GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FALL MEETING OF THE FACULTY,
FACULTY SENATE, AND
THE ACADEMIC FACULTY SENATE
Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 3:00 pm
Student Center Theater
AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Opening Remarks – President Peterson
2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting – April 18, 2017
3. Announcements concerning the Georgia Tech Charitable Campaign – Dr. Karen Head and Mr. Bill Todd, co-chairs
4. Presentation of annual reports and pending minutes of Standing Committees of the Faculty
a. Faculty
Benefits – Annie Jones-Wyatt for Prof. Raquel Lieberman (Chair, 2016-18)
Minutes 08/18/16, 09/15/16, 10/20/16, 11/15/16, 12/15/16, 01/25/17,
02/22/17, 03/22/17, 04/26/17. No action items.
b. Faculty Honors – Chair, Dr. Nathan Moon (2016-17). No action items.
c. Faculty Status & Grievance – Prof Andrew Peterson Chair (2017-18) for Prof. Jon Colton (Chair, 2015-17)
d. Statutes – Jeanne Balsam for Prof. Joe Hughes (Chair 2014-17)
e. Faculty Services – Ms. Susan Parham for Ms. Mandi Johnson chair 2016-17 and Dr. David Gottfried, Chair 2017-18
Minutes 09/12/16, 10/10/16, 11/14/16, 01/09/17, 02/14/17, 04/10/17, 05/08/17. No action items.
f. Welfare & Security – Ms. Patricia Kenly (2016-17)
Minutes 09/01/16, 11/11/16, 03/02/17. No action items.
5. Presentation of annual reports and pending minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate
a. Undergraduate Curriculum – Chair, Prof. Rhett Mayor (2015-17) Presentation
Minutes: 05/09/17, 05/23/17, 06/13/17, 06/27/17, 08/8/17, 08/22/17, 09/05/17, 09/19/17, 10/03/17.
Action items: From 05/09/17: HS: new course, degree modification; Mod Lang: 5 new courses; Music: change of major policy; BioSci: degree mod; AE: 1 new course, minor mod; Office of Minority Ed Dev: 1 new course; BME: 1 new course; Serve Learn Sustain: 2 new courses. From 06/13/17: Liberal Arts: 2 new courses; CoC: 1 new course, degree mods; CoC and LMC: degree mods; HS: minor mod. From 09/05/17: CoB and CoC: add ethics attribute to course; Pub Policy: certificate mods, minor mods; Naval Sciences: new minor; CoC: degree mod. From 10/03/17: ME and MSE: new cross-listed courses; CEE: degree mod.
b. Graduate Curriculum – Prof. Victor Breedveld, Chair (2015-17) and Prof David Sluss Chair (2017-18) Presentation
Minutes: 05/25/17, 06/22/17, 08/24/17, 09/07/17, 10/05/17.
Action Items: From 05/25/17: AE: course number mod; Dept of BME: 1 new course; CoC: 5 new courses; City & Regional Planning: 2 new courses; CoB: 8 new courses; CoC: degree mod, 2 new courses; From 06/22/17: Bio Sci: new track option, BS/MS option; CoC: 1 new course; 5 External degree offerings of approved programs at existing instructional site; AE: degree mod; BioSci: degree mod, new BS/MS option; renewed cooperative agreement GT/Tongji Univ. From 09/07/17: endorsed Lang for PhD Comprehensive Exams, recommendations to Student Regulations. From 10/05/17: Arch: degree mod, 3 new courses; Mod Lang: new degree MS in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, new track/option, 23 new courses.
c. Student Regulations – Chair, Prof. Al Ferri (2015-18) Presentation
d. Student Academic & Financial Affairs – Chair, Dr.
Ruth Poproski (2016-18)
Presentation
Minutes: 04/26/17, 09/18/17.
e. Student Activities – Prof. Chris Ippolito (Chair 2016-17)
Minutes: 09/16/16, 09/30/16, 10/14/16, 02/10/17, 02/24/17, 03/10/17, 03/31/17, 04/14/17, 04/21/17.
Action items: Approval of all student activity charters and constitution revisions recommended by the committee as documented in their minutes and the annual report.
f. Student Grievance & Appeal – Chair, Prof. Elliot Moore (2015-17)
g. Student Honor – Chair, Prof. Jake Soper (2015-17) Presentation
h. Student Computer Ownership – Prof. Brian Gunter
(Chair 2016-17)
Minutes: 09/01/16, 02/14/17, 05/03/17. No action items.
i. Academic Integrity – Lori Critz (Chair, 2017-18) and Prof. Jeff Davis (Chair, 2015-17) Presentation
Minutes: 02/17/17. No action items.
6. Any other business.
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Jeanne H. Balsam
Secretary of the Faculty
October 17, 2017