect the current status of each committee by October 2011.
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07/26 |
Complete MFS Charter/ By-law/ Rules of Order review/edit proposal CAB is asked to conduct a complete review of the Senate Charter, By-laws and Rules of Order and make specific recommendations for any changes necessary to better reflect the current functioning of the Senate and/or to eliminate conflicting language. It shall consult with the Senate Executive Committee and other committees as needed and will attempt to take key changes to a preliminary vote of the Senate when possible, so as to avoid the end product having to be considered as a whole.
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Carryover Legislation Legislation |
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07/26 |
Reorganizations
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CAB (and others) |
Complete Legislation Legislation Legislation Legislation |
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07/26 |
Kewalo Marine Laboratory [See Issue #65: Kewalo Marine Laboratories (KML) Facilities Assessment Report Summary & Issue #18: Review of Marine Facilities at UHM] Possible closure of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory (KML) has been discussed for the past 2-3 years. There is no formal proposal to do so at this time. Senate Executive Committee members discussed a process for ensuring faculty review of any formal proposal to close KML with the VCRGE and VC for Administration, Finance and Operations in Spring 2011. CAB/CoRGE are asked to Follow Up with both VCs to develop a suitable process and make a report/recommendation to Senate Executive Committee by December 2011.
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07/26 |
Review of Marine Facilities at UHM CAB and COR prepared a draft report on marine facilities that was posted on the Senate website in May 2011. The committees are asked to finalize their report in time to provide a report at the September 2011 Senate meeting.
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07/26 |
Quality of Graduate Programs The Working Group on Graduate Education was formed in part to address the issue of unevenness across graduate programs, i.e., proportion of funded students, time to completion, post graduation in field employment, etc. That group proposed a change in configuration of CoRGE so that the Senate would have a standing committee equipped to address graduate education issues. CoRGE is asked to work with the VCRGE and Grad Division and make recommendations to the Senate by December 2011 for any necessary policy changes that would increase consistency of quality across graduate programs.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Graduation/dissertation defense timing In Spring 2011 the Senate Executive Committee was asked to weigh in on a policy question pertaining to whether Ph.D. candidates should be allowed to “walk” prior to successfully defending their dissertations. Since the elimination of a Summer graduation ceremony, students who are potentially eligible for graduation in Spring or Summer have been allowed to participate in Spring Commencement. CoRGE is asked to consider whether this policy is appropriate for doctoral candidates and make any necessary policy recommendations by October 2011.
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Rejected |
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07/26 |
Graduate Student Bill of Rights Several issues involving variability in policy and practice for providing graduate student support and mentorship across departments have been identified. The CoRGE is asked to review a draft Graduate Student Bill of Rights prepared by Senate Executive Committee and consult with GSO in order to make any recommendations for Senate action to Senate Executive Committee on or before March 2012.
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Carryover |
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07/26 |
Graduate degree proposals
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CORGE CAPP |
Complete Legislation Legislation Legislation Legislation |
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07/26 |
High DFIW course Follow Up Certain undergraduate courses at Manoa have disproportionately high (combined) F, I, and W rates. Some of these courses are part of the general education core. CAPP, MAC and GEC formed a collaborative working group to review the problem of courses with high F, I and W rates and made recommendations that were endorsed at the April 2011 Senate meeting. The committees are asked to form a joint working group to address implementation of the recommendations and report at the April 2012 Senate meeting.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Critical Thinking Working Group GEC is asked to lead a working group that includes members of CAPP and MAC to study approaches to systematic inclusion and assessment of critical thinking skill development into the curriculum. |
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07/26 |
Institutional Learning Objectives WASC accreditation standards require student-learning objectives at the course, program and institution levels. Manoa does not currently have Institutional Learning Objectives and CAPP is asked to lead a working group that includes members of GEC and MAC to develop draft general institutional learning objectives to be voted on by the Senate on or before the February 2012 Senate meeting. (See Institutional Learning Task Force Page)
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07/26 |
Undergraduate degree plan implementation The AVCUE and advisors, with assistance from departments, have developed 4-year undergraduate degree templates for each department/degree. These templates are designed to help students plan their course of study and facilitate graduation within 4 years. Some departments may not offer courses in a sequence that would enable students to follow the template. CAPP is asked to study the issue and make necessary recommendations that would eliminate what some currently believe is a ‘truth in advertising’ problem with some 4-year degree templates. The committee is asked to report to the Senate by April 2012. |
Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Undergraduate degree proposals
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07/26 |
Faculty experts/pending legislation review/input The legislature often studies potential bill issues prior to their introduction. Manoa’s government relations staff reviews issues of interest to the legislature each Fall. CFS is asked to work with Elmer Kaai, Gregg Takayama and others to identify issues for which Manoa faculty expertise could be valuable and then assist in identifying faculty who can serve as resources to the legislature (preparing testimony, producing reports, etc.). The committee is asked to report to the Senate by November 2012. |
Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Senate terms--3 years? The committee is asked to evaluate whether a change in Senate terms from two to three years would improve the overall functioning of the Senate. Issues to consider include, but are not limited to stability, workload, and committee functioning. Considerations raised include increasing continuity, balancing new ideas v. continuity, increasing non-senator representation on committees to increase continuity, and the consideration that a 3-year term will lead to a 6 year maximum service limit, rather than a 4 year maximum limit. The committee is asked to report to the Senate by January 2012.
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Rejected |
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07/26 |
Solicit Faculty Service Volunteers CFS is asked to prepare and send a general “call for service participation” e-mail to the entire faculty during the first week of March identifying general categories of possible service opportunities during AY 2012-2013 including undergraduate education, graduate education, undergraduate research, executive hiring and review, Manoa strategic planning/benchmarking, international education, distance education, academic policy, and Manoa accreditation.
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Complete |
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07/26 |
Faculty Appointments to Committees
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CFS SEC |
Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Tenure Promotion Review Committee (TPRC) make-up The VC for Academic Affairs is considering a significant change to the TPRC process that will eliminate multiple TPRC’s in favor of a single campus-wide TPRC. CPM is asked to work with the VC for Academic Affairs on this issue and provide a status report to the Senate on or before December 2011.
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07/26 |
Emeritus Faculty Executive policy calls for “Internal campus procedures for the identification of those individuals to be awarded the emeritus title.” The committee will make recommendations to the Senate for changes to the current procedures that Senate Executive Committee will forward to the Administration by February 2012.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Individual course advertising In Spring 2011 Senate Executive Committee members noticed that one or more departments advertise courses in Ka Leo. Advertisements in Ka Leo are paid. CPM is asked to consider the appropriateness of using department funds to advertise courses and make a recommendation on acceptable forms of advertising for courses on campus to the Senate in October 2011.
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Rejected |
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07/26 |
Faculty Classifications In Spring 2011 COR brought a resolution recommending consolidation of faculty categories to the Senate. The resolution was deferred and CORGE is asked to form a joint working group with CPM to continue studying the issue and report the results of their inquiry to the Senate in March 2012.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Evaluation of Administration/Administrators CPM began studying this issue during the 2010-2011 academic year. CPM is asked to form a joint working group with CAB to continue their study and recommend criteria and process for evaluating administrators to the Senate on or before October 2012. If the CPM/CAB proposal is accepted by the Senate, CPM will conduct the evaluation before the end of the Spring 2012 semester.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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07/26 |
Student Athletic Fee The Senate should have an accounting of how student athletic fees are spent and the impact of the mandatory $50 student athletic on student attendance at games. For example, how many students are taking advantage of the “free” tickets to UH football games? Is there an increase in student use of athletic department facilities? COA is asked to lead a joint working group with CSA that continues to examine these issues and report to the Senate on or before February 2012.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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08/01 |
Composition and selection of Departmental Personnel Committees A matter has recently been referred to UHPA and the Faculty Senate relating to an ongoing violation of the UHPA contract and conventions of faculty governance by the Cancer Center Director in which he has appointed faculty of his choosing to the Cancer Center DPC, including appointment of the Chair and other individuals unqualified to serve on a DPC, in violation of the written tenure and promotion policy of the Cancer Center. The broader question for CPM is do determine if there is or, if not, should there be a written University or Senate policy relating to the appointment of faculty to DPC's whereby it is the responsibility of faculty within a unit to propose who should serve on such committees. Since one of the key elements of faculty governance involves control over faculty appointments as faculty representatives to any University Committee, it would seem that this is an important point to clarify. If a Dean/Director can control the DPC then it would appear that no independent faculty oversight of the tenure and promotion process is occurring.
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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08/08 |
Voting process review CFS is asked to review the 2011 Senate Executive Committee election audit to make recommendations to improve the Senate voting process by December 2011.
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08/11 |
All Campus Council for Faculty Senate Chairs |
Executive Policy E1.202 on Nondiscrimination, Anti-Harassment, and Affirmative Action University Senates are asked to review the proposed changes to E1:202 by September 7.
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08/23 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Excess Credit Policy Motion of 2/16/2011
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Rejected |
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08/29 |
Chancellor |
Chancellor Search Chancellor Hinshaw is stepping down as of July 2012.
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Complete Legislation Description 10/19/2012 Motion Transmittal Legislation Undergrad. 12/07/2012 Resolution Transmittal |
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08/29 |
VC for Administration, Finance and Operations |
Proposal to Reorganize CTAHR [See Issue #16: Reorganizations]
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08/29 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposed Library Reorganization [See Issue #16: Reorganizations]
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08/31 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposed Partner Hire Policy
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09/01 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Suspension of Academic Actions VC for Academic Affairs submitted for review by the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP).
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09/06 |
UH System |
Proposed Tuition Schedule Review the Proposal & Public Meeting Schedule and attend the O‘ahu public meeting at 3:00 pm on 10/10 in the Campus Center Ballroom to provide input. |
Senate |
Complete |
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10/18 |
VC for Administration, Finance and Operations |
Proposal to Reorganize the Office of the VC for Research and Graduate Education [See Issue #16: Reorganizations]
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10/13 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Registration Waitlisting
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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10/19 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Language of Promotion Application
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Complete |
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10/27 |
Faculty Member |
Recommendation on 60 Non Intro Course Credit Requirement of 12/2010 CAPP's 12/2010 recommendation was approved unanimously by the MFS. A faculty member has asked the Senate to reconsider the provision requiring 45 credits of upper division course work. Specifically, the request is to reduce the 45 upper division credit requirement to 35 for the Natural Sciences. The rationale for this request is that the requirement will have a disparate and bad consequence for majors that require many difficult 200 level courses. Substantive and difficult courses with low survival rates populate the 200 level in natural sciences (4 semesters of engineering calculus, organic chemistry), but aren't counted as "upper division". These 200 level courses are required for many Natural Science majors. The easiest fix for natural science would be to lower the UD requirement from 45 to 35. However, even the 35 limit will still delay graduation for many students (estimates range around 15%). For example, the 4-year plans for graduation for biology and botany have at most 35 upper division credits. The other Natural Science departments also have deficiencies in their plans for "model" students who finish in 4 years (except mathematics), but not as severe as the biology and botany degrees.
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Withdrawn |
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11/01 |
M3:101 Policy [See Issue #4: Facilities Decision Timing] CAB is asked to review the M3:101 policy to determine the impact of facilities changes on regoranizations and how these decisions affect faculty.
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11/01 |
VC for Research and Graduate Education |
New Executive Policy E5:229 Whistleblower and Retaliation Policy for allegations of research and scholarly misconduct
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Carryover 2012-13 |
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11/03 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Memo & report from Grade Replacement Policy Task Force
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11/04 |
VC for Academic Affairs VC for Students |
Office of Student Affairs Course Subject Code
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11/17 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
WASC Communication Report |
Carryover 2012-13 |
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11/16 |
I-Clicker Purchase
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Complete |
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11/22 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
WASC Plans and Progress Reports due March 1, 2012
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12/07 |
Natural Sciences Senator |
Retention of the Hawaii Cooperative Marine Fisheries Research Unit at UHM [See Issue #18: Review of Marine Facilities at UHM]
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01/05 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposal for New Graduate Certificate in Online Learning and Teaching
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01/05 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposal for New Graduate Certificate in Reading K-12
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01/05 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposal for New Graduate Certificate in PK-3
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01/05 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposal for New Graduate Program in Marine Biology [See Issue #22: Graduate Degree Propsals]
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01/05 |
VC for Administration, Finance and Operations |
Proposal for the Establishment of a Department of Public Affairs in the College of Social Sciences and for Changing the Name of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace [See Issue #22: Graduate Degree Propsals]
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Withdrawn |
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01/11 |
VC for Research and Graduate Education |
Kewalo Marine Laboratories (KML) Facilities Assessment Report Summary [See Issue #17: Kewalo & Issue #18: Review of Marine Facilities at UHM]
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Merged Issue #17 |
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01/23 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Faculty Professional Development Committee |
Carryover 2012-13 |
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01/26 |
VC for Administration, Finance and Operations |
Reorganization Proposal for Faculty and Scholar Immigration Services (FSIS) [See Issue #16: Reorganizations]
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Complete |
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02/13 |
Strategic Plan Implementation Committee requested Initiatives
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Senate Executive Committee All Committees |
Complete Legislation Legislation |
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02/13 |
JABSOM Faculty Senate |
JABSOM Tenure Modification Proposal Put forth by the JABSOM Faculty Senate for consultation.
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02/22 |
CTAHR Faculty Senate |
CTAHR Magoon Research and Training Facility The CTAHR Faculty Senate respectfully requests that the Manoa Faculty Senate adopt a resolution calling for the UH Manoa administration to retain the Magoon Facility site for CTAHR's research, instruction, and extension functions. We would appreciate it if the Manoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee would refer the Magoon Resolution and this issue to the MFS Committee on Administration and Budget.
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Complete |
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02/22 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposed New Peer and Benchmark Groups
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02/24 |
Common Course Numbering Process Proposal Approved for all-campus Senate review by the All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs on 2/24; comments due by April 20 |
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02/29 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposal for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry [See Issue #27: Undergraduate Degree Proposals]
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04/12 |
VC for Academic Affairs |
Proposal for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology [See Issue #27: Undergraduate Degree Proposals]
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04/13 |
VC for Administration, Finance and Operations |
Reorganization Proposal for Student Life and Development [See Issue #16: Reorganizations]
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02/15 |
Senate Executive Committee |
FY 2013-2017 Proposed Parking Rate Schedule
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